Texas' 2018 Football results: lost to Maryland, 34-29; beat Tulsa, 28-21; beat USC, 37-14; beat TCU, 31-16; beat Kansas State, 19-14; beat Oklahoma, 48-45; beat Baylor, 23-17; lost to Oklahoma State, 38-35; lost to West Virginia, 42-41; beat Texas Tech, 41-34; beat Iowa State, 24-10; beat Kansas, 24-17; lost to Oklahoma, 39-27 (Big 12 Championship game, in Arlington, Texas); beat Georgia, 28-21 (Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana).
Texas' 2019 Football Guide: here
Texas' 2019 Football Video: here
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| Head coach Tom Herman and the Texas Longhorns |
Through seven games in 2019, Texas is 5-2. The 'Horns have beaten Louisiana Tech, Rice, Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Kansas. Texas has lost to LSU and Oklahoma.
In 2018, Herman led Texas to a 9-3 regular season record and a spot in the Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma. In that game, the Sooners defeated the Longhorns, 39-27. Texas earned a berth in the Sugar Bowl, where the 'Horns defeated Georgia, 28-21.
In 2017, Texas finished the regular season with a 6-6 record. The Longhorns finished the season with a winning record, 7-6, by virtue of a 33-16 Texas Bowl win over the University of Missouri.
In 2019, it is the Texas offense that is carrying the 'Horns.
The Longhorns are averaging 40.86 points a game. That is second in the Big 12 to Oklahoma.
Texas' offense has accumulated 3,366 total yards of offense; 1,217 rushing and 2,149 passing. The Longhorns' rushing attack, which averages 173.9 yards per game, ranks sixth in the Big 12. Their aerial attack, which averages 307 yards per game, ranks fourth in the Big 12.
Texas has scored 15 touchdowns on the ground. The 'Horns have completed 186 of 269 passes. They have scored 21 touchdowns through the air. Only three of their passes have been intercepted.
Texas' offensive line has been named to the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll. The award is given annually to the best collegiate football offensive line unit. The award is presented by the Joe Moore Foundation for Teamwork.
Sophomore running back Keaontay Ingram (#26), six-foot, 220 pounds, leads the Texas running game. He has run the ball 82 times for a bet 423 yards, an average of 60.43 yards per game. He has scored four rushing touchdowns and has a long run of 32 yards.
Frehsman Roschon Johnson (#2), 6-2, 220 pounds, who is a quarterback who has been playing running back this season, has gained 409 yards on 74 carries, an average of 58.43 yards per game. He has scored three touchdowns and has a long run of 57 yards.
The 'Horns have fumbled the football seven times, losing four of the fumbles.
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| Sam Ehlinger |
Ehlinger has completed 177 of 255 passes for 2,057 yards, for an average of 293.86 yards per game. He has thrown 21 touchdown passes and only three interceptions. He has a long pass of 73 yards.
For the eighth week of the season, Ehlinger was named one of eight honorees on the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 list. He totaled 490 yards of offense and threw four touchdowns in a 50-48 win over Kansas on Saturday, October 19. It was the third time Ehlinger has been named a Great 8 honoree in his career, and the first time this season.
Against Kansas, Ehlinger was 29-of-44 for 399 yards and matched his career high with four touchdown passes. He also rushed for a season-high 91 yards, the third-best rushing output of his career. His 29 completions were a career high, and his 399 passing yards were the second-best tally of his career (401 vs. LSU, 2019).
His 29 completions made him the third Longhorn to complete 600 career passes (610 total), and the first to do so since Colt McCoy (2006-09). Ehlinger also became the seventh Longhorn to pass for at least 7,000 yards and the fifth player in Texas history to log at least 8,000 yards of total offense. He currently ranks sixth in school history with 7,264 passing yards and third in total offense, with 8,449 yards to his credit.
Ehlinger's 490 yards of total offense in the Kansas game set a career high and rank as the third-best output by a player in Texas history, trailing only a 527-yard mark by Jerrod Heard (vs. California, 2015) and a 506-yard effort by Vince Young (at Oklahoma State, 2005).
