2005 Texas Longhorns football team

2005 Texas Longhorns football

Consensus national champion Big 12 champion Big 12 South Division champion Rose Bowl champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 70–3 vs. Colorado
Rose Bowl (BCS NCG), W 41–38 vs. USC
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
2005 record	13–0 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (8th year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinator	Gene Chizik (1st year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Duane Akina (1st year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092)
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
Colorado x		5	–	3		7	–	6
#24 Nebraska		4	–	4		8	–	4
Iowa State		4	–	4		7	–	5
Missouri		4	–	4		7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		7	–	5
Kansas State		2	–	6		5	–	6
Southern Division
#1 Texas x$#		8	–	0		13	–	0
#20 Texas Tech		6	–	2		9	–	3
#22 Oklahoma		6	–	2		8	–	4
Texas A&M		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		2	–	6		5	–	6
Oklahoma State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Championship: Texas 70, Colorado 3
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana-Lafayette	3	0	0	0	3
• Texas	13	26	14	7	60

Date: September 3
Location: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Television network: FSN

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	3	3	9	25
Ohio St	0	16	6	0	22

Date: September 10
Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

Q1	10:03	TEX	David Pino 42 yard field goal	TEX 3–0

Q1	1:37	TEX	Billy Pittman 5 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 10–0

Q2	14:17	OHST	Josh Huston 47 yard field goal	TEX 10–3

Q2	8:11	OHST	Santonio Holmes 36 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Tie 10–10

Q2	4:33	OHST	Josh Huston 36 yard field goal	OHST 13–10

Q2	:35	OHST	Josh Huston 25 yard field goal	OHST 16–10

Q2	:02	TEX	David Pino 37 yard field goal	OHST 16–13

Q3	11:46	OHST	Josh Huston 44 yard field goal	OHST 19–13

Q3	7:36	TEX	David Pino 25 yard field goal	OHST 19–16

Q3	5:12	OHST	Josh Huston 26 yard field goal	OHST 22–16

Q4	2:37	TEX	Limas Sweed 24 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 23–22

Q4	:19	TEX	Safety, Troy Smith tackled by Larry Dibbles in end zone	TEX 25–22

Scoring summary

Q1	10:03	TEX	David Pino 42 yard field goal	TEX 3–0

Q1	1:37	TEX	Billy Pittman 5 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 10–0

Q2	14:17	OHST	Josh Huston 47 yard field goal	TEX 10–3

Q2	8:11	OHST	Santonio Holmes 36 yard pass from Troy Smith (Josh Huston kick)	Tie 10–10

Q2	4:33	OHST	Josh Huston 36 yard field goal	OHST 13–10

Q2	:35	OHST	Josh Huston 25 yard field goal	OHST 16–10

Q2	:02	TEX	David Pino 37 yard field goal	OHST 16–13

Q3	11:46	OHST	Josh Huston 44 yard field goal	OHST 19–13

Q3	7:36	TEX	David Pino 25 yard field goal	OHST 19–16

Q3	5:12	OHST	Josh Huston 26 yard field goal	OHST 22–16

Q4	2:37	TEX	Limas Sweed 24 yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 23–22

Q4	:19	TEX	Safety, Troy Smith tackled by Larry Dibbles in end zone	TEX 25–22

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rice	0	0	3	7	10
• Texas	14	28	9	0	51

Date: September 17
Location: Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Television network: FSN

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	14	10	13	14	51
Missouri	13	0	0	7	20

Date: October 1
Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri
Television network: ABC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	6	0	0	6	12
• Texas	14	10	7	14	45

Date: October 8
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Television network: ABC

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	9:04	TEX	Ramonce Taylor 15-yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 7-0

1	4:16	OKLA	Garrett Hartley 52-yard field goal	TEX 7-3

1	1:31	OKLA	Garrett Hartley 26-yard field goal	TEX 7-6

1	1:18	TEX	Jamaal Charles 80-yard run (David Pino kick)	TEX 14-6

2	3:46	TEX	David Pino 37-yard field goal	TEX 17-6

2	0:17	TEX	Billy Pittman 64-yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 24-6

3	5:26	TEX	Billy Pittman 27-yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 31-6

4	13:06	TEX	Selvin Young 5-yard run (David Pino kick)	TEX 38-6

4	11:35	OKLA	Joe Jon Finley 15-yard pass from Rhett Bomar (pass failed)	TEX 38-12

4	7:41	TEX	Rodrique Wright 67-yard fumble return (David Pino kick)	TEX 45-12

Scoring summary

1	9:04	TEX	Ramonce Taylor 15-yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 7-0

1	4:16	OKLA	Garrett Hartley 52-yard field goal	TEX 7-3

1	1:31	OKLA	Garrett Hartley 26-yard field goal	TEX 7-6

1	1:18	TEX	Jamaal Charles 80-yard run (David Pino kick)	TEX 14-6

2	3:46	TEX	David Pino 37-yard field goal	TEX 17-6

2	0:17	TEX	Billy Pittman 64-yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 24-6

3	5:26	TEX	Billy Pittman 27-yard pass from Vince Young (David Pino kick)	TEX 31-6

4	13:06	TEX	Selvin Young 5-yard run (David Pino kick)	TEX 38-6

4	11:35	OKLA	Joe Jon Finley 15-yard pass from Rhett Bomar (pass failed)	TEX 38-12

4	7:41	TEX	Rodrique Wright 67-yard fumble return (David Pino kick)	TEX 45-12

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	10	0	7	17
• Texas	14	21	0	7	42

Date: October 15
Location: Darrell K Royal-Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Television network: ABC

The 2005 Texas Longhorn football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning the Big 12 Conference championship and the national championship. The team was coached by Mack Brown, led on offense by quarterback Vince Young, and played its home games at Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium.

The team's penultimate victory of the season, the Big 12 Championship Game, featured the biggest margin of victory in the history of that contest. They finished the season by winning the 2006 Rose Bowl against the USC Trojans for the national championship. Numerous publications have cited this victory as standing among the greatest performances in college football history, and ESPN awarded the 2006 ESPY Award for the "Best Game" in any sport to the Longhorns and the Trojans. The Longhorns finished as the only unbeaten team in NCAA Division I-A football that year, with thirteen wins and zero losses.

Texas earned its second Big 12 Conference football championship to make 27 conference championships total, including 25 in the Southwest Conference. It was their fourth national championship in football and the ninth perfect season in the history of Longhorn football.

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