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'{{Short description|Intercollegiate sports teams of the University of Texas at Austin}} {{About|the athletics programs of the University of Texas at Austin|the cattle breed|Texas Longhorn|other uses of Longhorn|Longhorn (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox college athletics | name = Texas Longhorns | logo = Texas Longhorns logo.svg | logo_width = 200 | university = [[University of Texas at Austin]] | association = NCAA | conference = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] | division = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]) | director = [[Chris Del Conte]] | location = [[Austin, Texas]] | teams = 21 | stadium = [[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium]] | baseballfield = [[Disch-Falk Field]] |softballstadium=[[Red and Charline McCombs Field]]|soccerstadium=[[Mike A. Myers Stadium]]| basketballarena = [[Moody Center]] |volleyballarena=[[Gregory Gymnasium]]| arena2 = {{plainlist| *[[Gregory Gymnasium]] (volleyball) *[[Mike A. Myers Stadium]] (track & field; soccer) *[[Red and Charline McCombs Field]] (softball)}} | mascot = [[Bevo (mascot)|Bevo]] and [[Hook 'em (mascot)|Hook 'em]] | nickname = [[Texas Longhorn|Longhorns]] | fightsong = [[Texas Fight]] | pageurl = http://www.texassports.com/ }} [[File:SEC logo in Texas colors.svg|thumb|SEC logo in Texas colors]] The '''Texas Longhorns''' are the [[ college athletics in the United States| athletic]] teams representing the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. The teams are sometimes referred to as the '''Horns''' and take their name from [[Texas Longhorn|Longhorn cattle]] that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the state of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas State Symbols |url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols.html|publisher=[[Texas State Library and Archives Commission]]|access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> 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 (mascot)|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.<ref>[http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/longhorn_university_of_texas_nickname/ Barry Popik's archives] ''Longhorn (University of Texas nickname)'' Accessed September 9, 2006.</ref> The University of Texas at Austin is the flagship institution of the [[University of Texas System]]. 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 ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. Texas was also listed as the number one [[Collegiate Licensing Company]] client from 2005 to 2013 in regards to the amount of annual [[royalties#Trademark royalties|trademark royalties]] received from the sales of its fan merchandise.<ref name="CLC 2013" /> Until Athletic Director [[Chris Del Cunte]] altered the organizational structure of the athletic department in 2017,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hookem.com/story/chris-del-conte-takes-will-texas-womens-athletics-impacted/ |title=As Chris Del Conte takes over, how will Texas women's athletics be impacted? |agency=[[Austin American-Statesman]]}}</ref> 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 [[University of Tennessee]],<ref>{{cite news |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3112264 |title=Arkansas to merge men's, women's athletic programs |agency= [[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=December 31, 2008 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> merged its men's and women's athletic departments at the end of the 2011–12 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6645026 |title=Joan Cronan named Vols' interim AD |first=Chris |last=Low |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=June 9, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2011 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> {{toclimit|3}} ==Varsity sports== {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em;" |- {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Texas Longhorns|Men's sports|Women's sports}} |- | [[Texas Longhorns baseball|Baseball]] || [[Texas Longhorns women's basketball|Basketball]] |- |[[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Basketball]] |Beach volleyball |- | [[Texas Longhorns men's cross country|Cross country]] || [[Texas Longhorns women's cross country|Cross country]] |- | [[Texas Longhorns football|Football]] || [[Texas Longhorns women's golf|Golf]] |- | [[Texas Longhorns men's golf|Golf]] || Rowing |- | [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|Swimming & diving]] || [[Texas Longhorns women's soccer|Soccer]] |- | [[Texas Longhorns men's tennis|Tennis]] || [[Texas Longhorns softball|Softball]] |- | [[Texas Longhorns men's track and field|Track and field]]^† || [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|Swimming & diving]] |- | || [[Texas Longhorns women's tennis|Tennis]] |- | || [[Texas Longhorns women's track and field|Track and field]]^† |- | || [[Texas Longhorns volleyball|Volleyball]] |- | colspan="2" style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Texas Longhorns}}" | {{small|† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.}} |} A charter member of the [[Southwest Conference]] until its dissolution in 1996, the Texas Longhorns competed in the [[Big 12 Conference]] until 2024. The Texas Longhorns joined the [[Southeastern Conference]] for the 2024–2025 season with the University of Oklahoma for a reported $100 million,<ref>https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10065042-texas-oklahoma-to-join-sec-in-2024-schools-owe-big-12-combined-100m-exit-fee</ref> as a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]. The school's colors are officially Orange (Pantone 159) and White, with [[Burnt Orange (color)|Burnt Orange]] — also known as Texas Orange – being the specific shade of orange used.<ref>[http://www.utsystem.edu/borminutes/1970-1999/7-70meeting681.pdf Board of Regents Meeting Minutes, p.43-44 – July 31, 1970] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304030914/http://www.utsystem.edu/borminutes/1970-1999/7-70meeting681.pdf |date=March 4, 2006 }} ''[[The University of Texas System]]''. Accessed February 27, 2006.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040903222018/http://fpdi.setasign.de/examples/fpditest.php?f=19 The University of Texas Style Guidelines] – signed by Texas president [[Larry Faulkner]]. Accessed February 27, 2006.</ref> [[University of Texas Longhorn Band|The University of Texas Longhorn Band]] performs the alma mater as well as the university fight song ("[[Texas Fight]]") at various sporting events. Over the years, Longhorn sports teams have won 56 total national championships,<ref>[http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=101 Texas Longhorns Championships History: National Champions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224084352/http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=101 |date=February 24, 2007 }} ''TexasSports.com''. March 20, 2007</ref> 47 of which are NCAA National Championships.<ref>[https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html Schools with the Most National Championships] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419050813/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/champs_listing1.html |date=April 19, 2008 }} [[NCAA]]. Fall 2006</ref> The University of Texas currently fields a varsity team in nine men's sports and 12 women's sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texassports.com/ |title=TexasSports.com |publisher=TexasSports.com |date=2012-06-12 |access-date=2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shipley |first1=Amy |title=PLAYING FIELD LEVELS AT TEXAS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/07/06/playing-field-levels-at-texas/f571d66e-e905-4034-8751-722c7aa6c76d/ |access-date=2 June 2019 |date=6 July 1997}}</ref> ===Football=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns football}} [[File:Memorial Stadium Pregame.JPG|thumb|[[Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium]] with a view of the [[Godzillatron]]]] Two Texas Longhorn running backs have won college football's most prestigious individual award, the [[Heisman Trophy]]: [[Earl Campbell]] (1977) and [[Ricky Williams]] (1998). Seventeen Longhorn players and two Longhorn coaches have been inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.collegefootball.org/halloffamers.php |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20031221105028/http://collegefootball.org/halloffamers.php |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2003-12-21 |title= College Football Hall of Fame |publisher= Collegefootball.org |access-date=2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> while four are enshrined in the [[NFL Hall of Fame|Pro Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/colleges.html Colleges – Pro Football Hall of Fame] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714155819/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/colleges.html |date=July 14, 2007 }}</ref> [[:Category:Texas Longhorns football players|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' [[College football's ten most victorious programs|all-time record]] is 891–359–33 (.709). Only the [[University of Michigan]] has won more games and a greater percentage of games played than Texas,<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/misc/div_ia_wins.php Division I-A All-Time Wins] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122175745/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/misc/div_ia_wins.php |date=January 22, 2009 }}. College Football Database.</ref> which recorded its 800th victory with the Longhorns' 41–38 win over the [[2005 USC Trojans football team|USC Trojans]] in the [[2006 Rose Bowl|2006 BCS National Championship Game]] at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|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 [[seating capacity]] of 100,119.<ref name="DKR attendance">{{cite news |url= http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=37&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=29&change_well_id=2 |title= Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium |publisher= Mack Brown Texas Football |access-date= September 22, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060905003649/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=37&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=29&change_well_id=2 |archive-date=September 5, 2006 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> 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<ref>Young, Meghan. [https://archive.today/20070714220240/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/11/10/TopStories/Regents.Approve.Stadium.Upgrades-1052740.shtml Regents approve stadium upgrades] November 10, 2005 ''[[The Daily Texan]]''.</ref> and the nation's first high definition video display in a collegiate facility nicknamed "[[Godzillatron]]."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=2078&change_well_id=2 |title= Longhorns choose Daktronics for HD video display |publisher=Mackbrown-texasfootball.com |access-date=2012-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080612222321/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=2078&change_well_id=2 |archive-date= June 12, 2008 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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<ref name="DKR Facts">{{cite web |url= http://www.texassports.com/facilities/royal-memorial-stadium.html |title= Official website of University of Texas Athletics – Texas Longhorns – Facilities |publisher= TexasSports.com |access-date= 2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all |archive-date= October 28, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101028130735/http://www.texassports.com/facilities/royal-memorial-stadium.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> saw #3-ranked Texas beat Kansas 51–20<ref name="All-Time Results">{{cite web |url= http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html |title= Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football |publisher= Mack Brown Texas Football |access-date= 2012-06-24 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101101042752/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html |archive-date= November 1, 2010 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> on November 21, 2009. ====Championships and bowls==== *[[NCAA Division I-A national football championship|National championships]] (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): :<u>Major bowl games:</u> :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 :<u>Second-tier bowl games:</u> :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 {{LonghornsFootball}} ===Men's basketball=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns men's basketball}} [[File:Frank Erwin Center Basketball.JPG|thumb|The [[Frank Erwin Center]] during a Texas basketball game]] The University of Texas began [[Varsity team|varsity]] intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1906.<ref name="Timeline">{{Cite news |title=Timeline: A history of Texas basketball |work=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |date=November 15, 2005 |url=http://www.statesman.com/horns/content/sports/stories/longhorns/11/15timeline.html |access-date=April 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101162029/http://www.statesman.com/horns/content/sports/stories/longhorns/11/15timeline.html |archive-date=January 1, 2007 }}</ref> The Longhorns rank 18th in total victories among all [[NCAA Division I]] [[college basketball]] programs and 25th in all-time [[Winning percentage|win percentage]] among programs with at least 60 years in Division I, with an all-time win–loss record of 1791–1088 ({{Winning percentage|1791|1088}}).<ref name="NCAA Record Book 71">{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2019/D1.pdf |title=NCAA 2018–19 Men's Basketball Record Book |work=NCAASports.com |page=71 |access-date=November 10, 2018 }}</ref> Among Big 12 Conference men's basketball programs, Texas is second only to [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]] in both all-time wins and all-time win percentage.<ref name="NCAA Record Book 71" /> The Longhorns have won 27 total conference championships in men's basketball and have made 34 total appearances in the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] (11th-most appearances all time, with a 35–37 overall record),<ref name="Tournament history">{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_final4/2015/Book.pdf |title=NCAA 2015 Men's Final Four Record Book |work=NCAASports.com |pages=41–55 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072618/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_final4/2015/Book.pdf |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}</ref> reaching the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Final Four]] three times (1943, 1947, 2003) and the [[Elite Eight|NCAA regional finals]] (Elite Eight) seven times.<ref name="Cumulative Stats">{{Cite web |url=http://www.texassports.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2014 |title=2014–2015 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics |work=texassports.com |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413070958/http://www.texassports.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2014 |archive-date=April 13, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Fact 6">{{cite web |url=http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf |title=2014–15 Texas Basketball Fact Book |work=texassports.com |page=6 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108141306/http://texassports_com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2014/11/12/2014_15_Texas_Basketball_Fact_Book.pdf |archive-date=January 8, 2015 }}</ref> As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Texas ranks sixth among all [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] men's basketball programs for total NCAA Tournament games won without having won the national championship (35), trailing [[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball|Kansas State]] (37), [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame]] (38), [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue]] (39), [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illinois]] (40), and [[Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball|Oklahoma]] (41).