1988 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1988 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the season with a 4–7 record.

1988 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1988 record4–7 (2–5 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Mize (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Jette (2nd season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 77,809)
1988 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Arkansas $ 7 0 010 2 0
Texas A&M* 6 1 07 5 0
No. 18 Houston 5 2 09 3 0
Texas Tech 4 3 05 6 0
Baylor 2 5 06 5 0
Texas 2 5 04 7 0
TCU 2 5 04 7 0
Rice 0 7 00 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 87:00 p.m.at BYU*No. 19ESPNL 6–4764,249
September 177:00 p.m.New Mexico*HSEW 47–055,630
September 247:00 p.m.No. 1 (I-AA) North Texas*
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
HSEW 27–24 60,152[1]
October 16:00 p.m.at RiceW 20–1335,000
October 81:30 p.m.vs. No. 10 Oklahoma*CBSL 13–2875,587
October 151:00 p.m.No. 17 Arkansas
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
HSEL 24–2773,451
October 2912:00 p.m.at Texas TechRaycomL 32–3349,682
November 512:00 p.m.Houston
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
RaycomL 15–6669,600
November 1212:00 p.m.at TCURaycomW 30–2129,083
November 191:00 p.m.at BaylorL 14–1730,142
November 247:00 p.m.at Texas A&M
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ESPNL 24–2877,809
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

BYU

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Longhorns 3 0 0 3 6
#8 Cougars 17 0 20 10 47

References

  1. "Longhorns escape Eagles' grasp". Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1988. Retrieved October 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.


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