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1964 Texas

10–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1964, game by game: won vs. Tulane 31–0; won at Texas Tech 23–0; won vs. Army 17–6; won vs. Oklahoma 28–7; lost vs. No. 8 Arkansas 13–14; won at Rice 6–3; won vs. SMU 7–0; won at Baylor 20–14; won at TCU 28–13; won vs. Texas A&M 26–7; won vs. No. 2 Alabama 21–17+31−1Won 31–0 vs. Tulane+31TulaneWon 23–0 at Texas Tech+23Texas TechWon 17–6 vs. Army+11ArmyWon 28–7 vs. Oklahoma+21OklahomaLost 13–14 vs. No. 8 Arkansas-1No. 8 ArkansasWon 6–3 at Rice+3RiceWon 7–0 vs. SMU+7SMUWon 20–14 at Baylor+6BaylorWon 28–13 at TCU+15TCUWon 26–7 vs. Texas A&M+19Texas A&MWon 21–17 vs. No. 2 Alabama+4No. 2 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsTulaneW 31–⁠089%
Sep 26atTexas TechW 23–⁠072%
Oct 3vsArmyW 17–⁠676%
Oct 10vsOklahomaW 28–⁠767%
Oct 17vs8ArkansasL 13–⁠1474%
Oct 24atRiceW 6–⁠372%
Oct 31vsSMUW 7–⁠091%
Nov 7atBaylorW 20–⁠1471%
Nov 14atTCUW 28–⁠1379%
Nov 26vsTexas A&MW 26–⁠792%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs2AlabamaOrange BowlW 21–⁠1745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 21–⁠17 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1964.

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 1
Points
220–⁠81
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1784 +95 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.5 No. 5 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

7 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Harold PhilippB
  • Joe DixonB
  • Knox NunnallyE
  • Dan MauldinE
  • Clayton LacyOT
  • Tommy NobisOG
  • Olen UnderwoodCAP-1; UPI-3

Second team

  • Ernie Koy Jr.BUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠011–⁠02
Texas6–⁠110–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠35–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Rice3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6
Texas A&M1–⁠61–⁠9
SMU0–⁠71–⁠9

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