1990 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1990 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach David McWilliams, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the SWC title. Texas earned a berth in the Cotton Bowl Classic, where the Longhorns lost to the Miami Hurricanes. The team played home games at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

1990 Texas Longhorns football
SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 3–46 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
Record	10–2 (8–0 SWC)
Head coach	David McWilliams (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Leon Fuller (7th season)
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Houston	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Texas A&M	5	–	2	–	1			9	–	3	–	1
Baylor	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Rice	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
SMU	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Longhorns bounced back after consecutive losing seasons with a 10–1 record in the regular season. Fueled by what became known as the "Shock the Nation" tour, Texas won the SWC championship, with the only loss in the regulation season coming at the hands of eventual national champion, Colorado. Texas entered the New Year's Day Cotton Bowl Classic ranked number three in the nation, but was lost handily to Miami, 46–3.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	11:00 a.m.	at No. 21 Penn State*	No. 23	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	Raycom	W 17–13	85,973
September 22	6:30 p.m.	No. 20 Colorado*	No. 22	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ESPN	L 22–29	77,273
October 6	6:30 p.m.	at Rice		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)		W 26–10	34,800
October 13	3:00 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Oklahoma*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ESPN	W 14–13	75,587
October 20	12:00 p.m.	Arkansas	No. 19	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 49–17	72,657
October 27	1:00 p.m.	SMU	No. 13	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		W 52–3	65,128
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 14	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 41–22	50,276
November 10	6:45 p.m.	No. 3 Houston	No. 14	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ESPN	W 45–24	82,547
November 17	11:00 a.m.	at TCU	No. 7	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	CBS	W 38–10	39,007
November 24	1:00 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 6	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 23–13	45,649
December 1	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 5	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	CBS	W 28–27	82,518
January 1, 1991	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Miami (FL)*	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 3–46	73,521
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Penn State

See also: 1990 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Colorado

No. 20 Colorado at No. 22 Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Buffaloes	7	7	0	15	29
Longhorns	10	3	6	3	22

• Date: October 13
• Location: Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX
• Game start: 6:39 p.m.
• Elapsed time: 3:20
• Game attendance: 77,273
• Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Cloudy/Low Overcast, Wind NE 15–20 mph (24–32 km/h)
• Referee: Larry Fisher
• Television network: ESPN

      

Scoring summary

Q1	8:46	TEX	Kerry Cash 6-yard pass from Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 7–0
	3:30	COL	George Hemingway 38-yard pass from Hagan (Harper kick)	Tied 7–7
	0:16	TEX	Michael Pollak 47-yard field goal	TEX 10–7
Q2	6:51	COL	Eric Bieniemy 2-yard run (Harper kick)	COL 14–10
	1:26	TEX	Michael Pollak 25-yard field goal	COL 14–13
Q3	4:44	TEX	Phil Brown 2-yard run (Pass failed)	TEX 19–14
Q4	14:22	TEX	Michael Pollak 22-yard field goal	TEX 22–14
	10:10	COL	Eric Bieniemy 4-yard run (Pass failed)	TEX 22–20
	5:47	COL	Eric Bieniemy 2-yard run (Harper kick)	COL 27–22
	0:29	COL	Safety, Williams tackled Gardere in End Zone	COL 29–22

See also: 1990 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Rice

See also: 1990 Rice Owls football team

Oklahoma

Texas vs. No. 4 Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Longhorns	7	0	0	7	14
Sooners	3	7	3	0	13

• Date: October 13
• Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas
• Game attendance: 75,587

Scoring summary

1		OU	R.D. Lashar 47 yard field goal	OU 3-0
1		TEX	Kerry Cash 8 yard pass from Peter Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 7-3
2		OU	Dewell Brewer 9 yard run (R.D. Lashar kick)	OU 10-7
3		OU	R.D. Lashar 36 yard field goal	OU 13-7
4	2:00	TEX	Keith Cash 16 yard pass from Peter Gardere (Michael Pollak kick)	TEX 14-13

See also: 1990 Oklahoma Sooners football team and Red River Shootout

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Arkansas

See also: 1990 Arkansas Razorbacks football team and Arkansas–Texas football rivalry

SMU

See also: 1990 SMU Mustangs football team

Texas Tech

See also: 1990 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry

Houston

See also: 1990 Houston Cougars football team

TCU

See also: 1990 TCU Horned Frogs football team and TCU–Texas football rivalry

Baylor

See also: 1990 Baylor Bears football team

Texas A&M

See also: 1990 Texas A&M Aggies football team and Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry

Miami (FL)—Cotton Bowl Classic

No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 3 Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hurricanes	12	7	14	13	46
Longhorns	0	3	0	0	3

• Date: January 1
• Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
• Game attendance: 73,521
• Referee: Jimmy Harper (SEC)
• TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tim Brant, and John Dockery

     

Scoring summary

1	8:53	MIA	Carlos Huerta 28-yard field goal	MIA 3–0
	5:26	MIA	Carlos Huerta 50-yard field goal	MIA 6–0
	0:11	MIA	Wesley Carroll 12-yard pass from Erickson (pass failed)	MIA 12–0
2	7:43	TEX	Michael Pollak 29-yard field goal	MIA 12–3
	4:17	MIA	Wesley Carroll 24-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)	MIA 19–3
3	11:46	MIA	Darrin Smith 34-yard interception return (Huerta kick)	MIA 26–3
	6:09	MIA	Randal Hill 48-yard pass from Erickson (Huerta kick)	MIA 33–3
4	10:56	MIA	Randy Bethel 4-yard pass from Erickson (kick blocked)	MIA 40–3
	9:23	MIA	Leonard Conley 26-yard run (Huerta kick)	MIA 46–3

