The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the

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. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the state of Texas. Generally, both the men's and women's teams are referred to as the Longhorns, and the mascot is a Texas Longhorn steer named Bevo. The Longhorns have consistently been ranked as the biggest brand in collegiate athletics, in both department size and breadth of appeal. The ''Longhorn'' nickname had begun appearing in Texas newspapers by 1900. The University of Texas at Austin is the flagship institution of the

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. It offers a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports programs, and was selected as "America's Best Sports College" in a 2002 analysis by ''

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''. Texas was also listed as the number one

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client from 2005 to 2013 in regards to the amount of annual trademark royalties received from the sales of its fan merchandise. Until Athletic Director Chris Del Conte altered the organizational structure of the athletic department in 2017, Texas was the only remaining NCAA Division I school to operate separate men's and women's athletic departments, after the other remaining holdout, the

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, merged its men's and women's athletic departments at the end of the 2011–12 academic year.

Varsity sports

A charter member of the

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until its dissolution in 1996, the Texas Longhorns competed in the

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until 2024. The Texas Longhorns joined the

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for the 2024–2025 season with the University of Oklahoma for a reported $100 million, as a member of the

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. The school's colors are officially Orange (Pantone 159) and White, with

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— also known as Texas Orange – being the specific shade of orange used.

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performs the alma mater as well as the university fight song (" Texas Fight") at various sporting events. SEC logo in Texas colors

Over the years, Longhorn sports teams have won 56 total national championships, 47 of which are NCAA National Championships. The University of Texas currently fields a varsity team in nine men's sports and 12 women's sports. In 1992, seven women athletes representing club-level rowing, soccer and gymnastics and intramural softball, organized by the rowing club coach, sued the university in U.S. District Court charging them with Title IX violations. At the time there were more men on the football team than there were varsity-level women athletes. In July 1993 Texas settled the lawsuit, agreeing to add women's rowing, soccer and softball; and agreeing to devote more than 44 percent of its varsity athletic roster spots and more than 42 percent of its athletic scholarship money to women. Women's soccer was added in 1993, softball in 1995 and rowing in 1997.

Football

Two Texas Longhorn running backs have won college football's most prestigious individual award, the

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(1977) and

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(1998). Seventeen Longhorn players and two Longhorn coaches have been inducted into the

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, while four are enshrined in the

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. Other Longhorn players have also received recognition for their performance. In terms of total wins, Texas is the 2nd-ranked NCAA Division I FBS program in college football history with 891 wins, after passing Nebraska during the 2016 season. As of the end of the 2016 season, the Longhorns' all-time record is 891–359–33 (.709). Only the

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has won more games and a greater percentage of games played than Texas, which recorded its 800th victory with the Longhorns' 41–38 win over the

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in the 2006 BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the program was somewhat less successful, but the Longhorns have since returned to prominence in college football, finishing in the top six of the AP and coaches' polls in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009. The University of Texas team plays home games in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium which has a

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of 100,119. Renovations began on the stadium November 14, 2005, two days following the last home football game of the 2005 season. The improvements were completed before the 2008 football season, and included additional seating and the nation's first high definition video display in a collegiate facility nicknamed " Godzillatron". The university completed a $27 million expansion and renovation to the south end zone facilities in August 2009 which added 4,525 permanent bleacher seats and changed the playing surface to FieldTurf. With the new permanent bleacher seating section added behind the south end zone and the total remodeling of the north end zone completed in 2008, the stadium's official capacity now stands at 100,119. This was surpassed when 101,357 saw #3-ranked Texas beat Kansas 51–20 on November 21, 2009.

