| 1 | Mon Sep 1 | at UNC | W48-14 | 1-0 | 1.000 | Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2 | Sat Sep 13 | vsAbilene Chrstn | W42-21 | 2-0 | 1.000 | Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX |
| 3 | Sat Sep 20 | vsSMU | W35-24 | 3-0 | 1.000 | Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX |
| 4 | Fri Sep 26 | atArizona St | L24-27 | 3-1 | .750 | Mountain America Stadium · Tempe, AZ |
| 5 | Sat Oct 4 | vsColorado | W35-21 | 4-1 | .800 | Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX |
| 6 | Sat Oct 11 | atKansas St | L28-41 | 4-2 | .667 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium · Manhattan, KS |
| 7 | Sat Oct 18 | vsBaylor | W42-36 | 5-2 | .714 | Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX |
| 8 | Sat Oct 25 | atWest Virginia | W23-17 | 6-2 | .750 | Milan Puskar Stadium · Morgantown, WV |
| 9 | Sat Nov 8 | vsIowa State | L17-20 | 6-3 | .667 | Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX |
| 10 | Sat Nov 15 | at#12BYU | L13-44 | 6-4 | .600 | LaVell Edwards Stadium · Provo, UT |
| 11 | Sat Nov 22 | at#23Houston | W17-14 | 7-4 | .636 | Robertson Stadium · Houston, TX |
| 12 | Sat Nov 29 | vsCincinnati | W45-23 | 8-4 | .667 | Amon G. Carter Stadium · Fort Worth, TX |
