1999 Texas Longhorns football team

1999 Texas Longhorns football

Big 12 South Champions
Big 12 Championship Game, L 6–22 vs. Nebraska
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 6–27 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 21
1999 record	9–5 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092)

1999 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
#3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1		12	–	1
#6 Kansas State x		7	–	1		11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3		7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7		4	–	7
Southern Division
#21 Texas xy		6	–	2		9	–	5
#23 Texas A&M		5	–	3		8	–	4
Oklahoma		5	–	3		7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3		6	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8		1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown.

Schedule

The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–3 record and won the Big 12 South Championship. During the regular season, Texas upset #3 Nebraska in Austin, Texas. However, they lost a re-match with the Big 12 North Champions, Nebraska in the 1999 Big 12 Championship Game, 22–6. They were also defeated by former arch-rival Arkansas in the 2000 Cotton Bowl Classic, 27–6.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:30 PM	NC State*	No. 17	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (BCA Classic)	ESPN2	L 20–23	82,252
September 4	11:00 AM	Stanford*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	ABC	W 69–17	80,654
September 11	7:00 PM	at Rutgers*		Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN2	W 38–21	41,511
September 18	6:00 PM	Rice*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	PPV	W 18–13	82,084
September 25	6:00 PM	at Baylor	No. 22	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas		W 62–0	41,784
October 2	2:30 PM	No. 12 Kansas State	No. 15	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	ABC	L 17–35	83,082
October 9	2:30 PM	vs. Oklahoma	No. 23	Cotton Bowl • Dallas (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 38–28	75,587
October 23	2:30 PM	No. 3 Nebraska	No. 18	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	ABC	W 24–20	84,082
October 30	11:30 AM	at Iowa State	No. 12	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa	FSN	W 44–41	37,218
November 6	1:30 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 11	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 34–21	44,025
November 13	6:00 PM	Texas Tech	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas (Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs)	FSN	W 58–7	83,882
November 26	10:00 AM	at No. 24 Texas A&M	No. 7	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas (Rivalry)	ABC	L 16–20	86,128
December 4	7:00 PM	vs. No. 3 Nebraska	No. 12	Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 6–22	65,035
January 1	10:00 AM	vs. No. 24 Arkansas*	No. 14	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	L 6–27	72,723
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summaries

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	0	0	7	7
• Texas	7	14	17	20	58

Date: November 13
Location: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Game attendance: 83,882
TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Scoring summary

1	TEX	Flowers 25 yard pass from Applewhite (K. Stockton kick)	Texas 7–0

2	TEX	Jackson 22 yard interception return (K. Stockton kick)	Texas 14–0

2	TEX	Cavil 2 yard pass from Applewhite (K. Stockton kick)	Texas 21–0

3	TEX	K. Stockton 35 yard field goal	Texas 24–0

3	TEX	Ch. Robertson 1 yard run (K. Stockton kick)	Texas 31–0

3	TEX	Mitchell 11 yard run (K. Stockton kick)	Texas 38–0

4	TEX	Flowers 36 yard pass from Applewhite (kick failed)	Texas 44–0

4	TTU	Morris 13 yard run (Birkholz kick)	Texas 44–7

4	TEX	Ike 1 yard run (K. Stockton kick)	Texas 51–7

4	TEX	K. Hayter 10 yard run (J. Baker kick)	Texas 58–7

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References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
↑ USA Today

Texas Longhorns football

Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Nebraska Texas A&M Texas Tech (Chancellor's Spurs) Rice

Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draft

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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