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2006 Texas Longhorns football team

2006 Texas Longhorns football
Texas Longhorn logo.svg
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 26–24 vs. Iowa
Conference Big 12 Conference
Division South
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 13
2006 record 10–3 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach Mack Brown (9th year)
Offensive coordinator Greg Davis (9th year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Co-defensive coordinator Gene Chizik (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator Duane Akina (2nd year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 85,123)
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Big 12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Northern Division
Nebraska x   6 2         9 5  
Missouri   4 4         8 5  
Kansas State   4 4         7 6  
Kansas   3 5         6 6  
Colorado   2 6         2 10  
Iowa State   1 7         4 8  
Southern Division
#11 Oklahoma x$   7 1         11 3  
#13 Texas   6 2         10 3  
Texas A&M   5 3         9 4  
Texas Tech   4 4         8 5  
Oklahoma State   3 5         7 6  
Baylor   3 5         4 8  
Championship: Oklahoma 21, Nebraska 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
#14 Oklahoma vs. #7 Texas
Red River Rivalry
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas 7 0 14 7 28
Oklahoma 0 10 0 0 10

The 2006 Texas Longhorn football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head football coach was Mack Brown. The Longhorns (also known as Texas or UT or the Horns) played their home games in Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR), which during 2006 was undergoing some renovations to improve older sections as well as to add extra seating capacity.

The 2006 team was the defending national champions since the previous year's team won both the Big 12 Conference championship and the National Championship. That was the program's second Big 12 Championship (27 conference championships total, including 25 in the Southwest Conference), and fourth consensus national championship in football. Their championship victory in the 2006 Rose Bowl was also the 800th win for the program and the Longhorns entered the season ranked third in the all-time list of both total wins and winning percentage (.7143).

In 2006, the Longhorn's game against Ohio State University in September was one of the most anticipated college football games of the regular season. Texas lost the game to Ohio State and completed the regular season with an overall record of 9 wins – 3 losses, and a 6–2 record in conference games. They were ranked 19th in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, issued prior to the bowl season. The Longhorns ended their season with a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl against the unranked, 6–6 Iowa Hawkeyes to improve to an over-all record of 10 wins – 3 losses. They were ranked 13th in the final national rankings by both the Associated Press AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll As of May 1, 2007 seven players from this team had been drafted by professional football teams and two more had signed professional contracts as free agents.


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