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[147] The game was a back-and-forth affair ultimately won by Texas, 4029. [141] The Associated Press remarked on the poor performance and said that Young, considered one of the nations best quarterbacks and a Heisman trophy candidate coming into the game, was "not even the best quarterback on the field that day". This issue included a column from Longhorn fan Matthew McConaughey as well as 15pages of photos from the Rose Bowl. Or write about sports? The BCS formula took into account strength of schedule so that teams received more credit for beating stronger opponents. The police did not name the target of the investigation. [208] California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger lost a bet with Texas Governor Rick Perry on the outcome and had to send Perry a basket of "California wines, fruit and other goodies". Their home record under Mack Brown improved to 39wins and 3losses. The team also set school and NCAA records and received accolades. A few assistant coaches such as Jeff Banks, Brennan Marion, Tashard Choice and others are bound. After the game, Colorado Head Coach Gary Barnett said of Young's passing performance, "We can't do that in practice against air. In the weeks leading up to the 2006 Rose Bowl, the game was described by numerous publications as one of the most-anticipated match-ups in college football history and even as the greatest college football game of all time. [129], In the firstquarter, Texas scored touchdowns on a pass to Limas Sweed, a run by Jamaal Charles, a pass to Quan Cosby, and a punt return by Aaron Ross. [57] Texas replied with 54unanswered points to win the game 603. [69][74][75], Texas scored first with a 42-yard field goal, which was a career-long for Longhorn kicker David Pino. LSU (6-1) has plenty of capable players headlined by head coach Jay Johnson landing slugger Tommy White out of the NCAA transfer portal. [23], Prior to kickoff of the 2005game, the stadium announcer made an appeal for donations to help those suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated parts of Louisiana fivedays previously. But Texas slid to 30-21, including 18-17 in the Big 12, over his final. The game also marked the sixth time the Longhorns entered the contest ranked second nationally; they have won all six. Texas is the first national college football champion to be featured since Nebraska was on the box in 1997. Texas became the first non-conference opponent to beat the Buckeyes in Ohio Stadium since 1990, putting an end to a 36-game home victory string over non-conference opponents. All rights reserved. Leinart had time to attempt one pass but his pass fell out of bounds as time expired; UT beat USC by the score of 4138. The only time that really concerned me was a third-and-two situation. ABC stayed with the Oklahoma vs. A&M game through the final down and then ran threefull minutes of commercials while the Texas vs. Kansas game continued. [77] ESPN and College Football Rivals each named the game one of the best football games of the season. [116], The week following the Texas Tech game Vince Young said he still planned to return for his senior season in 2006. [121], The Longhorns first played the Baylor Bears in 1901 and have faced them annually since both were members of the Southwest Conference. Royal. But I'll tell you what, we're all going to drive home 110. Defensive End - Brian Orakpo (RS. The American Football Coaches Association brought the national championship trophy to the game and displayed it on the field near Bevo, the UT mascot (photo below). Those rumors. [151] and letting himself get tackled near the line of scrimmage. [137] As a result of a tragic accident in 1999, the Aggies did not host a school-sponsored version of their traditional Bonfire[138] but an unofficial version called "Student Bonfire" was held November 19, 2005[139] despite a county-wide ban on bonfires. [87], In the second half, each team scored onefield goal and one touchdown, although Texas missed their extra point so they won the game 5110. Texas replied with a touchdown pass from Young to Thomas, but David Pino missed the extra point, allowing the Cowboys to retain the lead. They are led by head coach Mike White, in his 4th season at Texas. Young returned for the 20052006 season, as did most of the other key players from 2004 to 2005, with the exception of Cedric Benson, Derrick Johnson, and Bo Scaife. The Longhorns also were the first team to beat the Buckeyes in a night game at The Horseshoe and it was UT's 10thstraight victory in a night-game road contest. Royal and Brown have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. Head Coach. [103] One of these two teams appeared in four of the nine BCS national championship games from 1999 to 2007. Dave Campbell's Texas Football put out a 45,000-copy special issue titled One for the Ages Vince Young Leads Longhorns to the Fourth National Title. Prior to the 2005game, Texas held an advantage in the all-time series 55395, which included a 43354 edge in Dallas, but Oklahoma had won the 5previous games, including the two worst losses ever for a Texas team in the series. Back-up quarterback Matt Nordgren entered the game in the thirdquarter, replacing Vince Young. [57] With the win, Texas improved its record in season-opening games to 93173 and 7222 when they open the year at home. We talked to him on the sideline about a little bit more down and distance awareness. The 