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2008 Texas Longhorns football team



2008 Texas Longhorns football Kansas 2 – 6 5 – 7

State



Iowa 0 – 8 2 – 10

State



South



#5 7 – 1 12 – 2

Oklahoma

xy†



Big 12 South Division Co-Champions #4 Texas 7 – 1 12 – 1

Fiesta Bowl Champions x‡



2009 Fiesta Bowl vs. #10 Ohio State, W 24-21

State, #12 Texas 7 – 1 11 – 2

Tech x

Conference Big 12 Conference South

#16 5 – 3 9 – 4

Ranking Oklahoma

State

Coaches #3

Baylor 2 – 6 4 – 8

AP #4

Texas 2 – 6 4 – 8

2008 record 12–1 (7–1 Big 12) A&M

Head coach Mack Brown 62,

Championship: Oklahoma 62 Missouri 21

Offensive Greg Davis † – BCS representative as champion

coordinator ‡ – BCS at-large representative

Offensive scheme Spread x – Division champion/co-champions

y – Championship game participant

Defensive Will Muschamp Rankings from AP Poll

coordinator



Base defense 4-3 The 2008 Texas Longhorn football team (variously

"Texas" or the "Horns") represented the University of

Home stadium Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Texas at Austin in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football

Stadium

season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who has

Seasons a contract lasting through the 2016 season.[1] The Long-

« 2007 2009 » horns play their home games in Darrell K Royal – Texas

Memorial Stadium (DKR), which during 2006–2008 was

undergoing renovations to improve older sections as well

2008 Big 12 football standings

as to add extra seating capacity.[2]

Conf Overall The team entered the season ranked 10th in the USA

Today Coaches’ Poll. They won their first four games to

Team W L W L

rise to number 5 in the national rankings. Texas began

North Big 12 Conference play on October 4, 2008 with a trip

#19 5 – 3 10 – 4

to Boulder, Colorado and a win over the Colorado Buf-

Missouri faloes. On October 11, 2008 they defeated the number-

xy one ranked Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl, in

Dallas, TX, in the 103rd Red River Shootout and Texas

Nebraska 5 – 3 9 – 4

x moved into the number-one spot in the polls the next

day. One week later, defending the number-one ranking

Kansas 4 – 4 8 – 5 in a home game for the first time since 1977, the Horns

Colorado 2 – 6 5 – 7 beat the number-eleven ranked Missouri Tigers. The fol-

lowing day, Texas was ranked #1 in the first Bowl Cham-





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ular season. Texas finished out the season with a 24-21

win over Ohio State in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl.





Before the season









The North end zone after stadium expansion, shown during the

summer prior to the 2008 season









The 2008 Longhorns take the field on opening day.



pionship Series (BCS) rankings released during the 2008

season.[3] The next week, the Horns beat previously un-

defeated Oklahoma State, who were ranked #6 in the BCS

at the time.

Texas lost a close road game against Texas Tech, who The new North end zone entry gate is shown as it appeared on

were undefeated at 8–0 and ranked #5 in the Coaches’ the morning of the season opener against FAU.

Poll. As a result, the Horns fell to #7 in the Coach’s poll

while the Red Raiders rose to #3. Texas fell to #4 in the The Longhorns have enjoyed considerable success in re-

BCS Standings, keeping alive the possibility they could cent seasons. Mack Brown’s Longhorns won at least 10

still play for the national championship if other top games in each of the previous 7 seasons (2001–2007); that

teams stumble.[4] Next, the Longhorns won a home game is the longest active streak in the nation.[5] The 2004

against Baylor and a road-game against Kansas, who were team had the first Bowl Championship Series win for any

previously ranked but had fallen out of the polls since Texas team[6] and the 2005 team won the National Cham-

losing to Texas Tech. Oklahoma defeated Texas Tech, pionship (the fourth for the Texas football program).[7]

which returned Texas to a #2 ranking in the BCS and cre- The 2006 team finished with 10 wins, 3 losses, including

ated a three-way tie (Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma) in the a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl. They received a final-

Big 12 South. ranking of 13th in the nation by both the Associated

The final regular-season opponent for Texas was in- Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll[8]

state rival Texas A&M, part of the Lone Star Showdown. Texas entered the 2007 season ranked third in the all-

The Longhorns won 49–9, the largest margin of victory time list of both total wins and winning percentage.[9][10]

in the rivaly for 110 years. Despite this victory, Oklahoma The 2007 team was ranked in the Top 10 by numerous

moved past Texas in the BCS rankings. The three-way pre-season polls. For instance, a pre-season ranking by

tie was resolved by the fifth tie-breaker so Oklahoma ad- ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked

vanced to the Big 12 Championship instead of Texas. This eighth;[11] Rivals.com had them at ninth.[12] College Foot-

was controversial since Texas had beaten both Oklahoma ball News[13] and Real Football 365[14] both had Texas

and Missouri (the Big 12 North champion) during the reg- ranked third in the pre-season. The Longhorns came into



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the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches’ Poll[15] by $300,000. This brings his annual compensation to

and AP Poll.[16] Texas started out 4–0, but with sloppy $2.81 million and keeps him among the five highest paid

playing, edging out 4 unranked teams. Texas came par- coaches in the sport. The package also includes up to

ticularly close to being upset when the beat unranked $3 million dollars in bonuses, including "$100,000 if he

UCF, 38–35. Texas then suffered losses to Kansas State wins the Big 12 Championship and $450,000 if he wins

(41–21) and Oklahoma (28–21). Texas then surged back, this year’s national championship, as well as bonuses

winning five games in a row. At 9–2, they were poised to based on the percent of players who graduate."[1]

gain a BCS bowl berth. However, a 30–38 loss to Texas Brown’s contract is good through the 2016 season and in-

A&M dashed these hopes. The Longhorns finished the cludes buy-out clauses should another school attempt to

season 10–3 with a victory in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.[17] hire Brown.[1]

The Longhorns were ranked tenth in the final AP poll[18] Greg Davis is the team’s offensive coordinator and

and in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll.[19] quarterbacks coach; As of 2008 Davis is in his

Five Longhorns were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft: eleventh season at Texas.[30] In 2007, Duane Akina was

Limas Sweed (53rd pick), Jamaal Charles (73rd), Jer- the defensive co-coordinator along with Larry Mac

michael Finley (91st), Tony Hills (130th), and Frank Okam Duff.[31] Mac Duff left Texas at the end of the 2007 sea-

(151st).[20] In addition, Brandon Foster, Marcus Griffin, son[22] and Akina was demoted to "Assistant Head Coach/

Nate Jones and Derek Lokey agreed to sign free-agent Defensive Backs".[32][33] The Longhorns hired Will

contracts with NFL teams.[21] Muschamp as defensive coordinator; he will also coach

Both Jamaal Charles and Jermichael Finley skipped linebackers in 2008.[34] Muschamp was previously defen-

their senior year in order to enter the NFL early. The loss sive coordinator at Auburn and will make a $425,000

of Charles was a particularly hard blow to the Horns. De- salary at Texas.[32] Running backs coach Ken Rucker

spite skipping his senior year, Charles ranks fourth on transferred to a newly created position with the athletic

the list of total rushing yards by a UT player, behind department where he will act as a liaison to high school

Ricky Williams, Cedric Benson, and Earl Campbell, with athletic programs. On January 16, 2008 Texas replaced

3,328 yards. Williams and Campbell each won the Heis- Rucker by hiring former Texas quarterback Major Apple-

man Trophy in their senior seasons. With Charles’ de- white.[35]

parture, quarterback Colt McCoy becomes the leading On November 18, 2008, The University of Texas an-

returning rusher for the Longhorns.[22] Tight end Jer- nounced that Will Muschamp would eventually succeed

michael Finley also declared he would forgo his senior Mack Brown as head football coach. They agreed in prin-

season to enter the NFL.[23] ciple to increase Muschamp’s salary to $900,000. There

Texas entered the 2008 season ranked number 11 in was no timetable set for Brown’s departure, and both

the AP Poll[24] and number 10 in the Coaches’ Poll.[25] Brown and UT said they expected Brown to stay a long

time.[36] Austin American-Statesman commentator Kirk

Facilities and equipment Bohls stated, "Muschamp’s ascension conveys to fans and

Following the final home game of 2006, construction recruits that Texas values what it has now as one of the

workers demolished the north end of Darrell K. Royal- elite programs in the country and wants to maintain.