<ref name="Tournament history" /><ref name="2015 bracket">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/basketball-men/d1 |title=2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Bracket |work=ncaa.com |access-date=April 30, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419144829/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/basketball-men/d1 |archive-date=April 19, 2015 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=741 |title= Harris Vault |publisher=Harris Interactive |access-date= 2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> ====Championships==== *Pre-[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] [[Premo-Porretta Power Poll|Premo-Porretta]] national championships (1):<ref>{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[ESPN Books]]|location=New York|year=2009|page=542|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}</ref> :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=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns 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 [[Moody Center]]. 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=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns baseball}} The [[Texas Longhorns baseball|Texas Longhorns]] are the winningest team in [[college baseball]] history, both in terms of total wins and in terms of win percentage.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} Texas holds the records for most appearances in the [[College World Series]] (35) and most individual [[College World Series|CWS]] games won. The Longhorns have won six [[College World Series|NCAA baseball national championships]] (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, and 2005) — second only to [[University of Southern California|Southern California]]'s total of 12 – and have appeared in the [[College World Series|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 [[Major League Baseball]] include [[Roger Clemens]], [[Bibb Falk]], [[Ron Gardenhire]], [[Calvin Schiraldi]], [[Burt Hooton]], [[Keith Moreland]], [[Spike Owen]], [[Greg Swindell]], [[Huston Street]], [[Omar Quintanilla]], [[Taylor Teagarden]], [[Sam LeCure]] and [[Drew Stubbs]]. From 1997 to 2016, the Longhorns were led by head coach [[Augie Garrido]], the winningest coach in [[college baseball|NCAA baseball]] history.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.texassports.com/news/2016/5/30/garrido-accepts-position-as-special-assistant-to-athletics-director-relinquishes-duties-as-texas-baseball-coach.aspx |title= Garrido accepts position as Special Assistant to Athletics Director, relinquishes duties as Baseball coach |work= TexasSports.com |date= May 30, 2016 |access-date= January 21, 2017}}</ref> The team plays its home games at [[Disch-Falk Field]]. ====Championships==== * [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|National championships]] (6): :[[1949 College World Series|1949]], [[1950 College World Series|1950]], [[1975 College World Series|1975]], [[1983 College World Series|1983]], [[2002 College World Series|2002]], [[2005 College World Series|2005]] * 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=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns softball}} [[File:UT softball 2007.jpg|thumb|The Longhorns softball team gets the final [[strikeout]] to win over Penn State, February 15, 2008]] 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==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Player ! Position ! Year(s) |- | [[Cat Osterman]] | Pitcher | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 |- | Blaire Luna | Pitcher | 2010, 2011 |- | Nikki Cockrell | Second Base | 1998, 1999 |- | Autumn Estes | Outfield | 1999 |- | Lindsay Gardner | Second base | 2000 |- | Jodi Reeves | Shortstop | 1998 |- | Christa Williams | Pitcher | 1997, 1998, 1999 |} ====Championships==== * Conference championships (5): :2002, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2024 *Conference tournament championships (4): :1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 ===Men's golf=== {{main|Texas Longhorns 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 [[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships|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 (golfer)|Ed White]] (1935), [[Ben Crenshaw]] (1971, 1972, and 1973), [[Tom Kite]] (1972), and [[Justin Leonard]] (1994). Longhorns who have won the [[U.S. Amateur]] include Justin Leonard and [[David Gossett]]. Two-time [[U.S. Junior Amateur]] champion and [[Men's major golf championships#Major championship winners|three-time major winner]] [[Jordan Spieth]] played for the Longhorns golf team in 2011 and 2012. In 2022, Longhorn alum [[Scottie Scheffler]] won the [[Masters Tournament]] and reached World No.1 in the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] in March 2022. Besides [[Men's major golf championships|Majors]]-winners Kite, Crenshaw, Leonard and Spieth, a number of other former Longhorn players have gone on to win on the PGA Tour, including: [[Phil Blackmar]], [[Mark Brooks (golfer)|Mark Brooks]], [[Jhonattan Vegas]], [[Bob Estes]], [[Wes Ellis]], [[Harrison Frazar]], [[Cody Gribble]], [[Rik Massengale]], [[Wes Short Jr.]], and [[Brandel Chamblee]]. In addition, Longhorns [[Brandon Stone]] and [[Dylan Frittelli]] have each achieved multiple wins on the [[European Tour]]. Legendary golf instructor [[Harvey Penick]] was a long-time coach at Texas. The team is currently coached by John Fields.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://texassports.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/2019-20#sidearm-roster-coaches |title= Texas Longhorns Men's Golf – 2019–20 roster |access-date= May 26, 2020 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> ====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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns 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 [[Deborah Petrizzi]] won the [[AIAW]] national intercollegiate [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Individual|individual golf championship]]; and [[Charlotta Sörenstam]] and [[Heather Bowie]] won in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Former players [[Betsy Rawls]] and [[Sherri Steinhauer]] 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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Tennis Year-by-Year Results |url=https://texassports.com/sports/2013/8/30/MTEN_0830134144.aspx |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web |title=News Archives Year-by-Year Results All-Americans Champions Fan Guide Men's Tennis Alumni: Submit your contact info Team Shop Skip to Main Content Play Video No. 2 Men's Tennis heads to the NCAA Championship semifinals 05.16.2019 Men's Tennis No. 2 Men's Tennis heads to the NCAA Championship semifinals |url=https://texassports.com/news/2019/5/16/no-2-mens-tennis-heads-the-ncaa-championship-semifinals.aspx |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref> In March 2019 tennis head coach Michael Center was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit [[mail fraud]] as part of the [[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/longhorns-tennis-coach-michael-center-fired-after-arrest/269-38210be5-171a-4229-b3fd-7677f9d00929|title = Longhorns tennis coach Michael Center fired after arrest|date = March 13, 2019}}</ref> 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==== <ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Tennis Champions |url=https://texassports.com/sports/2015/5/29/MTEN_0529150932.aspx |access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> *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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns 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.<ref>{{cite book |title=2017-18 Texas Women's Tennis Factbook |date=2017 |url=https://texassports.com/documents/2017/9/12/16_17_wtn_factbook.pdf |access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> ====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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns men's track and field}} The men's program is coached by [[Edrick Floréal]]. 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 [[United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 US Olympic team]], and [[Clyde Littlefield]] (Texas coach, 1920–60), the 1925 co-founder of the annual [[Texas Relays]]. 