The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7 -- 4 record and lost to North Carolina in the Astro - Bluebonnet Bowl .
The 1980 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season .
The Texas Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7 -- 4 record and lost to North Carolina in the Astro - Bluebonnet Bowl .
The 1980 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season .