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Texas Longhorns football
Head Coach Mack Brown
9th Year, 92-22
Home Stadium Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Capacity 85,123 - Grass
Conference Big 12 - South
First Year 1893
Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds
Website MackBrown-TexasFootball.com
Team Records
All-time Record 810-316-34 (.713)
Postseason
Bowl Record		 23-21-2
Awards
Wire National Titles 4
Conference Titles 29
Heisman Winners 2
Pageantry
Colors Burnt Orange and White            
Fight song Texas Fight
Mascot Bevo
Marching Band The University of Texas Longhorn Band
Rivals Texas A&M Aggies
Oklahoma Sooners

The Texas Longhorns football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Texas. Texas competes as a member of the Big 12 in the South Division. Texas football is one of the elite college football programs in the nation. The Longhorns have won four national championships and have won the third most games in college football history. Two Longhorn players have won the Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998).

Texas football plays its home games at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, located on-campus in the City of Austin. The current head coach of the team is Mack Brown.

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[edit] Texas head coaches

The current head coach of the Texas Longhorns is Mack Brown. During the 2005 season, Coach Brown led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl victory and a National Championship. With the 2006 season, Brown led his team to win 10 games or more for six straight years, which is the best current ten-win streak in the NCAA.

Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs, and is well-known for being a successful recruiter. The Longhorns beat Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl, Ohio State at The Horseshoe in September 2005, and division rival Oklahoma in 2005 and 2006. The 2005 season was capped off by victories over Colorado and USC to win the Big 12 conference and national championships, respectively. In 2006 he was awarded the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award for "Coach of the Year".[1]

[edit] Championships

[edit] National Championships

Year Coach Selector Record Bowl
1963 Darrell Royal AP, Coaches 11-0 Won Cotton
1969 Darrell Royal AP, Coaches 11-0 Won Cotton
1970 Darrell Royal Coaches 10-1 Lost Cotton
2005 Mack Brown AP, Coaches 13-0 Won Rose
Total national championships 4

[edit] Conference Championships

Texas has won a combined 29 conference championships. Texas won the Southwest Conference 25 times, and has won the Big 12 Conference twice.

Conference Affiliations

2006 Big 12 10-3 7-2
Year Conference Overall Record Conference Record
1913 TIAA 7-1 3-0
1914 TIAA 8-1 4-0
1920 Southwest 9-0 5-0
1928 Southwest 7-2 5-1
1930 Southwest 8-1-1 4-1
1942 Southwest 9-2 5-1
1943 Southwest 7-1-1 5-0
1945 Southwest 10-1 5-1
1950 Southwest 9-2 6-0
1952 Southwest 9-2 6-0
1953† Southwest 7-3 5-1
1959† Southwest 9-2 5-1
1961† Southwest 10-1 6-1
1962 Southwest 9-1-1 6-0-1
1963 Southwest 11-0 7-0
1968† Southwest 9-1-1 6-1
1969 Southwest 11-0 7-0
1970 Southwest 10-1 7-0
1971 Southwest 8-3 6-1
1972 Southwest 10-1 7-0
1973 Southwest 8-3 7-0
1975† Southwest 10-2 6-1
1977 Southwest 11-1 8-0
1983 Southwest 11-1 8-0
1990 Southwest 10-2 8-0
1994 Southwest 8-4 4-3
1995 Southwest 10-2-1 7-0
1996 Big 12 8-5 6-2
2005 Big 12 13-0 8-0
Total conference championships 29
† Denotes co-champions

[edit] Divisional Championships

Texas has made 4 appearances in the Big 12 Championship Game as the winner of the Big 12 South Division. Texas is 2-2 in those appearances.

Year Division Championship B12 CG Result Opponent PF PA
1996 Big 12 South W Nebraska 37 27
1999 Big 12 South L Nebraska 6 22
2001 Big 12 South L Colorado 37 39
2005 Big 12 South W Colorado 70 3
Totals 4 2-2 - 150 91

[edit] History

2006 Orange vs White scrimmage
2006 Orange vs White scrimmage

[edit] Records

[edit] All-time bowl results

[edit] Individual award winners

[edit] Rivalries

Main article: Texas_Longhorns#Rivalries

The University's biggest rival historically is Texas A&M University,[2][3] although UT considers the Oklahoma Sooners to also be important rivals in football, especially in recent years due to the prominence of both programs.[4] Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of Texas in various sports.[5][6][7][8]

[edit] University of Oklahoma

2006 Red River Shootout with yellow arrow indicating the crowd split at the 50 yard line
2006 Red River Shootout with yellow arrow indicating the crowd split at the 50 yard line

Texas has a long-standing rivalry with the University of Oklahoma. The football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma is commonly known as the "Red River Shootout" and is held annually in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl. Dallas is used as a "neutral site" since it is approximately mid-way between the two campuses. The stadium is split with each team having an equal number of supporters on each side of the 50 yard line. Texas state flags fly around the Longhorn end of the stadium and Oklahoma state flags fly around the Sooner end.