Texas Memorial Stadium. This section was rebuilt to This smart, bold move should bring coaching stability,

make the lowest seats closer to the field while adding lux- sustained recruiting and possibly expanded recruiting

ury boxes and an upper-deck.[26] The lower deck of the into the Southeast and a continued framework for suc-

expansion was completed for 2007, and the upper deck cess."[37]

and remaining renovations were ready for 2008.[26] The

modifications put the north end-zone seats thirty yards Schedule

closer to the field of play. This results in several game day

changes, such as Smokey the Cannon moving to the south The primary source of schedule, attendance and box

end-zone near Bevo.[27] Texas worked with Bluetooth SIG score information is the MackBrown-TexasFootball web-

to deploy Bluetooth kiosks throughout the stadium. Th- site.

ese kiosks will broadcast free game-day information to Radio broadcast of Texas Longhorns football games is

Bluetooth-enabled cell-phones in the stands.[28] available on XM Satellite Radio channel 241.[41]

For the second straight year in 2006–2007, Texas mer- • ^A Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football

chandise products were the top-selling products among game in the state of Texas, at a Big12 Conference

clients of Collegiate Licensing Company.[29] Stadium, or in the Southwest region.[42]

• ^B Denotes the largest crowd ever for the Sun Bowl

Coaches Stadium.[43]

• ^C Originally scheduled for September 13, 2008,

In 2007 the University of Texas Board of Regents voted moved to September 27 due to Hurricane Ike.[44][45]

unanimously to raise head coach Mack Brown’s salary





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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance

August 30 6:00 Florida Atlan- #10 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • FSN W 52–10 98,053A

p.m. tic* Austin, TX PPV

September 9:15 at UTEP* #9 Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX ESPN2 W 42–13 53,415B

6 p.m.

September 6:00 Rice* #7 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • FSN W 52–10 97,201

20 p.m. Austin, TX

September 2:30 ArkansasC* #7 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • ABC W 52–10 97,833

27 p.m. Austin, TX

October 4 6:00 at Colorado #5 Folsom Field • Boulder, CO FSN W 38–14 53,927

p.m.

October 11 11:00 vs. #1 Oklahoma #5 Cotton Bowl Stadium • Dallas, TX (Red Riv- ABC W 45–35 92,182D[38]

a.m. er Rivalry)

October 18 7:00 #11 Missouri #1 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • ABC W 56–31 98,383E[39]

p.m. Austin, TX

October 25 2:30 #8 Oklahoma #1 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • ABC W 28–24 98,518F

p.m. State Austin, TX

November 7:00 at #5 Texas #1 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX ABC L 33–39 56,333G[40]

1 p.m. Tech

November 11:00 Baylor #4 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • FSN W 45-21 97,715

8 a.m. Austin, TX

November 11:30 at Kansas #5 University of Kansas Memorial Stadium • FSN W 35–7 51,930

15 a.m. Lawrence, KS

November 7:00 Texas A&M #4 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • ESPN W 49–9 98,621H

27 p.m. Austin, TX (Lone Star Showdown)

January 5 7:00 #10 Ohio State #3 University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, FOX W 24-21 72,047

p.m. Arizona (Tostitos Fiesta Bowl)

*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches’ Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.





• ^D Denotes the largest crowd in the history of the top-10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season[46] and

Red River Shootout. he also made the Athlon Sports first-team All Big 12[47]

• ^E Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football McCoy has been the subject of much discussion regarding

game in the state of Texas or at a Big12 Conference his chances of winning the 2008 Heisman tro-

Stadium (beating record set at DKR earlier in 2008). phy.[48][49][50][51][52] With the departure of running back

• ^F Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football Jamaal Charles for the 2008 NFL Draft, McCoy became the

game in the state of Texas or at a Big12 Conference leading returning rusher for the Longhorns.[22]

Stadium (beating record set at DKR earlier in 2008). McCoy has continued to be leading rusher in 2008;

• ^G Denotes the largest crowd ever at Jones AT&T through the first 11 games of the season he rushed for a

Stadium. net 527 yards. The leading running backs were Vondrell

• ^H Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football McGee (347 yards), Chris Ogbonnaya (333) and Cody

game in the state of Texas or at a Big12 Conference Johnson (234), all of whom have played in all

Stadium (beating record set at DKR earlier in 2008). 11 games.[53] Despite injuries limiting him to only

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings#USA five games,[54] freshman Foswhitt Whittaker rushed for

Today Coaches’ Poll and 2008 NCAA Division I FBS foot- 226 yards. McCoy had 3134 passing yards for a total of

ball rankings#BCS Ranking 3661 total yards of offense, which also led the team. The

leading receivers through 11 games were Jordan Shipley

Players (897 yards), Quan Cosby (872), Chris Ogbonnaya (458).

The leading scorer was Hunter Lawrence, the place-kick-

The Longhorns are led by junior Quarterback Colt McCoy, er. He had made 9 of 11 field goal attempts and 52 of 52

who was the starting quarterback for the Longhorns in extra points, for a total of 79 points contributed.[53]

2006 and 2007. Rivals.com named McCoy one of the



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On defense, Roddrick Muckelroy led the team in tack- Recruiting

les with 63 solo tackles and 39 assists. Brian Orakpo led

Texas signed 20 overall recruits for the 2008 recruiting

the team in sacks, with 9 sacks for 79 yards. Ryan Palmer

class. Twelve 4-stars (DeSean Hales, Jarvis Humphrey, D.J.

led the team in interceptions with 3, one of which he re-

Monroe, Aaron Williams, Mark Buchanan, Dan Buckner,

turned for a touchdown.[53]

Nolan Brewster, Derrick "D.J." Grant, Jeremy Hills, Dra-

Besides Whittaker, several other Longhorns missed

vannti Johnson, Kheeston Randall and David Snow), sev-

playing time due to sickness or injury. Cosby and Orakpo

en 3-stars (Emmanuel Acho, Antoine Hicks, Tre Newton,

were both injured in the game vs. Texas Tech.[55] Safety

Luke Poehlmann, Ryan Roberson, Brock Fitzhenry and

Blake Gideon suffered a head injury[56] in the Kansas

Justin Tucker) and one 2-star (Blake Gideon) according

game but was expected to be healthy for the A&M

to Rivals’ recruiting service, and two 5-stars (Aaron Wil-

game.[57] Cornerbacks Aaron Williams missed the Kansas

liams and Dan Buckner), eleven 4-stars (David Snow, Dra-

game with the flu and cornerback Chykie Brown missed

vannti Johnson, Nolan Brewster, Jarvis Humphrey,

three games due to injury.[56] Tight end Luke Tiemann

DeSean Hales, Ryan Roberson, Derrick "D.J." Grant, Luke

missed the season due to an ACL injury.[58] Starting cen-

Poehlmann, D.J. Monroe, Jeremy Hills and Mark

ter Chris Hall missed time due to a knee sprain.[59]

Buchanan), six 3-stars (Emmanuel Acho, Brock Fitzhenry,

One player was suspended, and another dismissed,

Kheeston Randall, Blake Gideon, Antoine Hicks and Tre

for off-the-field infractions. Defensive tackle Lamarr

Newton) and one 2-star recruit (Justin Tucker), according

Houston was suspended for one game (vs. UTEP) for dri-

to Scout’s recruiting service. The class was ranked #14 on

ving under the influence.[60] Back-up center Buck Bur-

Rivals and #16 on Scout.

nette was dismissed from the team for posting a racially

Texas originally also received a commitment from

charged message on his Facebook page after the election

Southlake Carroll quarterback Riley Dodge, son of former

of Barack Obama as President of the United States.[61]

Longhorns quarterback Todd Dodge, but Riley Dodge lat-

Afterwards he issued an apology saying "That lack of

er chose to decommit and headed to North Texas to play

judgment on my part has had devastating consequences.

under his father.[64] Texas was also in the run for the na-

Those that know me understand that this is not a true re-

tion’s top running back prospect, five-star Darrell Scott

flection of my character. I sincerely apologize to every-

of Ventura, California. Scott, however, picked the

one that I have offended. I have had the opportunity to

Colorado Buffaloes over the Longhorns on National Sign-

apologize to my teammates and coaches and have re-

ing Day.[65]

ceived support from many of them in return."[62] Bur-

nette’s dismissal coincided with the injury to Hall, so true

freshman David Snow was called upon to start at center Game notes

vs. Kansas.[59]

Jordan Shipley was a senior in 2008 but has requested Florida Atlantic

an extra year of eligibility due to playing time missed due

See also: 2008 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

to injuries. The NCAA has not yet ruled on the request.[63]

1 2 3 4 Total

Roster

Florida Atlantic 0 10 0 0 10

Terms:

• Fr.=Freshman = a first year player #10 Texas 14 14 14 10 52

• So.=Sophomore = a second year player

• Jr.=Junior = a player in his third year The 2008 game marks the first meeting between the

• Sr.=Senior = a player in his fourth year Texas Longhorns and the Florida Atlantic Owls.[66] Flori-

• HS.=High School, a player just out of high school. A da Atlantic first played football in 2001 and began playing

player can sit out a year, in which case they have a football in the Sun Belt Conference in 2005. The 2007

redshirt. Owls won their conference and went on to play in the

• 1L, 2L, 3L = number of years the player has lettered 2007 New Orleans Bowl. That set a record for the shortest

in football amount of time between a school starting college football

An * indicates that the player is a "walk-on" (a non-schol- and being invited to a bowl game. The Owls won the game

arship player) 44–27.[67][68]

Source: "2008 Roster". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com Texas began the season with a lack of experience in

(University of Texas & Host Interactive). some positions, such as safety.[69] The Longhorns entered

http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m- the week of the game with many questions still remain-

footbl/mtt/tex-m-footbl-mtt.html#Numerical. Retrieved ing about the starting roster. On the depth chart released

2008-11-15. to the media, eleven positions still did not have definite

starters. Brown said that he might wait until 48 hours

prior to kickoff to decide on key positions such as run-



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Number Name Height Weight Class Position Hometown city (High School)

(feet-inch- (pounds)

es)

1 Philip Payne 6-2 207 So.- WR Garland, Texas (South Garland)

SQ

1 Keenan Robinson 6-3 225 Fr.-RS LB Plano, Texas (Plano East)

2 Sergio Kindle 6-4 239 Jr.-2L LB Dallas, Texas (Woodrow Wilson)

2 Vondrell McGee 5-10 205 So.-1L RB Longview, Texas (Longview)

3 Curtis Brown 6-1 182 So.-1L CB Gilmer, Texas (Gilmer)

3 Chris Ogbonnaya 6-1 215 Sr.-2L RB Missouri City, Texas (Strake Jesuit)

4 Aaron Williams 6-1 175 Fr.- DB Round Rock, Texas (McNeil)

HS

4 Dan Buckner 6-4 213 Fr.- WR Allen, Texas (Allen)

HS

5 Brandon Collins 6-0 170 So.-1L WR Brenham, Texas (Brenham)

5 Ben Wells 6-1 195 Fr.-RS S Beaumont, Texas (Ozen)

6 Mark Fisher* 5-8 160 Fr.- DB Carrollton, Texas (Hebron)

HS

6 Quan Cosby 5-11 200 Sr.-3L WR Mart, Texas (Mart)

6 Justin Tucker 6-1 175 Fr.- PK Austin, Texas (Westlake)

HS

7 John Chiles 6-2 215 So.-1L QB Dallas, Texas (Summitt)

7 Deon Beasley 5-10 175 Jr.-2L CB Orange, Texas (West Orange Stark)

8 Chykie Brown 6-1 185 So.-1L CB Houston, Texas (North Shore)

8 Jordan Shipley 6-0 190 Sr.-2L WR Burnet, Texas (Burnet)

9 Malcolm Williams 6-3 218 Fr.-RS WR Garland, Texas (Garland)

11 Jared Norton 6-3 230 Jr.-2L LB Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett)

11 James Kirkendoll 5-11 175 So.-1L WR Round Rock, Texas (Round Rock)

12 Colt McCoy 6-3 210 Jr.-2L QB Tuscola, Texas (Jim Ned)

12 Earl Thomas 5-10 195 Fr.-RS S Orange, Texas (West Orange Stark)

13 Ryan Palmer 5-10 186 Sr.-3L CB Arlington, Texas (Bowie)

13 Ahmard Howard 6-4 248 Fr.-RS DE Brenham, Texas (Brenham)

14 Montre Webber 6-3 210 So.-1L WR Hearne, Texas (Hearne)

14 John Paul Floyd* 6-1 175 Fr.- QB Lubbock, Texas (Monterey)

HS

15 Trevor Walker* 6-2 195 So.- QB Mount Pleasant, Texas (Mount Pleasant)

SQ

15 Hunter Lawrence 6-0 185 Jr.-2L K Boerne, Texas (Boerne)

16 Ian Harris 6-4 250 Fr.-RS TE San Antonio, Texas (Churchill)

16 Ford Lakin* 6-1 195 Fr.- QB Houston, Texas (Klein Forest)

HS

17 Trevor Gerland 6-2 195 Jr.-1L P Katy, Texas (Cinco Ranch)









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17 Sherrod Harris 6-3 215 So.- QB Arlington, Texas (Bowie)

SQ

18 Emmanuel Acho 6-2 220 Fr.- LB Dallas, Texas (St. Mark’s)

HS

18 Josh Marshall 6-4 235 So.- TE Arlington, Texas (Martin)

SQ

19 Blaine Irby 6-3 235 So.-1L TE Camarillo, Calif. (St. Bonaventure)

19 Ishie Oduegwu 5-10 206 Jr.-2L S Denton, Texas (Ryan)

21 Blake Gideon 6-1 197 Fr.- S Leander, Texas (Leander)

HS

21 Michael Sum- 5-11 165 Fr.- K Garland, Texas (Naaman Forest)

merville* HS

23 Tre’ Newton 6-0 193 Fr.- RB Southlake, Texas (Carroll)

HS

23 Christian Scott 6-1 205 Fr.-RS S Dallas, Texas (Skyline)

24 Clark Ford* 5-10 185 Jr.-HS DB Richmond, Texas (B.F. Terry)

24 Antwan Cobb 6-0 215 So.-1L RB Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville)

25 Sam Walker* 6-0 175 Fr.- DB Mount Pleasant, Texas (Mount Pleasant)

HS

25 Jeremy Hills 6-0 187 Fr.- RB Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik)

HS

26 D.J. Monroe 5-9 165 Fr.- WR Angleton, Texas (Angleton)

HS

27 Martin Egwuagu* 5-10 190 Sr.-SQ DB Austin, Texas (LBJ)

27 Nolan Brewster 6-2 210 Fr.- DB Denver, Colo. (Mullen)

HS

28 Foswhitt Whittaker 5-10 190 Fr.-RS RB Houston, Texas (Pearland)

28 Ryan Zych* 5-10 175 Fr.-RS WR Plano, Texas (Plano East)

29 Jorge Martinez* 6-0 200 So.- DB Brownsville, Texas (St. Joseph Academy)

SQ

30 Chris Wieland* 5-9 170 Sr.-SQ WR Cedar Park, Texas (Cedar Park)

30 Ryan Roberson 5-10 226 Fr.- LB Brenham, Texas (Brenham)

HS

31 Cody Johnson 5-11 255 Fr.-RS RB Waller, Texas (Waller)

31 Cody Hill* 5-10 175 Fr.-RS DB Lubbock, Texas (Monterey)

32 Eddie Jones 6-3 255 So.-1L DE Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore)

32 John Stell* 5-11 170 Fr.-RS WR Richmond, Texas (Strake Jesuit)

33 Lamarr Houston 6-2 279 Jr.-2L DE Colorado Springs, Colo. (Doherty)

37 Henry Melton 6-3 260 Sr.-3L DE Grapevine, Texas (Grapevine)

38 Roddrick Muckelroy 6-2 235 Jr.-2L LB Hallsville, Texas (Hallsville)

38 Levi Gage* 5-10 187 Sr.-SQ RB Caldwell, Texas (Caldwell)

39 Ryan Bailey 6-2 205 Jr.-2L PK Austin, Texas (Anderson)

40 Alex Spears* 5-6 190 Sr.-SQ FB Houston, Texas (Katy Taylor)









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41 Jamison Berryhill* 5-11 215 Fr.- FB Odessa, Texas (Permian)

