1994 Texas Longhorns football team

1994 Texas Longhorns football
1994 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference co-champion; Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 35–31 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 25
Record	8–4 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Gene Dahlquist (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Darnell (1st season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 77,809)
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Texas A&M*	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
No. 25 Texas +	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Baylor +	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
TCU +	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech +	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Rice +	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Houston	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
SMU	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions *Texas A&M ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Southwest Conference. They played their home games at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic.

The Longhorns did not close the season with its traditional rivalry game vs. Texas A&M, due to NCAA probation which banned the Aggies from appearing on television. Texas instead closed the season with Baylor in a nationally televised game on Thanksgiving, having played A&M three weeks earlier.

Notably, the Longhorns lost to Rice, who they had beaten 28 straight times since the Owls last won on October 23, 1965. It is the last time that the Longhorns have lost to Rice as of 2023. At any rate, this meant that Texas would share a conference title with three other teams that had also lost three conference games; it was their first conference title since 1990 and it would be the first of three straight conference titles under Mackovic as coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	11:00 a.m.	at Pittsburgh*	No. 18	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	Raycom	W 30–28	32,337
September 10	2:30 p.m.	Louisville*	No. 20	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 30–16	64,627
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at TCU	No. 15	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 34–18	44,821
October 1	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 Colorado*	No. 16	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 31–34	77,809
October 8	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Oklahoma*	No. 15	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 17–10	75,587
October 16	7:00 p.m.	at Rice	No. 12	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–19	34,700
October 22	12:00 p.m.	SMU	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	W 42–20	61,307
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 19	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 9–33	45,591
November 5	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 Texas A&M		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)		L 10–34	82,312
November 12	12:00 p.m.	Houston		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	W 48–13	56,654
November 24	10:00 a.m.	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	ABC	W 63–35	41,212
December 30	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 19 North Carolina*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 35–31	50,612	^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners (3–1) vs. Texas Longhorns (3–1)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	10	7	17
Oklahoma	0	7	0	3	10

at Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas

Date: October 8
Game time: 2:30 p.m.
Game weather: Partly sunny • 70 °F (21 °C) • Wind 15 mph (24 km/h) N
Game attendance: 75,587
Referee: Dale
TV: ABC
Texas Sports

Game information

Texas

James Brown
17/22, 148 Yds, TD, INT
Rodrick Walker
23 Rush, 77 Yds
Eric Jackson
2 Rec, 30 Yds

Oklahoma

Garrick McGee
12/19, 192 Yds, INT
James Allen
19 Rush, 88 Yds
Albert Hall
4 Rec, 69 Yds

Stonie Clark tackled James Allen on the one-yard line on fourth down with less than 45 seconds remaining in the game.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	TEX	OU
2	11:43	6	88		Oklahoma	Moore 23-yard touchdown run, Blanton kick good	0	7
3	9:45	13	80		Texas	19-yard field goal by Dawson	3	7
3	0:17	15	81		Texas	Brown 9-yard touchdown run, Dawson kick good	10	7
4	13:05	5	21		Texas	Fitzgerald 2-yard touchdown reception from Brown, Dawson kick good	17	7
4	6:40	16	75		Oklahoma	22-yard field goal by Blanton	17	10
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							17	10

Personnel

1994 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR		Mike Adams
OT	`78`	Blake Brockermeyer	Jr
QB		James Brown	Fr
OL		Dominic Bustamante
TE		Pat Fitzgerald
WR		Eric Jackson
FB		Juan Kemp
RB		Rodrick Walker	Sr

Defense

Pos.	Name	Class
NG	Stonie Clark
LB	Tyson King
LB	Robert Reed	Jr
CB	Bryant Westbrook

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Phil Dawson
P		Duane Vacek

Head coach

John Mackovic

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Not listed (missing number/class/position): Curtis Jackson

References

^ "Longhorns hook 'em". The El Paso Times. December 31, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)