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Texas Longhorns football
First season 1893
Staff
Athletic director DeLoss Dodds
Head coach Mack Brown
9th year, 103–25
Stadium
Home stadium Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Stadium capacity 85,123
Stadium surface Grass
Location Austin, Texas
League/Conference
Conference Big 12
Division South
Team records
All-time record 820–316–33 (.715)
Postseason bowl record 23–21–2
Awards
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 Oklahoma Sooners
Texas A&M Aggies
Website mackbrown-texasfootball.com

The Texas Longhorns football team is the interscholastic football team at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The Texas Longhorns are a perennial powerhouse — one of the elite college football programs in the nation. Texas is the third most victorious program, whether judged by total number of wins or by winning percentage. They are one of only four programs to have attained 800 all-time victories.The Longhorns have won four Division I-A national championships — in 1963, 1969, 1970, and 2005. Two Longhorn players have won college football's highest individual honor — the Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998).

In 2008 the Texas Longhorn football program kept its record NFL Draft streak alive by having at least one player selected in 71 consecutive drafts dating back to 1938. [1]

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

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[edit] Coaches

Mack Brown has been the head coach of the Longhorns since 1998. His offensive coordinator is Greg Davis and his defensive coordinator is Will Muschamp. On January 16, 2008, former UT quarterback Major Applewhite accepted a job with Texas as running backs coach.[2]

[edit] Facilities

Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium with a view of the Godzillatron
Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium with a view of the Godzillatron

The Longhorns play their home games in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (formerly just "Memorial Stadium" and "Texas Memorial Stadium"). The stadium is located on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The current official stadium capacity is 85,123,[3] the largest football venue in the state of Texas,[4] the largest in the Big 12 Conference,[5] and among the largest on-campus stadium in the NCAA.

An attendance record of 89,442 people occurred on September 9, 2006 for the Longhorns' 24-7 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes. That set a new record for the greatest number of people ever to gather for a football game in the state of Texas.[6] It also set a record for the number of people watching a game at any stadium in the Big 12 Conference.[7]

The stadium has been expanded several times since its original opening, with a major expansion completed in 1999. The stadium has been undergoing additional renovations and expansion since 2005. Stage one was completed in 2006 and consisting mainly of updates in accordance with newer fire safety codes. Stage two began in 2006 and consists of seating expansion and addition of new facilities in the north end zone.[3]

[edit] History

The University of Texas has traditionally been considered a college football powerhouse, having earned four National Championships, including one to conclude the 2005-2006 season. From 1936 to 2006, Longhorn football teams have finished their seasons ranked in the top ten of at least one of the two major polls 25 times, or more than one-third of the time, according to the Associated Press. The Longhorn football program experienced its greatest sustained success under the guidance of legendary head coach Darrell Royal, who led the Longhorns to three National Championships (in 1963, 1969, and 1970) during his twenty-year career with the Longhorns (1957-1976). The 1969 Longhorn football team was the last Division I team to win a national championship without an integrated roster.

Two Texas Longhorn running backs have won college football's most prestigious individual award, the Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998). Eleven Longhorns have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame[8], while four are enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame.[9] Other Longhorn players have also received recognition for their performance.

The Longhorns rank as the third most winning program in college football history, in terms of both total wins and win percentage.[10] As of the end of the 2006 season, the Longhorns' all-time record is 810-312-33 (.716). Only Notre Dame and the University of Michigan have won more games and a greater percentage of games played than Texas,[11] which recorded its 800th victory with the Longhorns' 41-38 win over the USC Trojans in the 2006 BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the program was somewhat less successful, but Texas has since returned to prominence in college football, finishing in the top six of the AP and coaches' polls in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005.

The Longhorn team plays home games in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium which has a seating capacity of 85,123.[12] Renovations began on the stadium November 14, 2005, two days following UT's last home football game of the 2005 season. The improvements scheduled were completed before the 2006-2007 football season, and included additional seating[13] and the nation's first high definition video display in a collegiate facility nicknamed "Godzillatron."[14] With the new bleacher seating section added behind the south endzone, the stadium's stated capacity for the 2006 season was 85,123.[15] This has already been surpassed, with 89,422 viewing the Ohio State game on 9 September 2006.[6] That attendance figure is the largest crowd ever to watch a football game in the state of Texas.[6]

The Longhorns are currently coached by Mack Brown, who came to Texas after being head coach at North Carolina.

[edit] Texas Longhorns under Mack Brown

Mack Brown has been the head football coach for Texas since 1998. From 1998 through the 2006-2007 season, the Longhorns had a 93-22 (81%) win-loss record. In his first six years at Texas, Brown had a winning record but he had not managed to win the Big 12 conference or to lead the Longhorn into a Bowl Championship Series game. He was often lauded for his recruiting while being criticized for failing to win championships.

