Logo for the 1979 Texas Longhorns

#12  Texas Longhorns

1979 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
53
Bill Acker
B. Acker
6'3"
250
SR
17
Fred Acorn
F. Acorn
WR
5'10"
160
FR
81
Terry Adams
T. Adams
6'1"
217
JR
7
Sammy Ansley
S. Ansley
QB
6'1"
171
SO
10
Jon Aune
J. Aune
QB
6'1"
200
JR
54
Mike Baab
M. Baab
OL
6'4"
250
SO
30
Brad Beck
B. Beck
QB
5'10"
209
SO
41
Vance Bedford
V. Bedford
DB
6'0"
170
JR
68
Rick Benson
R. Benson
OL
6'4"
245
FR
91
Ron Bones
R. Bones
DL
6'4"
235
SR
43
Booger Brooks
B. Brooks
RB
5'10"
200
SO
46
Mike Buchannan
M. Buchannan
LB
6'3"
215
FR
71
Kevin Burris
K. Burris
OL
6'1"
250
SO
86
Tim Campbell
T. Campbell
DL
5'11"
200
SR
55
Mike Chapman
M. Chapman
OL
6'4"
240
FR
8
Ricky Churchman
R. Churchman
DB
6'1"
195
SR
33
Darryl Clark
D. Clark
RB
6'1"
210
FR
65
Bryan Clayton
B. Clayton
OL
6'4"
235
JR
9
Sanford Coggins
S. Coggins
WR
6'2"
183
JR
12
Ted Constanzo
T. Constanzo
QB
6'1"
196
SR
5
Mike Cordaro
M. Cordaro
WR
6'3"
182
SR
73
Tommy Coulter
T. Coulter
OL
6'4"
267
FR
49
Tommy Cox
T. Cox
RB
6'0"
172
FR
81
Manuel de la Garza
M. de la Garza
DL
6'2"
210
FR
47
Kiki DeAyala
K. DeAyala
DL
6'1"
220
FR
34
Jeff Dilworth
J. Dilworth
DB
5'11"
180
FR
62
Kenneth Doan
K. Doan
6'1"
250
JR
67
Larry Ford
L. Ford
LB
6'2"
215
FR
35
Kermit Goode
K. Goode
RB
5'10"
220
JR
95
John Goodson
J. Goodson
6'3"
200
SO
36
William Graham
W. Graham
DB
5'11"
184
SO
6
Jeff Guy
J. Guy
6'2"
180
FR
85
Steve Hall
S. Hall
TE
6'3"
225
JR
88
Conny Hatch
C. Hatch
LB
6'0"
210
SO
3
Derrick Hatchett
D. Hatchett
DB
5'11"
182
SR
2
Mike Hatchett
M. Hatchett
DB
5'11"
175
SO
58
Wes Hbert
W. Hbert
OL
6'4"
250
SR
45
Rickey Hicks
R. Hicks
RB
5'8"
173
JR
96
James Hoare
J. Hoare
DL
6'7"
235
FR
93
Eric Holle
E. Holle
DL
6'5"
212
FR
90
Chuck Holloway
C. Holloway
LB
6'0"
225
SR
63
Dan Hunter
D. Hunter
OL
6'2"
240
JR
57
Scott Huntington
S. Huntington
OL
6'2"
240
SR
14
Rudy Izzard
R. Izzard
DB
6'2"
196
SR
25
Wayne Jefferson
W. Jefferson
WR
6'1"
175
FR
28
Bobby Johnson
B. Johnson
DB
6'0"
183
SO
21
Ivan Johnson
I. Johnson
DB
6'0"
178
SR
27
Johnnie Johnson
J. Johnson
DB
6'1"
190
SR
4
Wayne Johnson
W. Johnson
WR
6'0"
180
SO
24
A.J. Jones
A.J. Jones
RB
6'1"
200
SO
26
Lam Jones
L. Jones
WR
6'1"
183
SR
Hamice King
H. King
WR
5'10"
173
SO
LeRoy King
L. King
QB
6'2"
205
SR
13
Les Koenning
L. Koenning
WR
5'9"
160
JR
1
Donnie Little
D. Little
QB
6'1"
200
SO
78
Don Lovett
D. Lovett
OL
6'4"
240
SO
42
Mark Martignoni
M. Martignoni
LB
6'2"
220
JR
84
Steve Massey
S. Massey
6'3"
250
SR
31
Brian Matusek
B. Matusek
DL
6'2"
226
JR
29
Levi Mays
L. Mays
DB
6'0"
170
FR
98
Ken McCune
K. McCune
DL
6'6"
245
JR
97
Bret McDonald
B. McDonald
LB
6'2"
200
FR
15
Rick McIvor
R. McIvor
QB
6'4"
210
FR
80
Kirk McJunkin
K. McJunkin
DL
6'3"
205
FR
99
Steve Mcmichael
S. Mcmichael
6'2"
250
SR
94
Clay McMordie
C. McMordie
DL
6'4"
240
SO
76
Bryan Millard
B. Millard
6'5"
245
FR
56
David Paige
D. Paige
OL
6'0"
248
SR
39
Adrian Price
A. Price
DB
6'0"
194
SO
66
Craig Rider
C. Rider
OL
6'1"
250
JR
44
Carl Robinson
C. Robinson
RB
6'1"
186
FR
87
Lawrence Sampleton
L. Sampleton
TE
6'6"
230
SO
51
Bruce Scholtz
B. Scholtz
LB
6'6"
233
JR
60
Robin Sendlein
R. Sendlein
LB
6'4"
225
JR
40
Gig Settegast
G. Settegast
DB
6'0"
172
SO
48
Doug Shankle
D. Shankle
LB
6'0"
230
SO
74
Joe Shearin
J. Shearin
OL
6'4"
233
SO
77
Kenneth Sims
K. Sims
6'6"
265
SO
61
Donald Sirles
D. Sirles
DL
6'1"
255
FR
18
Richard Slaydon
R. Slaydon
DL
6'0"
219
SR
50
Casey Smith
C. Smith
6'5"
220
FR
22
Marcus Spencer
M. Spencer
DB
6'2"
180
FR
75
Les Studdard
L. Studdard
OL
6'6"
246
JR
23
Rodney Tate
R. Tate
RB
6'0"
170
SO
79
Terry Tausch
T. Tausch
OL
6'4"
260
SO
32
Lance Taylor
L. Taylor
LB
6'1"
220
SR
72
Craig Teykl
C. Teykl
OL
6'4"
243
SO
82
Rich Thompson
R. Thompson
TE
6'5"
210
FR
70
John Tobolka
J. Tobolka
OL
6'4"
243
JR
89
Dewey Turner
D. Turner
TE
6'1"
225
FR
92
Larry Twardowski
L. Twardowski
LB
6'2"
220
FR
19
Charles Vaclavik
C. Vaclavik
DB
6'3"
197
SR
59
Bert Vasut
B. Vasut
LB
6'2"
215
JR
16
Jack Wallace
J. Wallace
DB
5'10"
180
SR
11
Herkie Walls
H. Walls
QB
5'9"
150
FR
69
Mark Weber
M. Weber
OL
6'1"
242
SO
37
James Wheatfall
J. Wheatfall
WR
6'3"
175
SO
64
Alan Williams
A. Williams
OL
5'11"
220
JR
83
Henry Williams
H. Williams
DL
6'3"
240
SR
52
Jeff Wright
J. Wright
OL
6'4"
230
FR

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CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
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3
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.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
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4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
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5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
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6
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1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
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3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
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0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
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0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
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0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM