2009 Texas Longhorns football team

2009 Texas Longhorns football
Big 12 Conference Champions Big 12 South Division Champions
Big 12 Championship Game vs. #21 Nebraska, W 13–12
BCS Championship Game vs. #1 Alabama, L 21–37
Conference	Big 12 Conference South
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#2
2009 record	13–1 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis
Offensive scheme	Spread Option
Defensive coordinator	Will Muschamp
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium
Uniform
Seasons « 2008 2010 »

2009 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#14 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	4
Missouri		4	–	4					8	–	5
Kansas State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	9
Kansas		1	–	7					5	–	7
South
#2 Texas x†		8	–	0					13	–	1
Oklahoma State		6	–	2					9	–	4
#21 Texas Tech		5	–	3					9	–	4
Oklahoma		5	–	3					8	–	5
Texas A&M		3	–	5					6	–	7
Baylor		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Texas 13, Nebraska 12
† – BCS representative as champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season.^[1] Texas played their home games in Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium.

The Longhorns finished the season 13–1, and 8–0 in Big 12 play. They represented the Big 12 South Division in the Big 12 Championship Game where they defeated Nebraska 13–12 to become Big 12 Champions. The team finished the regular season ranked #2 in the Bowl Championship Series to earn a berth in the BCS Championship Game where they were defeated by Alabama 37–21. Texas finished the season ranked #2 in the AP and coaches poll.

Contents 1 Before the season 1.1 Previous seasons 2 Schedule 3 Game notes 3.1 University of Louisiana-Monroe 3.2 Wyoming 3.3 Texas Tech 3.4 UTEP 3.5 Colorado 3.6 Oklahoma 3.7 Missouri 3.8 Oklahoma State 3.9 UCF 3.10 Baylor 3.11 Kansas 3.12 Texas A&M 3.13 Big 12 Championship Game - Nebraska 3.14 BCS National Championship - Alabama 4 Rankings 5 Statistics 5.1 Team 5.1.1 Scores by quarter 5.2 Offense 5.2.1 Rushing 5.2.2 Passing 5.2.3 Receiving 5.3 Defense 5.4 Special teams 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Before the season

Previous seasons

The Longhorns have enjoyed considerable success in recent seasons. In 2008, their only loss was by 6 points to Texas Tech who scored with 1 second left to win the game on Halloween night. They beat the OU Sooners by the same 10 point spread as the 2008 National Champions, the University of Florida. The 2004 team had the first Bowl Championship Series win for any Texas team^[2] and the 2005 team won the National Championship (the fourth for the UT football program).^[3] The 2006 team finished with 10 wins, 3 losses, including a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl. In 2007, the Longhorns finished with a victory in the 2007 Holiday Bowl,^[4] a 10–3 record for the season, and a tenth place ranking in the final AP poll^[5] and the USA Today coaches poll.^[6]

Quarterback Colt McCoy returned to play his senior season at Texas. He was also the starting quarterback for the Longhorns in 2006 and 2007.^[7]

Schedule

On February 25, 2008, UT and A&M announced that their annual game would move onto Thanksgiving Day for 2008 and 2009.^[8] The game was televised by ESPN.^[9] The same day, Texas announced that Arkansas dropped Texas from the 2009 schedule.^[10]

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5, 2009	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe*	#2	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FSN PPV	W 59–20	101,096A [11]
September 12, 2009	2:30 p.m.	at Wyoming*	#2	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	Versus	W 41–10	31,017[12]
September 19, 2009	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	#2	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Chancellor's Spurs)	ABC	W 34–24	101,297[13]
September 26, 2009	2:30 p.m.	UTEP*	#2	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FSN	W 64–7	101,114[14]
October 10, 2009	6:15 p.m.	Colorado	#2	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN	W 38–14	101,152[15]
October 17, 2009	11:00 a.m.	vs. #18 Oklahoma	#3	Cotton Bowl Stadium • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 16–13	96,009[16]
October 24, 2009	7:00 p.m.	at Missouri	#3	Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri	ABC	W 41–7	71,004[17]
October 31, 2009	7:00 p.m.	at #13 Oklahoma State	#3	Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK	ABC/ESPN2	W 41–14	58,516[18]
November 7, 2009	11:00 a.m.	Central Florida*	#2	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FSN	W 35–3	101,003[19]
November 14, 2009	11:00 a.m.	at Baylor	#2	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	FSN	W 47–14	44,372[20]
November 21, 2009	7:00 p.m.	Kansas	#3	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	W 51–20	101,357B [21]
November 26, 2009	7:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M	#3	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown)	ESPN	W 49–39	84,671[22]
December 5, 2009	7:00 p.m.	vs. #21 Nebraska	#3	Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 13-12	76,211[23]
January 7, 2010	7:30 p.m.	vs. #1 Alabama	#2	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (BCS Championship Game)	ABC	L 21–37	94,906[24]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

