Texas Longhorns
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| Texas Longhorns | |
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| University | University of Texas-Austin |
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| Conference | Big 12 |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | DeLoss Dodds |
| Location | Austin, TX |
| Varsity Teams | |
| Stadium | Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium |
| Arena | Frank Erwin Center |
| Mascot | Bevo |
| Nickname | Longhorns |
| Colors | Burnt Orange and White |
| Homepage | www.texassports.com |
Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin. These teams are referred to as the Texas Longhorns, taking their name from the Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the State of Texas. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as simply The University of Texas, Texas, or the abbreviation UT) is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. The women's teams are sometimes called the Lady Longhorns, but generally both the men's and women's teams are referred to as the Longhorns.
The Longhorn nickname appeared in Texas newspapers by 1900.[1]
The University of Texas offers a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports programs. Due to the breadth of sports offered and the quality of the programs, Texas was selected as "America's Best Sports College" in a 2002 analysis performed by Sports Illustrated.
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[edit] Varsity sports
A charter member of the Southwest Conference until its dissolution in 1996, Texas now competes in the Big 12 Conference (South Division) of the NCAA's Division I-A. The school's colors are officially Orange and White, with Burnt Orange — also known as Texas Orange — being the specific shade of orange used.[2][3] Its alma mater is "The Eyes of Texas."[4] At football games, students frequently sing "Texas Fight", the University's fight song, while displaying the Hook 'em Horns hand gesture. The University of Texas Longhorn Band is also known as the "Showband of the Southwest." The school mascot is a Texas longhorn named Bevo.
[edit] Football
The University of Texas has traditionally been considered a college football powerhouse, with four national titles to their credit, including one to conclude the 2005-2006 season. From 1936 to 2004, the team finished the season in the top ten 23 times, or one-third of the time, according to the Associated Press. The team experienced its greatest success when it was coached by Darrell Royal, winning three National Championships — 1963, 1969 and 1970. The 1970 Longhorn team was the last D-1 team to win a national championship without an integrated roster. Two Texas Longhorn running backs have won college football's highest honor, the Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998). Other former Longhorn greats include: Scott Appleton, Tommy Nobis, Bobby Layne, Tom Landry, Jerry Sisemore, Brad Shearer, Kenneth Sims, Tony Degrate, Doug English, Jerry Gray, Eric Metcalf, Tony Brackens, Priest Holmes, Casey Hampton, Derrick Johnson, Nathan Vasher, Cedric Benson, and Vince Young.
The Longhorns have a long tradition of winning football games. Only two programs, Notre Dame, and the University of Michigan, have won more games than Texas,[5] which marked its 800th victory with its win over the USC Trojans in the 2006 BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the team was somewhat less successful, but has recently returned to prominence, finishing in the top ten in 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005.
The team plays home games in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium which has a seating capacity of 80,082, but, as evidenced by the 1999 game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, actual attendance could surpass 85,000.[6] Renovations began on the stadium November 14, 2005, two days following UT's last home football game of the 2005 season. The improvements are scheduled were completed before the 2006-2007 football season, and include additional seating[7] and the nation's first high definition video display in a collegiate facility nicknamed "Godzillatron."[8] With the new bleacher seating section added behind the south endzone bringing the stadium's stated capacity is 85,123 for the 2006 season.[9] This has already been surpassed, with 89,422 viewing the Ohio State game on 9 September 2006.[10] That attendance figure is the largest crowd ever to watch a football game in the state of Texas.[10]
Under the current bowl system, the Longhorns played their first Bowl Championship Series game in 2005 at the Rose Bowl against the University of Michigan. The game was the first meeting between the two storied teams and the Longhorns' first trip to the Rose Bowl for a BCS game. The Longhorns defeated the Wolverines 38-37 thanks to a successful field goal kick by Dusty Mangum as time expired off the clock. Three ex-Longhorns from the 2005 Rose Bowl team, Cedric Benson, Derrick Johnson, and Bo Scaife, were selected in the 2005 NFL Draft.
The 2007 team will be the first opponent to play the University of Central Florida Golden Knights in their new stadium, Bright House Networks Stadium when the two tames face-off in Orlando on 15 September 2007.[11]
The Longhorns are currently coached by Mack Brown.
