1984 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1984 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–3–1 record and lost to Iowa in the Freedom Bowl.

Record7–4–1 (5–3 SWC)

Headcoach

OffensivecoordinatorRon Toman (4th season)

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1984 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 SMU +	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Houston +	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
TCU	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Texas	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Baylor	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	6:45 p.m.	No. 11 Auburn*	No. 4	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ESPN	W 35–27	78,348	^[1]
September 29	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 4 Penn State*	No. 2	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	Raycom	W 28–3	76,883	^[2]
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Rice	No. 1	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	HSE	W 38–13	56,047	^[3]
October 13	3:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	T 15–15	75,587	^[4]
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 24–18	77,809	^[5]
October 27	2:30 p.m.	No. 14 SMU	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 13–7	80,759	^[6]
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 2	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 13–10	50,722	^[7]
November 10	11:30 a.m.	Houston	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	L 15–29	80,348	^[8]
November 17	2:30 p.m.	at No. 12 TCU	No. 10	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 44–23	47,280	^[9]
November 24	11:30 a.m.	at Baylor	No. 6	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 10–24	33,500	^[10]
December 1	6:45 p.m.	Texas A&M	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 12–37	81,309	^[11]
December 26	7:15 p.m.	vs. Iowa*	No. 19	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl)	Raycom	L 17–55	24,093	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	13	6	8	27
• Texas	14	0	7	14	35


1	5:15	TEX	Dodge 10-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 7-0

1	0:50	TEX	Orr 1-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 14-0

2	11:05	AUB	Collins 2-yard run (McGinty kick)	TEX 14-7

2	3:33	AUB	McGinty 22-yard field goal	TEX 14-10

2	0:00	AUB	McGinty 40-yard field goal	TEX 14-13

3	9:19	TEX	Duhon 32-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	TEX 21-13

3	4:23	AUB	Bo Jackson 5-yard run (run failed)	TEX 21-19

4	9:19	TEX	Jerome Johnson 10-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 28-19

4	4:50	TEX	Jerome Johnson 14-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 35-19

4	2:33	AUB	Fullwood 1-yard run (Washington run)	TEX 35-27

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	3	0	5	15
Oklahoma	0	0	15	0	15


1	TEX	Bryant 25 yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	TEX 7-0

2	TEX	Ward 40 yard field goal	TEX 10-0

3	OKLA	Sewell 5 yard run (Lashar kick)	TEX 10-7

3	OKLA	Safety, Steelhammer centered ball out of end zone	TEX 10-9

3	OKLA	Sewell 11 yard run (pass failed)	OKLA 15-10

4	TEX	Safety, intentional snap out of end zone	OKLA 15-12

4	TEX	Ward 32 yard field goal	Tied 15-15

Schedule


1	9:15	IOWA	Hayes 6-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 7–0

1	3:27	Iowa	Flagg 11-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 14–0

2	13:35	Texas	Bryant 11-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	IOWA 14–7

2	10:14	IOWA	Bush 1-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 21–7

2	5:34	Texas	Harris 1-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	IOWA 21–14

2	2:23	Texas	Ward 46-yard FG	IOWA 21–17

2	0:00	IOWA	Nichol 27-yard FG	IOWA 24–17

3	13:03	IOWA	Nichol 35-yard FG	IOWA 27–17

3	12:05	IOWA	Happel 33-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 34–17

3	7:09	IOWA	Smith 49-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 41–17

3	4:53	IOWA	Helverson 4-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 48–17

3	2:19	IOWA	Hayes 15-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 55–17