1970 Texas Longhorns football team


The 1970 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Longhorns shared the national championship with Nebraska, their third national championship overall. Texas had previously won consensus national titles in 1963 and 1969.
Utilizing a wishbone option offense, the defending national champion Longhorns won all ten regular season games to extend their winning streak to thirty games. They were again awarded the UPI national title, released prior to the bowl games in early December.
On New Year's Day 1971, Texas had a rematch with Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park in Dallas. This time, the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish won 24–11, denying top-ranked Texas a third straight Cotton Bowl victory and consecutive consensus national championship.
Later that day, second-ranked Ohio State lost to #12 Stanford in the Rose Bowl. That night, third-ranked Nebraska defeated in the Orange Bowl to give the unbeaten Huskers the post-bowl AP national championship. Through the 1973 season, the final UPI coaches poll was released prior to the bowl games.

Schedule

Roster

NFL Draft

Nine seniors from the 1970 Longhorns were selected in the 1971 NFL Draft:
PlayerPositionRound Pick Franchise
Cotton SpeyrerWR238Washington Redskins
Bill AtessisDE252Baltimore Colts
Happy FellerK483Philadelphia Eagles
Bill ZapalacLB484New York Jets
Steve WorsterRB490Los Angeles Rams
Scott PalmerDT7162New York Jets
Bobby WuenschT12294Baltimore Colts
Danny LesterDB13317Philadelphia Eagles
Deryl ComerTE14345Atlanta Falcons

Two juniors from the 1970 Longhorns were selected in the 1972 NFL Draft:
PlayerPositionRound Pick Franchise
Jim BertelsenRB230Los Angeles Rams
Eddie PhillipsQB495Los Angeles Rams

One sophomore from the 1970 Longhorns was selected in the 1973 NFL Draft:
PlayerPositionRound Pick Franchise
Jerry SisemoreOT13Philadelphia Eagles

Awards and honors