HS

42 Dustin Earnest 6-3 233 So.-1L LB Texarkana, Texas (Texas)

43 Chris Krychev* 6-2 250 Fr.- RB Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista)

HS

43 Dravannti Johnson 6-2 220 Fr.- LB Nederland, Texas (Nederland)

HS

44 Rashad Bobino 5-11 230 Sr.-3L LB La Marque, Texas (La Marque)

45 Nic Redwine 6-3 230 Sr.-1L DE Tyler, Texas (Lee)

46 Aaron Smith* 6-2 220 Fr.-RS LB Palestine, Texas (Palestine)

46 Drew Marcantonio* 6-1 205 Sr.-SQ FB Corpus Christi, Texas (Flour Bluff)

47 John Gold* 6-3 210 So.- P Palestine, Texas (Palestine)

SQ

48 Jarrod Ochoa* 5-10 230 Jr.-SQ LB Abilene, Texas (Cooper)

48 Alex Zumberge* 6-0 245 Fr.-RS DS Houston, Texas (Houston Christian)

49 Luke Tiemann 6-2 240 Sr.-2L FB Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville)

50 Milton Sampson* 6-2 235 Fr.- DE Galveston, Texas (Ball)

HS

52 Charlie Tanner 6-4 305 Jr.-2L OG Austin, Texas (Anderson)

52 Cory Michner 6-0 215 Sr.-SQ DE St. Louis, Mo. (Ladue)

53 Greg Smith 6-4 295 So.-1L TE/OT Montgomery, Texas (Montgomery)

54 Mark Buchanan 6-6 295 Fr.- OL Austin, Texas (Austin)

HS

55 Rene Hinojosa* 6-2 255 Jr.-SQ DT Weslaco, Texas (Weslaco East)

55 Cedric Dockery 6-4 315 Sr.-3L OG Garland, Texas (Lakeview Centennial)

56 Tray Allen 6-5 310 So.-1L OT Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie)

57 Andrew Carroll* 6-3 300 So.- OL Montgomery, Texas (Montgomery)

SQ

58 William Harvey* 5-11 235 Jr.-1L DS Houston, Texas (Memorial)

59 Chad Kugler* 6-2 220 Sr.-SQ LB Richardson, Texas (Berkner)

63 Michael Huey 6-5 315 So.-1L OG Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore)

64 Kyle Hix 6-7 320 So.-1L OT Aledo, Texas (Aledo)

68 Drew Oldis* 6-4 285 So.- OG Boerne, Texas (Boerne)

SQ

71 Chris Hall 6-4 300 Jr.-2L OL Irving, Texas (Irving)

72 Britt Mitchell 6-5 300 So.-1L OG Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore)

74 Adam Ulatoski 6-8 302 Jr.-2L OT Southlake, Texas (Carroll)

75 Steve Moore 6-5 300 So.- OG Houston, Texas (Jersey Village)

SQ

76 Aundre McGaskey 6-5 290 Fr.-RS OT La Marque, Texas (La Marque)

77 Luke Poehlmann 6-7 257 Fr.- OL Brenham, Texas (Brenham)

HS









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78 David Snow 6-4 300 Fr.- C/OG Gilmer, Texas (Gilmer)

HS

80 Daniel Orr* 6-0 186 Sr.-SQ WR Corsicana, Texas (Corsicana)

81 Sam Acho 6-3 258 So.-1L DE Dallas, Texas (St. Mark’s)

81 C.A. Vergari* 6-3 205 Jr.-SQ WR Bronxville, N.Y. (Bronxville)

82 Joseph Davis* 6-5 215 Fr.- WR Somerset, Texas (Somerset)

HS

83 Brock Fitzhenry 5-9 171 Fr.- WR Giddings, Texas (Giddings)

HS

84 DeSean Hales 5-11 175 Fr.- WR Klein, Texas (Oak)

HS

84 Foster Vimont* 6-4 230 Fr.- TE Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia (Stony Brook

HS [N.Y.])

85 D.J. Grant 6-3 210 Fr.- WR Austin, Texas (LBJ)

HS

86 Peter Ullman 6-4 260 Sr.-3L TE Austin, Texas (Round Rock)

87 Patrick McNamara* 6-4 200 Fr.- WR Lubbock, Texas (Monterey)

HS

88 Mac McWhorter* 6-4 250 Jr.-2L TE Austin, Texas (Westwood)

89 William Ruefle* 6-2 243 Sr.- TE Mesquite, Texas (North Mesquite)

TR

91 Kheeston Randall 6-5 275 Fr.- DT Beaumont, Texas (Kelly)

HS

92 Ben Alexander 6-0 310 Jr.-2L DT Anderson, S.C. (T.L. Hanna)

93 Tyrell Higgins* 6-3 255 Fr.-RS DT Schertz, Texas (Clemens)

94 Michael Wilcoxon 6-3 285 Fr.-RS DT Aledo, Texas (Aledo)

95 Aaron Lewis 6-4 270 Sr.-3L DE Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva)

96 Jarvis Humphrey 6-2 290 Fr.- DT Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill)

HS

97 Russell Carter 6-3 240 Fr.-RS DE Houston, Texas (Westbury)

98 Brian Orakpo 6-4 260 Sr.-3L DE Houston, Texas (Lamar)

99 Roy Miller 6-2 295 Sr.-3L DT Killeen, Texas (Shoemaker)



ning back and fullback, and that he may decide on the weather forecast called for a high of 94 °F (34 °C) and a

punter based upon who looks best in pre-game 20% chance of rain.[74] The attendance of 98,053 set a new

warmups.[70] record for the most people to see a football game in the

Texas had one player listed on the injury list. Redshirt state of Texas.[42]

freshman running back Fozzy Whittaker suffered a knee Texas kicked off to start the game and the kick went

injury Aug 16, 2008 and was listed as "questionable" to out of bounds for a penalty, an inauspicious beginning

be able to play. He had been competing in the off-season to the season. Due to rule changes for 2008 that gave

for a starting spot with Vondrell McGee and Chris Ogbon- FAU the ball on their 40-yard line. On the opening drive

naya.[71] Whittaker is a highly anticipated player for the of the game, the Owls drove the ball 45 yards, including

Longhorns due to his holding the sixth best record for a two completions from Rusty Smith to fullback Willie Rose

Texas high school running back. and wide receiver Chris Bonner for 22 yards and 16 yards,

The University of Texas retired former Texas quar- respectively. However, inside the red zone, the drive

terback Vince Young’s jersey number 10 jersey during came to a halt when the snap was botched by center

the pre-game ceremonies.[72][73] The morning of the David Matlock, resulting in a 21-yard fumble and

game, Las Vegas casinos favored Texas by 24 points. The turnover. The proceeding drive for the Owls also reached





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kicked a 31-yard field goal. Receiver Cortez Gent and

tight end Jamari Grant combined for 7 completions and

brought in 59 yards and 93 yards, respectively. Smith

threw for more yards than McCoy, who ended with

222 yards, McCoy threw for three touchdowns and ze-

ro interceptions. McCoy also ran for a touchdown. The

Owls running backs ran for 37 yards combined, while

McCoy ran for 103 yards.[75]

In the post-game press conference Schnellenberger

said, "I know one thing: they are a lot tougher than we

are...I was hoping I could raise the level of consciousness

on my football team (so the players) could be as physical

as they could become. I don’t know if my remarks helped

(Texas). If they did, I apologize to my team."[76] FAU’s

losing-streak against ranked opponents ran to five games

as the Texas Longhorns beat FAU, 52–10. The Owls are

now 0–5 all-time against ranked opponents. Mack Brown

improved his record for season opening games to 10–1,

including nine straight years.

At approximately 3:00am the night of the game, start-

ing defensive tackle Lamarr Houston was arrested for

DWI.[77] Brown says Houston would miss gave two

against UTEP, but did not say if further disciplinary ac-

tion would be taken.[78]



UTEP

See also: 2008 UTEP Miners football team

The exterior facade of the newly constructed north end zone

seating as it appeared the morning of the 2008 season opener. 1 2 3 4 Total

#9 Texas 7 21 0 14 42

UTEP 6 7 0 0 13



This 2008 game marks the first meeting between the

Longhorns and the University of Texas at El Paso Miners

to occur in El Paso.[66][79] Texas holds a 2–0 record

against the Miners, with the most recent game occurring

in 1933 when the school was known as The Texas State

School of Mines and Metallurgy. Besides both being in

The University of Texas System the two schools also

share the same alma mater, The Eyes of Texas.[79][80]

While the Longhorns have the Hook ’em Horns symbol,

Miners’ fans make a symbol called the "Pickaxe", with

The Longhorns on offense just outside the FAU goal-line. pinkie and thumb extended from a closed fist. Coach

Mike Price also followed the tradition of leading the team

the red zone, but resulted in another turnover when through the field carrying a large pickaxe.[81]

Rusty Smith threw an interception to Texas freshman de- The Miners opened their season with a loss to the

fensive back, Earl Thomas. The missed opportunities to Buffalo Bulls 42–17. Afterwards, Miners coach Mike Price

turn successful drives into touchdowns set the tone of said of the upcoming game against the Longhorns, "Man,

the game for the Owls, which would go on to turn into a I hope they’re not as good as Buffalo."[82]

blowout in favor of 10-ranked Texas. The kickoff for the game was set for 8:00pm local