Main article: 1991 Cotton Bowl Classic

See also: 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team

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Personnel

1990 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 74 Sam Adams So OT 59 Bruce Bass So TE 93 David Bearden So QB 6 Beau Beauchamp So G 58 Jeff Boyd So TE 21 Henry Brown Sr RB 29 Phil Brown Fr QB Wade Burnett Jr RB, WR 98 Dominic Cameron Fr WR 11 Keith Cash Sr TE 19 Kerry Cash Sr RB 34 Shane Childers Fr TE 83 Stephen Clark Sr QB 12 Steve Clements Fr RB 33 Deon Cockrell Sr G 71 Burke Collins Jr RB 37 Gerald Crawford  Fr WR 2 Mike Davis So RB, WR 28 Tyrus Doctor Fr WR 48 Darrick Duke So RB 34 Andre Eaddy So OL 68 Trent Elliott Fr RB 7 Lemel Foreman So WR 16 Shane Foster  Fr OT 69 Marc Gann So QB 10 Peter Gardere  So G 64 Scott Gooch Jr RB 40 Butch Hadnot Fr TE 89 Jimmy Hakes Fr WR 32 Scooter Hesseltine Fr RB, DB 83 Eric Jackson Fr OL 79 Chuck Johnson Jr WR 3 Graylin Johnson Jr OT 65 Alan Luther So C 55 Turk McDonald So OT 57 David McGrath Sr FL Lance McLaughlin So WR 22 Justin McLemore Fr C 77 Chad D. McMillian Jr G 53 Duane Miller Sr QB 5 Mark Murdock Jr WR 6 Kenny Neal  Fr WR 4 Cosmo Palmieri  Fr OT 67 Troy Riemer  Fr RB 23 Chris Samuels Sr QB 14 Jimmy Saxton  Fr OT 78 Charles Seafous Sr RB Dan Seward So G 76 Shay Shafie Jr OT 68 Mark Smith So C 50 Todd Smith Sr OT 51 Stan Thomas Sr TE 84 Curtis Thrift Jr RB 36 Adrian Walker So WR 1 Johnny Walker Sr RB 24 Rodrick Walker Fr G 97 Duane Whetstone  Fr G 70 Kevin Wiley Sr C 52 James Williams  Fr RB 39 Patrick Wilson Jr WR, K Cole Winters  Fr RB 9 Rodney Woodard So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 9 Mark Berry Jr DE 47 Guy Bobbora Jr LB 41 Will Burdine Jr LB 13 Jason Burleson So DB 21 Grady Cavness So LB 42 Anthony Curl So DB 1 Timothy Day So DE 81 Shane Dronett So DT 90 Jon Feick Fr DB 29 David Fizell Sr DB Paul Flinn Jr DB 4 Victor Frazier Fr DT 66 Roger Fritcher Sr DB 23 Todd Gage So DB 17 Willie Mack Garza So DE 95 Oscar Giles Sr DE 88 Gary Givens Sr DB 16 Lance Gunn So DE 84 Parker Hager Jr LB 33 Charles Harrison Fr LB 53 Paul Harvey Sr DE 31 Jeff Higgins Jr DE 44 Clay Howell So DT 94 Todd Hunt So DB 46 Jon Hunter Fr DB 25 Bubba Jacques Jr DT 99 Tommy Jeter Jr LB 60 Brian Jones Sr DT 96 James Lane Fr DB 30 James Lee Sr LB 91 Lorenzo Lewis Sr LB 61 Doug Livinston Fr LB 11 Chad Lucas Fr DB 13 Chris Malish Jr DB 8 Van Malone So DB 42 Eddy Matchette So LB 50 Dennis McWilliams Fr DB 27 Bubba Moffett Sr LB 64 Terry Montgomery Jr LB 52 Mical Padgett Jr DT 92 James Patton Jr DB 39 Michael Petru  Fr LB 56 Boone Powell Jr LB 63 Chris Rapp  Fr DB 18 Stanley Richard Sr DB 43 Todd Ringo Jr DE 45 Bo Robinson So DE 49 Anthony Scott Sr DB 38 Jerry Seade Sr DB 15 Kevin Smith Jr DB 35 Scott Spencer  Fr DT 73 Todd Stautzenberger Sr DT 87 Mark Steed Sr LB 44 Winfred Tubbs So DB 26 Pascal Watty  Fr DB 31 Anthony Willard Jr LB 83 Derek Wilson Fr DT 69 Lance Wilson Jr DB 36 John Woodson  Fr DT 54 Kevin Yeaman  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 93 Corny Adams  Fr K 49 Ted Barnhill So DS Tim Crank So K 22 Craig Dickey Fr K 95 Jason Gunning So K 18 Brad King Fr K 94 Michael Pollak Sr K 98 Jason Post So K 43 William Toomey So P 80 Alex Waits Sr K Tim Warner Jr K 91 Jason Ziegler Fr	Head coach David McWilliams Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

1991 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1991 NFL draft following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Stanley Richard	Safety	1	9	San Diego Chargers
Stan Thomas	Tackle	1	22	Chicago Bears
Kerry Cash	Tight end	5	125	Indianapolis Colts
Keith Cash	Tight end	7	188	Washington Redskins
Johnny Walker	Wide receiver	8	203	Green Bay Packers
Brian Jones	Linebacker	8	213	Los Angeles Raiders
Chris Samuels	Running back	12	317	San Diego Chargers
Stephen Clark	Tight end	12	333	Buffalo Bills

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