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 [[Ryan Crouser]] (United States, gold, shot put, 2016), [[Leonel Manzano]] (United States, silver, 1500 meters, 2012), [[Winthrop Graham]] (Jamaica, silver, 400m hurdles, 1992 and 4 × 400 m relay, 1988), [[Patrick Sang]] ([[Kenya]], silver, 3000m steeplechase, 1992), [[Du'aine Ladejo]] (Great Britain, bronze, 4 × 400 m relay, 1992), [[Lam Jones]] (USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1976), [[Eddie Southern]] (USA, silver, 400m hurdles, 1956), and [[Dean Smith (sprinter)]] (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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns women's track and field}} The women's program is coached by [[Edrick Floréal]]. Other notable coaches have included [[Beverly Kearney]], who guided the [[Lady Longhorns]] to six [[NCAA]] Championships: [[NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships|Indoor Championships]] in 1998, 1999, and 2006, and [[NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Outdoor Championships]] in 1998, 1999, and 2005; and Terry Crawford, whose teams won [[NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship|Indoor Championships]] in 1986, 1988, and 1990, and [[NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship|Outdoor Championships]] in 1982 and 1986. Crawford's athletes also won the 1986 [[NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship|Women's Cross Country Championship]]. The program's first title was the 1982 [[AIAW]] 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]] (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]] ([[Jamaica]], 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), [[Carlette Guidry]] (USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1992 and 1996), [[Juliet Cuthbert]] (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 [[The Bowerman]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ustfccca.org/2016/12/featured/courtney-okolo-wins-the-bowerman-award |title= Courtney Okolo Wins The Bowerman ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes |work=[[U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association]] |access-date= 2018-12-31 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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 [[400 meters]], 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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns men's cross country}} The men's cross country team has 33 [[Southwest Conference]] championships and has placed as high as 3rd in the [[NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship]]. The [[1956 NCAA Cross Country Championships|1956]] individual championship was won by [[Walter McNew]] with a time of 19:55.94.<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_cross_country_champs_records/2013-14/DIMCC.pdf |work=NCAA |publisher=NCAA.org |access-date=December 30, 2014 |pages=7–9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012359/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_cross_country_champs_records/2013-14/DIMCC.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> ====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=== {{main|Texas Longhorns women's cross country}} The women's cross country team has 4 [[Southwest Conference]] championships and won the [[1986 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|1986 NCAA Cross Country Championship]]. ====Championships==== *National Championships (1) :1986 *Conference Championships (4) :1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 ===Volleyball=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns volleyball}} Texas won the [[NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship|1988, 2012, 2022, and 2023 NCAA National Championships]], with runner-up finishes in 1995, 2009, 2015, 2016 and 2020. They also won an [[AIAW Champions|AIAW]] national championship in 1981. The team is currently coached by [[Jerritt Elliott]] and plays home games in [[Gregory Gymnasium]]. 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 [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Nebraska]]. Texas broke Nebraska's three-year streak of winning the title outright. They also earned the programs first [[AVCA]] 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=== {{Main|Texas Longhorns swimming and diving}} Texas has won fifteen national titles in men's swimming and diving (1981, 1988–1991, 1996, 2000–2002, 2010, 2015–18, 2021) 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 [[Eddie Reese]] 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 [[Summer Olympic Games]] for the United States and other home nations. The swim team was first developed under Coach [[Tex Robertson]].<ref name="tc">{{cite web |url=http://www.tsdhof.org/bio-Tex%20Robertson.html |title= Biography – Tex Robertson |access-date= May 24, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101129163045/http://www.tsdhof.org/bio-Tex%20Robertson.html |archive-date= November 29, 2010 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> ====Men's championships==== *National Championships (15): :1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 *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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kvue.com/story/sports/2014/05/28/2463290/ |title= UT Rowing coach announces retirement |date= May 22, 2014 |access-date= February 4, 2015 |df= mdy-all |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150204193512/http://www.kvue.com/story/sports/2014/05/28/2463290/ |archive-date= February 4, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.chatsports.com/texas-longhorns/a/Texas-rowing-hires-Cals-ONeill-0-10020924 |title= Texas rowing hires Cal's O'Neill |date= June 26, 2014 |access-date= February 4, 2015 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=No. 4 Rowing makes history, places second at NCAA Championships |url=https://texassports.com/news/2019/6/2/no-4-rowing-makes-history-places-second-at-ncaa-championships.aspx |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref> *National Championships (3): :2021, 2022, 2024 *Conference Championships (10): :2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 ===Soccer=== {{main|Texas Longhorns women's 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Texas Soccer Factbook |url= https://s3.amazonaws.com/texassports_com/documents/2016/8/11/FINAL_Texas_Soccer_Factbook.pdf |access-date=10 March 2019 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> ====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 [[Varsity Cup Championship]]. The Longhorns rugby program has been improving in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.utrugby.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 |title=About Us |publisher=UT Rugby |access-date=2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> Texas rugby has instituted a combine to identify the most elite athletes on campus with an eye towards recruiting them to play rugby.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports/2012/01/26/club-rugby-prepares-championships |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120730121122/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/sports/2012/01/26/club-rugby-prepares-championships |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2012-07-30 |title= The Daily Texan, Club rugby prepares for championships |work=[[The Daily Texan]] |date= 2012-01-27 |access-date= 2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> The increasing popularity of rugby in the United States and the announcement that rugby would return to the [[Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] led Texas to upgrade the designation of its rugby program from club to Olympic.<ref>[http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sportsweek/20120527_Rugby.html Philadelphia Sportsweek, College rugby a perfect fit for Philly, May 27, 2012] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2012/01/texas-rugby-eyes-national-championships-endows-scholarship/ |title= The Alcalde, Texas Rugby Eyes Championship, Starts Scholarship |publisher= [[Texas Exes]] |date= January 9, 2012 |access-date=2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rugbyintexas.com/?p=1378 |title=Rugby in Texas, UT Wins SWC Crown, Tech Takes D-II |publisher=Rugbyintexas.com |date=March 26, 2012 |access-date=2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> Texas won the 2012 Southwest 7s tournament to qualify for the 2012 [[USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships]].