1983 Texas Longhorns football team

1983 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Texas Longhorns football
1983 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 9–10 vs. Georgia
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1983 record	11–1 (8–0 SWC)
Head coach	Fred Akers (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Toman (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	David McWilliams (2nd season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 77,809)
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 11–0 record and lost to Georgia in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	11:30 a.m.	at No. 5 Auburn*	No. 3	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	CBS	W 20–7	73,500
September 24	7:00 p.m.	North Texas State*	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 26–6	71,202	^[1]
October 1	7:00 p.m.	Rice	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 42–6	70,005
October 8	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Oklahoma*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		W 28–16	75,587
October 15	11:30 a.m.	at Arkansas	No. 2	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	CBS	W 31–3	54,882
October 22	2:30 p.m.	at No. 9 SMU	No. 2	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	CBS	W 15–12	63,805
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 20–3	75,402
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Houston	No. 2	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 9–3	47,103
November 12	1:00 p.m.	TCU	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 20–14	61,156
November 19	1:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 24–21	76,208
November 26	11:30 a.m.	at Texas A&M	No. 2	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 45–13	76,751
January 2, 1984	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Georgia*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 9–10	67,891
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References[]

^ "UT overcomes penalty flags, spunky Eagles". Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1983. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "UT overcomes penalty flags, spunky Eagles". Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1983. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – 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)

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Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Nebraska Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Rice TCU Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	History Brown years Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Longhorn Band The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2007 player suspensions 2008 Texas Tech game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 1 Second Left My All American
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1983 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 12 SMU	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	2
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll