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|StadiumArena=[[Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium]]
|StadiumArena=[[Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium]]
|Champion=Big 12 Champions<br/>Big 12 South Division Champions
|Champion=Big 12 Champions<br/>Big 12 South Division Champions
|BowlTourney= [[2010 BCS National Championship Game|BCS Championship Game]]
|BowlTourney=
|BowlTourneyResult= vs. [[2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
|BowlTourneyResult=
|ConfChamp = [[2009 Big 12 Championship Game|Big 12 Championship Game]]
|ConfChamp = [[2009 Big 12 Championship Game|Big 12 Championship Game]]
|ConfChampResult = W 13-12 vs. [[2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]
|ConfChampResult = W 13-12 vs. [[2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]

Revision as of 21:25, 6 December 2009

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Ranking
BCSNo. 2
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
2009 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 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 Division
No. 2 Texas x$   8 – 0     13 – 1  
Oklahoma State   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 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 conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Texas Longhorn football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represent The University of Texas at Austin in the college football, season of 2009–2010. The team is coached by Mack Brown, who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season.[1] Texas plays their home games in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

Before the season

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. They received a final-ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll[4] Texas entered the 2007 season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage.[5][6] The Longhorns finished the season 10–3 with a victory in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.[7] The Longhorns were ranked tenth in the final AP poll[8] and in the USA Today coaches poll.[9]

Quarterback Colt McCoy will be a senior in 2009. He was the starting quarterback for the Longhorns in 2006 and 2007.[10] He also made the Athlon Sports first-team All Big 12[11]

Facilities and equipment

Following the final home game of 2006, construction workers demolished the north end of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. This section is being rebuilt to make the lowest seats closer to the field while adding luxury boxes and an upper-deck.[12] The lower deck is planned to be rebuilt for 2007, while the upper deck is planned to be ready for 2008.[12] The modifications put the north end-zone seats thirty yards closer to the field of play. This results in several game day changes, such as Smokey the Cannon moving to the south end-zone near Bevo.[13]

Coaches

In 2007 the University of Texas Board of Regents voted unanimously to raise head coach Mack Brown's salary by $300,000. This brings his annual compensation to $2.81 million and keeps him among the five highest paid coaches in the sport. The package also includes up to $3 million dollars in bonuses, including "$100,000 if he wins the Big 12 Championship and $450,000 if he wins this year's national championship, as well as bonuses based on the percent of players who graduate."[1] Brown's contract is good through the 2016 season and includes buy-out clauses should another school attempt to hire Brown.[1]

Greg Davis is the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; As of 2008 Davis is in his eleventh season at Texas.[14] In 2007, Duane Akina was the defensive co-coordinator along with Larry Mac Duff.[15] Mac Duff left Texas at the end of the 2007 season[16] and Akina was demoted to "Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs".[17][18] The Longhorns hired Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator; he will also coach UT's linebackers in 2008.[19] Muschamp was previously defensive coordinator at Auburn and will make a $425,000 salary at Texas.[17] Running backs coach Ken Rucker transferred to a newly created position with the athletic department where he will act as a liaison to high school athletic programs. On January 16, 2008 Texas replaced Rucker by hiring former UT quarterback Major Applewhite.[20]

Recruiting

Recruits cannot officially commit to a University until National Signing Day, 2009 but the Longhorns have received verbal commitments from nineteen players. Seventeen of those commitments were in place by April 2008, well before the players had started their senior seasons in high school.[21] The highest ranked is five-star quarterback Garrett Gilbert of Austin, Texas.[22] Gilbert verbally committed to Texas on February 7, 2008. That was Signing Day 2008 — over a year and a half before Gilbert will begin his freshman season.[21] According to Rivals.com, Texas has also received commitments from 12 four-star recruits and six three-star recruits.[23]

Schedule

September 5, 20096:00 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe*No. 2

FSN PPVW 59–20  101,096A September 12, 20092:30 p.m.at Wyoming*No. 2

VersusW 41–10  31,017 September 19, 20097:00 p.m.Texas TechNo. 2

  • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

ABCW 34–24 101,297 September 26, 20092:30 p.m.UTEP*No. 2

  • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

FSNW 64–7  101,114 October 10, 20096:15 p.m.ColoradoNo. 2

  • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

ESPNW 38–14  101,152 October 17, 200911:00 a.m.vs. No. 18 OklahomaNo. 3

ABCW 16–13  96,009 October 24, 20097:00 p.m.at MissouriNo. 3

ABCW 41–7  71,004 October 31, 20097:00 p.m.at No. 13 Oklahoma StateNo. 3

ABC/ESPN2W 41–14  58,516 November 7, 200911:00 a.m.Central Florida*No. 2

  • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

FSNW 35–3  101,003 November 14, 200911:00 a.m.at BaylorNo. 2

FSNW 47–14  44,372 November 21, 20097:00 p.m.KansasNo. 3

  • Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

ABCW 51–20  101,357B November 26, 20097:00 p.m.at Texas A&MNo. 3

ESPNW 49–39  84,671 December 5, 20097:00 p.m.vs. No. 21 NebraskaNo. 3

ABCW 13-12 76,211 January 7, 20107:39 p.m.vs. No. 1 AlabamaNo. 2

ABC

Template:CFB Schedule End[24]

