2004 Texas Longhorns football team
2004 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Rose Bowl champion | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
South | |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 5 |
Record | 11–1 (7–1 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Greg Davis (7th season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Greg Robinson (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092) |
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Colorado xy | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State x | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 3 Oklahoma xy$ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Texas % | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Texas Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oklahoma 42, Colorado 3
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AP Poll
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The 2004 Texas Longhorns football team represented the
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas* | No. 7 | PPV | W 65–0 | 82,956[5] | |
September 11 | 7:45 p.m. | at Arkansas* | No. 7 | ESPN | W 22–20 | 75,671[5] | |
September 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Rice* | No. 5 |
| FSN | W 35–13 | 82,931[5] |
October 2 | 11:30 a.m. | Baylor | No. 5 |
| PPV | W 44–14 | 82,626[5] |
October 9 | 11:00 a.m. | vs. No. 2 Red River Shootout) | ABC | L 0–12 | 79,587[5] | ||
October 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Missouri | No. 9 |
| ABC | W 28–20 | 82,981[5] |
October 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at TBS | W 51–21 | 55,413[5] | |||
October 30 | 2:30 p.m. | at Colorado | No. 8 | ABC | W 31–7 | 51,751[5] | |
November 6 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 19 Oklahoma State | No. 6 |
| TBS | W 56–35 | 83,181[5] |
November 13 | 11:00 a.m. | at Memorial Stadium | FSN | W 27–23 | 38,714[5] | ||
November 26 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 22 Texas A&M | No. 6 |
| ABC | W 26–13 | 83,891[5] |
January 1, 2005 | 4:00 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Michigan* | No. 6 | ABC | W 38–37 | 93,468[5] | |
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Season highlights
In 2004, the Longhorns began the season with a No. 7 ranking nationally and started out with a 65–0 blowout of North Texas, setting several UT school records in the process. This was followed by a narrow 22–20 win against unranked Arkansas. They defeated Rice and Baylor 35–13 and 44–14 respectively.
This left them ranked fifth coming into the annual matchup with then No. 2
Then Texas set a record for the largest come from-behind-win in school history, beating No. 19 Oklahoma State 56–35 after falling behind 7–35. After this performance, Texas again fell behind against Kansas but squeaked out a win 27–23. Kansas coach Mark Mangino stirred up controversy by claiming that the officials were biased in favor of Texas.
This brought UT back up to No. 5 in the rankings as they welcomed arch-rival Texas A&M to Austin and won 26–13. However, Oklahoma stood undefeated, which meant the Sooners would represent the Big 12 South in the Championship game against a much lower ranked team from the North Division. Once again, the loss to Oklahoma had kept Texas out of playing for a National or Conference Title, and had seemingly destined them to a non-Bowl Championship Series bowl as well.
However, Brown began lobbying the voters in the two polls based on human voters (one on
Rose Bowl
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The appearance in the "Grand-daddy" of all bowl games was the first visit by the Longhorns, due mainly to the fact that the Rose Bowl traditionally pitted the winner of the
Texas won the game 38–37 on a last second field goal kick by Longhorn Dusty Mangum in what had been called one of the greatest Rose Bowl games of all time.[18] It was the only time in the history of the Rose Bowl that the game has been decided as time expired off the clock. Vince Young set several Rose Bowl records and also won the Rose Bowl MVP award.[18]
After the season
In the
With the exception of these players, most of the team returned to play for the 2005 Texas Longhorns football team, including redshirt sophomore quarterback Vince Young. Therefore, expectations were high coming into the 2005 season. At the trophy presentation in Pasadena, Vince Young had proclaimed, "We'll be back!", referencing the fact that the Rose Bowl was the host for the next year's BCS National Championship.
See also
References
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