^[25]

• ^A Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football game in the state of Texas, at a Big 12 Conference Stadium, or in the Southwest region (beating record set at DKR during the 2008 Texas Longhorns season).

• ^B Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football game at DKR set earlier in 2009. The largest crowd to watch a game in the state of Texas and Southwest region records were broken on September 20 when the Dallas Cowboys played in front of 105,121 at Cowboys Stadium.^[26]

Game notes

University of Louisiana-Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
ULM	3	7	0	10	20
#2 Texas	14	24	7	14	59

In the season opener, Texas routed ULM 59-20 as QB Colt McCoy passed for over 300 yards and two touchdowns and his roommate/ #1 receiver Jordan Shipley had 180 yards receiving.

Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Texas	3	10	21	7	41
Wyoming	0	10	0	0	10

In the first half Texas got off to a slow start, but rallied to blowout Wyoming in the second half, with QB Colt McCoy passing for 300 yards and 3 TD's.

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	3	0	14	7	24
#2 Texas	7	3	14	10	34

The series with the Texas Tech Red Raiders began in 1928, and entering the game, the Longhorns' record was 43–15–0.^[27][28]

Texas was in for revenge after the previous season's last second Michael Crabtree miracle breakaway for a touchdown in a 39–33 loss to Tech which eliminated Texas out of the championship race. Texas scored the first touchdown on a Jordan Shipley punt return that got the mascot in his feet to give Texas a 7–3, which thereafter they would not let up and got their revenge in a 34–24 victory over Texas Tech.

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	7	0	0	0	7
#2 Texas	23	24	10	14	71

The 2008 game was the first meeting between the Longhorns and the UTEP Miners. Texas won 42–13. The 2009 game was the first occasion for the Miners to visit Austin. Texas lead 47–7 at halftime and routed the miners.

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	7	7	0	0	14
#2 Texas	3	7	14	14	38

Texas struggled early against Colorado, trailing 14–3 at one point. However a series of non-offensive touchdowns led the Longhorns to a 38–14 victory. The sloppiness of this game however caused the Longhorns to drop from #2 to #3 in the AP Poll.

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Oklahoma	6	0	7	0	13
#3 Texas	0	3	10	3	16

The rivalry with Oklahoma has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries.^[29] Since 1929 the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas typically in mid-October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium.^[30]

Texas started off slow, trailing 6-0. OU QB Sam Bradford was injured and out for the season due to a result of a hit by CB Aaron Williams early in the game. The game was a defensive struggle, but a leaping interception by Aaron Williams of Landry Jones in the red zone put Texas in position to put the game away. However, Colt McCoy threw an interception a few plays later, but was able to make a touchdown-saving tackle on the return. A few plays later, safety Earl thomas was able to intercept Landry Jones to seal the game for the Longhorns.

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Texas	21	14	3	3	41
Missouri	0	7	0	0	7

Texas jumped out to a 21–0 lead on Missouri in a sold out stadium. The horns dominated the game winning 41–7 with 3 TD's from Colt McCoy.

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Texas	3	21	17	0	41
#13 Oklahoma State	0	7	0	7	14

In what was supposed to be a matchup between the Big 12's two best teams on halloween night in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Texas dominated. The horns intercepted OSU QB Zac Robinson 4 times, returning two for TD's.

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCF	0	3	0	0	3
#2 Texas	0	14	7	14	35

The Longhorns came out flat against the Knights but Colt McCoy passed for 470 yards and Jordan Shipley set the school receiving record with 273 yards, the running game amassed less than 50 yards on the ground.

