Texas Longhorns men's basketball, 1910–1919 explained

1909–10 season

Schedule and results

Coach: W.E. Metzenthin
Overall Record: 6–7[1] [2]
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
? Deaf and Dumb Institute    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 92–14   1–0
?    ? • Georgetown, Texas      W 35–13   2–0
?    ? • Austin, Texas      W 70–14   3–0
Feb 5    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      L 28–31   3–1
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 31–19   4–1
? @ Allen Academy    ? • Bryan, Texas      L 21–35   4–2
? @ Allen Academy    ? • Bryan, Texas      L 23–24   4–3
?    ? • Waco, Texas      W 40–37   5–3
?    ? • Decatur, Texas      L 19–28   5–4
?    ? • Norman, Oklahoma      L 26–59   5–5
?    ? • Norman, Oklahoma      L 23–63   5–6
? @ Fort Worth Polytechnic    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 35–29   6–6
?    ? • Waco, Texas      L 28–29   6–7

1910–11 season

Schedule and results

Coach: W.E. Metzenthin
Overall Record: 1–4
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Jan 28    ? • Austin, Texas      W 61–19   1–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      L 33–34   1–1
?    New Orleans YMCA Gym • New Orleans, Louisiana      L 19–27   1–2
?    ? • Auburn, Alabama      L 27–45   1–3
?    ? • Baton Rouge, Louisiana      L 15–40   1–4

1911–12 season

Schedule and results

Coach: J. Burton Rix
Overall Record: 5–1
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Jan 15    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 24–7   1–0
? 22nd Infantry    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 39–33   2–0
?    ? • San Antonio, Texas      W 32–31   3–0
? @ San Antonio Turnverein    ? • San Antonio, Texas      W 37–35   4–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      L 26–38   4–1
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 41–22   5–1

1912–13 season

Schedule and results

Coach: Carl C. Taylor
Overall Record: 8–4
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Jan 13    Ben Hur Temple • Austin, Texas      W 46–2   1–0
?    Ben Hur Temple • Austin, Texas      W 43–11   2–0
?    Ben Hur Temple • Austin, Texas      W 41–15   3–0
?    Ben Hur Temple • Austin, Texas      W 28–31   4–0
?    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      L 24–31   4–1
Feb 6    ? • Decatur, Texas      L 17–20   4–2
Feb 6 @ Fort Worth Polytechnic    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      L 18–23   4–3
Feb 7    ? • Waco, Texas      W 44–23   5–3
Feb 7    ? • Waco, Texas      L 25–33   5–4
?    ? • Georgetown, Texas      W 70–7   6–4
?    Ben Hur Temple • Austin, Texas      W 57–18   7–4
Feb 26    Ben Hur Temple • Austin, Texas      W 47–12   8–4

1913–14 season

Schedule and results

Coach: L. Theo Bellmont
Overall Record: 11–0
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 41–11   1–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 34–18   2–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 25–17   3–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 46–20   4–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 51–20   5–0
? Faculty All-Stars    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 25–19   6–0
?    ? • Waco, Texas      W 53–19   7–0
? @ Fort Worth Polytechnic    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 34–25   8–0
?    ? • Denton, Texas      W 34–25   9–0
?    ? • Georgetown, Texas      W 49–7   10–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 53–22   11–0

1914–15 season

Schedule and results

Coach: L. Theo Bellmont
Overall Record: 14–0
Southwest Conference Record: 5–0
Southwest Conference Standing: 1st
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 33–12   1–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 46–3   2–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 41–11   3–0
? Dallas University    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 27–9   4–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 28–25   5–0
?    UT Women's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 53–27   6–0
? Rice   UT Women's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 28–14   7–0
Feb 8 Southwestern   ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 31–21   8–0
? Baylor   Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 52–16   9–0
?    ? • Denton, Texas      W 64–13   10–0
? @ Dallas University    ? • Dallas, Texas      W 30–13   11–0
?    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 39–25   12–0
? @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      W 60–29   13–0
? @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      W 57–19   14–0

