1964 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1964 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Orange Bowl champion | |
Orange Bowl, W 21–17 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 5 |
| 1964 record | 10–1 (6–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Texas | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Longhorns finished the season as Orange Bowl champions. In the 1965 Orange Bowl, Tommy Nobis made one of the most famous tackles in the game's history. On fourth-and-inches, and clinging to a 21–17 lead, he led his teammates to a game-saving halt of top ranked Alabama's quarterback, Joe Namath.
Schedule[]
A heart-breaking 1-point loss to arch-rival Arkansas at Texas Memorial Stadium kept the Longhorns from repeating as National Champions.[1] The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–1–0 record and defeated No.1 ranked Alabama in the 1965 Orange Bowl, 21–17.[2][3]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Tulane* | No. 4 | W 31–0 | 60,000 | [4] | ||
| September 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 4 |
| W 23–0 | 43,000 | ||
| October 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Army* | No. 1 |
| W 17–6 | 65,700 | ||
| October 10 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 1 |
| NBC | W 28–7 | 75,504 | |
| October 17 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 8 Arkansas | No. 1 |
| L 13–14 | 65,700 | [5] | |
| October 24 | 8:00 p.m. | at Rice | No. 6 | W 6–3 | 73,000 | |||
| October 31 | 1:00 p.m. | SMU | No. 6 |
| W 7–0 | 59,000 | ||
| November 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 6 | W 20–14 | 39,686 | |||
| November 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at TCU | No. 5 | W 28–13 | 34,529 | |||
| November 26 | 2:30 p.m. | Texas A&M | No. 5 |
| NBC | W 26–7 | 65,000 | |
| January 1 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 1 Alabama* | No. 5 | NBC | W 21–17 | 72,647 | ||
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1964 team players in the NFL[]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.[7]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Ernie Koy, Jr. | Fullback | 11 | 141 | New York Giants |
| Olen Underwood | End | 14 | 183 | New York Giants |
Awards and honors[]
- Tommy Nobis, All-America selection
References[]
- ^ "Arkansas Spills Longhorns, 14–13". The Victoria Advocate, via Google News. Victoria, Texas. Associated Press. October 18, 1964.
- ^ "Alabama Favored By 3 Points". The Times-News, via Google News. Hendersonville, North Carolina. United Press International. January 2, 1965.
- ^ "Texas Outlasts 'Bama in Orange Bowl, 21–17". Daytona Beach Morning Journal, via Google News. Daytona Beach, Florida. Associated Press. January 2, 1965.
- ^ "Longhorns saddle up enough, overwhelm Tulane unit, 31–0". The American-Statesman. September 20, 1964. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Gamble Fails; Arkansas 14-13 Victor". Austin American-Statesman. October 18, 1964. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mack Brown All-Time Results Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1966 NFL Draft
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