2023 Texas Longhorns softball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. These years correspond to the four consensus national championships won by the UT football team. May placed them behind only the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers; Herbstreit behind only the 2001 Miami Hurricanes. [151][152] Taylor was criticized for running backwards and sideways in an effort to gain yards, instead of moving ahead and breaking tackles. In the fourth quarter, Taylor scored his fourthtouchdown and backup quarterback Matt Nordgren scored on an odd play where he was hit and fumbled while scrambling for the goal line but the ball traveled forward at about the same speed he was running and bounced right back up into his hands. College Football News judged the 2005 Longhorns to have played the greatest college football season ever. The record for most yards per play is held by the 1993team with 7.44. This will be the Longhorns' first season at the newly . This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 22:29. Plus, Texas added former TCU head coach Gary Patterson as a "special assistant to the head coach" following the end of his show in Fort Worth. With 19seconds left on the game clock, Vince Young ran for a touchdown and regained the lead for the Longhorns. Taylor made two more touchdowns in the thirdquarter and Quan Cosby caught a touchdown pass from Young. On offense, Vince Young had only 162yards of offense, his lowest output of the season. Davis was consistently criticized for over-conservative play-calling. The 2023 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season . UT drove the ball 99yards in sevenplays for a secondtouchdown. 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. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. We present them here for purely educational purposes. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. [95][96], Since 1912 the teams have played the game at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, Texas, amid the atmosphere of the adjacent Texas State Fair. The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning the Big 12 Conference championship and the national championship. [36][188] The BCS rankings during 2005 were based on a formula which factored in the votes of two human polls (the USA Today coach's poll and the Harris Interactive poll), combined with a variety of computer rankings. Both will be paid more than $1. [182][183] Texas' 20-game winning streak was the second-longest winning streak in school history; Texas had 30 wins in a row from 1968 to 1970. [127], In order to win the 2004game against the Kansas Jayhawks, Texas had to convert a 4th-and-18situation and complete a touchdown pass with only elevenseconds remaining on the clock. These royalties went to the university as a whole, not specifically to the athletics programs. [104], The Longhorns scored first with a touchdown pass from Vince Young to Ramonce Taylor; this was the first time for Texas to lead Oklahoma since 2002 and Texas' first passing touchdown against Oklahoma since 2000. Up to the 2007 season, no school had won the BCS championship twice. Ever" during the post-game celebration. "I think I let . The Longhorns are members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the new Moody Center.. "[206] White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Bush wished Brown and the Longhorns all the best, and said that he looked forward to having them visit the White House soon. 1681 posts. In the secondquarter, the Red Raiders tied up the game with a field goal before Texas regained the lead with twotouchdown runs by Selvin Young and a touchdown pass to Billy Pittman. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. [164][165][166][167][168] This was Texas' secondtrip to the Rose Bowl in school history,[148] alongside their trip the previous season. "[5] Scout.com called it "one of the best national title games ever",[6] while Kevin Hench of Fox Sports called it "perhaps the greatest college football game ever played. [134], This game marked the 112thmeeting between Texas and the Texas A&M Aggies and the game is part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. The first was a new single-season total-yardage record with 6,657, passing the previous record of 5,709 set in 2003. Jeff Banks. With fourseconds left in the first quarter, Vince Young threw a pass that was intercepted by Ja'Corey Shepherd at the UT20-yard line. The thirdfinalist was USC's Matt Leinart, who won the Heisman trophy in 2004. The Horns set two new school records for total yardage. In the latest On Texas Football, Bobby Burton and Eric Nahlin discussed a variety of Texas Longhorns football topics including coaching vacancies, the upcoming junior day, and what both want to see during the spring. The work of revamping a coaching staff that included two assistants in Allen and Miller who had worked under Pierce since he became a head coach is now officially complete with Thursday's. Do you have a blog? [47] Donations were not accepted at the game because of a policy against official fund-raising. [16] In the 2008 NFL Draft, fivemore Longhorns from this team were selected: Limas Sweed (number 53rd overall), Jamaal Charles (number 73 overall), Jermichael Finley (number 91 overall), Tony Hills (number 130 overall), and Frank Okam (number 151 overall). [151], On defense, the Longhorns held A&M to only 118yards passing but gave up 277yards