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
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
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North 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  
South 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 Injured
  • Redshirt 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 November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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