2011 Texas Longhorns football team

2011 Texas Longhorns football
Holiday Bowl Champions
Holiday Bowl vs. California, W 21–10
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2011 record	8–5 (4–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (14th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Major Applewhite (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bryan Harsin (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Manny Diaz (1st year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

2011 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#3 Oklahoma State $		8	–	1					12	–	1
#15 Kansas State		7	–	2					10	–	3
#13 Baylor		6	–	3					10	–	3
#16 Oklahoma		6	–	3					10	–	3
Missouri		5	–	4					8	–	5
Texas		4	–	5					8	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	5					7	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Texas Tech		2	–	7					5	–	7
Kansas		0	–	9					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas," "UT," the "Longhorns," or the "'Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns were led by 14th year head coach Mack Brown and played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place improving on their disastrous 5-7 season from 2010. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated California 21–10.

Previous season

After the 2009 Texas Longhorns football team lost to Alabama in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, Texas entered the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season ranked fifth in the AP Poll and fourth in the Coaches Poll.^[1] Texas won its first three games of the season, maintaining a top 10 status.^[2] However, the Longhorns were upset by UCLA, followed by a loss to Oklahoma.^[2] This caused Texas to be excluded from both Top 25 polls for the first time since 1998.^[3]

2011 NFL Draft

2011 NFL Draft Class

2011 NFL Draft selections

Round	Pick #	Team	Player	Position
2	4	Buffalo Bills	Aaron Williams	Cornerback
3	31	Pittsburgh Steelers	Curtis Brown	Cornerback
4	6	Arizona Cardinals	Sam Acho	Defensive End
5	33	Baltimore Ravens	Chykie Brown	Cornerback