rushing; the highest allowed by the Longhorns all season. They are led by head coach Mike White in his 5th season at Texas. Texas regained the lead when Henry Melton rushed for a touchdown. [110], Texas scored touchdowns on all five of their firsthalf possessions; these included threerushing touchdowns by Vince Young, onerushing touchdown by Selvin Young, and onetouchdown pass from Vince Young to Limas Sweed. [186], The pre-season editions of the Associated Press Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll pre-season polls both ranked Texas numbertwo in the nation behind defending National Champion University of Southern California. [12] The week after the game, Barnett was fired as Colorado's head coach[162] and replaced by Dan Hawkins, the former head coach of Boise State. [195], The 2005season marks only the eighthtime in 50years that exactly twoteams have gone into the bowl season undefeated. With the October 31, 2005, BCS rankings, Texas remained first in the computer rankings, with Virginia Tech pulling even with USC for numbertwo in the computer rankings. In the upper right-hand side, the years "1963, 1969, 1970, 2005" appear, with the "2005" given special emphasis. 5 All-time series records. 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[190][191], On October 24, 2005, Texas passed USC in the BCS rankings due to a strong showing in the computer rankings, which favored the Longhorns because of the overall strength of their opponents as well as the October 22, 2005, win over previously unbeaten Texas Tech. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). [155] Despite losing the last two games of the regular season, Colorado retained the best record in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference. [211] Both governors also offered autographed, handmade cowboy boots that were auctioned to benefit survivors of Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina. [118] Young also became one of only sevenplayers in NCAA history to have accumulated over 200yards rushing and 200yards passing in a singlegame. 2005 Football Roster - University of Texas Athletics University of Texas Athletics Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL) Sports Men's Sports Baseball Schedule Roster News Twitter Instagram Tickets YouTube Basketball: Men Schedule Roster News Facebook Twitter Instagram Tickets YouTube Football Schedule Roster News Facebook Twitter Instagram Tickets YouTube Baylor's first possession ended when UT's Michael Huff intercepted a pass from Baylor's Terrance Park. [203] ESPN later awarded the 2006 ESPY Award to the Longhorns and Trojans for the 2006 "Best Game" in any sport. [39] He did not play in the games against Rice or Baylor. Numerous publications have cited this victory as standing among the greatest performances in college football history,[3][4][5][6][7] and ESPN awarded the 2006 ESPY Award for the "Best Game" in any sport to the Longhorns and the Trojans. Royal and Brown have also won national championships with Texas. [99] With the win, Texas started their season 50 for the first time since 1983. Last edited on 30 December 2022, at 12:21, "Southwest Athletic Conference: An Inventory of Its Records, 1914-1996 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library", "AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Texas_Longhorns_head_football_coaches&oldid=1130494941, This page was last edited on 30 December 2022, at 12:21. [44] Also in December, the police announced they were investigating a Longhorn player in a separate incident that occurred in September. "Their fans were upset, our fans were upset.". The Longhorns play their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Texas won the 2005game 620[123] making it the only shutout of the 2005season for the Longhorns. Royal is the all-time leader in games coached (219), years coached (20) and total wins (167). re: Longhorns obsessed with the SEC.. Posted on 10/7/09 at 10:11 pm to JohnnyT. [228], The official website of UT football posted a special logo (pictured) proclaiming the Longhorns as the national champions. Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? General Mills produced a commemorative issue Wheaties box featuring Mack Brown and a Texas Longhorns football helmet on the front. [109], Of all the teams on Texas regular season schedule, Colorado had the best historical record against Texas up to the start of the season. texas high school basketball coaches hall of fameNitro Acoustic. Do you have a blog? Texas was given a pre-season No. [106], UT was favored by 14points[107][108] and won the game by 33 points,[106] tying the biggest margin of victory for the Longhorns in the history of the rivalry, a 407 victory in 1941. Interim basketball coach Rodney Terry gets a deserved pay bump to $1.2 million and will be a "serious" candidate to be the full-time replacement for Chris Beard. The rest of the first-half scoring was dominated by the Longhorns as they scored four more touchdowns to take a 420 lead. [216] Sports Illustrated held up their regular weekly edition to await the results of the Rose Bowl. David Pino also kicked a field goal for the Horns. "[179], Texas' Rose Bowl win was the 800thvictory in school history[180] and it earned the Longhorns their fourthconsensus national championship in football. AUSTIN, Texas -- Steve Sarkisian hasn't forgotten, and he won't forget. [117], Texas place at the top of the BCS rankings lasted only one week. The Texas Card House