1988 Texas Longhorns football team

1988 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions.; Rankings from AP Poll

1988 Texas Longhorns football
1988 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1988 record	4–7 (2–5 SWC)
Head coach	David McWilliams (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	John Mize (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Jette (2nd season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 77,809)
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the season with a 4–7 record.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	7:00 p.m.	at BYU*	No. 19	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	L 6–47	64,249
September 17	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico*		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	HSE	W 47–0	55,630
September 24	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 (I-AA) North Texas*		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	HSE	W 27–24	60,152	^[1]
October 1	6:00 p.m.	at Rice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		W 20–13	35,000
October 8	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Oklahoma*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	CBS	L 13–28	75,587
October 15	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 Arkansas		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	HSE	L 24–27	73,451
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 32–33	49,682
November 5	12:00 p.m.	Houston		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	L 15–66	69,600
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 30–21	29,083
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 14–17	30,142
November 24	7:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 24–28	77,809
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Longhorns	3	0	0	3	6
#8 Cougars	17	0	20	10	47

^ "Longhorns escape Eagles' grasp". Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

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1988 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Arkansas $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M*	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
No. 18 Houston	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Baylor	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll