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1957 Texas

6–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1957, game by game: won at Georgia 26–7; won vs. Tulane 20–6; lost vs. South Carolina 21–27; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 7–21; won at No. 10 Arkansas 17–0; won vs. No. 13 Rice 19–14; lost at SMU 12–19; tied vs. Baylor 7–7; won vs. No. 17 TCU 14–2; won at No. 4 Texas A&M 9–7; lost vs. No. 7 Ole Miss 7–39+19−32Won 26–7 at Georgia+19GeorgiaWon 20–6 vs. Tulane+14TulaneLost 21–27 vs. South Carolina-6South CarolinaLost 7–21 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-14No. 1 OklahomaWon 17–0 at No. 10 Arkansas+17No. 10 ArkansasWon 19–14 vs. No. 13 Rice+5No. 13 RiceLost 12–19 at SMU-7SMUTied 7–7 vs. Baylor0BaylorWon 14–2 vs. No. 17 TCU+12No. 17 TCUWon 9–7 at No. 4 Texas A&M+2No. 4 Texas A&MLost 7–39 vs. No. 7 Ole Miss-32No. 7 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atGeorgiaW 26–⁠741%
Sep 28vsTulaneW 20–⁠649%
Oct 5vsSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠2759%
Oct 12vs1OklahomaL 7–⁠2118%
Oct 19at10ArkansasW 17–⁠023%
Oct 26vs13RiceW 19–⁠1452%
Nov 2atSMUL 12–⁠1950%
Nov 9vsBaylorT 7–⁠749%
Nov 16vs17TCUW 14–⁠241%
Nov 28at4Texas A&MW 9–⁠719%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs7Ole MissSugar BowlL 7–⁠3931%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 39–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 13
  2. Wk 3: 20
  3. Wk 6: 19
  4. Wk 7: 13
  5. Final: 11
Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 11
Points
159–⁠149
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1544 +108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.3 No. 24 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Walter Fondren and Louis Del Homme
Offense
Split-T
Defense
5–⁠2 Oklahoma

All-Southwest Conference

4 second team

Second team

  • Maurice DokeEAP-2
  • Garland KennonOTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Don WilsonOGAP-2; UPI-2
  • Louis Del HommeCAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠17–⁠48
Texas4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠111
Texas A&M4–⁠28–⁠39
SMU3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠46–⁠4
TCU2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.