1997 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record4–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGene Dahlquist (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorBobby Jack Wright (1st season)
Home stadiumDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 75,512)
1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$  8 0   13 0  
No. 8 Kansas State  %  7 1   11 1  
No. 23 Missouri  5 3   7 5  
Colorado  3 5   5 6  
Kansas  3 5   5 6  
Iowa State  1 7   1 10  
South Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy  6 2   9 4  
No. 24 Oklahoma State  5 3   8 4  
Texas Tech  5 3   6 5  
Texas  2 6   4 7  
Oklahoma  2 6   4 8  
Baylor  1 7   2 9  
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

The 1997 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic, who was fired after the conclusion of the regular season.

Schedule

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
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

[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP12121211
Coaches10101024

Season summary

Rutgers

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

[2]

UCLA

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

[3]

References

  1. "MackBrown-TexasFootball.com - Official website of the Texas Longhorns - Texas Football". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  2. USA Today. Retrieved 2016-Jun-18.
  3. "UCLA 66, No. 11 Texas 3". AP News. September 13, 1997. Retrieved September 24, 2022.


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