1915–16 season

Schedule and results

Coach: Roy Henderson
Overall Record: 12–0
Southwest Conference Record: 6–0
Southwest Conference Standing: 1st
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
Jan 10    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 102–1   1–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 80–7   2–0
? Southwestern   Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 39–5   3–0
?    ? • Denton, Texas      W 39–19   4–0
?    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 51–20   5–0
? @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      W 44–22   6–0
? Baylor   UT Women's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 22–9   7–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 41–14   8–0
? @ Southwestern*    ? • Georgetown, Texas      W 52–34   9–0
?    Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 40–11   10–0
? Rice   Clark Field • Austin, Texas      W 32–27   11–0
? Rice   ? • Houston, Texas      W 17–16   12–0

1916–17 season

Schedule and results

Coach: C.E. Van Gent
Overall Record: 13–3
Southwest Conference Record: 7–1
Southwest Conference Standing: 1st
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
?    UT Women's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 52–15   1–0
Jan 24    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 34–14   2–0
Jan 25    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 30–26   3–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 30–18   4–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      L 18–24   4–1
? Baylor   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 27–19   5–1
? Baylor   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 19–11   6–1
?    ? • Houston, Texas      W 26–24 2OT   7–1
?    ? • Houston, Texas      L 14–27   7–2
? @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      W 32–15   8–2
? @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      W 31–25   9–2
?    ? • Georgetown, Texas      W 24–18   10–2
Feb 27 Texas A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 38–16   11–2
Feb 28 Texas A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 24–19   12–2
? @ Texas A&M*    ? • College Station, Texas      L 15–29   12–3
? @ Texas A&M*    ? • College Station, Texas      W 24–16   13–3

1917–18 season

Schedule and results

Coach: Roy Henderson
Overall Record: 16–5
Southwest Conference Record: 8–4
Southwest Conference Standing: 2nd
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W (score unrecorded)   1–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W (score unrecorded)   2–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 43–2   3–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 36–22   4–0
Jan 24    ? • Denton, Texas      L 20–24   4–1
Jan 25    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 38–23   5–1
Jan 25    ? • Dallas, Texas      W 22–21   6–1
Jan 26 @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      L 32–36   6–2
Jan 29 Baylor   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 31–15   7–2
? @ Rice*    ? • Houston, Texas      W 28–16   8–2
? @ Rice*    ? • Houston, Texas      W 32–25   9–2
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 35–14   10–2
? Oklahoma A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 33–9   11–2
? Oklahoma A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 30–19   12–2
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 48–21   13–2
? Texas A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 27–15   14–2
? Texas A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      L 12–21   14–3
Feb 21 @ Texas A&M*    ? • College Station, Texas      W 7–8 (A&M forfeited)#   15–3
? @ Texas A&M*    ? • College Station, Texas      W 17–12   16–3
? Rice   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      L 36–40   16–4
? Rice   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      L 27–31   16–5
14–5 in official UT records (games with unrecorded scores not counted). *Southwest Conference Game.
#A&M later forfeited due to use of ineligible player.

1918–19 season

Schedule and results

Coach: Roy Henderson
Overall Record: 17–3
Southwest Conference Record: 11–2
Southwest Conference Standing: 1st
DateOpponentSiteResultRecord
? School of Military Aeronautics    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 22–15   1–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 25–12   2–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 37–17   3–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 52–24   4–0
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      L 18–25   4–1
? @ SMU*    ? • Dallas, Texas      W 33–19   5–1
?    ? • Fort Worth, Texas      W 40–25   6–1
? @ Baylor*    ? • Waco, Texas      W 21–13   7–1
? @ Rice*    ? • Houston, Texas      W 23–22   8–1
? @ Rice*    ? • Houston, Texas      W 38–22   9–1
Feb 7 SMU   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 29–7   10–1
Feb 8 SMU   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 23–15   11–1
?    UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 89–6   12–1
? Rice   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 28–25   13–1
? Rice   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 36–11   14–1
? Baylor   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 40–7   15–1
? @ Texas A&M*    ? • College Station, Texas      W 28–19   16–1
? @ Texas A&M*    ? • College Station, Texas      L 15–22   16–2
Feb 28 Texas A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      L 20–28   16–3
Mar 1 Texas A&M   UT Men's Gym • Austin, Texas      W 22–15   17–3

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pennington, Richard . Longhorn Hoops: The History of Texas Basketball . University of Texas Press, 1998 . Austin . 0-292-76585-1.
  2. Book: McConnell, Scott . 2006–07 Texas Basketball Media Guide . UT Athletics, 2006 . Austin.