1962 Texas Longhorns football team
American college football season
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The 1962 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth year under head coach Darrell Royal, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 9–1–1, with a mark of 6–0–1 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion. Texas concluded their season with a loss against LSU in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[1]
| 1962 Texas Longhorns football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 0–13 vs. LSU | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 9–1–1 (6–0–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Texas $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Arkansas | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Treadwell played at both offensive guard and linebacker and was a consensus pick on the 1962 All-America team,[2][3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | 7:30 p.m. | Oregon* | No. 2 | W 25–13 | 50,000 | [4] | ||
| September 29 | 7:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 3 | W 34–0 | 42,000 | [5] | ||
| October 6 | 7:30 p.m. | Tulane* | No. 3 |
| W 35–8 | 50,000 | [6] | |
| October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 2 | CBS | W 9–6 | 75,504 | [7] | |
| October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 7 Arkansas | No. 1 |
| W 7–3 | 64,530 | [8] | |
| October 27 | 8:00 p.m. | at Rice | No. 1 | T 14–14 | 73,000 | [9] | ||
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | SMU | No. 5 |
| W 6–0 | 51,000 | [10] | |
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 5 | W 27–12 | 30,000 | [11] | ||
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at TCU | No. 5 | W 14–0 | 42,393 | [12] | ||
| November 22 | 2:00 p.m. | Texas A&M | No. 4 |
| CBS | W 13–3 | 57,000 | [13] |
| January 1, 1963 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 7 LSU* | No. 4 |
| CBS | L 0–13 | 75,500 | [14] |
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Awards and honors
- Johnny Treadwell, guard: Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player consensus All-American[15]
