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The 1979 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and lost to Washington in the Sun Bowl.

1979 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Arkansas +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Texas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Baylor	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Iowa State*	No. 4	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 17–9	73,652
September 29	1:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Missouri*	No. 4	Faurot Field Columbia, MO		W 21–0	75,136
October 6	7:00 p.m.	Rice	No. 4	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 26–9	65,227
October 13	3:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 4	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 16–7	72,032
October 20	3:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Arkansas	No. 2	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	ABC	L 14–17	55,838
October 27	1:30 p.m.	at SMU	No. 9	Texas Stadium Irving, TX		W 30–6	53,327
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 8	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 14–6	77,809
November 10	7:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Houston	No. 8	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 21–13	53,650
November 17	2:00 p.m.	TCU	No. 6	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 35–10	61,597
November 24	2:00 p.m.	No. 17 Baylor	No. 6	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 13–0	63,288
December 1	1:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	No. 6	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 7–13	69,017
December 22	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Washington*	No. 11	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 7–14	33,412
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1979 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`54`	Mike Baab
WR	`26`	Lam Jones	Sr
QB	`1`	Donnie Little
G	`79`	Terry Tausch

Defense

Pos.	#	Name
DT	`99`	Steve McMichael
LB	`51`	Bruce Scholtz
DE	`77`	Kenneth Sims

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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