Other signed seniors

Eddie Jones (Linebacker) – New York Jets

John Gold (Punter) – Seattle Seahawks

John Chiles (Wide Receiver) – Jacksonville Sharks

Roster

2011 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Davis, MikeMike Davis So RB 2 Whittaker, FoswhittFoswhitt Whittaker  Sr WR 3 Hales, DeSeanDeSean Hales Jr WR 4 White, DariusDarius White So RB 5 Hills, JeremyJeremy Hills Jr QB 6 McCoy, CaseCase McCoy So WR 8 Shipley, JaxonJaxon Shipley Fr WR 9 Harris, JohnJohn Harris  Fr RB 11 Johnson, CodyCody Johnson Sr QB 14 Ash, DavidDavid Ash Fr TE 15 Terrell, DariusDarius Terrell  Fr WR 16 Jackson, BryantBryant Jackson  Fr TE 18 Grant, D.J.D.J. Grant Jr QB 19 Paul Floyd, JohnJohn Paul Floyd Sr TE 19 Irby, BlaineBlaine Irby Sr RB 23 Aboussie, EddieEddie Aboussie Fr RB 24 Bergeron, JoeJoe Bergeron Fr RB 26 Monroe, D.J.D.J. Monroe Jr RB 28 Brown, MalcolmMalcolm Brown Fr WR 29 Nickleson, JarenJaren Nickleson So FB 30 Roberson, RyanRyan Roberson Jr WR 36 Wheeler, MichaelMichael Wheeler  Fr WR 40 Gresham, TateTate Gresham  Fr FB 41 Berryhill, JamisonJamison Berryhill Sr WR 42 Haines, DakotaDakota Haines Fr RB 43 Hohmann, HeathHeath Hohmann  Fr RB 45 Padgett, LukeLuke Padgett Sr OG 54 Buchanan, MarkMark Buchanan Sr OG, C 54 Espinosa, DominicDominic Espinosa  Fr OL 55 Zajicek, NickNick Zajicek Sr OG, C 56 Allen, TrayTray Allen Sr OL 65 Hutchins, MarcusMarcus Hutchins Fr OL 66 Flowers, SedrickSedrick Flowers Fr OL 68 Cochran, JoshJosh Cochran Fr OL 68 Rodriguez, RyanRyan Rodriguez  Fr OL 69 Kreigel, KyleKyle Kreigel So OT 70 Kelley, PadenPaden Kelley So OL 71 Russo, DrewDrew Russo  Fr OG 72 Walters, MasonMason Walters So OG, C 73 Porter, GarrettGarrett Porter So OL 74 Doyle, TaylorTaylor Doyle Fr OG 75 Hopkins, TreyTrey Hopkins So OL 76 Greenlea, GarrettGarrett Greenlea Fr C 78 Snow, DavidDavid Snow Sr OG 79 Ashcraft, ThomasThomas Ashcraft So TE 80 Crawly, JacksonJackson Crawly Jr WR 81 Onyegbule, MilesMiles Onyegbule Fr TE 82 Graham, TreyTrey Graham So WR 82 Johnson, WillWill Johnson Fr OT 82 Poehlmann, LukeLuke Poehlmann Jr WR 84 Goodwin, MarquiseMarquise Goodwin Jr TE 85 Howard, AhmardAhmard Howard Sr WR 86 McCrary, CadeCade McCrary So TE 87 Jones, DominiqueDominique Jones So WR 87 McNamara, PatrickPatrick McNamara Sr TE 88 McFarland, M.J.M.J. McFarland Fr TE 89 Matthews, BarrettBarrett Matthews Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Robinson, KeenanKeenan Robinson Sr CB 2 White, A.J.A.J. White So LB 3 Hicks, JordanJordan Hicks So CB 4 Barnett, EryonEryon Barnett So S 4 Vaccaro, KennyKenny Vaccaro Jr LB 5 Benson, AaronAaron Benson  Fr S 6 Scott, ChristianChristian Scott Sr S 7 Brewster, NolanNolan Brewster Sr DB 7 Thompson, MykkeleMykkele Thompson Fr LB, DE 9 Johnson, DravanntiDravannti Johnson Jr LB 13 Moss, ChetChet Moss Fr LB 15 Cobbs, DemarcoDemarco Cobbs So CB 17 Phillips, AdrianAdrian Phillips So LB 18 Acho, EmmanuelEmmanuel Acho Sr S 21 Gideon, BlakeBlake Gideon Sr CB 23 Byndom, CarringtonCarrington Byndom So DB 24 Walker, SamSam Walker Sr DB 25 Turner, JoshJosh Turner Fr CB 27 Richardson, JoshJosh Richardson Jr CB 28 Diggs, QuandreQuandre Diggs Fr DB 29 Evans, SheroidSheroid Evans Fr CB 30 Roberts, RyanRyan Roberts Fr DB 31 Scott, LeroyLeroy Scott Fr S 32 Huffines, DevinDevin Huffines So LB 33 Edmond, SteveSteve Edmond Fr DB 35 D'Addeo, AnthonyAnthony D'Addeo Sr LB 35 Thompson, KendallKendall Thompson Fr S 37 Boyer, NateNate Boyer  Fr DB 38 George, BenBen George  Fr DB 39 Randolph, ChristianChristian Randolph Sr S 40 Zapata, MatthewMatthew Zapata  Fr DB 43 Mayberry, RoderickRoderick Mayberry  Fr DE 43 Mills, LoganLogan Mills Fr DE 44 Jeffcoat, JacksonJackson Jeffcoat So LB 46 Terry, BradBrad Terry Jr DE 47 Terry, ChrisChris Terry So LB 48 Gonzales, TreyTrey Gonzales Fr DE, DS 50 Cruciani, MichaelMichael Cruciani Jr DL 52 Martinez, LucianoLuciano Martinez Sr DE 57 Silguero, TaylorTaylor Silguero So LB 58 Ramirez, CodyCody Ramirez Jr DT 75 Cotton, De'AiresDe'Aires Cotton  Fr DE 80 Okafor, AlexAlex Okafor Jr DE 83 Leeson, TrevorTrevor Leeson  Fr DT 85 Dorsey, AshtonAshton Dorsey So DE 88 Reed, CedricCedric Reed Fr DT 90 Howell, CalvinCalvin Howell So DT 91 Randall, KheestonKheeston Randall Sr DE 92 Wilson, ReggieReggie Wilson So DT 94 Bible, TaylorTaylor Bible  Fr DT 95 Daniels, GregGreg Daniels  Fr DE 96 Whaley, ChrisChris Whaley So DL 99 Jackson, DesmondDesmond Jackson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P, PK 14 Russ, WilliamWilliam Russ  Fr PK, P 19 Tucker, JustinJustin Tucker Sr PK 31 Pruitt, BenBen Pruitt Fr PK 33 Sirgo, GrantGrant Sirgo  Fr DS 39 Newman, TomTom Newman  Fr DS 48 Zumberge, AlexAlex Zumberge Sr DS 49 Weir, TreyTrey Weir Sr DS 59 Osborn, JohnJohn Osborn Sr	Head coach Mack Brown (14th season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Duane Akina – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs Major Applewhite – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Bruce Chambers – Co-Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends Bo Davis – Defensive Tackles Manny Diaz – Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Oscar Giles – Assistant Coach/Defensive Ends Bryan Harsin – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Stacy Searles – Offensive Line Darrell Wyatt – Co-Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers Jeff Madden – Assistant A.D. for Strength & Conditioning Bennie Wylie – Strength and Conditioning Head Coach for Football Arthur Johnson – Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations Ken Rucker – Dir. of High School Relations and Player Development Marcus Tubbs – Special Assistant for Player Relations Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: November 26, 2011

