University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Texas 34 Rice? On Oct. 2, after lying dormant for most of the first quarter, the Texas Longhorns ' of- fensive attack finally took advantage of several Rice turnovers, erupting for four straight touchdowns before the half to defeat the Owls 34-7 in the first Southwest Conference game for both teams. Texas head coach Fred Akers had decided before the game to play the second-team of- fensive at the start of the second quarter to give the alternates a chance to play in a pressure situation. They responded well, as sophomore Todd Dodge fired a completion over the middle to the only starter in the lineup, Herkie Walls, who scampered 64 yards to the Rice 6-yard line. Two plays later, running back Mike Luck swept around the right side for two yards and a touchdown. Minutes later, Dodge himself scored from the two for his first touchdown as a Longhorn. Brewer and the first-teamers got back in the game and promptly drove 59 yards to set up a 1-yard Carl Robinson touchdown, stretching th ' e Longhorns ' lead to 28-0 at halftime. When he offense was not on the field, the ' Horns so-called young, inexperienced and suspect defensive was doing an ex- cellent job containing quarterback Philip Money and the the Owl offense. Kicker Raul Allegre scored Texas ' only points of the second half, connecting on field goals of 22 and 23 yards. As a result of this win, the Longhorns moved from 15th to 13th in the Associated Press poll and braced themselves for their annual bloodbath in Dallas with the Oklahoma Sooners. by Jeff Berger Texas 22 Oklahoma 28 Despite a heart-wrenching offensive show that included 235 yards passing for Texas quarterback Robert Brewer, the Longhorn football team suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners, 28-22. In the traditional Dallas showdown on Oct. 9, the Sooners rambled for 384 yards to beat the Texas Longhorns for the first time since 1978. Robert Brewer set four school passing records in ' 82. Junior tailback John Sky Walker takes to the air while attempting a first down during the Longhorns ' 34-7 defeat of the Rice Owls.

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Utah on Sept. 18, the Memorial Stadium crowd of 70,158 was anxious to see if ' 82 would be a year to remember, or if they would have to rely on memories of ' 81. Texas 21 Utah 12 It took the Longhorns just over a quarter to get their first points of the season. After a Ute field goal, Texas responded with a touchdown drive capped by a 5-yard run. Orr added another score, from 22 yards out, shortly before halftime to give the ' Horns a 14-3 lead. After a failed 2-point conversion, Texas clung to a slim 14-12 lead. Utah had scored on a 44-yard field goal and a 15 -yard pass. The ' Horns responded with an impressive 75-yard, 10-play drive, behind the power run- ning of senior tailback Darryl Clark, who finished with 162 yards rushing, and senior fullback Carl Robinson who swept right for a 9-yard TD which turned out to be the clin- ching score. by Jeff Berger Texas 21 Missouri The Missouri Tigers invaded Memorial Stadium Sept. 25 expecting to meet a relentless Texas offense and to romp on a troubled Longhorn defense. Instead, the ' Horn defenders did the romping all over Missouri ' s third-ranked offense, holding them to only 13 yards rushing on 40 carries, and allowing just eight first downs, as Texas rubbed out the Tigers, 21-0. The Longhorn defenders even rang up a touchdown of their own when, with 2:37 re- maining, defensive tackle John Haines stripped Tiger quarterback Marlon Adler of the ball and end Ed Williams, subbing for injured Eric Holle, fell on the wayward pigskin for his first collegiate touchdown. Texas struck first, in the first quarter, when flanker Herkie Walls, took a reverse handoff and zipped down the right sideline for an 80-yard touchdown and a 7-0 lead. From then on, until the fourth quarter, the ' Horns ' defense took over. The hustling ' Horns caused four fumbles and one in- terception, broke up five passes and killed everything Missouri tried. The ' Horns ' offense woke up again in the fourth quarter for an impressive 51 -yard drive, capped by an 8-yard scamper by junior tailback John Walker. by Ed Lambert Sooner Johnny Fontanette and Longhorn K iki DeAyala point accusing fingers after an offsides penalty. Kiki was right. 1 232 Football

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We played a good football game, with a lot of scratching and clawing, A kers said, after losing his second game to OU in six years at Texas, adding, I think we treated the fans to a hell of a football game: unfor- tunately, the other team won it. In the first quarter, OU freshman tailback Marcus Dupree, who started in place of in- jured senior Stanley Wilson, faked a reverse handoff and raced untouched around the right side for 3 yards, a touchdown, and a 7- Sooner lead. Texas struck back in the second quarter with an 80-yard drive to tie the game, 7-7. Brewer pitched left on an option to Mike Luck for 11 yards and on the next play scampered himself for 11 more. The Longhorns scored when Brewer rolled right and threw to a tumbling Herkie Walls in the right edge of the end zone. On OU ' s next possession, a 25-yard pass play, a three-yard TD run upped the score to 14-7. Texas added a 32-yard field goal just before the half to close the gap to 14-10. OU fullback Weldon Ledbetter caught the Texas linebackers edging to the outside in the third quarter and broke up the middle for a 59-yard touchdown run, stretching the Sooner lead to 21-10. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Brewer led Texas on another long scoring drive, throwing passes to Brent Duhon and Bobby Micho. Tailback John Walker soared over the goal line from the three-yard line to bring Texas within four points of the lead. After the score, Texas attempted a two-point conversion, but failed when a pass from Brewer to Carl Robinson was broken up. The Sooners stretched their lead to 28-16, then Ledbetter scored on a 15-yard run. The drive had been set up by fullback Fred Sims ' 51-yard run. Brewer took Texas on one more scoring drive. Passing on almost every down to con- serve time, Brewer finally found Herkie Walls, this time for a 27-yard touchdown, cutting the Sooner lead to 28-22. Texas got the ball back one more time, with enough time to score, but the drive ended when a lunging Sooner deflected a third down Brewer pass to Duhon. After Texas punted, OU quarterback Kelly Phelps picked up a first down on a 12-yard bootleg and the Sooners ran out the clock. Texas had lost to OU, but the Longhorns quickly forgot the chants of Poor Texas as they looked toward their most important oppo- nent: SMU. by Douglas Johnson Texas 17 SMU On Oct. 23, fate favored the fourth- ranked SMU Mustangs in week eight of I SWC football, SMU ' s Heisman Trophy can- didate Eric Dickerson led SMU with 118 yards to gallop over the 19th ranked Longhorns. The game got off to a sluggish start with the first quarter ending scoreless. The sec- ond quarter lit up the Scoreboard as Dicker- son ran for a touchdown, and a successful kick put the Mustangs ahead, 7-0. Third quarter action brought the Mustangs still further ahead of the ' Horns when SMU ' s | Jeff Harrell kicked a 30-yard field goal. The ' Horns did not give up; they still had gusto in the fourth quarter. Only a few minutes into the final quarter, Robert Brewer completed a 51 -yard pass to Bobby Micho and Raul Allegre successfully kicked an extra point. The ' Horns mounted a drive, but SMU cut it short and the ' Horns settled for a 41- yard field goal by Allegre that left the game in a stalemate. UT ' s defense piled up to stop Defensive tackle John Haines dives over the pile to recover a Tech fumble. The Longhorns ' defense stopped the Red Raiders all day as Texas won 27-0. 234 Football