Championships and bowls

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(4 claimed; 9 unclaimed): :* ''Claimed (AP and Coaches Poll)'': 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 :* ''Unclaimed (other)'': 1914, 1918, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1968, 1977, 1981, 2008 *Conference championships (33): :1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1952, 1953*, 1959*, 1961*, 1962, 1963, 1968*, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975*, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1994*, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2023 *Divisional championships (7): :1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 *Bowl game wins (31): :Major bowl games: :BCS National Championship Game – 2005 :Rose Bowl – 2005, 2006 :Sugar Bowl – 1948, 2019 :Fiesta Bowl – 2009 :Cotton Bowl – 1943, 1946, 1953, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1982 :Orange Bowl – 1949, 1965 :Second-tier bowl games: :Cotton Bowl – 1999, 2003 :Alamo Bowl – 2006, 2012, 2019, 2020 :Bluebonnet Bowl – 1966, 1975, 1987 :Holiday Bowl – 2001, 2007, 2011 :Sun Bowl – 1978, 1994 :Texas Bowl – 2017

Men's basketball

The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1906. The Longhorns rank 18th in total victories among all

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programs and 25th in all-time

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among programs with at least 60 years in Division I, with an all-time win–loss record of 1791–1088 (). Among Big 12 Conference men's basketball programs, Texas is second only to

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in both all-time wins and all-time win percentage. The Longhorns have won 27 total conference championships in men's basketball and have made 34 total appearances in the NCAA tournament (11th-most appearances all time, with a 35–37 overall record), reaching the NCAA Final Four three times (1943, 1947, 2003) and the NCAA regional finals (Elite Eight) seven times. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Texas ranks sixth among all Division I men's basketball programs for total NCAA Tournament games won without having won the national championship (35), trailing

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(37), Notre Dame (38),

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(39),

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(40), and

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(41). The Longhorns have also won 2 NIT championships, in 1978 and 2019. Texas's best season is arguably the 1932–33 season when the team went 22–1, won the Southwest Conference and was named unofficial National Champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Since the introduction of the AP poll, Texas's best season was 2002-2003 when it went 26–7, earned a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, made it as far as the Final Four and finished the season ranked #3 in the AP poll. The 2005–06 season marked the 100th anniversary of basketball at the University of Texas. Special logos were placed on the uniforms to commemorate this anniversary. In 2007, the men's basketball team was ranked sixth by the Harris Poll for favorite men's college basketball teams, moving up one spot from the previous year.

Championships

*Pre- NCAA tournament Premo-Porretta national championships (1): :1933 *NIT championships (2) :1978, 2019 *Conference championships (25): :1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2008 *Conference tournament championships (3): :1994, 1995, 2021, 2023

Women's basketball

The women's basketball team has long been a national power, especially during the late 1980s (winning a national title in 1986) and through the 1990s. Both teams play home games in the

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. The adjacent Denton A. Cooley Pavilion serves as the training and practice facility for both the men's and women's teams.

Championships

*National championship (1): :1986 *Conference championships (13): :1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2023 *Conference tournament championships (12): :1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2022, 2024

Baseball

The

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are the winningest team in

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history, both in terms of total wins and in terms of win percentage. Texas holds the records for most appearances in the

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(35) and most individual CWS games won. The Longhorns have won six NCAA baseball national championships (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, and 2005) — second only to

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's total of 12 – and have appeared in the CWS Championship Game or Championship Series on six other occasions (1953, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2004, and 2009). Former Longhorns who have gone on to success in

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include

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, Bibb Falk,

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Calvin Schiraldi Calvin Drew Schiraldi (born June 16, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1984 through 1991 for five different teams. He is best remembered as the losing pitcher of Games 6 and ...

Burt Hooton Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950), nicknamed "Happy", is an American former right-handed starting pitcher and former coach in Major League Baseball. He won 151 games over a 15-year career, mostly with the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Do ...

Keith Moreland Bobby Keith Moreland (born May 2, 1954), nicknamed "Zonk", is an American former outfielder, catcher, and infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres. In 1989, the final year of ...

, Spike Owen, Greg Swindell,

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, Omar Quintanilla,

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Sam LeCure Samuel Rohrer LeCure (born May 4, 1984) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He attended Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri and the University of Texas. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinna ...

and

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. From 1997 to 2016, the Longhorns were led by head coach

Augie Garrido August Edmun "Augie" Garrido Jr. (February 6, 1939 – March 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and coach in NCAA Division I college baseball, best known for his stints with the Cal State Fullerton Titans and Texas Longhorns. ...

, the winningest coach in

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history. The team plays its home games at Disch-Falk Field.

Championships

(6): :

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

* Conference regular-season championships (80): :1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 * Conference tournament championships (16): :1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015

Softball

The University of Texas Longhorn's softball team was founded in 1995 as part of its 1993 Title IX settlement. It is currently led by head coach Mike White and assistant coaches Kerry Shaw and Chelsea Spencer. Texas has made 20 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 23 seasons of varsity competition, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) five times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) and finishing as high as 3rd on three occasions (2003, 2005 and 2013).

UT's Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Americans

Championships

*National championship (1): :2025 * Conference championships (5): :2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2024 *Conference tournament championships (4): :1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Men's golf

The University of Texas has a strong golf tradition, dating back to their first season in 1927. Since then they have won national titles back-to-back in 1971 and 1972 and again in 2012, and finished runner-up six other times (1949, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2016, 2019). Individual national champions were Ed White (1935),

Ben Crenshaw Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is a retired American professional golfer who has won 19 events on the PGA Tour, including two major championships: the Masters Tournament in 1984 and 1995. He is nicknamed '' Gentle Ben''. Early lif ...

(1971, 1972, and 1973),

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(1972), and

Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard (born June 15, 1972) is an American professional golfer. He has 12 career wins on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1997 Open Championship. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He is one of only five ...

(1994). Longhorns who have won the

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include Justin Leonard and David Gossett. Two-time U.S. Junior Amateur champion and three-time major winner

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played for the Longhorns golf team in 2011 and 2012. In 2022, Longhorn alum

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won the

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and reached World No.1 in the

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in March 2022. Besides Majors-winners Kite, Crenshaw, Leonard and Spieth, a number of other former Longhorn players have gone on to win on the PGA Tour, including:

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, Mark Brooks, Jhonattan Vegas, Bob Estes,

Wes Ellis Wesley Ellis, Jr. (January 27, 1932 – June 4, 1984) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Ellis was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and was ...

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, Cody Gribble, Rik Massengale, Wes Short Jr., and Brandel Chamblee. In addition, Longhorns

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and

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have each achieved multiple wins on the

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. Legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick was a long-time coach at Texas. The team is currently coached by John Fields.

Championships

*National championships (4): :1971, 1972, 2012, 2022 *Conference championships (48): :1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024

Women's golf

The women's golf team has been to the NCAA Championship 27 times, tied for 7th overall and finished as the runner-up, or tied for runner-up, twice, in 1993 and 2002. As of 2019, they have finished in the top 5 eight times, most recently in 2019 (t-5th) and 2003 (3rd). In 2019 Texas won its first NCAA Regional in school history and was the stroke play medalist at the NCAA Championship. Texas women have won three individual championships. In 1978

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won the

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national intercollegiate individual golf championship; and Charlotta Sörenstam and Heather Bowie won in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Former players

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and

Sherri Steinhauer Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas ...

went on to win 8 and 2 LPGA major championships respectively, with Rawls being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Championships

*Conference championships (18): :1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024

Men's tennis

Tennis was played at The University of Texas as early as 1884, although it was not until 1909 that intercollegiate competition developed. Between that time and the advent of the Southwest Conference in 1915, Texas and Oklahoma annually held a meet for the championship of the Southwest. The first season of Texas Men's Tennis was in 1912. Since forming, the Men's Tennis team has won 17 Southwest Conference Championships, 5 Big 12 Championships and the 2019 NCAA Championship. Texas teams have reached the NCAA Championship semifinals five times (1993, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2019) and prior to the formation of the tournament when the final standings were determined by a poll, the Longhorns finished fourth or better five times, including 1946 (4th), 1952 (tie 4th), 1955 (2nd), 1957 (3rd), and 1960 (tie 4th). In March 2019 tennis head coach Michael Center was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit

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as part of the

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. Despite losing their head coach to scandal just two months earlier, the Texas Men's Tennis team won its first ever NCAA tennis championship over Wake Forest in May 2019.

Championships

*National championship (1): :2019 *Conference championships (29): :1915, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2023 *Conference tournament championships (7): :1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018

Women's tennis

The women's Longhorns tennis team began play in 1978, and since then has won 4 NCAA Championships (1993, 1995, 2021, 2022), 23 regular-season conference titles (three shared), 12 Big 12 tournaments and all 9 SWC tournament championships. They were also the NCAA runner-up in 1992 and 2005.

Championships

*National championships (4): :1993, 1995, 2021, 2022 *Conference championships (23): :1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021 *Conference tournament championships (21): :1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2022

Men's track and field

The men's program is coached by

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. The Longhorns were runners-up in the outdoor championships in 1987, 1988, and 1997 but have never won a title. Other notable coaches of the Texas men's program have included Bubba Thornton, who also coached the 2008 US Olympic team, Stan Huntsman (1986–95), who also coached the 1988 US Olympic team, and Clyde Littlefield (Texas coach, 1920–60), the 1925 co-founder of the annual

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. The men won four consecutive Big 12 Indoor Championships between 2006 and 2009. The men have won 41 individual titles, 10th most of all schools. The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations. Male medalists include

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(United States, gold, shot put, 2016),

Leonel Manzano Leonel "Leo" Manzano (born September 12, 1984) is a Mexican-American former middle-distance track and field athlete specializing in the 1500 m and mile. He was a silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Manzano is known for finishing hi ...

(United States, silver, 1500 meters, 2012), Winthrop Graham (Jamaica, silver, 400m hurdles, 1992 and 4 × 400 m relay, 1988),

Patrick Sang Patrick Sang (born 11 April 1964) is a Kenyan running coach and retired steeplechase runner. Sang won three silver medals in major 3000 m steeplechase competitions: *1991 World Championships in Athletics * 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics * ...

(

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, silver, 3000m steeplechase, 1992),

Du'aine Ladejo Du'aine Ladejo (born 14 February 1971, in Paddington, London, England) is an English-born athlete and television personality. In his sports career, he was best known for winning the 400 metres sprint gold medal at the 1994 European Championshi ...

(Great Britain, bronze, 4 × 400 m relay, 1992),

Lam Jones John Wesley "Lam" Jones (April 4, 1958 – March 15, 2019) was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and played professional football in the National Football League ( ...

(USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1976),

Eddie Southern Silas Edward Southern (January 4, 1938 – May 17, 2023) was an American sprinter and hurdler who won a silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at 1956 Olympics. He won another silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1959 Pan American Games. ...

(USA, silver, 400m hurdles, 1956), and

Dean Smith (sprinter) Finis Dean Smith (January 15, 1932 – June 24, 2023) was an American track and field athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics; he was also an actor and noted stuntman, appe ...

(USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1952).

Championships

*Indoor conference championships (15): :1974, 1975, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 *Outdoor conference championships (55): :1915, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022

Women's track and field

The women's program is coached by

. Other notable coaches have included Beverly Kearney, who guided the Lady Longhorns to six

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Championships: Indoor Championships in 1998, 1999, and 2006, and Outdoor Championships in 1998, 1999, and 2005; and Terry Crawford, whose teams won Indoor Championships in 1986, 1988, and 1990, and Outdoor Championships in 1982 and 1986. Crawford's athletes also won the 1986 Women's Cross Country Championship. The program's first title was the 1982

outdoor track and field championship. The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations. Female Olympic medalists have included Michelle Carter (athlete) (USA, gold, shot put, 2016),

Sanya Richards-Ross Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint. Her notable accolades in this event include being the 2012 Oly ...

(2012: USA, gold, 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay; 2008, bronze, 400 meters and gold, 4 x 400 meter relay, 2008), Moushami Robinson (USA, gold, 4 × 400 meter relay, 2004),

Sandie Richards Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Career She was a world junior repre ...

(

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, silver, 4 × 400 m relay, 2000 and 2004), Merlene Frazer (Jamaica, silver, 4 × 100 m relay, 2000), Nanceen Perry (USA, bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 2000),

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(USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1992 and 1996),

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(Jamaica, silver, 100m and 200m, 1992 and bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 1996), and Nikole Mitchell (Jamaica, bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 1996). Courtney Okolo became the first Longhorn to win

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, an award that honors collegiate track & field's most outstanding athlete of the year. In 2016, she became the first female collegian to run sub-50 seconds in the

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, in turn lowering her own collegiate record to 49.71. Her senior season also included an undefeated record against collegians and four NCAA titles (two individual, two relay).

