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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (1)
All Time Football Record: 437-455-54 (.490)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (11)
1918 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
1923 Southwest Conference Champions
1926 Southwest Conference Champions
1931 Southwest Conference Champions
1935 Southwest Conference Champions
1947 Southwest Conference Champions
1948 Southwest Conference Champions
1966 Southwest Conference Champions
1981 Southwest Conference Champions
1982 Southwest Conference Champions
1984 Southwest Conference Co-Champions

 

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1915-1918: Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association

1918-1995: Southwest Conference

1996-2004: Western Athletic Conference

2005-Current: Conference USA

No Team: 1987-1988

 
BOWL GAMES (4-6-1)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
1984 Aloha Notre Dame W 27-20
1983 Sun Alabama L 7-28
1982 Cotton Pittsburgh W 7-3
1980 Holiday Brigham Young L 45-46
1968 Bluebonnet Oklahoma W 28-27
1966 Cotton Georgia L 9-24
1963 Sun Oregon L 14-21
1948 Cotton Oregon W 21-13
1947 Cotton Penn State T 13-13
1935 Rose Stanford L 0-7
1924 Dixie Classic West Virginia Wesleyan L 7-9
COACHES

COACH
YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.

J. Burton Rix
1917-1920

4

35
15
14
6
.514

Bill Cunningham & Victor Kelly & J. Burton Rix
1921

1

8
1
6
1
.188

Ewing Freeland & Ray Morrison
1922-1923

2

19
15
3
1
.816

J. Ray Morrison
1915-1934

13

131
69
41
21
.607

James H. "Jimmy" Stewart
1942-1944

3

30
10
18
2
.367

Madison A. "Matty" Bell
1935-1949

12

127
79
40
8
.654

Harvey N. "Rusty" Russell
1950-1952

3

30
13
15
2
.467

Chalmer E. "Woody" Woodard
1953-1956

4

40
19
20
1
.487

William M. "Bill" Meek
1957-1961

5

50
17
29
4
.380

Hayden Fry

1962-1972

11

116
49
66
1
.427

Dave Smith

1973-1975

3

33
16
15
2
.515

Ron Meyer

1976-1981

6

67
34
32
1
.515

Bobby Collins

1982-1986

5

58
43
14
1
.750

Forrest Gregg

1989-1990

2

22
3
19
0
.136

Tom Rossley

1991-1996

6

66
15
48
3
.250

Mike Cavan

1997-2001

5

56
22
34
0
.393

Phil Bennett

2002-2006

5

58
17
41
1
.293
Total (20 coaches)
90
946
437
455
54
.490
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2004 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Chuck Hixson
7,179 (1968-70)		 Chuck Hixson
3,103 (1968)		 Mike Romo
450 (North Texas 1989)
RUSHING Eric Dickerson
4,450 (1979-82)		 Eric Dickerson
1,617 (1982)		 Mike Richardson
244 (Texas A&M 1968)
RECEIVING YARDS Emanuel Tolbert
2,784 (1976-79)		 Jerry LeVias
1,131 (1968)		 Jerry LeVias
213 (North Carolina State 1968)
RECEPTIONS Jason Wolf
235 (1989-92)		 Mike Rossley
83 (1994)		 Jerry LeVias
15 (Ohio State 1968)
SCORING Doak Walker
288 (1945, 1947-49)
Eric Dickerson
288 (1979-82)		 Eric Dickerson
114 (1981)		  
INTERCEPTIONS Russell Carter
18 (1980-83)		 Jim Livingston
8 (1968)		  
TACKLES Putt Choate
649 (1975-78)		 Putt Choate
253 (1978)
SACKS Luke Johnson
22.5 (1997-99)		 Luke Johnson
11.5 (1999)