Texas Football overall record as of November 4, 2006: 809-311-33 (.716)
[edit] All-Time Longhorn All-Americans
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*Denotes Unanimous Selection
[edit] 2004-2005 Texas Longhorns football
The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team represented The University of Texas (UT) in the college football season of 2005-2006. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by quarterback Vince Young. One of the three winningest programs in college football history,[12] the University of Texas has traditionally been considered a college football powerhouse.[13][14] Since Brown arrived at Texas prior to the 1998 season, he had not managed to lead the Longhorn into a Bowl Championship Series game. However, he ended that record by coaching his team to win the 2005 Rose Bowl with a thrilling last-second victory. 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.
[edit] 2005-2006 Texas Longhorns football
Brown, who was often lauded for his recruiting while being criticized for failing to win championships, followed up a 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.
Texas 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.
On October 24, 2005, Texas passed USC in the Bowl Championship Series rankings because a strong showing in the computer rankings, which favored the Longhorns because of the overall strength of their opponents, as well as the win the week before over previously unbeaten Texas Tech. The first place ranking was the first ever for Texas in the BCS era, and the first top ranking in any major football poll since October 8, 1984, when they were atop both the Associated Press and Coaches polls.[15] The 0.0007 percent margin separating Texas from USC was the slimmest margin between the top two teams since the inception of BCS rankings.[16]
The stay at the top was short-lived. With the October 31, 2005 BCS rankings, Texas remained first in the computer rankings, with Virginia Tech actually pulling even with USC for number 2 in the computer rankings. However, USC remained atop both human polls and was able to reclaim the top overall ranking. 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 disecting 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.
[edit] 2006-2007 Texas Longhorns football
The 2006 Texas Longhorn football team is representing The University of Texas in the college football season of 2006-2007. The previous year's team won both the Big 12 Conference championship and the National Championship, which marked the fourth national championship for the Longhorns. The team is coached by head football coach Mack Brown, who received the 2006 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award for "Coach of the Year".[17] The Longhorns play their home games in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, which is undergoing some renovations to improve older sections as well as to add extra seating capacity. The Texas Longhorns returned several offensive (7) and defensive (7) starters from their National Title team.
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.[18][19][20] The Longhorns lost that game, but then defeated Rice, Iowa State and Sam Houston State by a combined score of 145-24. Then they defeated number 14th ranked Oklahoma Sooners 28-10 in the Red River Shootout. The Longhorns lost their last two regular season games to Kansas State and Texas A&M and since the Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Oklahoma State Cowboys on November 25, the Longhorns will not proceed to the Big XII championship. Because of this, the Horns will go to a venue such as the Alamo Bowl, Holiday Bowl, or Gator Bowl.
[edit] 2006-2007 Texas Longhorns football schedule
All times are Central Time Zone in 2006 unless otherwise indicated.[21][22]
| Date Scheduled | Time/Result | Opponent | Stadium Site | TV Coverage |
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| September 2 | W 56-7 | North Texas | 1 - Non-conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | FSN |
| September 9 | L 7-24 | No. 1 Ohio State | 2 - Non-conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | ABC |
| September 16 | W 52-7 | @ Rice | 3 - Non-conference, Reliant Stadium · Houston, TX | ESPN2 |
| September 23 | W 37-14 | Iowa State | 4 - Conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | ABC |
| September 30 | W 56-3 | Sam Houston State | 5 - Non-conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | FSN (PPV) |
| October 7 | W 28-10 | @ No. 14 Oklahoma | 6 - Conference (Red River Rivalry), Cotton Bowl · Dallas, TX | ABC |
| October 14 | W 63-31 | Baylor | 7 - Conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | TBS |
| October 21 | W 22-20 | @ No. 17 Nebraska | 8 - Conference, Memorial Stadium · Lincoln, NE | ABC |
| October 28 | W 35-31 | @ Texas Tech | 9 - Conference, Jones Stadium · Lubbock, TX | TBS |
| November 4 | W 36-10 | Oklahoma State | 10 - Conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | TBS |
| November 11 | L 42-45 | @ Kansas State | 11 - Conference, KSU Stadium · Manhattan, KS | ABC |
| November 24 | L 7-12 | Texas A&M | 12 - Conference, Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX | ABC |
| December 30 | TBD | Iowa | Alamo Bowl - San Antonio, TX | ESPN |
[edit] Basketball
In recent years, the men's basketball team has gained prominence. In 2003, the basketball team advanced to the NCAA Tournament Final Four round, and in 2004 advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round. In 2005, they tied for the Big 12 Conference regular season championship, but lost to the Kansas Jayhawks in the Big 12 Conference tournament championship game, 80-68. In the 2006 NCAA Tournament they would advance to the Elite Eight, losing to Louisiana State University in overtime.