War Room (True freshman winter conditioning standouts; 2024 recruiting predictions) . Only one defensive starter missed a game due to injury. Rice lost yardage on their possession and failed to convert on fourth down so they turned the ball over on downs. Rankings from NFCA/USA Today. [185] The Longhorns ended the season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage (.7143). [194] The BCS system now ensures that the twotop teams in the BCS rankings face each other annually in a national championship game,[32] but the methodology for ranking the teams remains controversial among fans and sportswriters. The new law changing service academy football, and the coaches pushing back. Dallas was chosen as the neutral site because it is approximately halfway between the two schools. Young, a candidate for the Heisman trophy, also apologized for striking the "Heisman pose" during the win over Texas Tech; this had been viewed as an immodest indiscretion. An * indicates that the player is a "walk-on" (a non-scholarship player). [175] ESPN analysts Mark May and Kirk Herbstreit declared, before the 2005 Rose Bowl had even been played, that the 2005 USC Trojans were the secondbest college football team of the past 50years. This was only the 35thmeeting of the twotop-ranked teams in the history of college football, including both regular season and bowl games. Co-Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers. [64] Teams have become increasingly conservative in scheduling highly ranked non-conference opponents, so a meeting of the number 2 and number 4 teams in the country was unusual this early in the season. [2][159], The Longhorns scored tentouchdowns in their first elevenpossessions. Features in the special edition included a story on Vince Young's Glory Days by Tim Layden, as well as a story dissecting How the Rose Bowl was won by Austin Murphy. The Longhorns went 101-16 overall from 2001-09, including an unbeaten 2005 season that included a national championship. The throwback jerseys were similar to jerseys worn during their 1963National Championship season under Coach Darrell K. [83] President John F. Kennedy alluded to the lopsidedness of the rivalry in his 1962 speech on America's space program: "But why, some say, the moon? The Longhorns play their home games at UFCU Disch-Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference . [217] They also printed a special commemorative issue in the state of Texas with Young on the cover, shouting in triumph amidst a storm of multi-colored confetti after winning the game. [195][196][197], In the eightNational Championship games through the 2006Rose Bowl, the team ranked numberone prior to the game has won fivetimes, while the numbertwoteam has won threetimes. [212] Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa lost a bet with Austin Mayor Will Wynn and had to send a basket of produce, such as avocados, from a local farmers' market; Wynn had bet Texas' finest barbecue. [74][75] This is subject to change based on Texas' future move to the SEC as the games scheduled with Georgia and Florida will likely go away and be scheduled as future SEC conference games. Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1961, 1963)[6]AFCA Coach of the Year (1963, 1969)[7], Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2005)[8]Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2008)[8][9], List of Texas Longhorns head football coaches. OT Josh Cochran (first team) and C Dominic Espinosa (second team) both earned Freshman All-America honors. After neither team scored in the thirdquarter, each team completed onetouchdown pass in the finalperiod. [169], Less than threeweeks before the game, USC Trojan Reggie Bush won the Heisman trophysince vacatedahead of secondplace finisher Vince Young. [119] Over the past threemeetings between the twoschools (20032005), the Longhorns outscored the Cowboys by a combined second-half score of 1180. Texas Longhorns - Wikipedia (Worked 2m ago) The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. [209][210] The food was donated to National Guard troops in Texas. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Staff. Apr 13, 2005 32,044 72,522 113 Northville, MI. The 2022-23 carousel was relatively quiet for Texas, but Sarkisian did have to make two important hires. [214] The school commissioned a painting titled The University of Texas National Championship 2005 by Opie Otterstad to commemorate the win in the Rose Bowl and the National Championship. 18. [8] The Longhorns became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded. The secondhalf was dominated by Texas as they scored fiveunanswered touchdowns to win the game. 2005 Texas Longhorns Stats Previous Year Next Year Record: 13-0 (1st of 119) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 1st in the Final AP poll Conference: Big 12 (South Division) Conference Record: 8-0 Coach: Mack Brown (13-0) Points For: 652 Points/G: 50.2 (1st of 119) Points Against: 213 More Team Info Texas School History 2005 Texas Statistics On October 29, 2005, Texas initially trailed but rallied to beat an Oklahoma State Cowboys team that had held a losing record through the season so far. In the thirdquarter, the Longhorns extended their lead with twotouchdowns to one by Texas Tech. Fourth-ranked OSU became the highest-ranked non-conference opponent the Longhorns had ever beaten at an opponent's home stadium. 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