2007 Texas Longhorns football team
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The 2007 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas" or "UT" or the "Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown. The Longhorns played their home games in Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR).
2007 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Holiday Bowl champion | |
Holiday Bowl, W 52–34 vs. Arizona State | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Division | South |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 10–3 (5–3 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Greg Davis (10th season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Co-defensive coordinator | Duane Akina (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Larry Mac Duff (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 85,123) |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Missouri xy | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Kansas x% | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Oklahoma xy$ | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Texas | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Texas Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oklahoma 38, Missouri 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Longhorns entered the 2007 season ranked third on all-time college football lists in both total wins and winning percentage.[1] A pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth,[2] while College Football News ranked Texas third.[3] The Longhorns came into the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches Poll[4] and AP Poll.[5] During the preceding summer five players had been disciplined for legal infractions, another suspended for NCAA rule violations, and a coach had undergone surgery for cancer.[6] Additional players were suspended during the season.[7]
The Longhorns played games against two opponents they had never faced previously: Arkansas State University and the University of Central Florida (UCF).[8] The Longhorns narrowly achieved a victory in their home opener with Arkansas State,[9][10][11] and in their first road game of the season, Texas was the inaugural opponent for the UCF Knights in their new stadium.[12] In preseason speculation, games against Texas Christian University (TCU) and Oklahoma (OU) were considered among the top 20 games to watch during the 2007 college football season.[13]
The Longhorns lost conference games to the Kansas State Wildcats,[14] the Oklahoma Sooners,[15] and the Texas A&M Aggies.[16] In two close games, they avoided upset attempts by lower-ranked Nebraska and Oklahoma State, the latter game involving a 21-point fourth quarter comeback by the Horns.[17] Texas concluded its season by winning the 2007 Holiday Bowl against the Arizona State Sun Devils—another first-time opponent for Texas—bringing their season record to 10–3.[18]
The Horns finished the season ranked tenth in the AP poll[19] and in the USA Today coaches poll.[20] After the season, five UT players entered professional football through the 2008 NFL Draft[21] and four others agreed to sign free-agent contracts with NFL teams.[22]