Junior quarterback and preseason Sun Belt Confer- time (Mountain Time) which is an unusually late start

ence Player of the Year, Rusty Smith threw for 253 yards and which translates to 9:00pm in Austin. Sports analysts

and completed 15 of 31 pass attempts. Along with his in- have speculated that the Miners excitement for the

terception, he threw a touchdown to tight end Rob game,[79] the crowd noise, the distance traveled, and

Housler on a 20-yard hook up. Kicker Warley Leroy time may pose a problem for Texas. They have also com-



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pared the game to Texas’ 2007 road trip to Central Flori- 1 2 3 4 Total

da, which was a very close win for Texas.[81] Longhorn

Rice 3 0 7 0 10

defensive coordinator Will Muschamp said of the time

slot, "Doesn’t matter where we play, who we play or what #7 Texas 7 17 14 14 52

time we play, Texas defense is gonna show up and

play."[83] The game was one of the most anticipated Prior to the 2008 season, Texas and Rice had competed

games in UTEP history and "because season-ticket pack- in football on 90 prior occasions. The series, which began

ages were available for $99, some Texas fans bought them in 1914, is the fourth oldest (by number of games) in

in advance to avoid the hassle of a single-game pur- Texas history.[85] Like Arkansas, Rice once played along-

chase.[79][81] The sales pushed UTEP to nearly 24,000 sea- side Texas in the Southwest Conference[86][87] and the ri-

son tickets, a school record."[81] valry has continued (67 Texas wins vs 21 wins for Rice,

The morning of the game, Las Vegas sports books fa- with one tie).[88] This was alluded to by President John

vored Texas by 27 points. The weather forecast called for F. Kennedy when he admired the challenge faced by the

a game time temperature of 83 °F (28 °C) and mostly clear Rice Owls when they play Texas in Austin.[89] Rice coach

skies. The attendance was 53,415,[84] the largest crowd David Bailiff to used this speech to motivate his team. The

ever for the Sun Bowl Stadium.[43] coach distributed wristbands bearing the letters "BIH".

UTEP got the ball to start the game and scored a field The letters stand for the phrase "Because it’s hard".

goal. Texas was not able to secure a first down and punt- Bailiff explains that Rice plays Texas for the same reason

ed back to Miners, who scored another field goal to take he intends to build Rice’s expectations of winning. "Be-

a 6–0 lead. On their second possession, Texas drove 80 cause it’s hard," he says, "It is hard here. But it’s not im-

yards for a touchdown on a McCoy pass to Quan Cosby. possible."[90] Over the 47 years since Kennedy made his

The extra point gave Texas a 7–6 lead which they still speech, the Owls are 2–44–1 against Texas.[91]

held at the end of the first quarter. In addition to continuing a traditional rivalry, playing

The Longhorns scored again ten seconds into the sec- Rice in a "home and away" series allows for Texas to play

ond quarter, as McCoy threw a 12 yard touchdown to games in Houston, Texas, a city that is an important re-

wide receiver Dan Buckner. The Miners’ Jose Martinez at- cruiting base for Rice as well as Texas,[92] along with hav-

tempted a 65-yard field goal, but it fell short and Quan ing a significant Texas Exes alumni population.[93] The

Cosby returned it 65 yards to the UTEP 35 yard-line.[84] 2006 game was won by Texas, 52–7.[91] Texas won the

Texas put John Chiles in as quarterback on the next se- 2007 game 14–58.[94]

ries, and fullback Cody Johnson scored his second rush- The morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored

ing touchdown of the season to make the score 21–6.[84] Texas by 29 points. Texas won the game 52–10, and Colt

With four minutes to go in the half, McCoy threw a McCoy threw 4 touchdowns to achieve a total of 62 in his

touchdown pass to tight end Blaine Irby to make the career at Texas. That puts him in first place in the Texas

score 28–6 with the extra point. UTEP scored a touch- record book, ahead of Major Applewhite (60) and Chris

down with 18 seconds remaining in the half, making the Simms (59).[95]

score 28–13 at half-time. This game was designated as the 2008 Alumni Band

Texas got the ball to start the second half and drove Day.[96]

to the UTEP 14-yard line when McCoy threw an intercep-

tion in the UTEP end zone; it was his first interception of Arkansas

the season. Neither team scored during what the Austin See also: 2008 Arkansas Razorbacks football team

American-Statesman called a "sloppy" third quarter. [84]

McCoy faked a hitch pass to Brandon Collins and in- 1 2 3 4 Total

stead threw downfield to Jordan Shipley to extend the

Arkansas 0 3 0 7 10

lead to 35–13.[84] On the very next play from scrimmage,

Emmanuel Acho forced Tarrell Jackson to fumble and #7 Texas 10 21 14 7 52

Roddrick Muckelroy retrieved the ball returned it for a

touchdown, making the score 42–13.[84] UTEP missed a The Arkansas Razorbacks are coached by Bobby Petrino

field goal to end their next possession. Texas punted on who was introduced as the new coach on December 11,

their next possession, and then took over on downs when 2007. Petrino follows the ten season tenure of Houston

UTEP was unable to score on their last possession. The Nutt who resigned November 26, 2007 after a year

Horns kept the ball on the ground and ran out the clock. marked by off-the-field turmoil.[97] In 1964, the Razor-

backs were the only team to go through the regular sea-

Rice son and a bowl game undefeated, and they were awarded

the Football Writers Association of America National

See also: 2008 Rice Owls football team

Championship.[98] The 1969 Razorbacks, led by chal-

lenged Texas for a national championship in the Game



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of the Century. Texas won 15–14 to claim the national new single-game record for Texas, breaking his previous

championship.[99] record of 85.7% set against Oklahoma State in 2004. After

In the most recent match-up between the two pro- the game, Colorado Head Coach Gary Barnett said of

grams, the 2004 Longhorns achieved a 22–20 win against Young’s passing performance, "We can’t do that in prac-

an unranked Arkansas team.[91] Texas leads the series tice against air”,[106] meaning that his team would not

55–21–0.[66] The two schools were once conference foes have been able to complete 86.2% of their passes even if

in the Southwest Conference[86] playing unopposed.[106]

The threat of adverse weather from Hurricane Ike The championship game matched the Big 12 North

postponed the football game between the two programs. Division champion against the South Division champion

The game originally was scheduled to be played on in a game held after the regular season has been complet-

September 13, 2008 and has been rescheduled for two ed.[107] Despite losing the last two games of the regular

weeks later on September 27, 2008, an open date for both season, Colorado retained the best record in the North

teams.[100][101][102] Division of the Big 12 Conference.[108][109][110] Texas won

The morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored the 2005 Big12 Championship 70–3, the most lopsided

Texas by 27 points. The temperature was 91 °F (33 °C) at score in any college football conference championship

kickoff, with mostly clear skies.[103] The Longhorns won to date.[111][112] Texas earned its second Big 12 football

52–10 in the most lopsided game in the Texas/Arkansas championship[113] to make 27 conference championships

rivalry since the 1916 meeting. McCoy threw 3 touch- total, including 25 in the Southwest Conference).[114] The

down passes and ran for 2 more to give him 75 in his ca- week after the game, Barnett was fired as Colorado’s head

reer, third place in Longhorn history. In the fourth quar- coach[115] and replaced by Dan Hawkins, the former head

ter, all the points were scored by the defensive units. coach of Boise State.[116] Entering 2008, Texas leads the

Texas returned an interception 81 yards for a touch- series with Colorado 9–7–0.[66]

down, and Arkansas returned a fumble 80 yards in re- The morning of the game, sports books favored Texas

ply.[104] by 13 points. The weather forecast called for a game-time

temperature of 64 °F (18 °C) and a 30% chance of rain,

Colorado with isolated thunderstorms.[117]

The Longhorns won 38–14. McCoy threw for

two touchdowns and moved past Ricky Williams into sec-

ond on Texas’ all-time list for touchdowns responsible

for (passing, rushing, receiving). McCoy has 77 while Wil-

liams had 76 with the Horns; Vince Young is in first place

with 81.[118]







Colt McCoy throws a 65-yard touchdown pass to Chris Ogbon-

naya.



