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Texas Longhorns 2016 Football Game Notes TEXAS LONGHORNS 2016 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES FOUR-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 28-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • THIRD MOST WINS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY SATURDAY KICKOFF 17 7:30 SEPTEMBER BERKELEY, CA CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL STADIUM TEXAS GOLDEN BEARS CAPACITY: 62,467 LONGHORNS Record ___________________ 1-1 WATCH LISTEN LISTEN Record ___________________ 2-0 Ranking (AP/Coaches) ______ NR/NR Ranking (AP/Coaches) ______ 11/16 Head Coach __________ Sonny Dykes Head Coach _________ Charlie Strong Career Record _________ 37-39 (7th) Career Record _________ 50-30 (7th) Record at Cal __________ 15-24 (4th) Record at Texas ________ 13-14 (3rd) Location ___________ Berkeley, Calif. Mark Jones (PxP) Craig Way (PxP) Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva (PxP) Location ____________ Austin, Texas Founded ________________ 1883 Founded ________________ 1868 Rod Gilmore (Color) Roger Wallace (Color) Jesus Mendoza (Color) Enrollment ______________ 38,204 Enrollment ______________ 50.950 Colors ______________ Blue & Gold Quint Kessenich Sideline) Quan Cosby Sideline) Colors ________Burnt Orange & White FOLLOW THE HORNS THE OPENING KICKOFF The No. 11/16 University of Texas Longhorns return to action when they take to the road for the first time this season Twitter: _____________@Longhorn_FB to face the California Golden Bears. Texas, 2-0 for the first time since the 2012 season, is coming off a 41-7 victory over UTEP. They also defeated No. 10/9 Notre Dame 50-47 in double-overtime to open the season. Cal, whose season Twitter: ___________ @Strong_TexasFB began on Aug. 26 in Sydney, Australia with a win over Hawaii, is coming off a 45-40 loss at San Diego State on Saturday night. For the Golden Bears, Saturday night’s game will be their home opener. Kickoff is set for 9:30 p.m. Instagram: ________@LonghornsFootball CT/7:30 p.m. PT at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. Facebook: ______________@UTFootball NATIONAL GAME COVERAGE Snapchat: _________________@TexFB • Saturday night’s game at California will kickoff at 9:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. Mark Jones will call the action with Rod Gilmore joining him in the booth for analysis. Quint Kessenich will be on the sidelines. • Tune into LHN’s Texas GameDay show live beginning two hours before kickoff. WHAT’S INSIDE • A national radio broadcast can be heard on Sirius channel 136, XM channel 199 and online channel 953. Game Information/Coverage ______________ 1 2016 Schedule/Weekly Schedule/Series Info _____ 2 Game Notes _______________________ 3-9 LONGHORNS REMAIN IN NATIONAL RANKINGS Charlie Strong/Coaching Staff ___________10-11 • Texas enters Saturday’s game at California ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 16 in the 2016 Standings/Opponents’ Schedules ________12 Coaches Poll. Media Policies _______________________13 • The No. 11 ranking marks the first time since weeks three and four of the 2010 season that the Longhorns have been Roster/Depth Chart __________________14-16 ranked as high as 11 in consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 poll. Prior to jumping into the rankings a week ago, Texas Statistics ________________________17-36 had not been ranked in the AP Top 25 poll since Dec. 2013. Recaps _________________________37-38 • The Longhorns No. 16 ranking in the Coaches Poll is their highest since being ranked 16th in week two of the 2013 season. Last week, UT was ranked 20th in the poll, their first appearance since week two of the 2014 season. MEDIA RELATIONS Assoc. AD/Media Relations Director: John Bianco A TEXAS WIN WOULD... E-Mail: [email protected] • Mark the Longhorns 889th win in program history Assoc. Media Relations Director: Thomas Stepp • Be Charlie Strong’s 51st career coaching victory E-Mail: [email protected] • Improve Texas’ record to 6-1 all-time against California, including a 3-0 record on the road in Berkeley • Give Texas their first 3-0 start since the 2012 season when they started 4-0 Assoc. Media Relations Director: Joe Hernandez E-Mail: [email protected] STRONG RECORDS 50TH CAREER WIN OVER UTEP Asst. Media Relations Director: Scott Swegan • Texas head coach Charlie Strong picked up his 50th career win with Saturday night’s 41-7 victory over UTEP. In just E-Mail: [email protected] his seventh season as a head coach, Strong’s teams have registered an 11-win season, a 12-win season, and three bowl including a Sugar Bowl title. Strong has a career record of 50-30 (.625) and a record of 13-14 (.481) at Texas. TEXAS LONGHORNS 2016 GAME NOTES TEXAS GAME WEEK SCHEDULE 12 • MONDAY 13 • TUESDAY 14 • WEDNESDAY 15 • THURSDAY 16 • FRIDAY 17 • SATURDAY 18 • SUNDAY No Practice Closed Practice Closed Practice Closed Practice Travel GAME DAY Closed Practice 9:50 a.m.