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1962 Texas

9–⁠1–⁠1 (6–⁠0–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1962, game by game: won vs. Oregon 25–13; won at Texas Tech 34–0; won vs. Tulane 35–8; won vs. Oklahoma 9–6; won vs. No. 7 Arkansas 7–3; tied at Rice 14–14; won vs. SMU 6–0; won at Baylor 27–12; won at TCU 14–0; won vs. Texas A&M 13–3; lost vs. No. 7 LSU 0–13+34−13Won 25–13 vs. Oregon+12OregonWon 34–0 at Texas Tech+34Texas TechWon 35–8 vs. Tulane+27TulaneWon 9–6 vs. Oklahoma+3OklahomaWon 7–3 vs. No. 7 Arkansas+4No. 7 ArkansasTied 14–14 at Rice0RiceWon 6–0 vs. SMU+6SMUWon 27–12 at Baylor+15BaylorWon 14–0 at TCU+14TCUWon 13–3 vs. Texas A&M+10Texas A&MLost 0–13 vs. No. 7 LSU-13No. 7 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsOregonW 25–⁠1377%
Sep 29atTexas TechW 34–⁠074%
Oct 6vsTulaneW 35–⁠888%
Oct 13vsOklahomaW 9–⁠673%
Oct 20vs7ArkansasW 7–⁠363%
Oct 27atRiceT 14–⁠1474%
Nov 3vsSMUW 6–⁠089%
Nov 10atBaylorW 27–⁠1274%
Nov 17atTCUW 14–⁠071%
Nov 22vsTexas A&MW 13–⁠389%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs7LSUCotton BowlL 0–⁠1353%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 13–⁠0 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 4 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 4
  11. Wk 11: 4
  12. Final: 4

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1962.

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanJohnny Treadwell, OG

Record
9–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 1
Points
184–⁠72
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1720 +56 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.7 No. 19 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 3Ray Poage WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 6Jerry Cook BBaltimore Colts
Rd 2Ray Poage TEDenver Broncos (AFL)
Rd 3Jerry Cook RBHouston Oilers (AFL)

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ray PoageBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Pat CulpepperBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Tommy LucasEAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠14
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠26
TCU5–⁠26–⁠4
Baylor3–⁠44–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠2
SMU2–⁠52–⁠8
Texas Tech0–⁠71–⁠9

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