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American college football season
1996 Texas Longhorns football Conference Big 12 Conference Division South Division Coaches No. 23 AP No. 23 1996 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 (Capacity: 75,512)Seasons
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 FSN W 40–1070,613
September 7 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State * No. 8 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX PPV W 41–769,762
September 21 11:00 a.m. No. 9 Notre Dame * No. 6 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC L 24–2783,312
September 28 6:30 p.m. at No. 19 Virginia * No. 13 ESPN L 13–3745,100
October 5 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma State No. 23 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FSN W 71–1467,414
October 12 2:30 p.m. vs. Oklahoma No. 25 ABC L 27–30 OT 75,587
October 26 1:30 p.m. at No. 8 Colorado ABC L 24–2851,100
November 2 2:30 p.m. Baylor Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC W 28–2375,482
November 9 6:00 p.m. at Texas Tech FSN W 38–3250,607
November 16 11:30 a.m. at Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS FSN W 38–1730,500
November 29 10:00 a.m. Texas A&M Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) ABC W 51–1581,887
December 7 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 3 Nebraska ABC W 37–2763,109
January 1, 1997 7:30 p.m. vs. No. 7 Penn State * No. 20 CBS L 15–3865,106
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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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
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
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 7Location: Trans World Dome , St. Louis, Missouri Game attendance: 63,109
References [ ]
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