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1970 Texas

10–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1970, game by game: won vs. California 56–15; won at Texas Tech 35–13; won vs. No. 13 UCLA 20–17; won vs. Oklahoma 41–9; won at Rice 45–21; won vs. SMU 42–15; won at Baylor 21–14; won at TCU 58–0; won vs. Texas A&M 52–14; won vs. No. 4 Arkansas 42–7; lost vs. No. 6 Notre Dame 11–24+58−13Won 56–15 vs. California+41CaliforniaWon 35–13 at Texas Tech+22Texas TechWon 20–17 vs. No. 13 UCLA+3No. 13 UCLAWon 41–9 vs. Oklahoma+32OklahomaWon 45–21 at Rice+24RiceWon 42–15 vs. SMU+27SMUWon 21–14 at Baylor+7BaylorWon 58–0 at TCU+58TCUWon 52–14 vs. Texas A&M+38Texas A&MWon 42–7 vs. No. 4 Arkansas+35No. 4 ArkansasLost 11–24 vs. No. 6 Notre Dame-13No. 6 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsCaliforniaW 56–⁠1582%
Sep 26atTexas TechW 35–⁠1366%
Oct 3vs13UCLAW 20–⁠1770%
Oct 10vsOklahomaW 41–⁠974%
Oct 24atRiceW 45–⁠2182%
Oct 31vsSMUW 42–⁠1588%
Nov 7atBaylorW 21–⁠1490%
Nov 14atTCUW 58–⁠081%
Nov 26vsTexas A&MW 52–⁠1494%
Dec 5vs4ArkansasW 42–⁠767%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs6Notre DameCotton BowlL 11–⁠2461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 24–⁠11 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 9th-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: 2
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 2
  7. Wk 7: 2
  8. Wk 8: 1
  9. Wk 9: 1
  10. Wk 10: 2
  11. Wk 11: 1
  12. Wk 12: 1
  13. Wk 13: 1
  14. Wk 14: 1
  15. Final: 3

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 1970.

National championsa title the school claims

Southwest Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Heisman voteSteve Worster, fourth

3 consensus All-AmericansBobby Wuensch, OT; Steve Worster, RB; Bill Atessis, DE

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 1
Points
423–⁠149
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1780 +86 this season
SP+ rating
30.9 No. 1 of 117; offense No. 1, defense No. 15
SRS
35.4 No. 1 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Emory Bellard
Defensive coordinator
Mike Campbell
Offense
Wishbone
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 2Cotton Speyrer WRWashington Redskins
Rd 2Bill Atessis DEBaltimore Colts
Rd 4Happy Feller KPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Bill Zapalac LBNew York Jets
Rd 4Steve Worster RBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Scott Palmer DTNew York Jets

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠211
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠62–⁠9
Texas A&M0–⁠72–⁠9

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