>> After practice>> 11:30 a.m.>> 7:00 p.m.>> No Media Availability at CALIFORNIA No Media Availability Strong on Big 12 Teleconference Sterlin Gilbert Availability Vance Bedford Availability Charlie Strong Coaches Show 9:30 p.m. CT 11:00 a.m. >> (Moncrief) (Moncrief) (Pluckers on Rio Grande) Strong Press Conference Select Players not at Monday Postgame>> (Centennial Room) availability Media Availability w/ Charlie 11:30 a.m.>> Strong, Sterlin Gilbert and select Player Media Availabillity players (Centennial Room) 2016 RECORD/RESULTS VS OTRE AME (Sept. 4) OVERALL: 2-0 BIG 12: 0-0 #10/9 N D W, 50-47 Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) F/2OT HOME: 2-0 BIG 12 HOME: 0-0 Notes: UT beats No. 10 Notre Dame in front of record-breaking sellout crowd at DKR AWAY: 0-0 BIG 12 AWAY: 0-0 NEUTRAL: 0-0 BIG 12 NEUTRAL: 0-0 VS UTEP (Sept. 10 • 6:00 pm CT • LHN) W, 41-7 Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) HOME AWAY NEUTRAL Notes: Texas improves to 2-0 for first time since 2012 with win over UTEP INSIDE THE SERIES AT CALIFORNIA (Sept. 17 • 9:30 pm CT • ESPN) vs. CALIFORNIA California Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, Calif.) Notes: UT is 5-1 all-time against California, with a 2-0 record on the road against the Golden Bears The University of Texas travels to California to face the Golden Bears on Saturday night in Berkeley. AT #RV/RV OKLAHOMA STATE (Oct. 1) The matchup will mark the seventh time the two Boone Pickens Stadium (Stillwater, Okla.) programs have met all-time. Notes: The Longhorns are 24-5 against the Cowboys, with the road team winning seven straight Texas won the first five matchups by a combined VS #14/14 OKLAHOMA (Oct. 8 • TBA • FS1) score of 155-28, but California picked up their first Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas) win in the series last season with a 45-44 victory Notes: Texas is coming off a 24-17 win in 2015 and owns an all-time record of 61-44-5 vs. OU in Austin. VS IOWA STATE (Oct. 15 • TBA • LHN) The two programs have met two times in Berkeley, Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) with Texas winning both matchups. The series Notes: The Longhorns are 11-2 all-time against ISU and have a 6-1 record at home began with a 1959 meeting in Austin, resulting in a 33-0 victory for the Longhorns. The next two AT KANSAS STATE (Oct. 22) matchups were both in Berkeley (1961 and 1969). Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (Manhattan, Kan.) The two teams also met in the 2011 Holiday Bowl Notes: UT is seeking their first road win at Kansas State since 2002 in San Diego. VS #21/19 BAYLOR (Oct. 29) ALL-TIME SERIES: TEXAS LEADS 5-1 Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) AT TEXAS: TEXAS LEADS 2-1 Notes: Texas is 74-26-4 all-time and owns a 15-5 record in the last 20 meetings AT CAL: TEXAS LEADS 2-0 AT EXAS ECH (Nov. 5) NEUTRAL SITE: TEXAS LEADS 1-0 T T Jones AT&T Stadium (Lubbock, Texas) Notes: UT is 49-16 against Texas Tech all-time and has won five of the last six in Lubbock ALL-TIME RESULTS vs. CALIFORNIA VS #RV/RV WEST VIRGINIA (Nov. 12) Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) Season Location Result 1959 Austin W, 33-0 Notes: Texas owns a 145-142 scoring advantage in four Big 12 Conference matchups vs. WVU 1961 Berkeley W, 28-3 1969 Berkeley W, 17-0 AT KANSAS (Nov. 19) 1970 Austin W, 56-15 Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, Kan.) 2011 San Diego W, 21-10 Notes: The Longhorns have won 13 consecutive over the Jayhawks 2015 Austin L, 44-45 VS #RV/RV TCU (Nov. 25 • 2:30 pm CT • FOX or FS1) Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) Notes: Texas owns a 62-23-1 record and won 24 straight from 1968-91 PAGE 2 GAME 3 • at California • SEPT. 17, 2016 TEXAS LONGHORNS 2016 GAME NOTES BUECHELE MAKING HISTORY EARLY AT TEXAS LONGHORNS’ HONOR ROLL • Shane Buechele (Arlington, Texas) became the first true freshman VICTORIES BY A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK quarterback at Texas to start the first two games of his career on 1. _10 __ ^Colt McCoy (10-3) ______2006 PAUL BOYETTE JR. • DT • SR. Saturday night. He was just the second true freshman QB in school 2. _8___ ^Major Applewhite (8-2) __1998 3. _6___ ^Vince Young (6-1) _____2003 • Senior Bowl preseason watch list history to start the season opener, joining Bobby Layne in 1944. 4. _5___ ^Shea Morenz (5-5-1) ____1993 • In two games, Buechele has completed 38-of-53 (71.7%) passes for ___5___ Bobby Layne (5-3) ______1944 6. _4___ ^Jerrod Heard (4-6) _____2015 SHANE BUECHELE • QB • FR.
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