<ref>Rugby Mag, Texas Wins Southwest 7s, Oct. 21, 2012, {{cite web |url=http://www.rugbymag.com/news/colleges/collegiate-sevens/6170-texas-wins-southwest-7s.html |title=Texas Wins Southwest 7s |access-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908190153/http://rugbymag.com/news/colleges/collegiate-sevens/6170-texas-wins-southwest-7s.html |archive-date=September 8, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The Longhorns rugby program has been boosted by its participation in the [[Collegiate Rugby Championship]], the highest profile [[college rugby]] competition in the US, which is broadcast live on NBC. In the [[2011 Collegiate Rugby Championship|2011 CRC]], Texas defeated [[Big 12]] 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."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2555:15-teams-invited-to-2012-crc&catid=73:collegiate-sevens&Itemid=91 |title=Rugby Mag, 15 Teams Invited to 2012 CRC|publisher=Rugbymag.com |date=2011-11-03 |access-date= 2012-06-24 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> In the [[2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship|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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oxford|first=Justin|title=Texas Rugby Finishes #12 in the Nation in 7s!! |url=http://utrugby.com/texas-rugby-finishes-12-in-the-nation-in-7s/|publisher=UT Rugby|access-date=29 April 2014 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last= Oxford |first= Justin |title= Disciplined Navy Sails Past Rattled Texas |url= http://utrugby.com/disciplined-navy-sails-past-a-rattled-texas/ |publisher=UT Rugby |access-date= 29 April 2014 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> {| border="2" style="border:1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin:1em 1em 1em 3pt; background:rgb(230, 230, 230) none repeat scroll 0; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:95%; text-align:center; float:right;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" |- ! style="background:#fff;"| ! style="background:gold;"| [[Gold medal|Gold]] ! style="background:silver;"| [[Silver medal|Silver]] ! style="background:#c96;"| [[Bronze medal|Bronze]] |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] | 10 | 2 | 2 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] | 9 | 4 | 6 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] | 9 | 9 | 2 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] | 7 | 2 | 3 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] | 5 | 3 | 3 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] | 5 | 4 | 1 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] | 5 | 1 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] | 0 | 1 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] | 2 | 0 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] | 1 | 0 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] | 1 | 0 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] | 1 | 1 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] | 2 | 0 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] | 1 | 0 | 0 |- ! style="background:#c8c8c8;"| Total | 68 | 31 | 18 |} ==Halls of honor== {{see also|Hall of fame}} * University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor<ref>[http://www.texassports.com/hallfame/hall-of-honor.html Men's Athletics Hall of Honor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920010544/http://www.texassports.com/hallfame/hall-of-honor.html |date=September 20, 2011 }}. University of Texas Athletics official website. Retrieved 2011-09-10. "Founded in 1957, the Longhorn Hall of Honor is one of the most cherished athletics traditions at The University of Texas."</ref> * University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor<ref>[http://www.texassports.com/hallfame/womens-hall-of-honor.html Women's Athletics Hall of Honor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920010550/http://www.texassports.com/hallfame/womens-hall-of-honor.html |date=September 20, 2011 }}. University of Texas Athletics official website. Retrieved 2011-09-10. "The UT Women's Athletics Hall of Honor was created in 2000 ...."</ref> ==Championships== [[File:UT Tower 83400355 68b7a5eeb9 o.jpg|thumb|The Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of a national championship team]] ===NCAA team championships=== Texas has won 58 NCAA team national championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |title=Championships summary through Jan. 1, 2022 |date= |website=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) |access-date=2015-02-25 |archive-date=2014-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320185655/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Men's (27)''' **[[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship#Team titles|Baseball]] (6): 1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005 **[[NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships#Team titles|Golf]] (4): 1971, 1972, 2012, 2022 **[[NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Indoor track and field]] (1): 2022 **[[NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships#Team titles|Swimming]] (15): 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 **[[NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships#Team titles|Tennis]] (1): 2019 *'''Women's (31)''' **[[NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship#Team titles|Basketball]] (1): 1986 **[[NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship#Team titles|Cross country]] (1): 1986 **[[NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Indoor track and field]] (6): 1986, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006 **[[NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Team titles|Outdoor track and field]] (5): 1986, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2023 **[[NCAA Division I Rowing Championship#Team titles|Rowing]] (3): 2021, 2022, 2024 **[[NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships#Team titles|Swimming]] (7): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 **[[NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship#Teams titles|Tennis]] (4): 1993, 1995, 2021, 2022 **[[NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship#Team titles|Volleyball]] (4): 1988, 2012, 2022, 2023 *See also: **[[Big 12 Conference#National team titles by institution|Big 12 Conference national team titles]] **[[List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships#NCAA Division I Team Championships|List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships]] ===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 ([[AIAW]]) **Swimming and Diving (2): 1981, 1982 (AIAW) **Volleyball (1): 1981 (AIAW) **Beach volleyball (1): 2008<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222024716/http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1436770|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-02-22|url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1436770|title=Volleyball Field Set for Collegiate Nationals |date=9 April 2008|access-date=2014-02-09|quote=Teams from Nebraska, Clemson, San Diego, USC, Texas and Wisconsin will compete for the 2008 Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship ... The Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship features a team-style format with each school fielding four teams of two players. Following the conclusion of the event, one school will be awarded the overall championship. All six teams in this year's competition were ranked in the 2007 CBS College Sports Network/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Final Poll, including third-ranked USC, fifth-ranked Nebraska and sixth-ranked Texas. ... The Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship will adhere strictly to NCAA guidelines for college volleyball. Official 2008 Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship Team Rosters ... TEXAS: '''Jennifer Doris, Ashley Engle, Elizabeth Graham, Kiley Hall, Alyson Jennings, Heather Kisner, Chelsey Klein, Alex Lewis, Michelle Moriarty'''}}</ref> ([[American Volleyball Coaches Association|AVCA]]) *See also: **[[List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships]] ===Conference championships=== {{main|List of Southwest Conference champions|List of Big 12 Conference champions}} <ref>[http://www.texassports.com/trads/conference-championships.html Texas Longhorns Championships History: Conference Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914040533/http://www.texassports.com/trads/conference-championships.html |date=September 14, 2009 }}. ''TexasSports.com.''