The 1928 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1928 college football season. In their second year under head coach Clyde Littlefield, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 7–2, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished as SWC champion.[1]
| 1928 Texas Longhorns football | |
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SWC champion | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (5–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| Texas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1928 was also the first year in which Texas wore their now distinctive "burnt orange" jerseys.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | St. Edwards* | W 32–0 | [2] | ||
| October 6 | Texas Tech* |
| W 12–0 | [3] | |
| October 13 | vs. Vanderbilt* |
| L 12–13 | [4] | |
| October 20 | Arkansas |
| W 20–7 | [5] | |
| October 27 | at Rice | W 13–6 | 9,000 | [6] | |
| November 3 | SMU |
| L 2–6 | 16,000 | [7] |
| November 10 | at Baylor | W 6–0 | [8] | ||
| November 17 | at TCU | W 6–0 | [9] | ||
| November 29 | Texas A&M |
| W 19–0 | 45,000 | [10] |
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References
edit- ^ "1928 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Longhorns crash Saint line in gridiron premiere Saturday, 32–0". Sunday American-Statesman. September 30, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech hard match for Steers". The Brownsville Herald. October 7, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vanderbilt scores early to defeat Texas, 13 to 12". The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns win over Porkers". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 21, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns and Rice present stirring fight". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 28, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sammy Reed leads Mustangs to 6 to 2 win over Texas". The Abilene Morning Reporter-News. November 4, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns gore Baylor Bruins by 6 to 0". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 11, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns win from Frogs as King and Brown star in 6–0 game". The Sunday American-Statesman. November 18, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns swarm over Aggies for 19 to 0 victory". The Waco News-Tribune. November 30, 1928. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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