Ehlinger has thrown for four touchdowns on four occasions this season, the most in Texas history. For the season, he has run with the football 88 times for 318 net yards. He has scored five rushing touchdowns and has a long run of 29 yards.
The 'Horns have allowed 11 sacks, accounting for 63 lost yards.
Ehlinger's backup is freshman Casey Thompson (#8), 6-1, 195 pounds. He has seen limited action. He has completed eight of 12 passes, with no touchdowns and no interceptions.
Ehlinger's favorite target for his passes has been senior wide receiver Devin Duvernay (#6), 5-11, 210 pounds. He has caught 61 passes for 627 yards, an average of 89.57 yards per game. He has caught six touchdown passes and has a long catch of 44 yards.
Sophomore wide receiver Brennan Eagles (#13), 6-4, 225 pounds, has 19 receptions for 367 yards. He has caught five touchdown passes and has a long reception of 73 yards.
Senior wide receiver Collin Johnson (#9), 6-6, 220-pounds, has caught 21 passes for 286 yards. He has one touchdown reception and a long catch of 27 yards.
Freshman wide receiver Jake Smith (#16), six-foot, 200 pounds, has caught 20 passes for 207 yards and five touchdowns. He has a long reception of 53 yards.
Cole Brewer (#80), Malcolm Epps (#85), Roschon Johnson (#2), and John Burt (#1), each have one touchdown reception.
Inexperienced, injured and bad are words that describe the Texas defense.
The Longhorns' defense has allowed 30.71 points a game, which ranks eighth in the Big 12.
The 'Horns have allwed 159.9 yards per game on the ground, which ranks fifth in the Big 12. They have given up eight rushing touchdowns and have allowed three 100-yard rushers the past two games.
Texas' pass defense ranks last (10th) in the Big 12. Opposing quarterbacks have completed 171 of 270 passes for 2,170 yards and 18 touchdowns.
The Longhorns have intercepted 10 passes, recovered two of six forced fumbles and recorded 22 sacks, but only two of which have been by a defensive lineman.
Sophomore linebacker Joseph Ossai (#46), 6-4, 245 pounds, leads the team with 45 tackles. He has 6.5 , tackles for loss, two sacks and two interceptions.
Senior defensive back Brandon Jones (#19), six-foot, 205 pounds, has 44 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack and one interception.
Sophomore defensive back Caden Sterns (#7), 6-1, 205 pounds, has 29 tackles and one tackle for loss.
Freshman linebacker Ayodele Adeoye (#40), 6-1, 250 pounds, have 26 tackles, one tackle for loss, a half of a sack and one interception.
Sophomore defensive back DeMarvion Overshown (#31), 6-4, 210 pounds, has two sacks and one interception.
Sophomore linebacker Juwan Mitchell (#6), 6-1, 240 pounds, has two sacks.
Sophomore defensive back B. J. Foster (#25) has one sack and one interception.
Freshman defensive lineman Keondre Coburn (#99), 6-2, 340 pounds, and junior defensive lineman Ta'Quon Graham (#49), 6-3, 300 pounds, each has a sack.
Sophomore defensive back D’Shawn Jamison (#5), 5-10, 190 pounds, has picked off two passes.
Junior defensive back Chris Brown (#15), 5-11, 195 pounds, and sophomore defensive back Montrell Estell (#39), 6-1, 205 pounds, each has an interception.
Texas' punter is sophomore Ryan Bujcevski (#8). He has punted for an average of 40.93 yards per punt. He has a long punt of 55 yards. He has not had a punt blocked.
The field-goal kicker is sophomore Cameron Dicker (#17), who has made eight-of-10 field goal attempts. He has a long field goal of 57 yards. He has not had a field goal blocked.
In the Kansas game, Dicker made a 33-yard field goal as time expired to give Texas 50-48 victory over the Jayhawks. He was named the Big 12's Special Teams Player of the Week.
Dicker also handles kickoffs for the Longhorns.
Texas Football Historical Overview:
The Texas Longhorns football program began in 1893. From 1937 to 1946
the team was led by Hall of Fame coach Dana X. Bible, then from 1957 to
1976 the team was led by Hall of Fame coach Darrell K. Royal, who won
three national championships. Texas' all-time record is 913–372–33
(.705).With its 37-14 win over USC in Austin on September 15, 2018, Texas became the third FBS program to reach 900 victories, joining Michigan and Ohio State. The 900th win came in Texas' 1,300th all-time varsity contest.