  • ^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 in the state of Texas, at a Big 12 Conference Stadium, or in the Southwest region (beating record set at DKR earlier in 2009). 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.[25]

On February 25, 2008, UT and A&M announced that their annual game would move onto Thanksgiving Day for 2008 and 2009.[26] The game will be televised by ESPN.[27] The same day, Texas announced that Arkansas dropped Texas from the 2009 schedule.[28]

Game notes

University of Louisiana-Monroe

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

Wyoming

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

Texas Tech

See also: 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
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 the Longhorns' record is 43–15–0.[29][30] In the 2006 contest, #5 ranked Texas barely came away with a 35–31 win over an unranked Texas Tech team.[31] In the 2007 game #14 Texas won 59–43.[31] During his post-game press conference, Texas Tech's Mike Leach used most of his time to rail against the officiating crew for incompetence and bias.[32][33] He speculated that the officials may have favored Texas because the head official lives in Austin, because they are incompetent, or possibly because the conference wants Texas to appear in a BCS bowl because of the increased appearance fees that such a bowl generates for the conference.[34][35] Jim Vertuno of the Associated Press wrote "Leach was upset officials disallowed two Tech touchdowns in the third quarter. The first was overruled when video replay clearly showed the receiver let the ball hit the ground. On the next play, a touchdown pass was negated by a holding penalty. Leach also wanted, but didn't get, a flag for roughing the quarterback."[35][36] The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported, "Big 12 policy prohibits coaches from commenting publicly about game officials, so Leach’s actions leave him open to reprimand, fine or worse."[33] ESPN reported, "Leach's rant will likely draw a fine from the league and possibly a suspension."[37] The Big12 fined Leach $10,000, the largest fine in conference history. 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.[38]

UTEP

See also: 2009 UTEP Miners football team
1 2 3 4 Total
UTEP 7 0 0 0 7
#2 Texas 23 24 10 7 64

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.[39]

Colorado

See also: 2009 Colorado Buffaloes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Colorado 7 7 0 0 14
#2 Texas 3 7 14 14 38

Texas will play Colorado on October 10, 2009. Previously, Texas' most recent game against Colorado was in 2008, in which they won 38–14 and then before that the most recent occasion was in 2005 and they faced each other twice: once in the regular season, and once in the Big 12 Championship Game.[31] In the first game, the Longhorns established a lead early in the game and never lost it; they led 35–10 at halftime and defeated the 2005 Colorado team by a final score of 42–17.[40] Texas scored touchdowns on all five of their first half possessions.[40] Vince Young had the best statistical performance of his career to date, completing 25 of 29 passing attempts for 336 yards and 2 passing touchdowns in addition to 58 yards rushing and 3 rushing touchdowns.[40] His 86.2% completion percentage set a new single-game record for UT, breaking his previous record of 85.7% set against Oklahoma State in 2004. After the game, Colorado Head Coach Gary Barnett said of Young's passing performance, "We can’t do that in practice against air”, .[41] meaning that his team would not have been able to complete 86.2% of their passes even if playing unopposed.[41]

The championship game pits the Big 12 North Division champion against the South Division champion in a game held after the regular season has been completed.[42] Despite losing the last two games of the regular season, Colorado retained the best record in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference.[43][44][45] Texas won the 2005 Big12 Championship 70–3, the most lopsided score in any college football conference championship to date.[46][47] Texas earned its second Big 12 football championship[48] to make 27 conference championships total, including 25 in the Southwest Conference).[49] The week after the game, Barnett was fired as Colorado's head coach[50] and replaced by Dan Hawkins, the former head coach of Boise State.[51] Entering 2008, Texas leads the series with Colorado 9–7–0.[39]

Oklahoma

See also: 2009 Oklahoma Sooners football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Oklahoma 6 0 7 0 13
#3 Texas 0 3 10 3 16

The game against the 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team marked the 102nd meeting of the Red River Shootout, which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries.[52] It is the second longest running rivalry for the Longhorns, behind the one with Texas A&M.[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.[53] Prior to 2007, Texas led the series 57–39–5,[29] including the two consecutive wins. The 2006 match-up was a 28–10 Longhorn victory.[31]

In the week prior to facing the Oklahoma Sooners, UT fans conduct their traditional Torchlight Parade and Rally.[54][55] The rally first took place in 1916 prior to a game versus Texas A&M, but since 1986 it has been an annual event held exclusively during the week prior to the Texas–OU game.[56][57] Another annual tradition is the running of game balls by the schools' Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs.[58][59] Each school's ROTC program uses a relay running system to run one game ball all the way from their respective campus to Dallas. Once there, they participate against each other in a football scrimmage, with the winner taking home a rivalry trophy and bragging rights.[58][60]