That changed with the 2004 Texas Longhorn football team (11−1, 2005 Rose Bowl Champions) who played in the 2005 Rose Bowl against the Wolverines of the University of Michigan. The game was the first meeting between the two storied teams and the Longhorns' first trip to the Rose Bowl. In a classic game that featured five lead changes and three tie scores during the course of play, the Longhorns defeated the Wolverines 38-37 on a successful 37-yard field goal by place kicker Dusty Mangum as time expired. It was the first time the Rose Bowl had ever been decided on the closing play, and it earned the Longhorns a top 5 finish in the polls. Three ex-Longhorns from the 2005 Rose Bowl team — Cedric Benson, Derrick Johnson, and Bo Scaife — were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft.

The 2005 Texas Longhorns in the "I formation" against Colorado in the 2005 Big 12 Championship Game
The 2005 Texas Longhorns in the "I formation" against Colorado in the 2005 Big 12 Championship Game

Brown followed up the strong 2004 season on the field with an extremely successful 2005 recruiting season by securing the top-ranked recruiting class (the 2005 recruiting season is for players entering the University in Fall 2006). With the exception of Cedric Benson, Derrick Johnson, and Bo Scaife, Texas returned most of their key players from 2004–2005, including red-shirt Junior Quarterback Vince Young. The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team (13−0, BCS National Champions) was given a pre-season #2 ranking (behind defending National Champions University of Southern California) by Sports Illustrated magazine, and was also ranked second in the AP and USA Today coaches pre-season polls. They maintained those rankings throughout the entire 2005–2006 season.

Texas and USC ended up winning out their seasons and faced each other in the National Championship, which Texas won, 41-38. At the conclusion of the 2005-2006 season, Sports Illustrated issued a special commemorative edition that featured Vince Young shouting in triumph amidst a storm of multi-colored confetti. Features in the special edition included a story on Vince Young's Glory Days by author Tim Layden, as well as a story dissecting How the Rose Bowl was won by Austin Murphy. The issue was on sale nationwide alongside the regular edition of the magazine, which also featured the Rose Bowl on the cover.

The 2006 Texas Longhorn football team (10−3, 2006 Alamo Bowl Champions) hoped to repeat as national champions. The Texas Longhorns returned several offensive (7) and defensive (7) starters from their National Title team, but quarterback Vince Young elected to go the NFL which left freshman Colt McCoy as the starting quarterback.

Texas opened the season with a win at home against North Texas. Their second game, against Ohio State, was one of the most anticipated college football games of the regular season.[16][17][18] The Longhorns lost that game, but then defeated Rice, Iowa State and Sam Houston State by a combined score of 145-24. After defeating number 14th ranked Oklahoma Sooners 28-10 in the Red River Shootout, it appeared that the Longhorns were a near-certainty to once again play in the Big 12 Championship game for a chance to enter the Bowl Championship Series. However, in Texas' next game, against unranked Kansas State, Colt McCoy suffered a neck stinger injury while rushing for a touchdown, and in the Lone Star Showdown rivalry game against unranked Texas A&M, he was knocked out of the game by a helmet-to-helmet tackle. Partially due to these injuries, Texas lost both games, 45-42 and 12-7 respectively, their first consecutive losses in over five years. As a result, the Oklahoma Sooners won the division and played in the Big 12 Championship game. The Alamo Bowl, with the 5th pick of Big 12 conference teams selected the Longhorns to play against unranked Iowa who had placed 8th in the Big Ten conference. McCoy was able to return at quarterback, and the Longhorns narrowly defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 26-24.

The 2007 Texas Longhorn football team began play on September 1, 2007. Texas entered the 2007 season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage.[19][20] They were ranked in the Top 10 by numerous pre-season polls. For instance, a pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth;[21] Rivals.com had them at ninth.[22] College Football News[23] and Real Football 365[24] both had Texas ranked third. Texas started out 4–0, but with sloppy playing, edging out 4 unranked teams. Texas came particularly close to being upset when the beat unranked UCF, 38–35. Texas then suffered losses to Kansas State (41–21) and Oklahoma (28–21). Texas then surged back into form, winning 5 games in a row. At 9−2, they were poised to gain a BCS bowl berth. However, a 30–38 loss to Texas A&M dashed these hopes. The Longhorns finished the season 10–3 with a victory in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]

In January 2008 NBC Sports listed the Longhorns among the seven top candidates for best team of the decade.[44] The 2008 team will begin their season against Florida Atlantic University, who won the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and set a record for the shortest amount of time between starting a football program and securing a bowl victory.[36]

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Texas Longhorns Football Seasons
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[edit] Championships

[edit] National championships (4)

Year Coach Selector Record
1963 Darrell Royal AP, Coaches 11-0
1969 Darrell Royal AP, Coaches 11-0
1970 Darrell Royal Coaches 10-1*
2005 Mack Brown AP, Coaches 13-0
  • Texas lost to Notre Dame 11-24 in the Cotton Bowl, they dropped to #3 in the final AP Poll, but remained #1 in the UPI Poll which had its final rankings released prior to the bowl season. Nebraska ended up with the #1 ranking in the AP Poll in 1970 with a record of 11-0-1.