Recruiting

During the 2011 recruiting period, Texas recruited 18 players, including nine from the ESPN 150.^[4] As a result, Texas' recruiting class was ranked first by ESPN and third by both Rivals and Scout.^[5][6]

2011 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Johnathan Gray RB	Aledo, TX	Aledo HS	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.4	Apr 22, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 85
Malcom Brown DT	Brenham, TX	Brenham HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	–	Apr 3, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 83
Cayleb Jones WR	Austin, TX	Austin HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.5	Feb 27, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 83
Connor Brewer QB	Scottsdale, AZ	Chaparral HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	4.7	Feb 7, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 82
Thomas Johnson WR	Dallas, TX	Skyline HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.4	Feb 22, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 82
Kennedy Estelle OT	Pearland, TX	Glenda Dawson HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	310 lb (140 kg)	5.2	Jun 5, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 82
Peter Jinkens OLB	Dallas, TX	Skyline HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.5	Feb 26, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
Bryson Echols CB	DeSoto, TX	DeSoto HS	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	–	Feb 26, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 81
Alex Norman DT	Dallas, TX	Bishop Dunne HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	–	Feb 12, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Curtis Riser OG	DeSoto, TX	DeSoto HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	–	Feb 13, 2011
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 3   Rivals: 3  ESPN: 1
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas Football Commitment List 2012". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011. "Texas College Football Recruiting Commits 2012". Scout.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011. "Texas Longhorns Commits 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011. "2011 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	Rice*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	W 34–9	101,624[A 1]
September 10	6:00 PM	BYU*	#24	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ESPN2	W 17–16	100,995[7]
September 17	2:30 PM	at UCLA*	#23	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC/ESPN	W 49–20	54,583[8]
October 1	6:00 PM	at Iowa State	#17	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FX	W 37–14	56,390[9]
October 8	11:00 AM	vs. #3 Oklahoma	#11	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Rivalry)	ABC	L 17–55	96,009[10]
October 15	2:30 PM	#6 Oklahoma State	#22	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC/ESPN	L 26–38	100,101[11]
October 29	6:00 PM	Kansas		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	W 43–0	99,211[12]
November 5	11:00 AM	Texas Tech		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Chancellor's Spurs)	FX	W 52–20	100,506[13]
November 12	11:00 AM	at Missouri	#21	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	FX	L 5–17	61,323[14]
November 19	7:00 PM	#16 Kansas State		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	FX	L 13–17	100,705[15]
November 24	7:00 PM	at Texas A&M	#25	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Lone Star Showdown)	ESPN	W 27–25	88,645[16]
December 3	2:30 PM	at #19 Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	ABC	L 24–48	46,543[17]
December 28	7:00 PM	vs. California*		Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 21–10	56,313[18]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time[19].

