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)
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–3–1 record and lost to Iowa in the Freedom Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 156:45 p.m.No. 11 Auburn*No. 4
ESPNW 35–2778,348[1]
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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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

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Roster

References

  1. ^ "'Horns hook Auburn". The El Paso Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "DOUBLE LOSS FOR AUBURN; JACKSON IS OUT". The New York Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Long Sets Records As Iowa Triumphs". The New York Times. December 27, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.


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