1984 Texas Longhorns football team

1984 Texas Longhorns football
1984 Texas Longhorns football
Freedom Bowl, L 17–55 vs. Iowa
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–4–1 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach	Fred Akers (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ron Toman (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	David McWilliams (3rd season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 77,809)
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

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

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.

Schedule

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
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Rice	No. 1	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	HSE	W 38–13	56,047
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
October 20	1:00 p.m.	Arkansas	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 24–18	77,809
October 27	2:30 p.m.	No. 14 SMU	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 13–7	80,759
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 2	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 13–10	50,722
November 10	11:30 a.m.	Houston	No. 3	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	L 15–29	80,348
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
November 24	11:30 a.m.	at Baylor	No. 6	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	Raycom	L 10–24	33,500
December 1	6:45 p.m.	Texas A&M	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 12–37	81,309
December 26	7:15 p.m.	vs. Iowa*	No. 19	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl)	Raycom	L 17–55	24,093
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

#11 Auburn at #4 Texas

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

#3 Oklahoma vs. #1 Texas

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

#19 Texas vs. Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Longhorns	0	17	0	0	17
• Hawkeyes	14	10	31	0	55

^ "'Horns hook Auburn". The El Paso Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "DOUBLE LOSS FOR AUBURN; JACKSON IS OUT". The New York Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ "Long Sets Records As Iowa Triumphs". The New York Times. December 27, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.