Game notes

Rice

Rice at #24 Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Rice 3 3 3 0 9 • #24 Texas 3 10 7 14 34 Date: September 3 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 7:08 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 101,624 Game weather: 100 °F (38 °C), sunny, winds NNE 15 mph Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (LHN): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline) Sources:[20]

Scoring summary 1 7:35 RICE Chris Boswell 42-yard field goal RICE 3-0 1 4:31 TEX Justin Tucker 39-yard field goal Tied 3-3 2 14:19 TEX Cody Johnson 1-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 10-3 2 6:00 TEX Justin Tucker 23-yard field goal TEX 13-3 2 0:56 RICE Chris Boswell 49-yard field goal TEX 13-6 3 9:07 RICE Chris Boswell 26-yard field goal TEX 13-9 3 5:32 TEX Jaxon Shipley 36-yard pass from John Harris (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 20-9 4 13:06 TEX Foswhitt Whittaker 7-yard run (John Tucker kick) TEX 27-9 4 5:57 TEX Foswhitt Whittaker 26-yard pass from Garrett Gilbert (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 34-9

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
71–21–1	2010	Texas, 34–17

Texas was favored by 24 points.^[21]

The Longhorns opened up the 2011 season against the Rice Owls of Conference USA.^[19] In the previous meeting, which was also the first game that 2010 Texas Longhorns football team played against, Texas won 34–17.^[22] Garrett Gilbert was the starting quarterback after he was selected over Case McCoy, David Ash, and Connor Wood.^[23] Rice was able to hold the Longhorns to a three-and-out and attain a field goal to give Rice a 3–0 lead. However, Texas was able to respond with another field goal drive which was highlighted by a 56-yard pass from Gilbert to Mike Davis that would turn out to be the longest pass for the game, tying it at 3–3 at the end of the first quarter.^[20] In the second quarter, Rice's Xavier Webb fumbled a punt that was recovered by the Texas team deep inside the Owls' side of the field, setting up the first touchdown of the game and putting Texas at a 10–3 lead.^[24] Each team made an additional field goal in the remaining second quarter to put the score at 13–6 with Texas leading.

To start the second half, the Owls were able to narrow the Longhorns' lead to 13–9 after driving 46 yards to make a field goal, but on the ensuing drive Texas was able to increase the lead once again with a touchdown highlighted by a 36-yard pass by John Harris to Jaxon Shipley.^[20] This marked the first time that a non-quarterback player made a touchdown pass in school history since 1998 Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams.^[24] In the fourth quarter, Texas held Rice scoreless while scoring two touchdowns, both of which by running back Foswhitt Whittaker.^[20] Texas would hold off Rice for the rest of the game to win 34–9 victory, the seventy-first against Rice overall.

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BYU

BYU at #21 Texas

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 6 7 3 0 16 • #21 Texas 0 3 7 7 17 Date: September 10 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 6:07 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 100,995 Game weather: 99 °F (37 °C), sunny, winds NNE 8 mph Referee: Dan Romeo TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline) Sources:[25]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
1–2	1988	BYU, 47–6

Texas was favored by 8 points.^[26]

Texas remained at home to face BYU.^[27] Prior to the game, the two teams had only met twice, in 1988 and 1987. In both games, BYU won with scores of 47–6 and 22–17, respectively.^[28] In the first quarter, BYU held Texas scoreless with two punts, answering with two field goals.^[29][30] Garrett Gilbert, the starting quarterback, was replaced by backups Case McCoy and David Ash in the first quarter after throwing two interceptions.^[31] To answer Gilbert's second interception, the Cougars were able to drive 97 yards to score the only touchdown of the first half.^[31] After the touchdown, BYU lead Texas 13–0. In the second quarter, BYU quarterback Jake Heaps was intercepted by Texas cornerback Adrian Phillips.^[32] This set up a Texas field goal that would be Texas' first score of the game with 1:44 left in the half, cutting the BYU lead to 10 points.^[27] The Cougars would keep possession for the remaining second quarter to keep the score at 13–3 at halftime, with BYU still leading. But against all odds, the Texas Longhorns stunned the BYU Cougars by means of a last minute touchdown and earning the victory as a result.^[30]