Championships

*Indoor National Championships (6): :1986, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006 *Outdoor National Championships (6): :1982 (AIAW), 1986, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2023 *Indoor Conference Championships (23): :1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 *Outdoor Conference Championships (22): :1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019

Men's cross country

The men's cross country team has 33

championships and has placed as high as 3rd in the NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship. The

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individual championship was won by Walter McNew with a time of 19:55.94.

Championships

*Conference Championships (33) :1920, 1923, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1991, 1993

Women's cross country

The women's cross country team has 4

championships and won the 1986 NCAA Cross Country Championship.

Championships

*National Championships (1) :1986 *Conference Championships (4) :1985, 1986, 1987, 1989

Volleyball

Texas won the 1988, 2012, 2022, and 2023 NCAA National Championships, with runner-up finishes in 1995, 2009, 2015, 2016 and 2020. They also won an

national championship in 1981. The team is currently coached by Jerritt Elliott and plays home games in

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. Texas won the Big 12 Conference in 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. They finished 2nd in 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2016. They finished 3rd in 1999 and 2006. They have qualified for every NCAA tournament since 2004 and advanced to at least the Regional Finals since 2006. Texas volleyball has produced many All-Americans, and in 2007, they won the program's first Big 12 title since 1997, sharing the title with

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. Texas broke Nebraska's three-year streak of winning the title outright. They also earned the programs first

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National Freshman of the Year since 1995 in 2007, for Big 12 Freshman of the Year Juliann Faucette, and Logan Eggleston won the program's first ever AVCA National Player of the Year award in 2022.

Championships

*National Championship (5): : 1981 (AIAW), 1988, 2012, 2022, 2023 *Conference Championships (29): :1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2007*, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Swimming and diving

Texas has won sixteen national titles in men's swimming and diving (1981, 1988–1991, 1996, 2000–2002, 2010, 2015–18, 2021, 2025) and nine in women's swimming and diving (1981–82, 1984–88, 1990–91), making swimming and diving the most successful Texas athletics program by far, based on number of national titles. The women's swimming team is currently coached by Carol Capitani, and the men's and women's diving teams are coached by Matt Scoggin. The men's swimming team has been coached by

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since 1978. In 2021, Reese retired after 43 years as the Texas men's head coach. When a successful replacement was not named, Reese returned to the Head Coach position. Reese has coached numerous former and current world record holders while at Texas, including many competing in the

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for the United States and other home nations. The swim team was first developed under Coach

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Men's championships

*National Championships (16): :1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2025 *Conference Championships (63): :1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944*, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 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

Women's championships

*National Championships (9): :1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 *Conference Championships (33): :1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Women's rowing

The women's rowing team was established in the fall of 1998 as the result of the 1993 Title IX settlement. At the team's first appearance at the NCAA championships in 2003, its varsity 8 placed 12th nationally. The team won the inaugural Big 12 Championship in 2009 and kept the championship title for the following three years. Additionally, the Texas women's rowing team won the 2011 Conference USA Championship. In June 2014, Dave O'Neill was appointed head coach of the program. Under his coaching, the women's rowing team placed fourth in the 2017 NCAA Championship, third in 2018, second in 2019, and first in 2021, marking the program's best four finishes. *National Championships (3): :2021, 2022, 2024 *Conference Championships (10): :2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Soccer

The Texas women's soccer program was established in 1993 as part of that year's Title IX settlement. Since then they have won 3 conference championships - one regular season and two tournaments — and been to 13 NCAA tournaments, making it as far as the Sweet Sixteen in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2017. In 2006 the Longhorns finished ranked #8 in the nation, their highest end-of-season ranking ever.

Championships

*Conference championships (1): :2001 *Conference Regular Season championships (1): :2022 *Conference tournament championships (2): :2006, 2007

Non-varsity sports

Rugby

Founded in 1985, the Texas Longhorns rugby team plays in the Allied Rugby Conference, and plays its postseason in the

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. The Longhorns rugby program has been improving in recent years. Texas rugby has instituted a combine to identify the most elite athletes on campus with an eye towards recruiting them to play rugby. The increasing popularity of rugby in the United States and the announcement that rugby would return to the

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led Texas to upgrade the designation of its rugby program from club to Olympic. The Texas Rugby Alumni association and the Texas Exes have begun an endowment to award scholarships to Texas rugby players, which is viewed as a vital recruitment tool. The Longhorns' improvement led to Texas winning the Southwest Conference in the 2011–12 season to qualify for the sweet sixteen of the 2012 national championship playoffs. Texas won the 2012 Southwest 7s tournament to qualify for the 2012

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. The Longhorns rugby program has been boosted by its participation in the

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, the highest profile

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competition in the US, which is broadcast live on NBC. In the 2011 CRC, Texas defeated

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rival Oklahoma to reach the quarterfinals. Following Texas's participation in the 2011 CRC, Texas "raised an additional $10,000 from alumni, landed a new apparel sponsor, and have been contacted by 90 students (including two DBs from the football team) who want to play rugby." In the 2012 CRC, Texas defeated its rival Oklahoma to again reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. The Longhorns rugby program reached a new all-time high during the 2013–2014 season. Texas won the 2013 Southwest Conference 7s Championship advancing them to the 2013 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships, where they finished ranked #12 in the nation. Months later Texas won the 2014 Southwest Conference 15s Championship, making them the first team in the conference to win both the 7s and 15s championships in the same season. The Longhorns finished the season with their first participation in The Varsity Cup Championship, where they finished in the top 8.

Halls of honor

* University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor * University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor

Championships

NCAA team championships

Texas has won 60 NCAA team national championships. *Men's (28) **

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(6): 1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005 **

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(4): 1971, 1972, 2012, 2022 **

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(1): 2022 **

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(16): 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2025 **

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(1): 2019 *Women's (32) **

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(1): 1986 ** Cross country (1): 1986 **

(6): 1986, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006 **

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(5): 1986, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2023 **

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(3): 2021, 2022, 2024 **

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(1): 2025 **

(7): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 **

(4): 1993, 1995, 2021, 2022 **

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(4): 1988, 2012, 2022, 2023 *See also: ** Big 12 Conference national team titles **

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Other national team championships

Below are 9 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA: * Men's (4) **Football (4): 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 * Women's (5) **Outdoor Track and Field (1): 1982 (

) **Swimming and Diving (2): 1981, 1982 (AIAW) **Volleyball (1): 1981 (AIAW) **Beach volleyball (1): 2008 (

) *See also: **

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Conference championships

:Baseball (80 regular season titles; 16 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943*, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951*, 1952, 1953*, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963*, 1965, 1966*, 1967*, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972*, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986*, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 :* ''Tournament'': 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015 :Basketball (25 regular season titles; 4 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1939, 1943*, 1947, 1951*, 1954*, 1960, 1963, 1965*, 1972*, 1974, 1978*, 1979*, 1986*, 1992*, 1994, 1995*, 1999, 2006*, 2008* :* ''Tournament'': 1994, 1995, 2021, 2023 :Men's Cross Country (33) :* 1920, 1923, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933*, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1991, 1993, 1994* :Fencing (5) :* 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949 ''(discontinued in 1957)'' :Football (33) :* 1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1952, 1953*, 1959*, 1961*, 1962, 1963, 1968*, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975*, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1994*, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2023 :Men's Golf (48) :* 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974*, 1975*, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024 :Men's Swimming & Diving (66) :* 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944*, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 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 :Men's Tennis (30 regular season titles; 8 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1915, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1994*, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008*, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 :* ''Tournament'': 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2024 :Men's Indoor Track & Field (15) :* 1974, 1975, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 :Men's Outdoor Track & Field (56) :* 1915, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 :Women's Basketball (13 regular season titles; 12 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2023 :* ''Tournament'': 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2022, 2024 :Women's Cross Country (4) :* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 :Women's Golf (18) :* 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 :Women's Soccer (2 regular season title; 4 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 2001, 2022 :* ''Tournament'': 2006, 2007, 2023, 2024 :Softball (5 regular season titles; 4 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2024 :* ''Tournament'': 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 :Women's Swimming and Diving (36) :* 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 :Women's Tennis (23 regular season titles; 22 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007*, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 :* ''Tournament'': 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 :Women's Indoor Track & Field (25) :* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 :Women's Outdoor Track & Field (24) :* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 :Volleyball (29 regular season titles; 3 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2007*, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 :* ''Tournament'': 1992, 1993, 1995 * Denotes shared conference title
† Denotes an

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hip. The University of Texas began

and

competition in women's sports for the 1982–83 season.