The Red River Shootout originated in 1900, while Oklahoma was still a territory of the United States, and it is the longest-running college-football rivalry played on a neutral field.[9] Since 2005, the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the "SBC Red River Rivalry"[10] (changed to AT&T Red River Rivalry in 2006 when SBC changed its corporate name to AT&T), a move which has been criticized both for its commercialism[11] and its political correctness.[12] The University of Texas holds its annual Torchlight Parade during the week of the Red River Shootout.[13]

In recent years, this rivalry has taken on added significance, since both football programs have been highly ranked and compete in the same division of the Big 12 conference. In 2005, the Dallas Morning News did an opinion poll of the 119 Division 1A football coaches as to the nations top rivalry game in college football. The OU/Texas game was ranked third.[14]

The game typically has conference or even national significance. Since 1945, one or both of the two teams has been ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation coming into 60 out of 65 games. As of January 2007, Texas leads the all-time series 57-39-5, with a 45-35-4 edge in Dallas, and currently has a two-year win streak. Four of the last six showings featured one of the participants in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game (2000, 2003-2005), including national titles won by Oklahoma in 2000 and by Texas in 2005. Four times during 2000-2004, a loss to Oklahoma was what kept Texas from plaing in the Big 12 Championship Game.[15] In 2005, the Dallas Morning News did an opinion poll of the 119 Division 1A football coaches as to the nations top rivalry game in college football. The OU-Texas game was ranked third.[16]

[edit] Texas A&M

The Texas/Texas A&M rivalry has given rise to several stereotypes on both sides: Aggies are generally portrayed as ignorant and dumb farmers, while Longhorns are portrayed as highbrow and arrogant city-slickers.[17] The annual football game with Texas A&M takes place the day after Thanksgiving each year. In an attempt to generate more attention for the rivalry in sports other than football, in 2004 the two schools started the Lone Star Showdown,[18] a trial two-year program. Essentially, each time the two schools meet in a sport, the winner of the matchup gets a point. At the end of the year, the school with the most points wins the series and receives the Lone Star Showdown trophy.

Aspects of the rivalry include:

  • Each school mentions the other in its fight song (Texas with "and it's goodbye to A&M" in Texas Fight,[19] and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn[20])
  • The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football.[21] Since 1900, the last regular season football game is usually reserved for their matchup.[22]
  • Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire[23] and the Hex Rally[24]
  • Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the UT Tower after wins over Texas A&M.[25]
  • In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots.[26][27]

[edit] Others

Many other schools consider UT among their biggest rivals. This list includes most other colleges in Texas, but especially Baylor[28] (located just up Interstate 35 from UT), Texas Tech,[29] and Houston.[30] Texas is also the biggest rival of the University of Arkansas[31] which may be attributed to their long tenure as the two eponymous state schools of the former Southwest Conference, or to the 1969 game between the two, which decided the national championship in favor of the Longhorns.[32][33]

[edit] Traditions

Main article: Texas_Longhorns#Traditions

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Veyhl, Jake. "Head coach reaches summit - Fans looking at Brown in new light after national championship run", The Daily Texan, 18 January 2006. Retrieved on 2006-07-27.
  2. ^ What is Texas' biggest sports rivalry?. SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  3. ^ Associated Press. "Longhorns focus on rivalry with Aggies", AOL Sports, 2005. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  4. ^ "A Red River rivalry - UT's attention has shifted from Texas A&M to Oklahoma", The Daily Texan, 2004-10-04. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  5. ^ Longhorns bounce back against rival, Sam Houston. ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  6. ^ "Texas calls on Omaha architectural firm to build stadium worthy of program", TexasSports.com, 2006-06-18. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  7. ^ Brown, Jacob. "Texas, Rice, ensue rivalry at the Dish", The Daily Texan, 2005-03-09. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  8. ^ "'No Place Else But Texas'", ESPN, 26 December 2001. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
  9. ^ Column: Rivalries spark college football (English) (HTML). The News Record. University of Cincinnati. Retrieved on 2006-06-15.
  10. ^ SBC Companies Extend Sponsorship with Universities of Oklahoma and Texas for the SBC Red River Rivalry. ATT.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  11. ^ "From the Daily:Adhering to tradition - SBC Sponsor Threatened Game's Integrity", The Michigan Daily, 2006-07-10. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  12. ^ "Defense's goal is 13 points or less", Houston Chronicle, 2005-08-11. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  13. ^ Torchlight Parade. MackBrownTexasFootball.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
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  16. ^ Davis, Brian. "UT-OU : Best Rivalry?", Dallas Morning News, 2005-10-07. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  17. ^ Stratton, W.K. (2002, 2003). Backyard Brawl : Inside the Blood Feud Between Texas and Texas A&M. New York, New York: Three Rivers Press. 
  18. ^ Lone Star Showdown. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  19. ^ History of School and Fight Songs. The Universit of Texas Longhorn Band website. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  20. ^ The Aggie War Hymn. Official Website of Texas A&M Athletics. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  21. ^ Wieberg, Steve. "Texas following usual rivalry game routine", USA Today, 2005-11-24. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  22. ^ All Time Results. MackBrownTexasFootball.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  23. ^ The Bonfire Burns. StudentBonfire.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  24. ^ Hex Rally. MackBrownTexasFootball.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  25. ^ University approves new policy for lighting UT Tower On Campus. Accessed 1 December 2005.
  26. ^ Nikar, Jim. Bevo. MackBrownTexasFootball.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  27. ^ Retired Mascot Reveille VI Euthanized Oct. 18. Official website of Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  28. ^ "Texas sinks rival Baylor in CWS", TheSportsNetwork.com, 2005-06-18. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  29. ^ Clark, Kyle. "Women's tennis finds positives in loss to rival Longhorns", The Daily Toreador, 2003-03-25. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  30. ^ The Cougars and the Lonhorns : History and Hatred. Midspring. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  31. ^ Hale, Clint. "Offense using bye week to prepare for Arkansas", The Daily Texan, 2003-09-03. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  32. ^ Associated Press. "Texas 1969 Champions a Left a Lasting Legacy", CollegeSportsTV.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
  33. ^ Frei, Terry (2002). Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming: Texas vs. Arkansas in Dixie's Last Stand. USA: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-2447-7. 
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