1977 Texas Longhorns football team

1977 Texas Longhorns football

SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 10–38 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
1977 record	11–1 (8–0 SWC)
Head coach	Fred Akers (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Leon Manley
Defensive coordinator	Leon Fuller
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium

1977 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#3 Arkansas	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Houston	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Regular season

The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 11–0 record. Earl Campbell won the Heisman Trophy in 1977 and led the nation in rushing with 1,744 yards. In 1977, he became the first recipient of the Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy which was awarded to the most outstanding player in the now-defunct Southwest Conference. He was selected as the Southwest Conference running back of the year in each of his college seasons and finished with 4,444 career rushing yards.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	4:00 PM	Boston College*	No. 18	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 44-0	50,000
September 17	4:00 PM	Virginia*	No. 9	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 68-0	41,000
October 1	4:00 PM	Rice	No. 8	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 72-15	47,500
October 8	2:00 PM	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		W 13-6	72,032
October 15	12:00 PM	at No. 8 Arkansas	No. 2	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry)	ABC	W 13-9	44,296
October 22	1:30 PM	at SMU	No. 2	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX		W 30-14	36,151
October 29	2:00 PM	No. 14 Texas Tech	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)		W 26-0	78,809
November 5	2:00 PM	at Houston	No. 1	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		W 35-21	72,124
November 12	2:00 PM	TCU	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 44-14	50,150
November 19	3:00 PM	Baylor	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	W 29-7	60,000
November 26	1:30 PM	at No. 12 Texas A&M	No. 1	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)		W 57-28	57,443
January 2	1:00 PM	vs. No. 5 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 10-38	76,701
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summaries

Oklahoma

#2 Oklahoma vs. #5 Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	0	3	0	6
• Texas	0	10	0	3	13

Date: October 9
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Game attendance: 72,000

Scoring summary

Q1	OKLA	von Schamann 47 yard field goal	OKLA 3–0

Q2	TEX	Erxleben 64 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q2	TEX	Campbell 24 yard run (Erxleben kick)	TEX 10–3

Q3	OKLA	von Schamann 33 yard field goal	TEX 10–6

Q4	TEX	Erxleben 58 yard field goal	TEX 13–6

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Texas A&M

#1 Texas at Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	14	19	7	17	57
Texas A&M	7	7	14	0	28

Date: November 26
Location: Kyle Field, College Station, TX
Game attendance: 57,443

Scoring summary

Q1	TA&M	Dickey 7 yard run (Franklin kick)	TA&M 7–0

Q1	TEX	Campbell 60 yard pass from McEachern (McMichael kick)	Tie 7–7

Q1	TEX	Campbell 4 yard run (McMichael kick)	TEX 14–7

Q2	TEX	H. Jones 4 yard run (McMichael kick)	TEX 21–7

Q2	TEX	Jackson 9 yard pass from McEachern (kick failed)	TEX 26–7

Q2	TEX	Jackson 12 yard pass from McEachern (McMichael kick)	TEX 33–7

Q2	TA&M	Woodard 1 yard run (Franklin kick)	TEX 33–14

Q3	TEX	Campbell 6 yard run (McMichael kick)	TEX 40–14

Q3	TA&M	Walker 8 yard run (Franklin kick)	TEX 40–21

Q3	TA&M	Woodard 1 yard run (Franklin kick)	TEX 40–28

Q4	TEX	Campbell 23 yard run (McMichael kick)	TEX 47–28

Q4	TEX	L. Jones 37 yard pass from McEachern (McMichael kick)	TEX 54–28

Q4	TEX	McMichael 48 yard field goal	TEX 57–28

Earl Campbell 27 Rush, 222 Yds (career-high)

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1977 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Earl Campbell	Running Back	1	1	Houston Oilers
Brad Shearer	Defensive Tackle	3	74	Chicago Bears
Alfred Jackson	Wide Receiver	7	167	Atlanta Falcons

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Awards and honors

Earl Campbell, Heisman Trophy^[5]
Earl Campbell, Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy
Earl Campbell, Consensus All-American^[6]
Brad Shearer, Outland Trophy
Brad Shearer, Consensus All-American^[7]

References

↑ http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html
↑ "Texas Knocks Off Oklahoma." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Oct 8. Retrieved 2014-Nov-27.
↑ "Campbell, Texas Overpowering." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Nov 27. Retrieved 2014-Dec-04.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1978.htm
↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf

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

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma & Baylor (1915) Texas (1916) Texas A&M (1917) Texas & Oklahoma (1918) Texas A&M (1919) Texas (1920) Texas A&M (1921) Baylor (1922) SMU (1923) Baylor (1924) Texas A&M (1925) SMU (1926) Texas A&M (1927) Texas (1928) TCU (1929) Texas (1930) SMU (1931) TCU (1932) Arkansas (1933) Rice (1934) SMU (1935) Arkansas (1936) Rice (1937) TCU (1938) Texas A&M (1939) Texas A&M & SMU & (1940) Texas A&M (1941) Texas (1942) Texas (1943) TCU (1944) Texas (1945) Rice & Arkansas (1946) SMU (1947) SMU (1948) Rice (1949) Texas (1950) TCU (1951) Texas (1952) Rice & Texas (1953) Arkansas (1954) TCU (1955) Texas A&M (1956) Rice (1957) TCU (1958) Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959) Arkansas (1960) Texas & Arkansas (1961) Texas (1962) Texas (1963) Arkansas (1964) Arkansas (1965) SMU (1966) Texas A&M (1967) Arkansas & Texas (1968) Texas (1969) Texas (1970) Texas (1971) Texas (1972) Texas (1973) Baylor (1974) Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975) Houston & Texas Tech (1976) Texas (1977) Houston (1978) Arkansas & Houston (1979) Baylor (1980) SMU (1981) SMU (1982) Texas (1983) SMU & Houston (1984) Texas A&M (1985) Texas A&M (1986) Texas A&M (1987) Arkansas (1988) Arkansas (1989) Texas (1990) Texas A&M (1991) Texas A&M (1992) Texas A&M (1993) Texas A&M (1994) Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

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