[edit] Conference championships (29)

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

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
† Denotes co-champions

Conference affiliations

[edit] Divisional championships (4)

Texas has made 4 appearances in the Big 12 Championship Game as 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

[edit] Player accomplishments

[edit] Awards

2006 Orange vs White scrimmage
2006 Orange vs White scrimmage
Earl Campbell - 1977
Ricky Williams - 1998
Tommy Nobis - 1965
Ricky Williams - 1998
Vince Young - 2005
Ricky Williams - 1998
Scott Appleton - 1963
Tommy Nobis - 1965
Brad Shearer - 1977
Kenneth Sims - 1981
Tony Degrate - 1984
Vince Young - 2005
Derrick Johnson - 2004
Michael Huff - 2005
Aaron Ross - 2006
Ricky Williams - 1997
Ricky Williams - 1998
Cedric Benson - 2004

[edit] All-time University of Texas football team

(As chosen by the Austin American-Statesman on September 9, 2005.)

Offense

Defense

Coach: Darrell Royal, 1957-76
Honorary captain: Louis Jordan, 1911-14. First Texas player to make the Walter Camp All-American team. He was later killed in France in World War II.

[edit] Active Longhorns in the NFL

38 Longhorns currently play or coach in the NFL.[45]

[edit] Rivalries

Main article: Texas Longhorns#Rivalries

The University's biggest rival historically is Texas A&M University,[46][47] although UT considers the Oklahoma Sooners to also be important rivals in football, especially in recent years due to the prominence of both programs.[48] Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of Texas in various sports.[49][50][51][52]

[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.[53] Since 2005, the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the "SBC Red River Rivalry"[54] (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[55] and its political correctness.[56] The University of Texas holds its annual Torchlight Parade during the week of the Red River Shootout.[57]

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 Texas-OU game was ranked third.[58]

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 one-year losing 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 playing in the Big 12 Championship Game.

The 2007 match-up between Oklahoma and Texas was predicted to be the #3 game to watch in 2007 by SI.com's "Top 20 Games To Watch In 2007" list. Oklahoma won the game 28-21, pushing the Sooners to yet another Big 12 title.[59]

[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 conservative farmers, while Longhorns are portrayed as highbrow and arrogant city-slickers.[60] The annual football game with Texas A&M takes place the day after Thanksgiving each year. The Longhorns have a record of 73-36-5 against the Aggies.

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,[61] 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,[62] and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn[63])
  • The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football.[64] Since 1900, the last regular season football game is usually reserved for their matchup.[65]
  • Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire[66] and the Hex Rally[67]
  • Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the UT Tower after wins over Texas A&M.[68]
  • In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots.[69][70]
Primary Texas Longhorn Rivalries: All-Time Records[71]
Name of rivalry Rival Games played First meeting Last meeting UT win UT loss Ties Win %
Lone Star Showdown Texas A&M Aggies 114 1894 2007 game; lost 38–30 73 36 5 .640
Red River Rivalry Oklahoma Sooners 102 1900 2007 game; lost 21–28 57 40 5 .559

[edit] Others

Many other schools consider UT among their biggest rivals. This list includes most other colleges in Texas, but especially Baylor[72] (located just up Interstate 35 from UT), Texas Tech,[73] and Houston.[74] Texas is also the biggest rival of the University of Arkansas[75] 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.[76][77]

Texas maintains a somewhat one-sided series with the Rice Owls. The series, which began in 1914, is the fourth oldest (by number of games) in Texas history.[78] The two schools were once conference foes in the Southwest Conference[79][80] and the rivalry has continued despite the usual mismatch in ability on the field. The Longhorns' 28 consecutive victories from 1966–1993 represent the sixth longest single-opponent winning streak in college football. The disparity was alluded to by President John F. Kennedy when he compared the challenge of going to the moon to the challenge faced when Rice played Texas.[81] Since the formation of the Big 12 the two teams have met intermittently. Texas won the most recent match-up, in the 2007 game, 58–14.[82]

[edit] Traditions

Main article: Texas Longhorns#Traditions

[edit] See also

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