1969_Texas_Longhorns_football_team

1969 Texas Longhorns football
1969 Texas Longhorns football
Consensus national champion; SWC champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 21–17 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	11–0 (7–0 SWC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Emory Bellard
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Mike Campbell
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

The 1969 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The Longhorns won all eleven games to win their second consensus national championship;^[1] the first was six seasons earlier in 1963.

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The 1969 team is the last all-white team to be named consensus national champions with the onset of racial integration.^[2] Julius Whittier, the first African-American player in Texas football history, was enrolled at UT as a freshman but was not eligible to play; NCAA rules of the time barred freshmen from playing varsity football and basketball.^[3]

Ranked fourth to start the year, the #2 Longhorns defeated rival Oklahoma by ten points on October 11,^[4] and gained the top spot in the polls in late November. On December 6, #1 Texas traveled to Fayetteville to meet second-ranked Arkansas;^[5]^[6] down by fourteen points in the fourth quarter, UT rallied to win 15–14 in the season's "Game of the Century," attended by President Richard Nixon.^[6]^[7]^[8] With a wishbone option offense, the Longhorns won all ten games in the regular season, and returned to the Cotton Bowl Classic in Fair Park in Dallas.

On New Year's Day 1970, the Longhorns met ninth-ranked Notre Dame, in its first bowl game in 45 years and second overall; their only previous postseason appearance was a win in the 1925 Rose Bowl. Trailing for most of the game, Texas scored with 68 seconds remaining and won 21–17.^[1]^[9] On their final drive, the Longhorns faced fourth down twice.^[1]^[9] It was their twentieth consecutive victory, second straight Cotton Bowl Classic title, and third win that season in the stadium.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	3:00 p.m.	at California*	No. 4	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 17–0	31,000	^[10]
September 27	7:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 49–7	65,200	^[11]
October 4	7:00 p.m.	Navy*	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 56–17	63,500	^[12]
October 11	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 8 Oklahoma*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 27–17	71,938	^[13]
October 25	1:30 p.m.	Rice	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 31–0	61,500	^[14]
November 1	1:00 p.m.	at SMU	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		W 45–14	55,287	^[15]
November 8	2:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 56–14	51,000–55,000	^[16]
November 15	2:00 p.m.	TCU	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 69–7	51,000	^[17]
November 27	1:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M	No. 1	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 49–12	51,160	^[18]
December 6	12:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Arkansas	No. 1	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (Game of The Century, rivalry)	ABC	W 15–14	44,598	^[19]
January 1, 1970	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 21–17	71,938	^[20]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Texas	7	7	3	0	17
California	0	0	0	0	0

Statistics	TEX	CAL
First downs	21	10
Total yards	329	206
Rushes/yards	71/311	40/127
Passing yards	18	79
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	2–7–2	12–23–1
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing	James Street	2–7, 18 yards, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Jim Bertelsen	16 car, 92 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Randy Peschel	1 rec, 11 yards
California	Passing	TEAM	12–23, 79 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	TEAM	40 car, 127 yards
	Receiving	TEAM	12 rec, 79 yards

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	0	0	7	7
No. 4 Texas	7	21	21	0	49

1969_Texas_Longhorns_football_team

1969 Texas Longhorns football team

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

At California

Vs. Texas Tech

Vs. Navy

Vs. Oklahoma

Vs. Rice

At SMU

Vs. Baylor

Vs. TCU

At Texas A&M

At Arkansas

Vs. Notre Dame (Cotton Bowl)

Roster

Awards and honors

NFL Draft

References

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1969 Texas Longhorns football

Consensus national champion SWC champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 21–17 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	11–0 (7–0 SWC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Emory Bellard
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Mike Campbell
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Arkansas	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
TCU	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Baylor	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AP	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
UPI Coaches	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

Statistics	TTU	TEX
First downs	11	14
Total yards	213	286
Rushes/yards	41/42	57/257
Passing yards	171	29
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	14–34–4	10–3–1
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing	TEAM	14–34, 171 yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs
	Rushing	TEAM	41 car, 42 yards
	Receiving	TEAM	14 rec, 171 yards, 1 TD
Texas	Passing	James Street	3–9, 29 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Steve Worster	15 car, 61 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Charles Speyrer	2 rec, 17 yards

