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The 1997 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member South Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by John Mackovic in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Big 12's South Division. The team played home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

DivisionSouth Division
Record4–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Headcoach
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1997 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record4–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGene Dahlquist (6th season)
Offensive schemePro-style[1]
Defensive coordinatorBobby Jack Wright (1st season)
Base defense4–3[1]
Home stadiumDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 1996
1998 
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1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$ 80  130 
No. 8 Kansas State  % 71  111 
No. 23 Missouri 53  75 
Colorado 35  56 
Kansas 35  56 
Iowa State 17  110 
South Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy 62  94 
No. 24 Oklahoma State 53  84 
Texas Tech 53  65 
Texas 26  47 
Oklahoma 26  48 
Baylor 17  29 
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • † – Coaches Poll national champion
    $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
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The team failed to make a bowl game, but running back Ricky Williams emerged as a national star, leading the country in rushing yards and rushing TDs on his way to winning Big 12 Offensive Player of the year honors and both the Doak Walker Award and the Jim Brown Trophy.

Mackovic was fired after the conclusion of the season, and was replaced by Coach Mack Brown.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:00 p.m.Rutgers*No. 12FSNW 48–1470,882
September 132:30 p.m.UCLA*No. 11
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCL 3–6677,203
September 2711:00 a.m.at Rice*ABCW 38–3153,811
October 411:30 a.m.at Oklahoma StateFSNL 16–4243,100
October 112:30 p.m.vs. OklahomaABCW 27–2475,587
October 181:00 p.m.at MissouriL 29–3748,451
October 252:30 p.m.Colorado
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCL 30–4778,005
November 11:00 p.m.at BaylorL 21–2342,719
November 86:00 p.m.Texas Tech
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
FSNL 10–2476,110
November 151:00 p.m.Kansas
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 45–3168,097
November 2810:00 a.m.at No. 15 Texas A&MABCL 16–2775,349
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP12121211
Coaches10101024
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Game summaries

Rutgers

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Team 1 234Total
Scarlet Knights 7 007 14
Longhorns 0 13287 48
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UCLA

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 28 14 21 3 66
No. 11 Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3
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