1996 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

1996 Texas Longhorns football

Big 12 champion Big 12 South champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 37–27 vs. Nebraska
Fiesta Bowl, L 15–38 vs. Penn State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 23
Record	8–5 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	John Mackovic (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gene Dahlquist (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Darnell (3rd season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Missouri	No. 8	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 40–10	70,613
September 7	6:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 8	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 41–7	69,762
September 21	11:00 a.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame*	No. 6	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 24–27	83,312
September 28	6:30 p.m.	at No. 19 Virginia*	No. 13	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN	L 13–37	45,100
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 23	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 71–14	67,414
October 12	2:30 p.m.	vs. Oklahoma	No. 25	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	L 27–30	75,587
October 26	1:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	L 24–28	51,100
November 2	2:30 p.m.	Baylor		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–23	75,482
November 9	6:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 38–32	50,607
November 16	11:30 a.m.	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 38–17	30,500
November 29	10:00 a.m.	Texas A&M		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 51–15	81,887
December 7	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Nebraska		Trans World Dome St. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 37–27	63,109
January 1, 1997	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Penn State*	No. 20	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	CBS	L 15–38	65,106
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

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

John Mackovic

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Rusty Whitt (GA)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1997-01-26

Game summaries

Vs. Nebraska

Nebraska vs Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	7	10	7	3	27
• Longhorns	7	13	3	14	37

Date: December 7
Location: Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Game attendance: 63,109

Main article: 1996 Big 12 Championship Game See also: 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

References

"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.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

v t e Texas Longhorns football
Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor Oklahoma (Red River Rivalry) Rice TCU Texas A&M (Lone Star Showdown) Texas Tech
Culture & lore	History Brown years Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Longhorn Band The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2007 player suspensions 2008 Texas Tech game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 1 Second Left My All American 4th & 13
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big 12 Conference football champions
Texas (1996) Nebraska (1997) Texas A&M (1998) Nebraska (1999) Oklahoma (2000) Colorado (2001) Oklahoma (2002) Kansas State (2003) Oklahoma (2004) Texas (2005) Oklahoma (2006) Oklahoma (2007) Oklahoma (2008) Texas (2009) Oklahoma (2010) Oklahoma State (2011) Kansas State & Oklahoma (2012) Baylor (2013) Baylor & TCU (2014) Oklahoma (2015) Oklahoma (2016) Oklahoma (2017) Oklahoma (2018) Oklahoma (2019) Oklahoma (2020) Baylor (2021) Kansas State (2022) Texas (2023) Arizona State (2024)
National championships in bold

Big 12 Conference football champions

Texas (1996)
Nebraska (1997)
Texas A&M (1998)
Nebraska (1999)
Oklahoma (2000)
Colorado (2001)
Oklahoma (2002)
Kansas State (2003)
Oklahoma (2004)
Texas (2005)
Oklahoma (2006)
Oklahoma (2007)
Oklahoma (2008)
Texas (2009)
Oklahoma (2010)
Oklahoma State (2011)
Kansas State & Oklahoma (2012)
Baylor (2013)
Baylor & TCU (2014)
Oklahoma (2015)
Oklahoma (2016)
Oklahoma (2017)
Oklahoma (2018)
Oklahoma (2019)
Oklahoma (2020)
Baylor (2021)
Kansas State (2022)
Texas (2023)
Arizona State (2024)

National championships in bold

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