See also: 2008 Colorado Buffaloes football team Oklahoma



1 2 3 4 Total

#5 Texas 14 7 14 3 38

Colorado 0 0 7 7 14



Texas’ most recent game against Colorado was in 2005

and they faced each other twice: once in the regular sea-

son, and once in the Big 12 Championship Game.[91] 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.[105] Texas scored touchdowns on all five of their

first half possessions.[105] Colt McCoy had the best statis- Torchlight Parade, 2007

tical performance of his career to date, completing 25 of

29 passing attempts for 336 yards and 2 passing touch- Main article: 2008 Texas vs. Oklahoma football game

downs in addition to 58 yards rushing and 3 rushing

1 2 3 4 Total

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#5 Texas 3 17 10 15 45 1977. Missouri won their first five games of 2008 and had

moved into third place in the nation before they were

#1 Oklahoma 7 14 7 7 35

upset at home by the Oklahoma State Cowboys and fell

to eleventh place. The Tigers came into the game with a

The game against the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners football

0-10 record against number-one ranked teams, and they

team marked the 103rd meeting of the Red River

had not won a football game in Austin since 1896.[128]

Shootout, which has been called one of the greatest

To help ensure that the Longhorns did not dwell on

sports rivalries.[119] It is the second longest running ri-

the emotional victory over the Sooners, the Texas coach-

valry for the Longhorns, behind the one with Texas

ing staff called the team together and buried the game

A&M.[88] Since 1929 the game has been held at the Cotton

ball in the Texas practice field on the Monday before the

Bowl in Dallas, Texas typically in mid-October with the

game. The morning of the game the betting line on the

State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium.[120]

morning of the game was Texas by 4½ points; the over/

Prior to 2007, Texas led the series 57–39–5,[88] including

under was 65. The temperature was 72 °F (22 °C) at kick-

the two consecutive wins. The 2006 match-up was a

off, with clear skies.[129] ESPN College GameDay was in

28–10 Longhorn victory.[91]

Austin for the game, which set a new attendance record

In the week prior to facing the Oklahoma Sooners,

(University of Texas, state of Texas, Big12 Conference) of

Longhorn fans conduct their traditional Torchlight Pa-

98,383.[39]

rade and Rally.[121][122] 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.[123][124] Another annual tra-

dition is the running of game balls by the schools’ Re-

serve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs.[125][126]

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 tak-

ing home a rivalry trophy and bragging rights.[125][127]

Texas won this 103rd meeting of the Red River

Shootout, 45–35. It was the highest scoring event in the

history of rivalry, and it was seen by the most fans ever

to attend the Red River Shootout - a record 92,182.[38]



Missouri









Texas’ first play on offense was a shovel pass to Ogbonnaya

from the Longhorn 6 yard-line. The Longhorns are shown here

in a four-wide-receiver set, a formation they used to great ef- Colt McCoy runs the zone read with Chris Ogbonnaya against

fect against Missouri. Missouri.



See also: 2008 Missouri Tigers football team Missouri won the coin toss and elected to receive the

kickoff. They returned the ball to their 40 yard-line. On

1 2 3 4 Total the first play from scrimmage, Missouri tried a reverse,

#11 Missouri 0 3 14 14 31 but Texas dropped them for a loss and Missouri went

three-and-out. Missouri had gone without a three-and-

#1 Texas 14 21 7 14 56 out for the whole season until having two during their

loss the previous week against Oklahoma State. The Mis-

The 2008 matchup was billed as a battle between two souri punt rolled to the Texas 6-yard line. Colt McCoy led

great quarterbacks, Colt McCoy of Texas and Chase the Longhorns 95-yards for a touchdown.[39]

Daniel of Missouri having both been mentioned as possi- Texas had the ball 5-times in the first half and scored

ble Heisman trophy candidates. Texas was playing their a touchdown each time, taking a 35-0 lead. Missouri

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scored a field goal at the end of the first half to make the ranked #8 in the Coaches’ Poll[134] and #7 in the AP

score 35-3. Texas was forced to punt on their first pos- Poll[135] and BCS standings.[3] Oklahoma State is averag-

session of the second-half and Missouri scored a touch- ing 46.4 points a game and running for 283 yards a game,

down to narrow the lead to 35-10. Texas rebounded with the fifth-best rushing attack in the nation.[136] The Hous-

a touchdown and Missouri was never able to cut the lead ton Chronicle reported, "For a program that’s never fin-

to less than 25 points.[39] The final score was Texas-56, ished higher than third in the Big 12 South, the Cowboys

Missouri-31.[39][130][131] are tied with Texas and Texas Tech for the division lead

McCoy completed the game with 337 yards on and remain in the national title discussion as one of only

29-of-32 passing with two touchdowns, rushed for two nine remaining unbeatens in Division I-A. The Cowboys

more and at one point completed a school-record 17 also represent the most balanced offense Texas will face

passes in a row. His completion ratio of 79% coming into this season."[132]

the game improved as he completed 91% of his passes The morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored

in this game. His four touchdowns put him alone in first Texas by 12½ points. The weather forecast called for a

place for the most career touchdowns scored at Texas high of 84 °F (29 °C) and partly cloudy skies.[137] Texas

(82), passing Vince Young (81).[130] McCoy’s performance won the hard fought contest 28–24.[138]

helped propel him into the midst of the Heisman Trophy It was the third ranked opponent defeated by Texas

speculation for 2008. For example Tim Tebow, quarter- in as many weeks. The last time a team beat three teams

back of the Florida Gators has a vote as the 2007 winner. ranked in the AP top 11 was Auburn in 1983. ESPN’s

Tebow said after Missouri game that McCoy would have Beano Cook said, "What Texas is doing is unbelievable. If

his vote at this point in the season.[49] they go undefeated, they should go straight to the Super

ESPN’s recap of the game said, "And when McCoy Bowl."[139] When he was asked to recall a more difficult

dribbled the ball on the ground only to pick it up and run, Cook replied, "the Marines in the South Pacific."[139]

throw a strike that kept the last drive of the half alive,

he created the ’Did you just see that?’ moment of the sea-

son so far. With one half of near-perfect football, Texas

buried not only the remnants of the Sooners and the

Tigers, but any doubt about who deserves to be No. 1. For

now."[130] When the initial Bowl Championship Series

(BCS) rankings were released following the game, Texas

was in the #1 spot.[3]



Oklahoma State

See also: 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team



1 2 3 4 Total

#8 Oklahoma State 0 14 7 3 24

#1 Texas 7 14 7 0 28



Texas has played the Oklahoma State Cowboys football • The 1st of 4 touchdowns on the day

(OSU) program 22 times and holds a 20–2–0 record from

1916 through 2007.[88] Texas has a ten game active win-

ning streak against OSU, with the Cowboys most recent

victory occurring in 1997.[91] The Longhorns have need-

ed spectacular comebacks to win some of the games.

They trailed by as many as 28 points in 2004 yet rallied

to win. They erased a 19 point half-time deficit in 2005,

tying the school record for a second-half comeback.[132]

In the most recent meeting OSU led by 21 points entering

the fourth quarter but Texas scored 24 unanswered

points to secure a 38–35 victory[133] and set a record for

the largest fourth-quarter comeback in Longhorn histo-

• The 2nd of 4 touchdowns on the day

ry.[132]

• The 3rd of 4 touchdowns on the day

The 2008 Cowboys have a high-scoring offense and

• The 4th of 4 touchdowns on the day

they come into the game undefeated at 7–0, including

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#1 Texas 0 6 13 14 33

#5 Texas Tech 12 10 7 10 39



The series with the Texas Tech Red Raiders began in 1928

and the Longhorns’ record through 2007 was 43–14–0.[88]

In the 2006 contest, #5 ranked Texas barely came away

with a 35–31 win over an unranked Texas Tech team.[91]

In the 2007 game #14 Texas won 59–43.[91] 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.[140][141] He speculated that

the officials may have favored Texas because the head of-

ficial 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.[142][143]

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."[143][144] 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."[141] ESPN reported, "Leach’s rant will likely draw

a fine from the league and possibly a suspension."[145]

The Big12 fined Leach $10,000, the largest fine in confer-

ence history.[146]

The morning of the game, Las Vegas casinos favored

Texas by 3½ points. The weather forecast called for a

temperature of 72 °F (22 °C) and clear skies at kick-

off.[147] Students camped for a week to secure seating,

and ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast from Lubbock,

Texas for the first time in the program’s history.[148]









Texas Tech

Main article: 2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game Students and fans rush the field after the #5 Red Raiders upset

See also: 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and the #1 Longhorns

