1999 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

1999 Texas Longhorns football

Big 12 South champion
Big 12 Football 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
Record	9–5 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese (2nd season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092)
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$	7	–	1	12	–	1
No. 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
South Division
No. 21 Texas xy	6	–	2	9	–	5
Oklahoma	5	–	3	7	–	5
Texas Tech	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M	5	–	3	8	–	4
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 p.m.	NC State*	No. 17	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (BCA Classic)	ESPN2	L 20–23	82,252
September 4	11:00 a.m.	Stanford*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 69–17	80,654
September 11	7:00 p.m.	at Rutgers*		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	W 38–21	41,511
September 18	6:00 p.m.	Rice*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 18–13	82,084
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 22	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		W 62–0	41,784
October 2	2:30 p.m.	No. 12 Kansas State	No. 15	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 17–35	83,082
October 9	2:30 p.m.	vs. Oklahoma	No. 23	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 38–28	75,587
October 23	2:30 p.m.	No. 3 Nebraska	No. 18	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (College GameDay)	ABC	W 24–20	84,082
October 30	11:30 .m.	at Iowa State	No. 12	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FSN	W 44–41	37,218
November 6	1:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	No. 11	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 34–21	44,025
November 13	6:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 58–7	83,882
November 26	10:00 a.m.	at No. 24 Texas A&M	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 16–20	86,128
December 4	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Nebraska	No. 12	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 6–22	65,035
January 1, 2000	10:00 a.m.	vs. No. 24 Arkansas*	No. 14	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic, rivalry)	FOX	L 6–27	72,723
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1999 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Chris Simms	Fr
QB	`11`	Major Applewhite	So
WR	`9`	Kwame Cavil	Jr
RB	`37`	Chris Robertson	So
LT	`70`	Leonard Davis	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`40`	Cory Redding	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Mack Brown

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ 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

Game summaries

NC State

Kansas State

Kansas State at Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Kansas State	6	3	9	17	35
Texas	7	7	0	3	17

Date: October 2
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Game attendance: 83,082
Television network: ABC

Source: Box Score

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Nebraska

Nebraska at Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	0	13	0	7	20
• Texas	3	0	14	7	24

Date: October 23
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Game attendance: 84,082
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Source: Box Score

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Texas Tech

Texas Tech at Texas

	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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At Texas A&M

	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.

References

^ "MackBrown-TexasFootball.com - Official website of the Texas Longhorns - Texas Football". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
^ "No. 13 K-State Lasso's Texas". CBS News. October 2, 1999. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
^ "Texas Baffles Nebraska". Los Angeles Times. October 24, 1999. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
^ USA Today

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