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/29/GEN_0729130907.aspx?id=330 |title= Conference Championships |website= texassports.com |language= en |access-date= 2018-05-05 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> :'''Baseball''' (78 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 :* ''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''' (47) :* 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 :'''Men's Swimming & Diving''' (60) :* 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 :'''Men's Tennis''' (27) :* 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 :'''Men's Indoor Track & Field''' (13) :* 1974, 1975, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017 :'''Men's Outdoor Track & Field''' (53) :* 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 :'''Women's Basketball''' (12 regular season titles; 11 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004 :* ''Tournament'': 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2022 :'''Women's Cross Country''' (4) :* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 :'''Women's Golf''' (16) :* 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019 :'''Women's Soccer''' (1 regular season title; 2 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 2001 :* ''Tournament'': 2006, 2007 :'''Softball''' (4 regular season titles; 4 tournament titles) :* ''Regular season'': 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010 :* ''Tournament'': 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 :'''Women's Swimming and Diving''' (30) :* 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 :'''Women's Tennis''' (21) :* 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007*, 2012, 2013, 2018 :'''Women's Indoor Track & Field''' (21) :* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 :'''Women's Outdoor Track & Field''' (21) :* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 :'''Volleyball''' (24 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, 2019 :* ''Tournament'': 1992, 1993, 1995 <nowiki>*</nowiki> Denotes shared conference title<br /> † Denotes an [[AIAW Champions]]hip. The University of Texas began [[NCAA]] and [[Southwest Conference]] competition in women's sports for the 1982–83 season. ==Rivalries== The university's biggest rival is [[Texas A&M University]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/texas/ | title=What is Texas' biggest sports rivalry? | magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="dominance">{{cite news |title= Longhorns focus on rivalry with Aggies |url= http://scoreboards.aol.com/football/ncaaf/team/txam/9696/team_news.aspx |publisher=[[AOL Sports]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |year=2005 |access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}{{dead link |date= June 2016 |bot= medic}}{{cbignore |bot= medic}}</ref> However, in football, Texas considers the [[Oklahoma Sooners]] 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".<ref>{{cite news |title= A Red River rivalry – UT's attention has shifted from Texas A&M to Oklahoma |work=[[The Daily Texan]] |date= October 4, 2004 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of the Longhorns in various sports.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=253250251 |title= Longhorns bounce back against rival, Sam Houston |publisher=[[ESPN]] | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Omaha">{{cite news |url= http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=18&url_article_id=4467&change_well_id=2 |title= Texas calls on Omaha architectural firm to build stadium worthy of program |work= TexasSports.com |date= June 18, 2006 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061128022553/http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=18&url_article_id=4467&change_well_id=2 |archive-date= November 28, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2005/03/09/Sports/Texas.Rice.Ensue.Rivalry.At.The.Disch-889558.shtml?norewrite200607111603&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com |title= Texas, Rice, ensue rivalry at the Dish |last= Brown |first= Jacob |work=[[The Daily Texan]] |date= March 9, 2005 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222216/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2005/03/09/Sports/Texas.Rice.Ensue.Rivalry.At.The.Disch-889558.shtml?norewrite200607111603&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="No place else">{{cite news |url= http://static.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls01/s/holiday_uthistory.html |title=No Place Else But Texas |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date= December 26, 2001 |access-date= March 10, 2009}}</ref> This list includes several other colleges in Texas, such as [[Texas Christian University|Texas Christian]], [[Baylor University|Baylor]], [[Rice University|Rice]],<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=cbase/news/BMN3951590.htm |title= Texas sinks rival Baylor in CWS |work= TheSportsNetwork.com |date= June 18, 2005 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}} {{Dead link |date= June 2018 |bot= InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted= no}}</ref> [[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech]],<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2003/03/25/Sports/Womens.Tennis.Finds.Positives.In.Loss.To.Rival.Longhorns-1276329.shtml?norewrite200607111513&sourcedomain=www.dailytoreador.com | archive-url= https://archive.today/20080319145417/http://www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2003/03/25/Sports/Womens.Tennis.Finds.Positives.In.Loss.To.Rival.Longhorns-1276329.shtml?norewrite200607111513&sourcedomain=www.dailytoreador.com |url-status= dead |archive-date= March 19, 2008 |title= Women's tennis finds positives in loss to rival Longhorns |work=[[The Daily Toreador]] |last= Clark |first= Kyle |date= March 25, 2003 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> and [[University of Houston|Houston]].<ref>{{cite web |title= The Cougars and the Longhorns : History and Hatred | publisher=[[Mindspring]] |url= http://www.mindspring.com/~tbgray/texas.htm |access-date= July 11, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060517233959/http://www.mindspring.com/~tbgray/texas.htm |archive-date= May 17, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> ===Arkansas Razorbacks=== {{See also|Arkansas–Texas football rivalry}} Texas is also one of the biggest rivals of the [[University of Arkansas]],<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2003/09/03/Sports/Offense.Using.Bye.Week.To.Prepare.For.Arkansas-456327.shtml?norewrite200607111540&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com |title= Offense using bye week to prepare for Arkansas |work=[[The Daily Texan]] |first= Hale |last= Clint |date= September 3, 2003 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222148/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2003/09/03/Sports/Offense.Using.Bye.Week.To.Prepare.For.Arkansas-456327.shtml?norewrite200607111540&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com |archive-date= September 30, 2007 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> which may be attributed to their long tenure as the two eponymous state schools of the former [[Southwest Conference]], or to the 1969 game between the two, which decided the national championship in favor of the Longhorns.<ref>{{cite news |title= Texas 1969 Champions a Left a Lasting Legacy |url= http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/010406abh.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080320044550/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/010406abh.