American college football season
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 .
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 p.m. NC State * No. 17 ESPN2 L 20–2382,252 September 4 11:00 a.m. Stanford * Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC W 69–1780,654 September 11 7:00 p.m. at Rutgers * ESPN2 W 38–2141,511 September 18 6:00 p.m. Rice * Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) PPV W 18–1382,084 September 25 6:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 22 W 62–041,784 October 2 2:30 p.m. No. 12 Kansas State No. 15 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC L 17–3583,082 October 9 2:30 p.m. vs. Oklahoma No. 23 ABC W 38–2875,587 October 23 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Nebraska No. 18 ABC W 24–2084,082 October 30 11:30 .m. at Iowa State No. 12 FSN W 44–4137,218 November 6 1:30 p.m. at Oklahoma State No. 11 W 34–2144,025 November 13 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 10 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) FSN W 58–783,882 November 26 10:00 a.m. at No. 24 Texas A&M No. 7 ABC L 16–2086,128 December 4 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 Nebraska No. 12 ABC L 6–2265,035 January 1, 2000 10:00 a.m. vs. No. 24 Arkansas * No. 14 FOX L 6–2772,723 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1999 Texas Longhorns football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 17 — — — 22 15 23 19 18 12 11 10 6 7 12 14 21 Coaches Poll 16 16* 23 22 20 15 23 19 18 12 11 10 6 5 12 18 23 BCS Not released 10 11 11 9 9 11 15 Not released
Kansas State at Texas 1 2 3 4 Total • Kansas State 6 3 9 17 35 Texas 7 7 0 3 17
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Nebraska at Texas 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Texas 3 0 14 7 24
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Texas Tech at Texas 1 2 3 4 Total Texas Tech 0 0 0 7 7 • Texas 7 14 17 20 58
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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1 2 3 4 Total #5 Texas 2 14 0 0 16 #24 Texas A&M 6 0 7 7 20
This rivalry game would unite the two schools for the year, due to the tragic collapse of Texas A&M's bonfire the week prior to the game . A sellout crowd was met with an awe-inspiring halftime performance from both schools.
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