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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
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 p.m.MissouriNo. 8
FSNW 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. 13
ESPNL 13–3745,100[1]
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. 25
ABCL 27–30 OT75,587
October 261:30 p.m.at No. 8 Colorado
ABCL 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 Tech
FSNW 38–3250,607
November 1611:30 a.m.at Kansas
FSNW 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 Nebraska
ABCW 37–2763,109
January 1, 19977:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Penn State*No. 20
CBSL 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

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1996 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
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. # Name Class
NG 96 Chris Akins Jr
CB 2 Taje Allen Sr
FS 16 Chris Carter Sr
CB 30 Bryant Westbrook Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
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

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Vs. Nebraska

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Nebraska vs Texas
1 234Total
Cornhuskers 7 1073 27
• Longhorns 7 13314 37
Main article: 1996 Big 12 Championship Game
See also: 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

References

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  1. ^ "No. 19 Virginia rolls to 37–13 win over No. 13 Texas". The Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph. September 29, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "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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