Texas Longhorns
University	University of Texas at Austin
Conference	Big 12 SEC (July 1, 2024)
NCAA	Division I (FBS)
Athletic director	Chris Del Conte
Location	Austin, Texas
Varsity teams	21
Football stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Basketball arena	Moody Center
Baseball stadium	Disch-Falk Field
Other venues	Gregory Gymnasium (volleyball) Mike A. Myers Stadium (track & field; soccer) Red and Charline McCombs Field (softball)
Mascot	Bevo and Hook 'em
Nickname	Longhorns
Fight song	Texas Fight
Colors	Burnt orange and white[1]
Website	www.texassports.com

The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and are now the official "large animal" of the state of Texas.^[2] Generally, both the men's and women's teams are referred to as the Longhorns, and the mascot is a Texas Longhorn steer named Bevo. The Longhorns have consistently been ranked as the biggest brand in collegiate athletics, in both department size and breadth of appeal.

The Longhorn nickname had begun appearing in Texas newspapers by 1900.^[3]

The University of Texas at Austin is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. It offers a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports programs, and was selected as "America's Best Sports College" in a 2002 analysis by Sports Illustrated. Texas was also listed as the number one Collegiate Licensing Company client from 2005 to 2013 in regards to the amount of annual trademark royalties received from the sales of its fan merchandise.^[4]

Until Athletic Director Chris Del Conte altered the organizational structure of the athletic department in 2017,^[5] Texas was the only remaining NCAA Division I school to operate separate men's and women's athletic departments, after the other remaining holdout, the University of Tennessee,^[6] merged its men's and women's athletic departments at the end of the 2011–12 academic year.^[7]

Varsity sports

A charter member of the Southwest Conference until its dissolution in 1996, the Texas Longhorns now compete in the Big 12 Conference, as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The school's colors are officially Orange (Pantone 159) and White, with Burnt Orange — also known as Texas Orange – being the specific shade of orange used.^[8][9] The University of Texas Longhorn Band performs the alma mater as well as the university fight song ("Texas Fight") at various sporting events.

Over the years, Longhorn sports teams have won 56 total national championships,^[10] 47 of which are NCAA National Championships.^[11] The University of Texas currently fields a varsity team in nine men's sports and eleven women's sports.^[12]

In 1992, seven women athletes representing club-level rowing, soccer and gymnastics and intramural softball, organized by the rowing club coach, sued the university in U.S. District Court charging them with Title IX violations. At the time there were more men on the football team than there were varsity-level women athletes. In July 1993 Texas settled the lawsuit, agreeing to add women's rowing, soccer and softball; and agreeing to devote more than 44 percent of its varsity athletic roster spots and more than 42 percent of its athletic scholarship money to women. Women's soccer was added in 1993, softball in 1995 and rowing in 1997.^[13]

Football

Two Texas Longhorn running backs have won college football's most prestigious individual award, the Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998). Seventeen Longhorn players and two Longhorn coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame,^[14] while four are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[15] Other Longhorn players have also received recognition for their performance.

In terms of total wins, Texas is the 2nd-ranked NCAA Division I FBS program in college football history with 891 wins, after passing Nebraska during the 2016 season. As of the end of the 2016 season, the Longhorns' all-time record is 891–359–33 (.709). Only the University of Michigan has won more games and a greater percentage of games played than Texas,^[16] which recorded its 800th victory with the Longhorns' 41–38 win over the USC Trojans in the 2006 BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the program was somewhat less successful, but the Longhorns have since returned to prominence in college football, finishing in the top six of the AP and coaches' polls in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009.

The University of Texas team plays home games in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium which has a seating capacity of 100,119.^[17] Renovations began on the stadium November 14, 2005, two days following the last home football game of the 2005 season. The improvements were completed before the 2008 football season, and included additional seating^[18] and the nation's first high definition video display in a collegiate facility nicknamed "Godzillatron."^[19] The University completed a $27 million expansion and renovation to the south end zone facilities in August 2009 which added 4,525 permanent bleacher seats and changed the playing surface to FieldTurf. With the new permanent bleacher seating section added behind the south end zone and the total remodeling of the north end zone completed in 2008, the stadium's official capacity now stands at 100,119. This was surpassed when 101,357^[20] saw #3-ranked Texas beat Kansas 51–20^[21] on November 21, 2009.

Championships and bowls

• National Championships (4 claimed; 9 unclaimed):

• Claimed (AP and Coaches Poll): 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
• Unclaimed (other): 1914, 1918, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1968, 1977, 1981, 2008

• Conference Championships (33):

1913, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1952, 1953*, 1959*, 1961*, 1962, 1963, 1968*, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975*, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1994*, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2023

• Divisional championships (7):

1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009

• Bowl Game Wins (29):

Major Bowl Games:

BCS National Championship Game – 2005

Rose Bowl – 2005, 2006

Sugar Bowl – 1948, 2019

Fiesta Bowl – 2009

Cotton Bowl – 1943, 1946, 1953, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1999, 2003

Orange Bowl – 1949, 1965

2nd-Tier Bowl Games:

Alamo Bowl – 2006, 2012, 2019, 2020

Bluebonnet Bowl – 1966, 1975, 1987

Holiday Bowl – 2001, 2007, 2011

Sun Bowl – 1978, 1994

Texas Bowl - 2017

Men's basketball

The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1906.^[22] The Longhorns rank 18th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs and 25th in all-time win percentage among programs with at least 60 years in Division I, with an all-time win–loss record of 1791–1088 (.622).^[23] Among Big 12 Conference men's basketball programs, Texas is second only to Kansas in both all-time wins and all-time win percentage.^[23]

The Longhorns have won 27 total conference championships in men's basketball and have made 34 total appearances in the NCAA tournament (11th-most appearances all time, with a 35–37 overall record),^[24] reaching the NCAA Final Four three times (1943, 1947, 2003) and the NCAA regional finals (Elite Eight) seven times.^[25][26] As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Texas ranks sixth among all Division I men's basketball programs for total NCAA Tournament games won without having won the national championship (35), trailing Kansas State (37), Notre Dame (38), Purdue (39), Illinois (40), and Oklahoma (41).^[24][27] The Longhorns have also won 2 NIT championships, in 1978 and 2019.

Texas's best season is arguably the 1932-33 season when the team went 22-1, won the Southwest Conference and was named unofficial National Champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Since the introduction of the AP poll, Texas's best season was 2002-2003 when it went 26-7, earned a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, made it as far as the Final Four and finished the season ranked #3 in the AP poll.

The 2005–06 season marked the 100th anniversary of basketball at the University of Texas. Special logos were placed on the uniforms to commemorate this anniversary.

In 2007, the men's basketball team was ranked sixth by the Harris Poll for favorite men's college basketball teams, moving up one spot from the previous year.^[28]

Championships