Today, in addition to Michigan, Ohio State and Texas, these FBS college football teams have reached the 900-win plateau: Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Alabama.
Texas ranks second in number of bowl game appearances (55), fourth in bowl game victories (29), most Southwest Conference football championships (27), and most Cotton Bowl Classic appearances and victories. Other NCAA records include 109 winning seasons out of 122 total seasons, 24 seasons with 10 or more wins, nine undefeated seasons, and 26 seasons with at most one loss or tie. From 1936 to 2012, Longhorn football teams were in the AP or coaches' rankings 66 out of 76 seasons (86.8% of the time), finishing those seasons ranked in the top twenty-five 48 times and the top ten 28 times. Texas claims four Division I-A national championships (1963, 1969, 1970 and 2005) and 32 conference championships (three Big 12 Conference, 27 Southwest Conference, and two Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association).
Texas has had 129 (53 consensus and 22 unanimous) players named to All-America football teams. Two Longhorns, Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998), have won the Heisman Trophy. Seventeen Longhorns have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Four have been enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame.
Mack Brown coached the Whorns from 1998 through 2013. In January 2014, Charlie Strong was hired away from Louisville to be Texas' 29th head football coach and the first African American head football coach in UT's history. Strong received a five-year contract, worth $5 million annually.
Strong was at Louisville as head coach from 2010-2013. During those four years, he led the Cardinals to a 37-15 record and reached a bowl game each season, including the 2013 Sugar Bowl, which Louisville won over Florida.
Strong coached UT during the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons. In 2014, the Stronghorns finished 6–7 (5-4 Big 12; Texas lost the Texas Bowl, 31-7, to Arkansas). In 2015, the Stronghorns finished 5-7 (4-5 Big 12). In 2016, the 'Horns finished 5-7 and in November Strong was replaced by Tom Herman, who was hired award from the University of Houston.
Herman's first season was 2017. He led the Whorns to a 6-6 regular-season record. Texas beat Missouri 33-16 in the Texas Bowl in Houston, to finish the 2017 season at 7-6.
Royal, a Hall of Famer, was head coach of UT from 1957 to 1976 and won three national championships. The 89-year-old Joseph Dahr Jamail, Jr., is a 1950 University of Texas graduate and a 1953 University of Texas Law School graduate, and an American attorney and billionaire. The wealthiest practicing attorney in America, he is frequently referred to as the "King of Torts". Jamail has given large donations to UT and Rice University. In addition to the UT football field, the Joseph D. Jamail, Jr. Pavilion a the University of Texas School of Law is named in his honor. Also located on the UT campus is the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, named for him and his wife. In May 2008, The Jamail gave $15 million to UT to support the Law School, Nursing School, and the College of Undergraduate Studies. In response to the gift, the university renamed a large meeting room in the tower building to the Lee Hage Jamail Academic Room. Since 1986, the University of Texas School of Law has included the Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law and Advocacy in Jamail's honor. The university also has two statues on campus in his honor.
The stadium is located on the UT campus. Current capacity is 100,119, making it the second largest (behind Teaxs A&M's stadium) football venue in the state of Texas and the largest in the Big 12 Conference. The stadium has been expanded several times since its original opening and includes the nation's first high-definition video display in a collegiate facility. It is nicknamed "Godzillatron."
The University of Texas System Board of Regents recently approved a $175-million enhancement of the stadium. The price tag will be funded without tuition or taxpayer dollars, but largely by donors and ticket sales, according to school officials. Roughly $30 million of a hoped-for $125 million in donations has been pledged so far. The system's governing board has authorized the school to borrow an additional $50 million in revenue bonds that will be paid off with proceeds from tickets and premium seating. Included will be new suites, clubs, loge boxes, sponsor amenities, modified fan seating and new coaches' offices" to the south end zone of UT-Austin's football stadium. An expansion of the north end zone of the stadium was completed in 2008. The latest project is expected to be largely completed by July 2021.
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