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1982 Texas

9–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Akers, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1982, game by game: won vs. Utah 21–12; won vs. Missouri 21–0; won at Rice 34–7; lost vs. Oklahoma 22–28; lost vs. No. 4 SMU 17–30; won at Texas Tech 27–0; won vs. Houston 50–0; won at TCU 38–21; won at Baylor 31–23; won vs. Texas A&M 53–16; won vs. No. 6 Arkansas 33–7; lost vs. North Carolina 10–26+50−16Won 21–12 vs. Utah+9UtahWon 21–0 vs. Missouri+21MissouriWon 34–7 at Rice+27RiceLost 22–28 vs. Oklahoma-6OklahomaLost 17–30 vs. No. 4 SMU-13No. 4 SMUWon 27–0 at Texas Tech+27Texas TechWon 50–0 vs. Houston+50HoustonWon 38–21 at TCU+17TCUWon 31–23 at Baylor+8BaylorWon 53–16 vs. Texas A&M+37Texas A&MWon 33–7 vs. No. 6 Arkansas+26No. 6 ArkansasLost 10–26 vs. North Carolina-16North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsUtahW 21–⁠1269%
Sep 25vsMissouriW 21–⁠066%
Oct 2atRiceW 34–⁠779%
Oct 9vsOklahomaL 22–⁠2860%
Oct 23vs4SMUL 17–⁠3049%
Oct 30atTexas TechW 27–⁠069%
Nov 6vsHoustonW 50–⁠073%
Nov 13atTCUW 38–⁠2176%
Nov 20atBaylorW 31–⁠2367%
Nov 25vsTexas A&MW 53–⁠1679%
Dec 4vs6ArkansasW 33–⁠762%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsNorth CarolinaSun BowlL 10–⁠2661%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 26–⁠10 in the Sun Bowl; No. 17 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 17
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 15
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 18
  8. Wk 8: 19
  9. Wk 11: 20
  10. Wk 12: 17
  11. Wk 13: 14
  12. Wk 14: 12
  13. Wk 15: 8
  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 1982.

Led the nationHerkie Walls: yards per catch (28.1)

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 8
Points
357–⁠170
Coach
Fred Akers
Elo
1697 +64 this season
SP+ rating
19.9 No. 12 of 109; offense No. 17, defense No. 16
SRS
16.9 No. 14 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ron Toman
Defensive coordinator
David McWilliams

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 6Kiki DeAyala LBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7Herkie Walls WRHouston Oilers

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Texas7–⁠19–⁠317
Arkansas5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠19
Houston4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠63–⁠8
Rice0–⁠80–⁠11

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