Record: 35-44-2, .444 W-L% (11th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 2.67 (5th of 12) ▪ SOS: 3.92 (4th of 12)
Conference Champion: Texas A&M
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Texas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Chris Gilbert | Texas | 205 | 1019 | 5.0 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 207 | 1052 | 5.1 | 9 |
| 2 | Terry Shelton | Rice | 133 | 651 | 4.9 | 5 | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 0 | 144 | 797 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 3 | Charles Wilson | Baylor | 124 | 553 | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 128 | 596 | 4.7 | 2 |
| 4 | Sammy Rabb | Texas Christian | 66 | 281 | 4.3 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 68 | 288 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| 5 | Mike Leinert | Texas Tech | 163 | 689 | 4.2 | 8 | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 1 | 172 | 765 | 4.4 | 9 |
| 6 | John Scovell | Texas Tech | 107 | 438 | 4.1 | 5 | 107 | 438 | 4.1 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Kenny Baker | Texas Tech | 84 | 345 | 4.1 | 1 | 12 | 99 | 8.3 | 0 | 96 | 444 | 4.6 | 1 |
| 8 | Glen Hockersmith | Arkansas | 66 | 269 | 4.1 | 0 | 10 | 107 | 10.7 | 0 | 76 | 376 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 9 | Russell Cody | Arkansas | 95 | 383 | 4.0 | 1 | 95 | 383 | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | David Dickey | Arkansas | 74 | 294 | 4.0 | 13 | 27 | 431 | 16.0 | 3 | 101 | 725 | 7.2 | 16 |
| 11 | L.V. Benningfield | Rice | 65 | 236 | 3.6 | 1 | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 2 | 71 | 354 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 12 | Ross Montgomery | Texas Christian | 198 | 700 | 3.5 | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 1 | 216 | 877 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Larry Stegent | Texas A&M | 161 | 568 | 3.5 | 27 | 365 | 13.5 | 2 | 188 | 933 | 5.0 | 2 | |
| 14 | Pinkie Palmer | Baylor | 124 | 437 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 1 | 131 | 498 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 15 | John Eichler | Arkansas | 66 | 228 | 3.5 | 1 | 66 | 228 | 3.5 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Ted Koy | Texas | 103 | 355 | 3.4 | 2 | 103 | 355 | 3.4 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Mike Hendren | Arkansas | 97 | 326 | 3.4 | 0 | 15 | 153 | 10.2 | 1 | 112 | 479 | 4.3 | 1 |
| 18 | Robby Shelton | Rice | 73 | 243 | 3.3 | 1 | 73 | 243 | 3.3 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | Dan Carter | Texas Christian | 68 | 204 | 3.0 | 68 | 204 | 3.0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Bill Bradley | Texas | 172 | 443 | 2.6 | 10 | 172 | 443 | 2.6 | 10 | ||||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | P.D. Shabay | Texas Christian | 78 | 165 | 2.1 | 78 | 165 | 2.1 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Mike Livingston | Southern Methodist | 88 | 18 | 0.2 | 88 | 18 | 0.2 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Edd Hargett | Texas A&M | 115 | 6 | 0.1 | 115 | 6 | 0.1 | 0 | |||||