1995 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1995 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Southwest Conference in its final year of existence. They played their home games at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic.

1995 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference champion
Sugar Bowl, L 10–28 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
1995 record	10–2–1 (7–0 SWC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gene Dahlquist (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Darnell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809)

1995 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	1
No. 15 Texas A&M	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 23 Texas Tech	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Baylor	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Houston	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Rice	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
SMU	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:00 p.m.	at Hawaii*	No. 18	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	ESPN2	W 38–17	43,243
September 16	2:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh*	No. 15	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 38–27	62,875
September 23	11:30 a.m.	at No. 21 Notre Dame*	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	L 27–55	59,075
September 30	12:00 p.m.	at SMU	No. 21	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	Raycom	W 35–10	26,921
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Rice	No. 20	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		W 37–13	66,184
October 14	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Oklahoma*	No. 18	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	T 24–24	75,587
October 21	12:00 p.m.	No. 14 Virginia*	No. 16	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	W 17–16	70,427
November 4	6:30 p.m.	No. 23 Texas Tech	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 48–7	77,809
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Houston	No. 11	Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)		W 52–20	32,520
November 18	12:00 p.m.	TCU	No. 10	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 27–19	63,342
November 23	7:00 p.m.	Baylor	No. 9	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ESPN	W 21–13	58,497
December 2	2:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Texas A&M	No. 9	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 16–6	76,221
December 31	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech*	No. 9	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 10–28	70,283
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Personnel

1995 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Ben Adams WR Mike Adams OL Octavius Bishop TE Steve Bradley OL Corby Brooks QB James Brown OL Dom Bustamante RB Jeffrey Clayton WR Matt Davis OL John Elmore OL Ryan Fiebiger TE Pat Fitzgerald RB Wane McGarity WR Justin McLemore RB Shon Mitchell OL Dan Neil WR Mike Scarborough RB Josh Sumner WR Quinton Wallace QB Richard Walton WR Bryan White RB Ricky Williams RB Darrell Wilson	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Chris Akins DB Taje Allen DL Tony Brackens DB Chris Carter DL Stonie Clark DB Robert Crenshaw LB Tyson King LB Kenny Lewis LB Robert Reed LB Jason Reeves LB Kyle Richardson DL Shane Rink DB Tre Thomas DB Bryant Westbrook	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Phil Dawson P Mark Schultis	Head coach John Mackovic Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

at Texas A&M

#9 Texas Longhorns (9–1) at #16 Texas A&M Aggies (8–2)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	6	7	3	16
Texas A&M	0	0	3	3	6

at Kyle Field, College Station, Texas

• Date: December 2
• Game time: 2:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Partly cloudy, 79 °F (26 °C)
• Game attendance: 76,221
• Referee: Doyle Jackson
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter UT – Ricky Williams 21-yard run (kick failed), 1:53. Texas 6–0. Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 1:21. Third quarter A&M – Kyle Bryant 20-yard field goal, 4:23. Texas 6–3. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:09. UT – Ricky Williams 3-yard run (Phil Dawson kick), 1:35. Texas 13–3. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 2:48. Fourth quarter A&M – Kyle Bryant 22-yard field goal, 11:30. Texas 13–6. Drive: 15 plays, 62 yards, 5:05. UT – Phil Dawson 26-yard field goal, 7:55. Texas 16–6. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 3:35. Top passers UT – James Brown – 12/29, 147 yards, INT A&M Top rushers UT – Ricky Williams – 24 rushes, 163 yards, 2 TD A&M Top receivers UT – Mike Adams – 5 receptions, 53 yards A&M

Texas clinched the final SWC championship in the conference's second-to-last game.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)