1970 Texas Longhorns football team

1970 Texas Longhorns football

Coaches Poll national champion SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 11–24 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 3
1970 record	10–1 (7–0 SWC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal
Offensive coordinator	Emory Bellard
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Mike Campbell
Base defense	4-4
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 66,397)

1970 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#11 Arkansas	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Rice	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Baylor	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970 college football season. The Longhorns shared the national championship with Nebraska. Their third National Championship overall, the previous titles were won in 1963 and 1969.

Schedule

The 1970 Longhorns finished the regular season with an unblemished 10–0 record to run their winning streak to 30 games, and met Notre Dame once again in the Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park. This time the #6 Fighting Irish won, 24–11, denying #1 Texas a third straight Cotton Bowl Classic victory and second straight consensus national championship. However, Texas had still earlier won the 1970 UPI (Coaches) National Championship.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	4:00 PM	California*	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 56–15	61,000
September 26	7:30 PM	at Texas Tech	No. 2	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry)		W 35–13	50,000
October 3	4:00 PM	No. 13 UCLA*	No. 2	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 20–17	65,500
October 10	3:00 PM	vs. Oklahoma*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 41–9	71,938
October 24	7:30 PM	at Rice	No. 2	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX		W 45–21	70,500
October 31	2:00 PM	SMU	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 42–15	61,170
November 7	2:00 PM	at Baylor	No. 1	Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX		W 21–14	35,000
November 14	2:00 PM	at TCU	No. 2	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX		W 58–0	40,179
November 26	2:00 PM	Texas A&M	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)		W 52–14	66,400
December 5	2:00 PM	No. 4 Arkansas	No. 1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)	ABC	W 42–7	68,510
January 1	1:00 PM	vs. No. 6 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 11–24	73,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Later that New Year's Day, #2 Ohio State lost 27–17 to #12 Stanford in the Rose Bowl. That night, third-ranked Nebraska defeated #5 LSU 17–12 in the Orange Bowl to give the 11–0–1 Huskers the post-bowl AP national championship. Through the 1973 season, the final UPI coaches poll was released in early December, after the regular season but before the bowl games.

1970 team players in the NFL

The following 1970 Texas Longhorns were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft:^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Cotton Speyrer	WR	2	38	Washington Redskins
Bill Atessis	DE	2	52	Baltimore Colts
Happy Feller	K	4	83	Philadelphia Eagles
Bill Zapalac	LB	4	84	New York Jets
Steve Worster	RB	4	90	Los Angeles Rams
Scott Palmer	DT	7	162	New York Jets
Bobby Wuensch	T	12	294	Baltimore Colts
Danny Lester	DB	13	317	Philadelphia Eagles
Deryl Comer	TE	14	345	Atlanta Falcons

Awards and honors

Bobby Wuensch, Tackle, Consensus All-American^[3]
Steve Worster, Back, Consensus All-American^[4]
Bill Atessis, Defensive End, Consensus All-American^[5]

References

1970 Texas Longhorns football—NFF & UPI national champions

Bill Atessis Jim Bertelsen Happy Feller Gary Keithley Alan Lowry Jim McIngvale Jerry Sisemore Cotton Speyrer Alan Weddell Steve Worster Bobby Wuensch Bill Zaplac Head coach: Darrell Royal Assistant coaches: Fred Akers Emory Bellard Mike Campbell Leon Manley David McWilliams Willie Zapalac

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs) Rice

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

Southwest Conference football champions

Oklahoma & Baylor (1915) Texas (1916) Texas A&M (1917) Texas & Oklahoma (1918) Texas A&M (1919) Texas (1920) Texas A&M (1921) Baylor (1922) SMU (1923) Baylor (1924) Texas A&M (1925) SMU (1926) Texas A&M (1927) Texas (1928) TCU (1929) Texas (1930) SMU (1931) TCU (1932) Arkansas (1933) Rice (1934) SMU (1935) Arkansas (1936) Rice (1937) TCU (1938) Texas A&M (1939) Texas A&M & SMU & (1940) Texas A&M (1941) Texas (1942) Texas (1943) TCU (1944) Texas (1945) Rice & Arkansas (1946) SMU (1947) SMU (1948) Rice (1949) Texas (1950) TCU (1951) Texas (1952) Rice & Texas (1953) Arkansas (1954) TCU (1955) Texas A&M (1956) Rice (1957) TCU (1958) Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959) Arkansas (1960) Texas & Arkansas (1961) Texas (1962) Texas (1963) Arkansas (1964) Arkansas (1965) SMU (1966) Texas A&M (1967) Arkansas & Texas (1968) Texas (1969) Texas (1970) Texas (1971) Texas (1972) Texas (1973) Baylor (1974) Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975) Houston & Texas Tech (1976) Texas (1977) Houston (1978) Arkansas & Houston (1979) Baylor (1980) SMU (1981) SMU (1982) Texas (1983) SMU & Houston (1984) Texas A&M (1985) Texas A&M (1986) Texas A&M (1987) Arkansas (1988) Arkansas (1989) Texas (1990) Texas A&M (1991) Texas A&M (1992) Texas A&M (1993) Texas A&M (1994) Texas (1995)

National championships in bold

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