Statistics	NAVY	TEX
First downs	15	32
Total yards	278	595
Rushes/yards	27/24	83/523
Passing yards	254	72
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	19–47–1	7–10–0
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Navy	Passing	TEAM	19–47, 254 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	TEAM	27 car, 24 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	TEAM	19 rec, 254 yards, 1 TD
Texas	Passing	Donn Wigginton	5–8, 51 yards
	Rushing	Jim Bertelsen	8 car, 99 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Randy Peschel	4 rec, 46 yards

Statistics	OU	TEX
First downs	20	18
Total yards	282	373
Rushes/yards	63/198	54/158
Passing yards	84	215
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	9–15–2	9–18–3
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Oklahoma	Passing	TEAM	9–15, 84 yards, 2 INTs
	Rushing	TEAM	63 car, 192 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	TEAM	9 rec, 84 yards
Texas	Passing	James Street	9–18, 215 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Steve Worster	18 car, 63 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Charles Speyrer	8 rec, 160 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	RICE	TEX
First downs	11	20
Total yards	138	447
Rushes/yards	43/47	64/291
Passing yards	91	156
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	9–29–3	9–16–1
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Rice	Passing	TEAM	9–29, 91 yards, 3 INTs
	Rushing	TEAM	43 car, 47 yards
	Receiving	TEAM	9 rec, 91 yards
Texas	Passing	James Street	6–10, 94 yards
	Rushing	Steve Worster	16 car, 57 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Charles Speyrer	3 rec, 38 yards

Statistics	TEX	SMU
First downs	34	15
Total yards	676	296
Rushes/yards	80/611	35/73
Passing yards	65	223
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	4–10–0	20–38–2
Time of possession

Statistics	BAY	TEX
First downs	12	31
Total yards	203	555
Rushes/yards	38/93	67/388
Passing yards	110	167
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	8–27–5	12–23–0
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing	TEAM	8–27, 110 yards, 5 INTs
	Rushing	TEAM	38 car, 93 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	TEAM	8 rec, 110 yards
Texas	Passing	Eddie Phillips	5–10, 55 yards
	Rushing	Jim Bertelsen	4 car, 80 yards
	Receiving	Randy Peschel	5 rec, 61 yards

Statistics	TCU	TEX
First downs	12	32
Total yards	181	651
Rushes/yards	37/105	80/517
Passing yards	76	134
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	9–34–3	8–15–2
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
TCU	Passing	TEAM	9–34, 76 yards, 3 INTs
	Rushing	TEAM	37 car, 105 yards
	Receiving	TEAM	9 rec, 76 yards
Texas	Passing	James Street	5–8, 54 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Jim Bertelsen	16 car, 104 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Ken Ehrig	4 rec, 89 yards, 1 TD

Statistics	TEX	TAMU
First downs	22	12
Total yards	441	155
Rushes/yards	68/330	52/88
Passing yards	111	67
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	6–14–1	6–18–4
Time of possession

Statistics	TEX	ARK
First downs	19	18
Total yards	368	308
Rushes/yards	60/244	44/103
Passing yards	124	205
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	6–10–2	14–22–2
Time of possession

Statistics	ND	TEX
First downs	25	25
Total yards	420	438
Rushes/yards	43/189	67/331
Passing yards	231	107
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	17–27–2	6–11–1
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Notre Dame	Passing	Joe Theismann	17–27, 231 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Bill Barz	10 car, 49 yards
	Receiving	Tom Gatewood	6 rec, 112 yards, 1 TD
Texas	Passing	James Street	6–11, 107 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Steve Worster	20 car, 155 yards
	Receiving	Charles Speyrer	4 rec, 70 yards

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Bob McKay	T	1	21	Cleveland Browns
Leo Brooks	DT	2	31	Houston Oilers
Ted Koy	RB	2	50	Oakland Raiders