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1989 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1989 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the season with a 5–6 record.

1989 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLynn Amedee (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLeon Fuller (6th season)
Home stadiumTexas Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Arkansas $ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Texas A&M 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 14 Houston 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 19 Texas Tech 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Baylor 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Texas 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rice 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 1
SMU 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:30 p.m.at No. 14 Colorado*
ESPNL 6–2747,269
September 2312:00 p.m.at SMU
RaycomW 45–1327,773
September 307:00 p.m.Penn State*
HSEL 10–1675,232
October 77:00 p.m.Rice
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 31–3057,038
October 142:00 p.m.vs. No. 15 Oklahoma*
PrimeW 28–2475,587
October 2112:00 p.m.at No. 7 ArkansasNo. 24
RaycomW 24–2053,818
November 41:00 p.m.Texas TechNo. 22
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
HSEL 17–2481,826
November 114:00 p.m.at No. 15 Houston
HSEL 9–4745,586
November 1812:00 p.m.TCU
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
RaycomW 31–1750,882
November 2512:00 p.m.Baylor
  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 7–5049,081
December 23:00 p.m.at No. 16 Texas A&M
ESPNL 10–2176,803
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

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At Colorado

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At SMU

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Penn State

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Rice

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vs Oklahoma

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#15 Oklahoma Sooners (4–1) vs. Texas Longhorns (2–2)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Oklahoma 7 0 71024
Texas 15 6 0728

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: October 14, 1989
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 86 °F (30 °C)
  • Game attendance: 75,587
  • Referee: George Hayward
  • TV: PSN
  • Box Score, Box Score
External videos
  Johnny Walker's game-winning touchdown reception
Team Category Player Statistics
Oklahoma Passing
Rushing Mike Gaddis 14 Rush, 130 Yds, TD
Receiving
Texas Passing Peter Gardere 15/23, 144 Yds, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Adrian Walker 16 Rush, 71 Yds
Receiving Johnny Walker 5 Rec, 62 Yds, TD

At Arkansas

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Texas Longhorns (3–2) at #7 Arkansas Razorbacks (5–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Texas 3 10 8324
Arkansas 7 7 0620

at Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas

  • Date: October 21, 1989
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 60 °F (16 °C)
  • Game attendance: 53,818
  • Referee: Frank Sheppard
  • TV: Raycom
  • Box Score
External videos
  Full game
Team Category Player Statistics
Texas Passing Peter Gardere 16/20, 247 Yds, TD
Rushing Chris Samuels 12 Rush, 55 Yds
Receiving Tony Jones 4 Rec, 114 Yds, TD
Arkansas Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Texas Tech

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At Houston

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TCU

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Baylor

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Baylor Bears (4–6) at Texas Longhorns (5–4)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Baylor 10 7 26750
Texas 0 0 077

at Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

  • Date: November 25, 1989
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 68 °F (20 °C)
  • Game attendance: 49,081
  • Referee: Joe Thomas
  • TV: None
  • Box Score
Team Category Player Statistics
Baylor Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Texas Passing Donovan Forbes 7/11, 86 Yds, 2 INT
Rushing Adrian Walker 26 Rush, 65 Yds, TD
Receiving Kerry Cash 4 Rec, 56 Yds

At Texas A&M

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Personnel

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1989 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL 58 Jeff Boyd Fr
RB James Burleson
WR 11 Keith Cash Jr
TE 19 Kerry Cash Jr
RB 33 Deon Cockrell Jr
OL Ed Cunningham
WR 48 Darrick Duke Fr
RB 34 Andre Eaddy Fr
QB Donovan Forbes
RB 7 Lemel Foreman Fr
QB 10 Peter Gardere   Fr
WR Curtis Govan
OL 79 Chuck Johnson So
WR Tony Jones
OL Patrick McFarlin
OL 53 Duane Miller Jr
QB 5 Mark Murdock So
RB 23 Chris Samuels Jr
RB Bubba Smith
OL 50 Todd Smith Jr
OL 51 Stan Thomas Jr
TE Thomas Thrift
RB 44 Winfred Tubbs Fr
RB 36 Adrian Walker Fr
WR 1 Johnny Walker Jr
OL 70 Kevin Wiley Jr
RB 39 Patrick Wilson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Rocky Allen
DB 9 Mark Berry So
DB 21 Grady Cavness Fr
LB 42 Anthony Curl Fr
DL 81 Shane Dronett Fr
LB Duane Duncam
DB 17 Willie Mack Garza Fr
DL 95 Oscar Giles Jr
DB 16 Lance Gunn Fr
DL Ken Hackemack
LB 60 Brian Jones Jr
DB 8 Van Malone Fr
DL 92 James Patton So
LB Boone Powell
DB 18 Stanley Richard Jr
DL Mark Steed
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Wayne Clements
P Bobby Lilljedahl
P 80 Alex Waits Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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