1996 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1996 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division in its first season in existence. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic.

1996 Texas Longhorns football
Big 12 champion
Big 12 South champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 15–38 vs. Penn State
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 23
1996 record8–5 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGene Dahlquist (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Darnell (3rd season)
Home stadiumDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 75,512)
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%  8 0     11 2  
No. 8 Colorado  7 1     10 2  
No. 17 Kansas State  6 2     9 3  
Missouri  3 5     5 6  
Kansas  2 6     4 7  
Iowa State  1 7     2 9  
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$  6 2     8 5  
Texas Tech  5 3     7 5  
Texas A&M  4 4     6 6  
Oklahoma  3 5     3 8  
Oklahoma State  2 6     5 6  
Baylor  1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.MissouriNo. 8FSNW 40–1070,613
September 76:00 p.m.New Mexico State*No. 8
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
PPVW 41–769,762
September 2111:00 a.m.No. 9 Notre Dame*No. 6
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCL 24–2783,312
September 286:30 p.m.at No. 19 Virginia*No. 13ESPNL 13–3745,100
October 56:00 p.m.Oklahoma StateNo. 23
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
FSNW 71–1467,414
October 122:30 p.m.vs. OklahomaNo. 25ABCL 27–30 OT75,587
October 261:30 p.m.at No. 8 ColoradoABCL 24–2851,100
November 22:30 p.m.Baylor
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCW 28–2375,482
November 96:00 p.m.at Texas TechFSNW 38–3250,607
November 1611:30 a.m.at KansasFSNW 38–1730,500
November 2910:00 a.m.Texas A&M
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 51–1581,887
December 712:00 p.m.vs. No. 3 NebraskaABCW 37–2763,109
January 1, 19977:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Penn State*No. 20CBSL 15–3865,106
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 79 Ben Adams So
WR 83 Mike Adams Sr
QB 5 James Brown Jr
RB 33 Priest Holmes Sr
WR 8 Wane McGarity So
G 69 Dan Neil Sr
QB 9 Ryan O'Neill So
C 63 Blake Powers Jr
OL 66 Cory Quye Fr
WR 22 Michael Watson So
WR 1 John White So
RB 11 Ricky Williams So
QB 13 Bryan Willingham Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
NG 96 Chris Akins Jr
CB 2 Taje Allen Sr
FS 16 Chris Carter Sr
CB 30 Bryant Westbrook Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 4 Phil Dawson Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1997-01-26

Game summaries

vs. Nebraska

Nebraska vs Texas
1 234Total
Cornhuskers 7 1073 27
Longhorns 7 13314 37

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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