Chancellor’s Spurs

Texas Tech won the coin toss and elected to receive

1 2 3 4 Total the ball. The Longhorns forced a stop and the ensuing





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punt rolled inside the Texas 2-yard line. Offensive coor- Baylor 0 14 0 7 21

dinator Greg Davis opted to line up in the I formation,

#4 Texas 14 14 14 3 45

an unusual formation for a team having trouble estab-

lishing a strong running game. The Texas running back

The Longhorns first played the Baylor Bears in 1901 and

was stopped in the end-zone for a two-point safety. Tech

faced them annually during the days of the Southwest

led the Horns for most of the game, by as much as nine-

Conference. In the 97 meetings through 2007, Texas’

teen points. Texas rallied to take a one-point lead with

record with the Bears was 71 wins, 22 losses, and 4 ties.

less than 1½ minutes remaining in the game. On the Red

This is Texas’ third-longest rivalry by number of games:

Raiders drive, Tech running back Baron Batch let a per-

only Oklahoma and Texas A&M have faced Texas more

fect pass slip through his hands and off his helmet, send-

often on the football field.[88] Texas won the 2006 game

ing it spiraling into the air where a Texas defensive back

63–31.[91] The 2007 game was initially a close fought con-

missed an interception that would have sealed a Texas

test, but Texas outlasted the Bears for a 31–10 victo-

victory, letting the ball slide through his hands. In the

ry.[149]

final minute, down 33–32 with one timeout remaining,

The morning of the game, sports books favored Texas

Texas Tech Heisman Trophy candidate QB Graham Har-

by 27 points. The temperature was 69 °F (21 °C) at kickoff

rell engineered a drive down the field by throwing for

and the skies were sunny for the game.[150]

first downs which repeatedly stopped the clock in order

Texas got off to a fast start with two touchdowns in

to move the chains, and almost threw an interception

the first quarter, but Baylor tied the score at 14–14. Texas

that bounced off the hands of Tech running back Baron

then scored 31 straight points before yielding a late field

Batch and then fell through the hands of Texas defensive

goal to Baylor. The final score was 45–21. McCoy passed

back Blake Gideon that would have ended the comeback

for 300 yards and five touchdowns.[50] The Associated

attempt. In this case, two negatives ended up making a

Press story commented, "And McCoy likely refueled his

positive. Harrell’s final play was a pass to Heisman Tro-

Heisman Trophy bid by completing 26 of 37 passes for

phy candidate wide receiver Michael Crabtree, who

his fourth 300-yard game this season, and eighth of his

caught the ball near the sideline and somehow amazing-

career, even without playing the final 12 minutes. The

ly, like his career, broke away from two Longhorn de-

touchdowns went to four different receivers, though he

fenders to scamper in for the winning score with a sec-

did have two interceptions."[50]

ond left to play. The extra point gave them a 39–33 lead

Texas had lost a close road game the prior week to

with one second remaining. The Tech fans had rushed

Texas Tech, who were undefeated at 8-0 and ranked #5 in

the field after the touchdown, and again after the extra

the Coaches’ Poll. As a result, the Horns fell to #7 in the

point. Tech was penalized accordingly and had to kick off

Coach’s poll and #4 in the BCS Standings, keeping alive

from the 7½-yard line. Texas took the squib kick and lat-

the possibility they could still play for the national cham-

eraled twice in an attempt to score on the kickoff, but

pionship if other top teams stumble.[4] The same day

Tech caught one of the laterals to end the game. Subse-

Texas defeated Baylor, #3 Penn State lost their game and

quent to the loss, Texas fell from #1 to #4 in the BCS Poll,

Texas subsequently moved up to #3 in the BCS rankings.

and Texas Tech rose to #2, behind Alabama.

The win over Baylor was the 829th win for the UT football

program, which tied Notre Dame for 2nd in the list of col-

Baylor lege football’s ten most victorious programs.[151] Notre

See also: 2008 Baylor Bears football team Dame lost later the same day, so the tie will last until at

least November 15.

On November 11 (with UT holding an 8-1 record)

Heisman voter Rodney Gilmore of ESPN.com had Colt

McCoy listed third of five Heisman candidates. Gilmore

said, "I love his numbers (78 percent completion percent-

age, 28 TDs, only 7 picks and 2,879 yards) and his gutsy

second-half performance against Texas Tech. And I have

not forgotten about his epic performance against Okla-

homa just a few weeks ago. However, Harrell outplayed

McCoy head-to-head in the showdown last week, so Har-

rell has a leg up on him for now, but McCoy is within

striking distance."[51]

Colt McCoy throws a pass against Baylor.

Kansas

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1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 0 3 0 6 9

#5 Texas 7 7 21 0 35 #4 Texas 7 14 7 21 49

Kansas 0 0 7 0 7

This game marks the 115th meeting between Texas and

Coming into 2008, Texas held a 6–0 record against Kansas the Texas A&M Aggies and it will be the fifth year as part

since the formation of the Big12. In order to win the of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown.

2004 game against the Kansas Jayhawks, Texas had to The football rivalry began in 1894 and it is the longest-

convert a 4th-and-18 situation and complete a touch- running rivaly for both the Longhorns and the Aggies

down pass with only eleven seconds remaining on the and it is also the third most-played rivalry in Division I-

clock.[152] The 2005 game provided much less on-field A college football.[156] Since the series began in 1900, the

drama, as Texas led 52–0 by halftime and defeated Kansas game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day

66–14.[153] The two teams did not face each other in 2006 or Thanksgiving weekend.[157] The 2007 game marked

or 2007.[91] the twelfth straight game to be scheduled the day after

The morning of the 2008 game, Las Vegas casinos fa- Thanksgiving.[157] The two schools have agreed to move

vored Texas by 14 points. The weather at kickoff was 37 the game back to Thanksgiving Day for the 2008 and 2009

°F (3 °C) and partly cloudy, with winds of 23–30 miles contests.[158]

per hour. Snow flurries began near the end of the Although Texas entered the 2008 contest with a

first half.[154] record of 73–36–5,[88] the Longhorns had lost the last

Texas won the 2008 game, 35–7;[155] Notre Dame won two games to the Aggies.[91] The 2006 meeting was the

vs. Navy the same day, leaving the Longhorns and the first time in eight years that both teams entered the

Fighting Irish tied for second place in all-time wins. It game with at least eight wins coming into the match-

was Colt McCoy’s 30th career win, which tied him with up.[159] That game came one week after Texas lost to

Vince Young for the school record.[5] McCoy completed Kansas State and the Longhorns suffered a 7–12 loss to

24 of 35 passing attempts (71%) for 255 yards and the Aggies.[160] Going back to 1999 when Texas lost the

2 touchdown passes. He was also the leading rusher for final three games of the season, the Longhorns had gone

both schools, rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown.[155] 87 games without losing back-to-back games.[157] That

Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, an Austin native, com- was the longest active streak for any college or profes-

pleted 25 of 50 passes for 258 yards and 1 touchdown.[5] sional football team.[157]

McCoy’s two touchdown passes put him at 31 for the sea- 2007 was a turbulent year for the Aggies. A&M head

son, breaking his own school record.[5] coach Dennis Franchione spent much of the season being

The Longhorns also ensured their eight consecutive criticized for his coaching performance.[161][162] Criti-

season with ten or more wins per season. That is the cism intensified in late September as it became known

longest active streak in the nation and it ties them with that Franchione had been selling a secret email newslet-

Miami (1985–92) for the second-longest streak of all- ter to athletic boosters who paid US$1,200 annually for

time.[5] team information that Franchione has refused to release

to the public. The newsletter, called "VIP Connection",

Texas A&M had been written by Franchione’s personal assistant,

Mike McKenzie, and included specific injury reports and

See also: 2008 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Franchione’s critical assessments of players.[163][164] A

bright spot was their defeat of the Longhorns, 38–30.[165]

At the beginning of the post-game press conference,

Franchione announced his resignation effective immedi-

ately.[166] Mike Sherman was hired three days later, be-

coming the 28th head coach of the Texas A&M football

program.[167][167]

As a result of a 1999 accident that killed 12 students

and injured 27 others,[168] the Aggies can no longer hold

a school sponsored version of their traditional Bon-

fire[169] but an unofficial "Student Bonfire" will burn on

November 22, 2008.[170][171] The Longhorns will hold

their traditional Hex Rally November 24, 2008.[172] The

Fans light red candles at the 2008 Texas Hex rally. Aggies came into the 2008 game with a 4–7 record, assur-

ing that they would have a losing season no matter the

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The weather forecast called for a game-time temper-

ature of 70 °F (21 °C) and a 40% chance of rain.[174] Odds

makers in Las Vegas predicted Texas would win by

35 points. The biggest margin of victory in the history

of the rivalry occurred when Texas beat A&M 48–0 in

1898.[175] Texas nearly equaled that record this year by

producing a 49–9 victory, the second-largest margin of

victory for this rivalry series.