Rivalries

The university's biggest rival is

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. However, in football, Texas considers the

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to be a more significant rival. According to Bill Little, the Longhorns' assistant athletic director, the rivalry against A&M is "based on respect", while the rivalry against Oklahoma is "based on anger". Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of the Longhorns in various sports. This list includes several other colleges in Texas, such as Texas Christian, Baylor,

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, and

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Arkansas Razorbacks

Texas is also one of the biggest rivals of the

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, which may be attributed to their long tenure as the two eponymous state schools of the former

, or to the 1969 game between the two, which decided the national championship in favor of the Longhorns.

Oklahoma Sooners

Texas has a long-standing, bitter rivalry with the

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. The football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma is commonly known as the " Red River Shootout" and is held annually in

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, Texas, at the Cotton Bowl. This name has come to refer to the two schools' contests in other major team sports as well. Since 2005, the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the "SBC Red River Rivalry" (changed to AT&T Red River Rivalry in 2006 when SBC changed its corporate name to AT&T), a move which has been criticized both for its

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and its

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. In recent years, this rivalry has taken on added significance, since both football programs have been highly ranked and compete in the same division of the Big 12 conference. In 2005, ''

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'' did an opinion poll of the 119 Division 1A football coaches as to the nations top

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in college football. The Texas–Oklahoma game was ranked third.

Texas A&M Aggies

The annual football game with Texas A&M usually took place on the weekend of

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each year, though it was moved to the first weekend in December in 1994 due to A&M's TV restriction during probation. In either case, the Texas-Texas A&M game was the last regular-season contest for each team. The Longhorns lead the series, 76–37–5. In an attempt to generate more attention for the rivalry in sports other than football, in 2004 the two schools started the Lone Star Showdown, which began as a two-year trial program and has continued ever since. Essentially, each time the two schools meet in a sport, the winner of the matchup gets a point. In sports wherein the teams meet twice one half point is awarded for a victory. If more contests than two occur, such as in baseball, the series winner gets one point. At the end of the year, the school with the most points wins the series and receives a trophy. In the event of a tie the current holder retains the trophy as did A&M after the '08–'09 season. Texas leads the series 6–2. Aspects of the rivalry include: * Each school mentions the other in their fight song (Texas with "and it's goodbye to A&M" in " Texas Fight", and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the

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, which is the only verse typically sung) * The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football. From 1900 to 2011, the last regular season football game was usually reserved for their matchup. * Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire and the Hex Rally * Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the

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after wins over Texas A&M. * In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots. With Texas A&M's move to the

, the Lone Star Showdown's final game was played on November 24, 2011, at Kyle Field. The Longhorns won, 27–25, on a last-second field goal. The 2011 game marked the end of a 118-year Thanksgiving Day tradition. With the Longhorns set to join the Southeastern Conference no later than July 1, 2024, the rivalry will resume as a conference game.

Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Longhorns and Red Raiders football teams compete annually for a traveling trophy called the Chancellor's Spurs. The exchange began in 1996, and the Longhorns lead the football series, 55–18.

Rice Owls

A long-standing and historic rivalry with the

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, which has been largely dominated by Texas, has been played since 1914. The game is still played frequently, with Texas winning the latest matchup 37–10 (2023). The Owls most recent victory in the rivalry came in 1994 when they won 19–17 at Rice Stadium, they would also go on to win the Southwest Conference that year. There are currently no future games scheduled in the series.

Facilities

Major sporting facilities and their main uses include: * Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium — football *

— basketball ** * Denton A. Cooley Pavilion — basketball practice facility * UFCU Disch-Falk Field — baseball * Mike A. Myers Stadium — soccer; track and field *

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— softball *

— volleyball *

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— swimming and diving * Texas Tennis Center — tennis * Texas Rowing Center — rowing * The University of Texas Golf Club — golf In addition, the University of Texas has numerous practice, training, and intramural facilities.

