1978 Texas Longhorns football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 42–0 vs. Maryland
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record9–3 (6–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLeon Manley (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorLeon Fuller (2nd season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Houston $ 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 11 Arkansas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 9 Texas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
SMU 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Baylor 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Rice 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
TCU 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with an 8-3 record and defeated Maryland in the Sun Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 167:30 p.m.at RiceNo. 7
W 34–062,000
September 237:00 p.m.Wyoming*No. 6
W 17–360,000[1]
September 307:30 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 6
W 24–754,012
October 711:50 a.m.vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*No. 6
ABCL 10–3172,032
October 147:00 p.m.North Texas State*No. 12
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 26–1663,000
October 2111:50 a.m.No. 3 ArkansasNo. 8
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 28–2178,000
October 282:00 p.m.SMUNo. 7
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 22–365,289
November 112:15 p.m.No. 8 HoustonNo. 6
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 7–1083,053
November 182:00 p.m.at TCUNo. 9
W 41–020,014
November 252:00 p.m.at BaylorNo. 9
ABCL 14-3831,500
December 28:00 p.m.Texas A&MNo. 14
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 22–778,413
December 2312:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 Maryland*No. 14
CBSW 42–033,122[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1978 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 6 Randy McEachern Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB   Glenn Blackwood Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 15 Russell Erxleben Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

North Texas State

North Texas State at Texas
1 234Total
Mean Green 7 270 16
• No. 12 Longhorns 0 1673 26
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
  • Game start: 7:01 pm CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:33
  • Game attendance: 63,000
  • Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C), Clear, Wind N 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
Scoring summary
16:13UNTMurray 38-yard pass from Case (Hamm kick)UNT 7–0
213:32UNTSafety (Erxleben fumbled out of end zone)UNT 9–0
21:48TEXJam Jones 1-yard run (Erxleben kick)UNT 9–7
21:06TEXSafety (Snap out of end zone)Tied 9–9
20:17TEXLam Jones 41-yard pass from McEachern (Erxleben kick)Texas 16–9
38:31TEXStuddard 13-yard pass from McEachern (Erxleben kick)Texas 23–9
33:10UNTJackson 2-yard run (Hamm kick)Texas 23–16
42:37TEXErxleben 47-yard field goalTexas 26–16

See also: 1978 North Texas State Mean Green football team

1978 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Russell Erxleben Kicker/Punter 1 11 New Orleans Saints
Glenn Blackwood Defensive back 8 215 Miami Dolphins

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References

  1. ^ Kirk Bohls (September 24, 1978). "'Horns sputter past Wyoming 17-3". Austin American-Statesman. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Jones boys and wind carry Texas past Maryland 42–0". The Sacramento Bee. December 24, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "1979 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.


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