The win was the 31st for Colt McCoy, setting a new

school record.[175] It was also the 200th career win for

Mack Brown, and it set a new attendance record for UT,

the State of Texas, the Big 12 Conference, and the south-

west region. Texas entered the season trailing Michigan 2009 Fiesta Bowl

and Notre Dame in the list of all-time victories. With the

win, Texas finished its regular season 11–1, bringing its

vorites, the most of any of the 2009 BCS bowls.[177] Texas

all-time win total to 831. Notre Dame compiled a 6–6 reg-

and Ohio State have two of the longest-running pro-

ular season record, increasing its win total to 830. Thus,

grams in college football, but they have played each oth-

Texas passed Notre Dame and now holds the #2 spot as of

er only twice.[66] Texas won the 2005 game in route to

the completion of the 2008 regular season.[63]

winning their most recent national championship. In the

McCoy threw ran for 2 touchdowns and threw for

2006 game, which was won by Ohio State, OSU and Texas

2 more. He completed 23 of 28 attempted passes for a to-

were ranked #1 and #2 respectively.[176] It was only the

toal of 311 yards. That yardage put him at 3,594 yards for

36th time that the top two teams in college football had

the season - another school record.[175] His longest pass

ever faced each other.[178][179]

of the evening, 68 yarder on a post route to Jordan Ship-

With under a minute to play, Texas Quarterback Colt

ley late in the third quarter, ended up a yard short of be-

McCoy engineered a comeback, and capped off the drive

ing McCoy’s fifth touchdown of the evening.

with a pass to WR Quan Cosby. Cosby eluded 2 defenders

Oklahoma and Texas Tech also won their final

and ran almost 35 yards to score a touchdown. On the en-

regular-season games, which left in place a three-way tie

suing Ohio State drive which started with about 40 sec-

for first place in the Big 12 south. The tie was broken

onds on the clock, the Texas defense stepped up, and de-

in favor of the Oklahoma Sooners using a controversial

nied Ohio State from scoring. With a couple of seconds on

ranking formula (see below). Thus, Oklahoma advanced

the clock, Ohio State tried a hail mary, in vain.

to play in the 2008 Big 12 Championship Game and Texas

waited for the results of that game to determine which

bowl game would select Texas. Rankings and championship

possibilities

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Godzillatron announces Mack Brown’s 200th career win before [180]

the largest crowd for a Texas or Big 12 football game.

The BCS does not have an end-of-season ranking. It exists

only to match up the top-two teams in a Bowl Game, and de-

clares the winner of that team the BCS National Champion-

ship.[citation needed]

2009 Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State In order to have played in the 2009 BCS National

Main article: 2009 Fiesta Bowl Championship Game at the end of the 2008 season, Texas

See also: 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes football team would have needed to have been ranked #1 or #2 in the

final BCS rankings of the season.[181] Texas rose to first

1 2 3 4 Total place in the BCS rankings following their win over Mis-

#10 Ohio State 3 3 0 15 21 souri. They held that position for two weeks before losing

to Texas Tech and dropping to fourth.[180] The loss to

#3 Texas 0 3 14 7 24

Texas Tech on November 1 left the Longhorns dependent

After being passed over in the selection for the 2009 BCS on the play of other teams to determine UT’s fate for

National Championship Game (see below), Texas accept- the season. Texas won the rest of their games, but so did

ed an invitation to play the Ohio State Buckeyes Oklahoma. Texas Tech’s only regular season loss was to

(OSU).[176] The day the bowl bids were announced the Oklahoma. Because the three teams finished in a three-

sports betting line opened with Texas as ten-point fa-





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Ranking Movement

Poll Pre Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Wk Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

AP 11 10 8 7 7 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 4

Coaches’ 10 9 8 7 7 5 5 1 1 1 7 5 4 4 3 3 3

Harris Not released 5 5 1 1 1 6 4 4 4 4 3

BCS* Not released 1 1 4 3 3 2 3 3



way tie, the final BCS poll of the season served as the tie- A&M on Thanksgiving (November 27) and won 49–9.

breaker.[182][183] Texas Tech played Baylor on November 29 and won

In the November 9 BCS rankings the Longhorns rose 35–28. Oklahoma played Oklahoma State on the same day

to third place due to a loss by Penn State, who had been and won 61–41. According to Big 12 Conference tie-

in third place. Alabama was in the top position, Texas breaker rules, when three teams finish tied, the highest

Tech was second, Florida fourth, and Oklahoma fifth.[180] in the BCS on December 1 goes to the Big 12 Champi-

The following weekend, Alabama, Texas, and Florida won onship Game.[182] If Texas had finished #1 or #2 in the

while Texas Tech and Oklahoma did not play. The top five BCS, they would have gone to the National Championship

rankings remained unchanged except that Texas Game even without going to the Big 12 Championship

switched places with Oklahoma in the Coaches’ Poll, Game.[185] BCS rules exist primarily to match up #1 vs. #2,

moving up to fourth place.[180] and the rules prohibit three teams from the same confer-

When Texas only had its final game of the regular ence making BCS berths.[187][188]

season, against Texas A&M, Texas Tech had two games

remaining: against Oklahoma and Baylor. Besides Tech, Polls prior to final regular season games

Oklahoma still had a game pending against Oklahoma According to the average rankings by Jeff Sagarin, Texas

State. Alabama still faced Auburn and then the 2008 SEC was the top team in the country followed by Oklahoma.

Championship Game against Florida. Florida faced The Sagarin’s ELO_CHESS ranking is a portion of the BCS com-

Citadel prior to meeting Alabama in the SEC Champion- puter rankings and it does not consider margin of victo-

ship Game. That left a variety of scenarios possible for ry. UT scored 93.56% vs 92.32% for Oklahoma. Sagarin’s

Texas’ championship hopes, provided they won against PREDICTOR score does include margin of victory in its

A&M.[184] calculation, but it is not part of the BCS formula. In this

However, Texas could have played for the national score, Texas still ranked higher than OU (95.28% vs

championship without winning the Big 12 Conference or 94.79%) and Texas Tech (89.35%) but the top three teams

even the Big 12 South Division.[184] This was possible be- were USC (99.94%), Florida (99.58%), and Penn State

cause the BCS rules do not require a team to win their (95.34%).[189]

conference to play for the championship; the rules only Texas combined BCS point average was 92.09% and

require the team to be in one of the top two spots in the Oklahoma’s was 91.25%, for a separation of .84%.[190] The

final rankings.[182][184] A similar occurrence happened in human voters in the Coaches’ Poll and Harris Interactive

the 2001 season and the 2003 season. In 2001, Nebraska Poll, which each comprise 1/3 of the BCS formula, had

did not play in the Big 12 Championship but went on to moved Oklahoma ahead of Texas despite the fact that

play for the national title.[183][185] In 2003, the Sooners Texas defeated Oklahoma 45–35 on a neutral field. Texas

entered Big 12 Conference Championship ranked number had a substantial lead over OU in the computer rankings

one in the BCS rankings, but lost to Kansas State. They (96% to 90%).[190] However, the computer rankings factor

only to second place and went on to the BCS champion- in the ranking of opponents being played. OU faced OSU

ship.[183][184] who was ranked 12th in the BCS, while Texas played an

unranked Texas A&M. With both teams winning, the

45–35 campaign and BCS controversy Sooners edged past the Longhorns.[191]

Main article: 2008 Big 12 Conference South Division

45–35 campaign

3-way tie controversy

Longhorn fans created a 45–35 campaign to remind vot-

On November 22 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 65–21 in

ers in the AP and Coaches’ polls that Texas beat OU 45-35

Norman, Oklahoma. The win dropped Texas Tech to #7

on a neutral field. Sophomore Austin Talbert created a

in the BCS and moved Texas and Oklahoma to #2 and

Facebook group titled Texas did beat OU 45–35, lest we for-

#3, respectively. It also forced a three-way tie in the Big

12 South division between Texas, Texas Tech, and Ok- get.[192] and senior Matt Parks created a website titled

lahoma.[186] Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech each had Better Consider the Scoreboard.[193][194] The campaign

one remaining regular season game. Texas played Texas raised over $7,500[195] to have 20,000 45-35 signs printed





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