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1973 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1973
team	Texas Longhorns
sport	football
image	Texas Longhorns logo.svg
image_size	150
conference	Southwest Conference
short_conf	SWC
CoachRank	8
APRank	14
record	8–3
conf_record	7–0
head_coach	Darrell Royal
hc_year	17th
off_coach	Fred Akers
off_scheme	Wishbone
def_coach	Mike Campbell
def_scheme	[4–4](4-4-defense)
stadium	Memorial Stadium
champion	SWC champion
bowl	[Cotton Bowl Classic](1974-cotton-bowl-classic)
bowl_result	L 3–19 vs [Nebraska](1973-nebraska-cornhuskers-football-team)

The 1973 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 8–2 record and lost to Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Miami (FL)

Texas Tech

Wake Forest

vs Oklahoma

Worst loss in Darrell Royal's coaching career

At Arkansas

Rice

At SMU

Baylor

TCU

At Texas A&M

Cotton Bowl (vs Nebraska)

Roster

Darrell Royal

References

(September 22, 1973). "Hurricanes upset mighty Longhorns, 20–15". The Palm Beach Post-Times.
(September 30, 1973). "Longhorns stave off late Texas Tech rally". The Kilgore News Herald.
(October 7, 1973). "Longhorns thunder past outgunned Deacons 41–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(October 14, 1973). "Sooner aerial attack blitzes Texas, 52–13". Lincoln Journal Star.
(October 21, 1973). "Roosevelt's landslide helps 'Horns bury Hogs". The Odessa American.
(October 28, 1973). "Longhorns mash Rice, 55–13". Wichita Falls Times.
(November 4, 1973). "Leaks springs for record as 'Horns gore Mustangs". The Tyler Courier-Times.
(November 11, 1973). "Texas tops Baylor, 42–6". Brownwood Bulletin.
(November 18, 1973). "Cotton Bowl berth for 'Horns". The Victoria Advocate.
(November 23, 1973). "'Horns rip Ags 42–13". Waco Tribune-Herald.
(January 2, 1974). "Opening FG jinxes Longhorns in Cotton". The Orange Leader.
. ["1973–74 NCAA Statistics (Texas)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/364051). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
"Sooners Slam Texas, 52-13." Palm Beach Post. October 14, 1973

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