Traditions

The University of Texas many traditions which associated with athletics events, especially football. Some Longhorn traditions include: * Bevo – the school mascot, a live

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steer present for football games and other special events. It is a common misconception that the mascot's name came from Texas students altering a 13–0 branding a group of Aggies gave the steer. Bevo received his name several months before the Aggies could vandalize the steer in a Texas alumni magazine. His name came from the slang term for a steer that is destined to become food, ''beeve'', and in a common practice for the 1900s and 1910s, an "O" was added at the end, similar to Groucho or Harpo Marx. * Big Bertha – claimed by the university to be the world's largest drum, however Purdue University makes a similar claim about their drum. * Hook 'em Horns – the school

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, was introduced at a pep rally in 1955.

featured the Hook 'em Horns symbol in front of a Texas pennant on the cover of their September 10, 1973 issue. * " Texas Fight" – the school fight song. * Texas! – Fight! cheer – one side of the stadium yells "Texas!" and then the other side yells "Fight!"; this is usually repeated several times. * ''Script Texas'' – half-time routine by the Longhorn Band. * Smokey the Cannon – fired in celebration on game day at the moment of kickoff and after Texas scores. *

— nicknamed ''The Showband of the Southwest''. * World's Largest Texas Flag — run on the field prior to home football games, bowl games, and other sporting events. It is also dropped from the President's Balcony during pep rallies. It is owned by the UT Alpha Rho chapter of

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. * Lighting the

(also known as the Main Building) — in orange for various types of sporting victories and, after national championship victories, windows are lit on the Tower to display a large number "1". * "Read the rest" — students from primarily

often taunt Texas students by threatening to "saw off" the horns of Bevo, citing the Bible verse : "I shall cut off the horns of the wicked." As it turns out, that's not the entire verse, and as a response, Texas students tell Aggies to "read the rest". The rest of the verse is "but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up." This appears on shirts, usually with "Hook 'Em" written underneath. Their other primary rivals, the

, generally prefer to show their disdain by inverting the "Hook 'Em" hand sign or Longhorn logo. This gesture has become more common among fans of other teams as well, especially in the Big 12, when they play against Texas, with fans of one Big 12 member,

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, adopting the sign even for games that do not involve Texas.

Merchandise

For nine straight years (2005–2013), Texas was listed as the number one

client in regards to the amount of annual trademark royalties received from the sales of its fan merchandise. Schools that are not members of Collegiate Licensing Company however are not ranked in the listing. Money from merchandising sales goes to the university, as opposed to being earmarked specifically for athletics programs.

TV channel

On January 20, 2011, the UT athletic department announced plans to launch a 24-hour channel devoted entirely to UT sports and academic activities at the University of Texas. This channel, a joint venture with

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, takes advantage of a clause in new

television contracts allowing Texas a bigger share of revenues than the conference's other members; in turn, it was part of the agreement to keep the conference together amidst a full-scale plan by the

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to raid Big 12 members. (The Pac-10 only gained one Big 12 school,

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). Both sides hoped to launch the channel for the 2011–2012 academic year, but needed carriage commitments first. Banners with the name "ESPN Texas" were visible during segments of

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and other programs originating from

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, Texas in the week prior to

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. The channel was launched in August 2011 as the

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. Before its launch, the network had controversial plans to air

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games, an institution throughout the state of Texas. Currently, the state's governing body for public high school sports, the

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, prohibits live game telecasts on Friday nights. It had also been speculated that any telecast on the new channel, regardless of when it aired, could violate

rules against unfair recruiting inducements. This was especially an issue for Texas A&M; in fact, the plans for the network to air high school games directly led to A&M's decision in July 2011 to leave the Big 12 for the SEC. The Big 12 then approved a temporary rule in August 2011 banning the planned high school telecasts, and within two weeks, the NCAA ruled that no school or conference network could broadcast high school games, ending that particular controversy.

Boosters

The University of Texas is known to have a big group of powerful boosters that help support a third of the budget of the athletics department. The main people known to be involved are: * W.A. "Tex" Moncrief *

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* Mike A. Myers * Frank Denius * B. M. "Mack" Rankin Jr. * Jim Bob Moffett * Robert Rowling

References

External links

* {{Texas sports