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP BYU Texas 1 9:33 10 45 4:02 BYU 30-yard field goal by Justin Sorensen 3 0 1 6:45 5 21 1:49 BYU 33-yard field goal by Justin Sorensen 6 0 2 11:41 12 97 5:04 BYU Ross Apo 6-yard touchdown reception from Jake Heaps, Justin Sorensen kick good 13 0 2 1:44 7 19 3:15 Texas 23-yard field goal by Justin Tucker 13 3 3 10:46 7 62 2:42 Texas Cody Johnson 1-yard touchdown run, Justin Tucker kick good 13 10 3 4:36 12 56 6:02 BYU 32-yard field goal by Justin Sorensen 16 10 4 8:46 8 52 3:18 Texas Cody Johnson 1-yard touchdown run, Justin Tucker kick good 16 17 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 16 17

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UCLA

#21 Texas at UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total • #21 Texas 14 14 14 7 49 UCLA 0 10 10 0 20 Date: September 17 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA Game start: 2:42 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 54,583 Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C), partly cloudy, winds S 2 mph Referee: Randy Christal TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Bob Wischusen (Play-by-play), Bob Davie & Samantha Steele (Sideline) Sources:[33]

Scoring summary 1 11:20 TEX D.J. Grant 45-yard pass from Case McCoy (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 7-0 1 1:56 TEX Foswhitt Whittaker 8-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 14-0 2 11:36 TEX Malcolm Brown 16-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 21-0 2 6:49 UCLA Derrick Coleman 1-yard run (Jeff Locke kick) TEX 21-7 2 0:21 TEX D.J. Grant 2-yard pass from Case McCoy (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 28-7 2 0:00 UCLA Jeff Locke 51-yard field goal TEX 28-10 3 12:39 UCLA Jeff Locke 49-yard field goal TEX 28-13 3 9:38 TEX D.J. Grant 5-yard pass from Jaxon Shipley (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 35-13 3 4:29 UCLA Derrick Coleman 1-yard run (Jeff Locke kick) TEX 35-20 3 1:40 TEX Foswhitt Whittaker 36-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 42-20 4 2:57 TEX Cody Johnson 7-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 49-20

The Texas Longhorns defense lines up against UCLA in the Rose Bowl

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
3–3	2010	UCLA, 12–34

Texas was favored by 4 points.^[34]

The Longhorns played UCLA for their first away game on September 17. In the previous 3 matches, UCLA won in large blowouts, most notably in 1997 when they won 66–3 in what became to be known as 'Rout 66.'^[35] Case McCoy and David Ash were selected as quarterback co-starters after Garrett Gilbert was taken out of the game against BYU.^[36] Texas started quickly into the game when UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince threw an interception.^[37] On the ensuing Longhorn drive, Case McCoy threw a 45-yard pass to D.J. Grant, giving Texas a 7–0 lead.^[38] Kevin Prince would throw 2 additional interceptions, both of which Texas scored upon, before taken out of the game.^[37]

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Iowa State

#17 Texas at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • #17 Texas 13 21 0 3 37 Iowa State 0 0 0 14 14 Date: October 1 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 6:12 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:35 Game attendance: 56,390 Game weather: 66°, clear skies, winds SE 0–5 mph Referee: Rick Loumiet TV announcers (FX): Gus Johnson (Play-by-play), Charles Davis (Color) & Tim Brewster (Sideline) Sources:[39]

Scoring summary 1 7:30 TEX Justin Tucker 33-yard field goal TEX 3-0 1 5:35 TEX Foswhitt Whittaker 16-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 10-0 1 3:23 TEX Justin Tucker 33-yard field goal TEX 13-0 2 10:18 TEX Mike Davis 48-yard pass from David Ash (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 20-0 2 4:30 TEX Josh Turner 34-yard blocked punt return (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 27-0 2 1:17 TEX Jaxon Shipley 40-yard pass from David Ash (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 34-0 4 11:33 ISU James White 2-yard run (Zach Guyer kick) TEX 34-7 4 6:31 TEX Justin Tucker 29-yard field goal TEX 37-7 4 3:50 ISU Chris Young 18 yad pass from Steele Jantz (Zach Guyer kick) TEX 37-14

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
8–1	2010	Iowa State, 21–28

Texas was favored by 9 points.^[40]