The 2007 game was a back-and-forth affair that was ultimately won by Oklahoma 28–21. OU's freshman quarterback, Sam Bradford, was 21–of–32 for 244 yards and 3 touchdowns. UT's McCoy was 19–of–26 for 324 yards and two touchdowns.[61] That was the most passing yardage against an Oklahoma team since the 2004 National Championship game vs. USC.[62] The Longhorns committed two costly turnovers. McCoy threw one interception and Jamaal Charles lost a fumble inside the Oklahoma 5 yard-line on what would otherwise have been a touchdown scoring run.[61] For the second straight week, the Texas defense did not cause any turnovers.[63] With the loss, Texas opened conference play 0–2 for the first time since 1956, when they were in the Southwest Conference and one year before Darrell Royal became head coach of the Longhorns.[61] The following year, the #5 Texas Longhorns played the #1 Oklahoma Sooners in what would become one of the best games of the year. Falling behind 14–3, the Longhorns eventually rallied behind Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley. Shipley returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, triggering a Texas comeback that eventually put them on top with a score of 45–35..[64]

Missouri

See also: 2009 Missouri Tigers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Texas 21 14 3 3 41
Missouri 0 7 0 0 7

Sportscasters touted the 2005 contest with the Missouri Tigers as a showcase between two of the best dual-threat quarterbacks playing in college football, pitting Missouri quarterback Brad Smith against Vince Young of Texas.[65][66] The two players combined for 582 yards total offense. Both Young and Smith led their respective team in rushing yards. Young had 108 rushing yards while Smith had 57. Young had 236 passing yards compared to Smith's 181.[67] Texas won the game 51–20[67] to extend its series lead over Missouri to 15–5.[39] The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or 2007.[31]

Oklahoma State

See also: 2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Texas 3 21 17 0 41
#13 Oklahoma State 0 7 0 7 14

Texas has played the Oklahoma State Cowboys football (OSU) program 21 times and holds a 19–2–0 record from 1916 through 2006.[29] Texas has a nine game active winning streak against OSU, with the Cowboys most recent victory occurring in 1997.[31] In the 2007 game OSU led by 21 points entering the fourth quarter but Texas scored 24 unanswered points to secure a 38–35 victory. Oklahoma State has played Texas closer in the past two years and want to get the win after two straight close losses.[68]

UCF

See also: 2009 UCF Knights football team
1 2 3 4 Total
UCF 0 3 0 0 3
#2 Texas 0 14 7 14 35

Baylor

See also: 2009 Baylor Bears football team
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 97 meetings through 2007, Texas' record with the Bears was 71 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.[29] Texas won the 2006 game 63–31.[31] The 2007 game was initially a close fought contest, but Texas outlasted the Bears for a 31–10 victory.[69]

Kansas

See also: 2009 Kansas Jayhawks football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas 0 6 7 7 20
#3 Texas 7 20 7 17 51

In order to win the 2004 game against the Kansas Jayhawks, Texas had to convert a 4th-and-18 situation and complete a touchdown pass with only eleven seconds remaining on the clock.[70] The 2005 game provided much less on-field drama, as Texas led 52–0 by halftime and defeated Kansas 66–14.[71] The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or 2007.[31] Texas defeated Kansas 35–7 in Lawrence in 2008.

Texas A&M

See also: 2009 Texas A&M Aggies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
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.[72] Texas enters the 2009 contest with a 74–36–5 record against Texas A&M.[29] Since the series began in 1900, the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend.[73] The 2007 game marked the twelfth straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving.[73] The two schools have agreed to move the game back to Thanksgiving Day for the 2008 and 2009 contests. The 2008 game marks the first televised by ESPN since the 1993 season. The game was not televised in the 1994 season, and ABC had taken the role from 1995–2007. The game was first televised by ESPN in the 1984 season, when the Aggies upset the Longhorns at Austin. From then, the Aggies won six consecutive games up until the 1990 matchup, when CBS broadcasted the Aggie loss. ESPN broadcasted the subsequent Aggie victories from the 1991–93 seasons. This makes the Aggies 9–0 all-time in ESPN-televised matchups.[74]

The 2006 meeting was the first time in eight years that both teams entered the game with at least eight wins coming into the match-up.[75] That game came one week after UT's loss to Kansas State and the Longhorns suffered a 7–12 loss to the Aggies.[76] Going back to 1999 when UT lost the final three games of the season, the Longhorns had gone 87 games without losing back-to-back games.[73] That was the longest active streak for any college or professional football team.[73]

During the week before the game, the Longhorns will hold their traditional Hex Rally. As a result of a tragic accident in 1999, the Aggies can no longer hold a school sponsored version of their traditional Bonfire[77] but an unofficial "Student Bonfire" is planned.[78]

Big 12 Championship Game - Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas 0 7 3 3 13
Nebraska 6 0 0 6 12
Main article: 2009 Big 12 Championship Game
See also: 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football 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)
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)
Harris Not released 2(4) 2(12) 2(2) 3(4) 3(20) 2(19) 2(18) 2(19) 2(18) 2(15) 2
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 50 68 76 55 249
Opponents 26 24 21 17 88

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
Joe Smith                  
                   
TEAM                  
                   
Total                  
Opponents                  

Receiving

Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Joe Smith                  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
Total                  
Opponents                  

Defense

Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass 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

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