1949 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1949 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1949 college football season.

1949 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1949 record6–4 (3–3 SWC)
Head coachBlair Cherry (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1949 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Rice $ 6 0 0  10 1 0
No. 20 Baylor 4 2 0  8 2 0
TCU 3 3 0  6 3 1
Texas 3 3 0  6 4 0
SMU 2 3 1  5 4 1
Arkansas 2 4 0  5 5 0
Texas A&M 0 5 1  1 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17Texas Tech*W 43–028,000
September 24at Temple*
W 54–0
October 1Idaho*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 56–7
October 8vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*No. 12
L 14–20
October 15ArkansasNo. 16W 27–14
October 22No. 9 RiceNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 15–17
October 29at No. 11 SMUNo. 19
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
L 6–7
November 5No. 6 Baylor
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 20–0
November 12TCUNo. 13
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 13–14
November 24at Texas A&M
W 42–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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