1984 Texas Longhorns football team

1984 Texas Longhorns football

Freedom Bowl, L 17–55 vs. Iowa
Conference	Southwest Conference
1984 record	7–4–1 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach	Fred Akers
Offensive coordinator	Ron Toman
Defensive coordinator	David McWilliams
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809)

1984 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 SMU +	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Houston +	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
TCU	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Texas	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–3–1 record and lost to Iowa in the 1984 Freedom Bowl.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	6:45 PM	No. 11 Auburn*	No. 4	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN	W 35-27	78,348
September 29	11:00 AM	vs. No. 4 Penn State*	No. 2	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ	Raycom	W 28-3	76,883
October 6	7:00 PM	at Rice	No. 1	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	HSE	W 38-13	56,047
October 13	3:00 PM	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	T 15-15	75,587
October 20	1:00 PM	Arkansas	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)		W 24-18	77,809
October 27	2:30 PM	No. 14 SMU	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	Raycom	W 13-7	80,759
November 3	2:00 PM	at Texas Tech	No. 2	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry)		W 13-10	50,722
November 10	11:30 AM	Houston	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		L 15-29	80,348
November 17	2:30 PM	at No. 12 TCU	No. 10	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	ABC	W 44-23	47,280
November 24	11:30 AM	at Baylor	No. 6	Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	Raycom	L 10-24	33,500
December 1	6:45 PM	Texas A&M	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)	ESPN	L 12-37	81,309
December 26	7:15 PM	vs. Iowa*	No. 19	Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl)	Raycom	L 17-55	24,093
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

#3 Oklahoma vs. #1 Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	3	0	5	15
Oklahoma	0	0	15	0	15

Scoring summary

1	TEX	Bryant 25 yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	TEX 7-0

2	TEX	Ward 40 yard field goal	TEX 10-0

3	OKLA	Sewell 5 yard run (Lashar kick)	TEX 10-7

3	OKLA	Safety, Steelhammer centered ball out of end zone	TEX 10-9

3	OKLA	Sewell 11 yard run (pass failed)	OKLA 15-10

4	TEX	Safety, intentional snap out of end zone	OKLA 15-12

4	TEX	Ward 32 yard field goal	Tied 15-15

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs) Rice

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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