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Oklahoma

#1 Oklahoma vs. #10 Texas

1 2 3 4 Total • #1 Oklahoma 6 28 14 7 55 #10 Texas 3 7 0 7 17 Date: October 8 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX Game start: 11:00 am CDT Elapsed time: 3:34 Game attendance: 96,009 Game weather: 78°, Mostly Cloudy with 75% Chance of Rain, winds SSE 15 mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (Color), Erin Andrews (Sideline) & Tom Rinaldi (Sideline) Sources:[41]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
59–41–5	2010	Oklahoma, 20–28

Oklahoma was favored by 11.5 points.^[42]

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Oklahoma State

#7 Oklahoma State at No. 21 Texas

1 2 3 4 Total • #7 Oklahoma State 7 14 17 0 38 #21 Texas 0 10 14 2 26 Date: October 15 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 2:33 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:27 Game attendance: 100,101 Game weather: 83°, clear skies, winds S 8 mph Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline) Sources:[43]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
22–4	2010	Oklahoma State, 16–33

Oklahoma State was favored by 8 points.^[44]

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Kansas

Kansas at Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 • Texas 14 12 7 10 43 Date: October 29 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 6:06 pm CDT Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 99,211 Game weather: 66°, clear skies, winds S 3 mph Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (LHN): Dave Lamont (Play-by-play), Tim Brown (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline) Sources:[45]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
9–2	2009	Texas, 51–20

Texas was favored by 28.5 points.^[46]

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Texas Tech

Texas Tech at No. 25 Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Texas Tech 3 3 7 7 20 • #25 Texas 3 28 7 14 52 Date: November 5 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 11:11 am CDT Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 100,506 Game weather: 59°, Sunny, winds SSE 5mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (FX): Gus Johnson, Charles Davis (Color) & Tim Brewster (Sideline) Sources:[47]

Scoring summary 1 7:56 TT Donnie Carona 29-yard field goal TT 3-0 1 4:24 TEX Justin Tucker 48-yard field goal Tied 3-3 2 13:17 TEX Foswhitt Whittaker 12-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 10-3 2 10:10 TT Donnie Carona 40-yard field goal TEX 10-6 2 8:33 TEX Foswhitt Whitaker 8-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 17-6 2 6:56 TEX D.J. Monroe 12-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 24-6 2 1:46 TEX Joe Bergeron 9-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 31-6 3 9:06 TEX Joe Bergeron 5-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 38-6 3 3:10 TT Eric Ward 8-yard pass from Seth Doege (Donnie Carona kick) TEX 38-13 4 14:53 TEX Joe Bergeron 12-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 45-13 4 5:48 TEX Darius White 31-yard pass from Case McCoy (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 52-13 4 1:01 TT Darrin Moore 1-yard pass from Seth Doege (Donnie Carona kick) TEX 52-20

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
46–15	2010	Texas, 24–14

Texas was favored by 14 points.^[48]

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Missouri

#20 Texas at Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total #20 Texas 3 0 2 0 5 • Missouri 0 14 3 0 17 Date: November 12 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, MO Game start: 11:00 am CST Elapsed time: 3:08 Game attendance: 61,323 Game weather: 54°, Overcast, winds S 19mph Referee: Dan Romeo TV announcers (FX): Craig Bolerjack (Play-by-play), Joel Klatt (Color) & Petros Papadakis (Sideline) Sources:[49]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
17–6	2009	Texas, 41–7

Texas was favored by 1.5 points.^[50]

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Kansas State

#17 Kansas State at Texas

1 2 3 4 Total • #17 Kansas State 3 7 7 0 17 Texas 0 3 7 3 13 Date: November 19 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 7:12 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:06 Game attendance: 100,705 Game weather: 77°, Cloudy, winds SSE 13mph Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (FX): Gus Johnson (Play-by-play), Charles Davis (Color) & Tim Brewster (Sideline) Sources:[51]

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
5–7	2010	Kansas State, 14–39

Texas was favored by 7.5 points.^[52]

