1984 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1984 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–3–1 record and lost to Iowa in the Freedom Bowl.

1984 Texas Longhorns football
Freedom Bowl, L 17–55 vs. Iowa
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record7–4–1 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Toman (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid McWilliams (3rd season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
1984 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 SMU + 6 –2 –010 –2 –0
Houston + 6 –2 –07 –5 –0
TCU 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
Arkansas 5 –3 –07 –4 –1
Texas 5 –3 –07 –4 –1
Baylor 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Texas A&M 3 –5 –06 –5 –0
Texas Tech 2 –6 –04 –7 –0
Rice 0 –8 –01 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 156:45 p.m.No. 11 Auburn*No. 4
ESPNW 35–2778,348
September 2911:00 a.m.vs. No. 4 Penn State*No. 2
RaycomW 28–376,883
October 67:00 p.m.at RiceNo. 1
HSEW 38–1356,047
October 133:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*No. 1
ABCT 15–1575,587
October 201:00 p.m.ArkansasNo. 3
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 24–1877,809
October 272:30 p.m.No. 14 SMUNo. 3
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCW 13–780,759
November 32:00 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 2
W 13–1050,722
November 1011:30 a.m.HoustonNo. 3
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
RaycomL 15–2980,348
November 172:30 p.m.at No. 12 TCUNo. 10
ABCW 44–2347,280
November 2411:30 a.m.at BaylorNo. 6
RaycomL 10–2433,500
December 16:45 p.m.Texas A&MNo. 13
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ESPNL 12–3781,309
December 267:15 p.m.vs. Iowa*No. 19
RaycomL 17–5524,093
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster
  • QB Todd Dodge

Game summaries

Auburn
#11 Auburn at #4 Texas
1 234Total
Auburn 0 1368 27
• Texas 14 0714 35
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
  • Game start: 6:47 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:11
  • Game attendance: 78,348
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), high clouds, Wind NE 20–25 mph (32–40 km/h)
Scoring summary
15:15TEXDodge 10-yard run (Ward kick)TEX 7-0
10:50TEXOrr 1-yard run (Ward kick)TEX 14-0
211:05AUBCollins 2-yard run (McGinty kick)TEX 14-7
23:33AUBMcGinty 22-yard field goalTEX 14-10
20:00AUBMcGinty 40-yard field goalTEX 14-13
39:19TEXDuhon 32-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)TEX 21-13
34:23AUBBo Jackson 5-yard run (run failed)TEX 21-19
49:19TEXJerome Johnson 10-yard run (Ward kick)TEX 28-19
44:50TEXJerome Johnson 14-yard run (Ward kick)TEX 35-19
42:33AUBFullwood 1-yard run (Washington run)TEX 35-27
See also: 1984 Auburn Tigers football

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Vs. Penn State
See also: 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Vs. Oklahoma
#3 Oklahoma vs. #1 Texas
1 234Total
Texas 7 305 15
Oklahoma 0 0150 15
Scoring summary
1TEXBryant 25 yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)TEX 7-0
2TEXWard 40 yard field goalTEX 10-0
3OKLASewell 5 yard run (Lashar kick)TEX 10-7
3OKLASafety, Steelhammer centered ball out of end zoneTEX 10-9
3OKLASewell 11 yard run (pass failed)OKLA 15-10
4TEXSafety, intentional snap out of end zoneOKLA 15-12
4TEXWard 32 yard field goalTied 15-15

Vs. Iowa (Freedom Bowl)
#19 Texas vs. Iowa
1 234Total
#19 Longhorns 0 1700 17
• Hawkeyes 14 10310 55
Scoring summary
19:15IOWAHayes 6-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 7–0
13:27IowaFlagg 11-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 14–0
213:35TexasBryant 11-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)IOWA 14–7
210:14IOWABush 1-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 21–7
25:34TexasHarris 1-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)IOWA 21–14
22:23TexasWard 46-yard FGIOWA 21–17
20:00IOWANichol 27-yard FGIOWA 24–17
313:03IOWANichol 35-yard FGIOWA 27–17
312:05IOWAHappel 33-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 34–17
37:09IOWASmith 49-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 41–17
34:53IOWAHelverson 4-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 48–17
32:19IOWAHayes 15-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 55–17
Main article: 1984 Freedom Bowl
See also: 1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "DOUBLE LOSS FOR AUBURN; JACKSON IS OUT". The New York Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  3. "Long Sets Records As Iowa Triumphs". The New York Times. December 27, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.


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