1976 Texas
5–5–1 (4–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 42–15Oct 2
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at Boston College | L 13–14 | 56% |
| Sep 18 | vs North Texas | W 17–14 | 77% |
| Oct 2 | at Rice | W 42–15 | 73% |
| Oct 9 | vs 3Oklahoma | T 6–6 | 36% |
| Oct 23 | vs SMU | W 13–12 | 84% |
| Oct 30 | at 6Texas Tech | L 28–31 | 43% |
| Nov 6 | vs 19Houston | L 0–30 | 71% |
| Nov 13 | at TCU | W 34–7 | 83% |
| Nov 20 | at Baylor | L 10–20 | 53% |
| Nov 25 | vs 11Texas A&M | L 3–27 | 43% |
| Dec 4 | vs Arkansas | W 29–12 | 56% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Arkansas 29–12; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 7
- Wk 2: 19
- Wk 5: 16
- Wk 6: 13
- Wk 7: 13
- Wk 8: 15
- Wk 9: 20
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 1976.
- Record
- 5–5–1
- Conference
- 4–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 7
- Points
- 195–188
- Coach
- Darrell Royal
- Elo
- 1583 −63 this season
- SP+ rating
- 8.6 No. 39 of 132; offense No. 68, defense No. 31
- SRS
- 6.8 No. 37 of 137 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinators
- Don Breaux and Pat Patterson
- Defensive coordinator
- Mike Campbell
Drafted in 1977
The 1977 draft| Rd 1 | Raymond Clayborn DB | New England Patriots |
| Rd 5 | Ernest Lee DT | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Rd 6 | Rick Burleson DE | Kansas City Chiefs |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
Russell ErxlebenPAP-1
Second team
- Charles WilcoxOGAP-2
- Billy GordonCAP-2
- Bill HamiltonLBAP-2
- Raymond ClaybornDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1976 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 7–1 | 10–2 | 4 |
| Texas Tech | 7–1 | 10–2 | 13 |
| Texas A&M | 6–2 | 10–2 | 7 |
| Baylor | 4–3–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Texas | 4–4 | 5–5–1 | |
| Arkansas | 3–4–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Rice | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| SMU | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| TCU | 0–8 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.