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= March 20, 2008 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher= CollegeSportsTV.com |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Frei |first= Terry |title= Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming: Texas vs. Arkansas in Dixie's Last Stand | publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year= 2002 |location= USA |isbn= 0-7432-2447-7 }}</ref> ===Oklahoma Sooners=== {{See also|Red River Showdown}} Texas has a long-standing, bitter rivalry with the [[University of Oklahoma]]. The football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma is commonly known as the "[[Red River Shootout]]" and is held annually in [[Dallas]], Texas, at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|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"<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=21762 |title= SBC Companies Extend Sponsorship with Universities of Oklahoma and Texas for the SBC Red River Rivalry |work= ATT.com |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> (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 [[commercialism]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/11/02/Opinioneditorials/From-The.Daily.Adhering.To.Tradition-1426377.shtml?norewrite200607111727&sourcedomain=www.michigandaily.com |title= From the Daily:Adhering to tradition – SBC Sponsor Threatened Game's Integrity |work=[[The Michigan Daily]] |date= July 10, 2006 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201144/http://www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/11/02/Opinioneditorials/From-The.Daily.Adhering.To.Tradition-1426377.shtml?norewrite200607111727&sourcedomain=www.michigandaily.com |archive-date= September 30, 2007 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> and its [[political correctness]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.google.com/search?q=cache:LDb5NWX9aLcJ:www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/3305696+JOSEPH+DUARTE+Chronicle+%22political+correctness%22&hl=en&gl=us |title= Defense's goal is 13 points or less |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date= August 11, 2005 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> In recent years,{{When|date=January 2017}} 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, ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' did an opinion poll of the 119 Division 1A football coaches as to the nations top [[Sports rivalry|rivalry game]] in college football. The Texas–Oklahoma game was ranked third.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/redrivershootout/texas/stories/100705dnspofbwnewrivalrylede.1c8619ce.html |title= UT-OU : Best Rivalry? |work= [[The Dallas Morning News]] |last= Davis |first= Brian |date= October 7, 2005 |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all |archive-date= December 5, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071205174150/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/redrivershootout/texas/stories/100705dnspofbwnewrivalrylede.1c8619ce.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> ===Texas A&M Aggies=== {{See also|Lone Star Showdown|Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry}} The annual football game with Texas A&M usually took place on the weekend of [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] 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]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lonestarshowdown.net/ |title=Lone Star Showdown |access-date= July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> 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]]",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lhb.music.utexas.edu/history/songs_index.html |title=History of School and Fight Songs |work=The University of Texas Longhorn Band website |access-date=July 11, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060615172507/http://lhb.music.utexas.edu/history/songs_index.html |archive-date=June 15, 2006 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the [[Aggie War Hymn]], which is the only verse typically sung)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?&CAT=TRD&pageID=219 | title=The Aggie War Hymn | work=Official Website of Texas A&M Athletics | access-date=July 11, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060522024844/http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?&CAT=TRD&pageID=219 |archive-date = May 22, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> * The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/big12/2005-11-24-texas-preview_x.htm | title= Texas following usual rivalry game routine | author=Wieberg, Steve |work=[[USA Today]] | date=November 24, 2005 | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> From 1900 to 2011, the last regular season football game was usually reserved for their matchup.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=1349&change_well_id=2 | title=All Time Results | work=MackBrownTexasFootball.com | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> * Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the [[Aggie Bonfire]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.studentbonfire.com/ |title=The Bonfire Burns |work=StudentBonfire.com | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> and the [[Hex Rally]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=44&change_well_id=2 | title=Hex Rally | work=MackBrownTexasFootball.com | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> * Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the [[Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin|Tower]] after wins over Texas A&M.<ref>[http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/02oc_issues/oc020129/oc_tower.html University approves new policy for lighting UT Tower] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012032946/http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/02oc_issues/oc020129/oc_tower.html |date=October 12, 2007 }} ''On Campus.'' Accessed December 1, 2005.</ref> * In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=42&change_well_id=2 | author=Nikar, Jim | title=Bevo | work=MackBrownTexasFootball.com | access-date=July 11, 2006 |df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/03/102003-11.html | title=Retired Mascot Reveille VI Euthanized Oct 18 | work=Official website of Texas A&M University | access-date=July 11, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317003650/http://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/03/102003-11.html | archive-date=March 17, 2005 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> With Texas A&M's move to the [[Southeastern Conference]], 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=== {{See also|Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry}} 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=== {{See also|Rice–Texas football rivalry}} A long-standing more historic rivalry with the [[Rice Owls]] that has been largely dominated by Texas since their days in the [[Southwest Conference]] is still played almost annually, with Texas winning the latest matchup (2019 contest) 48–13. The Rice Owls last victory in the rivalry came in 1994 when they beat Texas, 19–17, at [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]] on [[ESPN]] and the Owls went on to win the Southwest Conference that year. ==Facilities== Major sporting facilities and their main uses include: * [[Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium]] — football * [[Moody Center]] — basketball **<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://news.utexas.edu/2018/12/20/world-class-ut-basketball-arena-will-host-longhorns-benefit-austin-community/ |title=World-Class UT Basketball Arena Will Host Longhorns, Benefit Austin Community |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |date=December 20, 2018 |access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref> * [[Denton A. Cooley Pavilion]] — basketball practice facility * [[UFCU Disch-Falk Field]] — baseball * [[Mike A. Myers Stadium]] — soccer; track and field * [[Red and Charline McCombs Field]] — softball * [[Gregory Gymnasium]] — volleyball * [[Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center]] — 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== {{Wikisource|We choose to go to the moon|Kennedy's moon speech – Why does Rice play Texas?}} {{Commons|University of Texas at Austin}} The University of Texas many traditions which associated with athletics events, especially football. Some Longhorn traditions include: * [[Bevo (mascot)|Bevo]] – the school mascot, a live [[Texas Longhorn|Texas longhorn]] 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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bevo.html |title=Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football |publisher=MackBrown-TexasFootball.com |date=February 12, 1917 |access-date=June 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701154223/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/bevo.html |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Big Bertha (drum)|Big Bertha]] – claimed by the university to be the world's largest drum, however Purdue University makes a similar claim about their drum.