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Texas A&M

Texas at Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total • Texas 0 7 17 3 27 Texas A&M 10 6 0 9 25 Date: November 24 Location: Kyle Field, College Station, TX Game start: 7:10 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:48 Game attendance: 88,645 Game weather: 61°, Clear, winds E 7mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ESPN): Rece Davis (Play-by-play), Craig James (Color), Jesse Palmer (Color) & Jenn Brown (Sideline) Sources:[53]

Scoring summary 1 11:31 A&M Ben Malena 7-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (Randy Bullock kick) A&M 7-0 1 5:40 A&M Randy Bullock 49-yard field goal A&M 10-0 2 10:50 A&M Randy Bullock 52-yard field goal A&M 13-0 2 9:10 TEX Blaine Irby 41-yard pass from Jaxon Shipley (Justin Tucker kick) A&M 13-7 2 4:18 A&M Randy Bullock 29-yard field goal A&M 16-7 3 11:06 TEX Carrington Byndom 58-yard interception return (Justin Tucker kick) A&M 16-14 3 7:44 TEX Justin Tucker 23-yard field goal TEX 17-16 3 4:04 TEX Cody Johnson 1-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 24-16 4 5:56 A&M Randy Bullock 32-yard field goal TEX 24-19 4 1:48 A&M Jeff Fuller 16-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (pass failed) A&M 25-24 4 0:00 TEX Justin Tucker 40-yard field goal TEX 27-25

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
76–37–5	2010	Texas A&M, 17–24

Texas A&M was favored by 8 points.^[54]

But ultimately, it was the Texas longhorns who won and getting some sense of revenge against the Texas A&M Aggies who beat Texas last year.

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Baylor

Texas at No. 18 Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total Texas 7 14 3 0 24 • #18 Baylor 14 10 17 7 48 Date: December 3 Location: Floyd Casey Stadium, Waco, TX Game start: 2:30 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:22 Game attendance: 46,543 Game weather: 66°, Cloudy w/ chance of rain, winds S 17mph Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline) Sources:

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
73–23–4	2010	Baylor, 22–30

Baylor was favored by 3 points.^[55]

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Holiday Bowl – California

2011 Holiday Bowl: Texas vs. California

1 2 3 4 Total California 3 0 7 0 10 • Texas 0 7 7 7 21 Date: December 28 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA Game start: 7:11 pm CST Elapsed time: 3:32 Game attendance: 56,313 Game weather: 56°, Clear, winds NW 7mph Referee: Matt Moore TV announcers (ESPN): Rece Davis (Play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (Color) & Jenn Brown (Sideline) Sources: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 6:06 CAL Giorgio Tavecchio 47-yard field goal CAL 3-0 2 6:08 TEX David Ash 4-yard pass from Jaxon Shipley (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 7-3 3 9:47 CAL Isi Sofele 6-yard run (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) CAL 10-7 3 8:06 TEX Marquise Goodwin 47-yard pass from David Ash (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 14-10 4 14:57 TEX Cody Johnson 4-yard run (Justin Tucker kick) TEX 21-10

Overall Record	Last Meeting	Result
4–0–0	1970	Texas, 56–15

Texas was favored by 3 points. Most valuable players were David Ash (QB) and Keenan Robinson (LB).

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Rankings

The Texas Longhorns began the season unranked for the first time since 1998 in the AP Poll, although it was ranked twenty-fourth in the Coaches Poll.^[56] After wins against Rice and BYU, Texas would slowly increase in the rankings before jumping four spots in the AP Poll and three in the Coaches Poll after winning against UCLA. After the bye week Texas once again jumped another 2 spots in the AP Poll and one in the Coaches Poll.^[57] In the final BCS rankings, Texas was twenty-fourth.^[58] In both the Associated Press' final rankings and USA Today's final rankings, Texas was unranked.^[59][60]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	24	23	19	17	11	22	RV	RV	RV	21	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV
Coaches'	24	21	21	18	17	10	21	RV	RV	25	20	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV
Harris	Not released						20	RV	25	24	20	RV	RV	25	RV	Not released
BCS	Not released							24	24	21	16	23	25	22	24	Not released

Notes

1. Denotes the largest crowd to watch a football game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (beating a previous record set during the 2010 Texas Longhorns season against the UCLA Bruins). The record would be topped on October 6, 2012 with a crowd of 101,851 vs West Virginia.

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