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1974 Texas

8–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1974, game by game: won at Boston College 42–19; won vs. Wyoming 34–7; lost at Texas Tech 3–26; won vs. Washington 35–21; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 13–16; won vs. Arkansas 38–7; won at Rice 27–6; won vs. SMU 35–15; lost at Baylor 24–34; won at TCU 81–16; won vs. No. 8 Texas A&M 32–3; lost vs. No. 6 Auburn 3–27+65−24Won 42–19 at Boston College+23Boston CollegeWon 34–7 vs. Wyoming+27WyomingLost 3–26 at Texas Tech-23Texas TechWon 35–21 vs. Washington+14WashingtonLost 13–16 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-3No. 2 OklahomaWon 38–7 vs. Arkansas+31ArkansasWon 27–6 at Rice+21RiceWon 35–15 vs. SMU+20SMULost 24–34 at Baylor-10BaylorWon 81–16 at TCU+65TCUWon 32–3 vs. No. 8 Texas A&M+29No. 8 Texas A&MLost 3–27 vs. No. 6 Auburn-24No. 6 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atBoston CollegeW 42–⁠1959%
Sep 21vsWyomingW 34–⁠785%
Sep 28atTexas TechL 3–⁠2646%
Oct 5vsWashingtonW 35–⁠2183%
Oct 12vs2OklahomaL 13–⁠1634%
Oct 19vsArkansasW 38–⁠772%
Oct 26atRiceW 27–⁠674%
Nov 2vsSMUW 35–⁠1575%
Nov 9atBaylorL 24–⁠3472%
Nov 16atTCUW 81–⁠1683%
Nov 29vs8Texas A&MW 32–⁠363%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs6AuburnGator BowlL 3–⁠2757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 27–⁠3 in the Gator Bowl; No. 17 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 19
  6. Wk 6: 17
  7. Wk 7: 16
  8. Wk 8: 13
  9. Wk 9: 12
  10. Wk 10: 12
  11. Wk 12: 17
  12. Wk 13: 17
  13. Wk 14: 11
  14. Final: 17

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 1974.

Led the nationGralyn Wyatt: yards per carry (7.8)

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 6
Points
367–⁠197
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1654 +14 this season
SP+ rating
23.0 No. 9 of 124; offense No. 3, defense No. 29
SRS
20.6 No. 8 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Fred Akers
Defensive coordinator
Mike Campbell

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 2Doug English DTDetroit Lions
Rd 5Roosevelt Leaks RBBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Marty AkinsQBAP-2
  • Lionell JohnsonDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Baylor6–⁠18–⁠414
Texas A&M5–⁠28–⁠316
Texas5–⁠28–⁠417
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
SMU3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas Tech3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠2
Rice2–⁠52–⁠8–⁠1
TCU0–⁠71–⁠10

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