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} * [[Hook 'em Horns]] – the school [[gesture|hand signal]], was introduced at a pep rally in 1955.<ref>[http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/pages/proudtrads/hookem.html Proud Traditions: Hook 'em Horns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626142217/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/pages/proudtrads/hookem.html |date=June 26, 2006 }} ''Mack Brown Texas Football''.</ref> [[Sports Illustrated]] featured the Hook 'em Horns symbol in front of a Texas pennant on the cover of their September 10, 1973 issue.<ref name="SIone">{{cite magazine| title=No. 1 – Hook 'em Horns! ''Sports Illustrated''|magazine=Sports Illustrated | date=September 10, 1973}}</ref> * "[[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. * [[The University of Texas Longhorn Band]] — 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 [[Alpha Phi Omega]]. * Lighting the [[Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin|Tower]] (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".<ref name="tower lighting">{{cite web | title=University Approves new policy for lighting UT tower | url=http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/02oc_issues/oc020129/oc_tower.html | access-date=September 26, 2008 | work=Office of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin | date=January 29, 2002 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012032946/http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/oncampus/02oc_issues/oc020129/oc_tower.html | archive-date=October 12, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> * "Read the rest" — students from primarily [[Texas A&M University]] often taunt Texas students by threatening to "saw off" the horns of Bevo, citing the Bible verse {{bibleverse||Psalms|75:10}}: "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 [[Texas A&M Aggies|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 [[Oklahoma Sooners]], 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, [[West Virginia Mountaineers|West Virginia]], adopting the sign even for games that do not involve Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/11/24/18109550/horns-down-texas-oklahoma-west-virginia-everyone |title=Horns Down should become college football's universal hand signal |first=Jason |last=Kirk |publisher=SB Nation |date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref> ==Merchandise== For nine straight years (2005–2013), Texas was listed as the number one [[Collegiate Licensing Company]] client in regards to the amount of annual [[Royalties#Trademark royalties|trademark royalties]] received from the sales of its fan merchandise.<ref name="CLC 2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.clc.com/News/Annual-Rankings-2013-14.aspx|title=CLC Names Top Selling Universities And Manufacturers for 2013–14|access-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030040401/http://www.clc.com/News/Annual-Rankings-2013-14.aspx|archive-date=October 30, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Schools that are not members of Collegiate Licensing Company however are not ranked in the listing.<ref name="CLC">{{cite web|url=http://www.clc.com/clcweb/publishing.nsf/Content/rankings.html|title=The Collegiate Licensing Company Rankings|access-date=August 17, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819100517/http://www.clc.com/clcweb/publishing.nsf/Content/rankings.html|archive-date=August 19, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Money from merchandising sales goes to the university, as opposed to being earmarked specifically for athletics programs.<ref name="CLC 2013" /> ==TV channel== {{main|Longhorn Network}} 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.<ref name="SportsBiz">{{cite web|url= http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2011/01/19/Texas-ESPN.aspx|title=UT To Unveil 20-Year, $300M Deal With ESPN|date=January 19, 2011 |access-date=February 25, 2011 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> This channel, a joint venture with [[ESPN]], takes advantage of a clause in new [[Big 12 Conference]] 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 [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10 Conference]] to raid Big 12 members. (The Pac-10 only gained one Big 12 school, [[Colorado Buffaloes|Colorado]]). 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 [[SportsCenter]] and other programs originating from [[Sundance Square]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], Texas in the week prior to [[Super Bowl XLV]]. The channel was launched in August 2011 as the [[Longhorn Network]]. Before its launch, the network had controversial plans to air [[high school football]] games, an institution throughout the state of Texas. Currently, the state's governing body for public high school sports, the [[University Interscholastic League]], 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 [[NCAA]] rules against unfair recruiting inducements.<ref name="Brooks">{{cite web|url=http://sportsbybrooks.com/bevo-tvs-dirty-little-secret-all-about-recruiting-29444|title=Bevo TV's Dirty Little Secret: All About Recruiting|access-date=February 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303013301/http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/bevo-tvs-dirty-little-secret-all-about-recruiting-29444|archive-date=March 3, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 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 [[2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment|leave the Big 12 for the SEC]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/07/05/tcu-big-12-realignment/1.html |title=TCU finally in Big 12 |first=Andy |last=Staples |work=Inside College Football |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|via=[[CNN]] |page=2 |date=July 5, 2012 |access-date=November 7, 2012 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> The Big 12 then approved a temporary rule in August 2011 banning the planned high school telecasts,<ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/texas/7679285.html Big 12 sets up restrictions on Longhorn Network], Houston Chronicle, retrieved August 1, 2011</ref> and within two weeks, the NCAA ruled that no school or conference network could broadcast high school games, ending that particular controversy.<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/31261826 High school games cannot be on school networks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017012132/http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/31261826 |date=October 17, 2012 }}, CBS Sports, retrieved August 11, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/college_sports/longhorns/article/Longhorn-Network-s-high-school-plans-1888177.php |title= Longhorn Network's high school plans permanently shot down |date= August 11, 2011 |last= Finger |first= Mike |work=[[San Antonio Express]] |access-date= September 3, 2011 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> ==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.<ref name="boosters">{{Cite journal |url= https://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:0,,SB10001424052748704541004574600051780005902,00.html |title= Boosters |access-date= December 2, 2010 |first= Hannah |last= Karp |journal=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date= December 17, 2009 |df= mdy-all}}</ref> The main people known to be involved are: * W.A. "Tex" Moncrief * [[Joe Jamail]] * [[Red McCombs]] * Mike A. Myers<!--NOT the comic actor... the actor's middle name is John.--> * Frank Denius * B. M. "Mack" Rankin Jr. * Jim Bob Moffett * [[Robert Rowling]] ==See also== {{Portal|Texas}} * [[List of sports awards honoring women]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website}} {{University of Texas at Austin}} {{Southeastern Conference navbox}} {{Texas sports}} [[Category:Texas Longhorns| ]]'