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Texas	14	26	0	7	47
Baylor	0	0	0	14	14

The Longhorns first played the Baylor Bears in 1901 and faced them annually during the days of the Southwest Conference. In the 98 meetings through 2008, Texas' record with the Bears was 72 wins, 22 losses, and 4 ties. This is Texas' third-longest rivalry by number of games: only Oklahoma and Texas A&M have faced Texas more often on the football field.^[27]

On Baylor's first drive, they moved the ball into the red zone, but CB Aaron Williams intercepted a pass in the endzone,and the game would be dominated by the Horns from there. Texas jumped out to a 40-0 halftime lead, and lead 47-0 at one point. Baylor was able to score two late td's however.^[31]

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	6	7	7	20
#3 Texas	7	20	7	17	51

In Colt McCoy's last home game, the Horns routed the reeling Kansas Jayhawks, riding a five game losing streak. Colt McCoy passed for 396 yards and 4 TD's, and in victory became the winningest QB in college football history.

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Texas	7	21	7	14	49
Texas A&M	7	14	3	15	39

This game marks the 116th meeting between Texas and the Texas A&M Aggies and it will be the fifth year as part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. The football rivalry began in 1894 and it is the longest-running rivaly for both the Longhorns and the Aggies and it is also the third most-played rivalry in Division I-A college football.^[32] Texas entered the 2009 contest with a 74–36–5 record against Texas A&M.^[27] Since the series began in 1900, the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend.^[33]

Big 12 Championship Game - Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Texas	0	7	3	3	13
#21 Nebraska	6	0	0	6	12

BCS National Championship - Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Texas	6	0	7	8	21
#1 Alabama	0	24	0	13	37

On game day, Texas wore its white jerseys and was situated on the east sideline, and Alabama wore its crimson jerseys and used the west bench at the Rose Bowl stadium.^[34]

Alabama made their first appearance in the BCS National Championship Game. The last time Texas played at the Rose Bowl, Texas won the BCS National Championship in the 2006 Rose Bowl by defeating USC 41–38 with Vince Young scoring a 8-yard run touchdown with 19 seconds left in the game. The previous year, Texas won the Rose Bowl game 38–37 over Michigan when Dusty Mangum kicked a field goal as time expired.^[34]

Texas has played in the Rose Bowl once during the regular season, losing to UCLA 49–31 during the 1998 season.

Rankings

Ranking Movement, ( )= first place votes received

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	2(2)	2(2)	2(1)	2(2)	2(1)	2(1)	3	3	3(7)	2(13)	2(10)	3(10)	3(11)	3(7)	2(2)	2
Coaches	2(4)	2(2)	2	2	2(1)	2(1)	2(1)	3(1)	3(4)	2(4)	2(4)	2(4)	2(4)	2(3)	2(4)	2
Harris	Not released				2(4)	2(12)	2(2)	3(4)	3(20)	2(19)	2(18)	2(19)	2(18)	2(15)	2(6)
BCS	Not released							3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2

Statistics

Team

Team Opp Scoring       Points per Game     First Downs       Rushing       Passing       Penalty     Total Offense       Avg per Play       Avg per Game     Fumbles-Lost     Penalties-Yards       Avg per Game

Team Opp Punts-Yards       Avg per Punt     Time of Possession/Game     3rd Down Conversions     4th Down Conversions     Touchdowns Scored     Field Goals-Attempts-Long     PAT-Attempts     Attendance       Games/Avg per Game

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total Texas 108 194 127 121 550 Opponents 39 85 31 79 234

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Joe Smith
TEAM
Total
Opponents

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Colt McCoy			468-330-12	70.5	3512	27	88	7.5
Garrett Gilbert			26-15-0	57.7	124	0	29	4.8
Total
Opponents

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Jordan Shipley			1363	12.9	11	88(TD)
Malcolm Williams			546	14.4	2	68(TD)
James Kirkendoll			461	9.6	6	47(TD)
Dan Buckner			445	10.1	4	36(TD)
John Chiles			319	9.4	3	34(TD)
Marquise Goodwin			209	7.7	1	34
Tre' Newton			106	8.8	0	25
Foswhitt Whittaker			51	3.9	0	17
Greg Smith			48	8.0	0	12
Cody Johnson			42	6.0	0	14
Vondrell McGee			37	4.6	0	12
Philip Payne			7	7.0	0	7
DeSean Hales			2	2.0	0	2
Total
Opponents

Defense

Name	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Passing Defense		Interceptions				Fumbles		Blkd Kick
		Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds	FF
Total

Special teams

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Total

Name	Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Total

See also

• 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
• 2009 Big 12 Conference football season

References

External links

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