Texas entered the 2006 Championship Tournament as a second seed. 2006 also marks the 100th anniversary of basketball at UT, and special logos have been placed on the uniforms to commemorate this anniversary.
The women's basketball team has long been a national power, especially during the late 1980s (winning a National Title in 1986) and through the 1990s. Both teams play home games in the Frank Erwin Special Events Center. This year (2005-2006) they went into the season ranked #2 in the nation until they were beat by the #1 Duke Blue Devils in East Rutherford, New Jersey and the Tennessee Lady Vols.
[edit] Baseball
The University's baseball team is considered one of the best in the nation with more trips to the College World Series (CWS) than any other school, extending their record in 2005 to 32 appearances. Texas has also won more individual games in the CWS than any other school, though they do not have the most championships. Texas has won the CWS six times: 1949, 1950, 1970, 1983, 2002 and 2005. The team was runner-up five other times: 1953, 1984, 1985, 1989 and 2004. Former Longhorns who went on to success in the pros include Roger Clemens, Calvin Schiraldi, Burt Hooton, Keith Moreland, Spike Owen, Greg Swindell and Huston Street.
In June of 2006, Texas was eliminated from the NCAA Baseball tournament by North Carolina State. The team plays home games on Disch-Falk Field.
Head Coach: Augie Garrido
[edit] Golf
Texas has a strong golf tradition, winning National Titles in 1971 and 1972 and finishing runner-up four other times. Several former Longhorn players have gone on to success on the PGA Tour including: Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Blackmar, Mark Brooks, Bob Estes, and Justin Leonard. Legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick was a long-time Texas coach. The team is currently coached by John Fields and Steve Keasler. [1]
[edit] Gymnastics
The University of Texas does not field a varsity gymnastics squad. However, the University is home to two club gymnastics teams. The women's gymnastics team won a national title on April 16, 2005 at the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs competition, and the men's team finished second, missing out on the national title by seven-tenths of a point to Penn State.
[edit] Track/Cross Country
Coached by Bubba Thornton, as a team placed third in the 2006 NCAA championships. They also host the Texas Relays for the last 80 years.
[edit] Volleyball
Texas has a strong women's volleyball tradition, with its teams finishing in the top 25 in the nation 19 out of the last 23 years, as well as two #2 finishes. Texas won the national championship in 1981 and 1988 and was runner-up to Nebraska in 1995. It also sent Demetria Sance to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The team plays home games in Gregory Gymnasium. Two longstanding traditions exist in which the fans interact with the team and each other; when Texas makes a stuff block, the players yell "Whose House?" and the fans respond with "Horns' House!" In addition, whenever a point is made by Texas, the announcer will say "Point Texas!" and the fans respond with "Point Texas!"
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 2004 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 1996 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1988 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Prev. | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 24 | 15 |
[edit] Swimming and diving
In addition, Texas has won nine National Titles in men's swimming and diving (1981, 1988-1991, 1996, 2000-2002) and nine in Women's Swimming and Diving (1981-82, 1984-88, 1990-91). Texas women's cross country won a National Title in 1986. Women's tennis claimed the title in 1993 and 1995. Women's track and field achieved national indoor titles in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1998-99, and outdoor titles in 1982, 1986, 1998-99, 2005. Volleyball achieved titles in 1981 and 1988.
[edit] World Olympics
Several Longhorn athletes have had success at the Olympics over the years. The table at right shows Longhorn medals won in the Summer Olympics.
[edit] Intramural sports
UT offers a large number of intramural sports opportunities. Some of these teams compete with other university clubs. Each year, approximately 23,000 students participate in intramural sports, including 500 basketball teams, 400 flag football teams, 300 softball teams and 170 soccer teams.[23]
The women's volleyball club won National Championship honors at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Collegiate Volleyball Sport Club Championships April 14 - April 16, 2005 in Kansas City, Missouri.
[edit] Rivalries
The University's biggest rival historically is Texas A&M University,[24][25] although UT considers the Oklahoma Sooners to also be important rivals in football, especially in recent years due to the prominence of both programs.[26] Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of Texas in various sports.[27][28][29][30]
[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.[31] 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,[32] 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 a trophy.
Aspects of the rivalry include:
- Each school mentions the other in their fight song (Texas with "and it's goodbye to A&M" in Texas Fight,[33] and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn[34])
- The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football.[35] Since 1900, the last regular season football game is usually reserved for their matchup.[36]
- Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire[37] and the Hex Rally[38]
- Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the UT Tower after wins over Texas A&M.[39]
- In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots.[40][41]
[edit] University of Oklahoma
There is also 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. This name has come to refer to the two schools' contests in other major team sports as well. Since 2005, the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the "SBC Red River Rivalry"[42] (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[43] and its political correctness.[44]
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.[45]
Aspects of the rivalry include:
- 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.[46]
- The game is played in Dallas, Texas (mid-way between the two campuses), in a Cotton Bowl stadium 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.
- Longhorn fans give them Hook 'em Horns gesture in support of their team. Sooner fans don't have their own hand signal (other than the #1 sign they hold up), but they use an upside down version of the same gesture, known by Sooner fans as the "Horns Down" sign, to deride the Longhorns.
- A prominent red and white slogan is painted on the pavement at a busy pedestrian area of the South Oval of the OU Norman campus reminds OU students daily to "Beat the Hell out of Texas".[47]
- The University of Texas holds its annual Torchlight Parade during the week of the Red River Shootout.[48]
[edit] Others
Many other schools consider UT among their biggest rivals. This list includes most other colleges in Texas, but especially Baylor[49] (located just up Interstate 35 from UT), Texas Tech,[50] and Houston.[51] Texas is also the biggest rival of the University of Arkansas[52] 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.[53][54]
[edit] Facilities
Major sporting facilities and their main use include:
- Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium — football
- Frank Erwin Special Events Center — basketball
- Disch-Falk Field — baseball
- Mike A. Myers Stadium — soccer
- Red and Charline McCombs Field — softball
- Gregory Gymnasium — volleyball
- Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center — swimming and diving
- Penick-Allison Tennis Center — tennis
- Texas Rowing Center — rowing
In addition, the University of Texas has numerous practice, training, and intramural facilities.
[edit] Traditions
Texas is a tradition-rich school, and many of those traditions are associated with athletics events, especially football. Some UT traditions include:
- Bevo - the school mascot, a live Texas longhorn steer present for football games and other special events
- Big Bertha - the world's largest drum
- "The Eyes of Texas" - the school song, traditionally led by the Orange Jackets on the football field
- Hook 'em Horns - the school hand signal, was introduced at a pep rally in 1955.[55] Within a few years, the symbol was widely known to football fans across the state and country. Sports Illustrated featured the Hook 'em Horns symbol in front of a Texas pennant on the cover of their 10 September 1973 issue (pictured).[56]
- "Texas Fight" - the school fight song
- Texas - Fight! cheer - one side of the stadium yells "Texas!" and then the other side yells "Fight" - this is usually repeated several times
- Script Texas - half-time routine by the Longhorn Band
- Smokey the Cannon - fired in celebration on game day at the moment of kickoff and after UT scores
- The University of Texas Longhorn Band, nicknamed The Showband of the Southwest
- Cheerleading by the Texas cheerleaders and Pom squads
- Lighting the UT Tower (also known as the Main Building) in different colors for various types of sporting victories
- Read the rest - Students from Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma usually taunt Texas students by threatening to "saw off" the horns of Bevo, citing the Bible verse Psalms 75:10, "I shall cut off the horns of the wicked." As it turns out, that's not the entire verse, and as a response, Texas students tell Aggies and Sooners to "read the rest." The rest of the verse is "but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up." This appears on shirts, usually with "Hook 'Em" written underneath.
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- - John F. Kennedy, referring to the general skill gap between Texas and Rice University in college football, from a speech given at Rice Stadium, September 12, 1962
- "When the challenger meets the champion and the challenger wins, there is a new champion."
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- - Wayne Hardin, coach of the US Naval Academy, ranked #2 prior to the 1963 Cotton Bowl, hoping to pull off an upset of #1 Texas. At the time, the prevailing custom was for the final polls to come out in advance of the bowl game, meaning Texas had already been crowned the National Champions. Texas coach Darrell Royal replied, "We're ready." and the Longhorns went on to win the game.
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