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TEXAS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 1963, ’69, ’70 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS • 1996 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • 1920, ’28, ’30, ’42, ’43, ’45, ’50, ’52, ’53*, ’59*, ’61*, ’62, ’63, ’68*, ’69, ’70, ’71 , ’72, ’73, ’75*, ’77, ’83, ’90, ’94*, ’95 (*co-champs) LONGHORNS Athletics Media Relations Department • P.O. Box 7399 • Austin, TX 78713-7399 • Office: 512/471-7437 • Fax: 512/471-6040 LONGHORNS RETURN HOME TO FACE GAME 9 #16 TEXAS (6-2, 3-1) NO. 12 NEBRASKA: In a matchup of two of vs. the winningest programs in college football his- #12 NEBRASKA (7-1, 3-1) tory, the No. 16 Longhorns (6-2/3-1 Big 12) hit the midway point of their conference schedule Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (80,082) vs. with a Top 25 matchup against No. 12 Nebraska Austin, Texas Sat., Nov. 1 (Time: 11:00 a.m./TV: ABC) (7-1/3-1 Big 12) on Saturday (11 a.m./ABC- split national) at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. It marks the 10th meeting between RANKINGS: Texas is ranked 16th in both The the two schools that have a combined 1,547 all-time victories. Texas is the only Big Associated Press poll and the USA Today/ESPN 12 school that can claim a series lead over Nebraska, with a slight 5-4 advantage. The Coaches poll. UT has been ranked among the USA last time both Texas and Nebraska entered the game ranked among the Top 25, the Today/ESPN Top 25 for 78 weeks in a row and The AP Poll for 53 consecutive weeks. Nebraska is ranked No. 18 Longhorns knocked off the No. 3 Huskers in Austin, 24-20, in 1999. Texas 12th in The Associated Press poll and ninth in the enters the game having won four of its last six Top 25 matchup games (both teams USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll. ranked among the Top 25), with the only losses coming to No. 2 Oklahoma last sea- son and the top-ranked Sooners earlier this year. With a 56-0 victory at Baylor last TELEVISION: The game will be televised regionally week, the Longhorns became bowl eligible. A bowl berth would be UT’s sixth in-a- by ABC (split national). row, marking the longest bowl streak for the Horns since they earned nine consecu- tive bowl berths from 1977-85. RADIO: The game will be broadcast nationally on Westwood One Radio with Chuck Cooperstein and HORNS AT HOME: After having a streak of 20 consecutive victories at home Shea Walker on the call. The Longhorn Sports Network and KVET (1300 AM/98.1 FM) broadcast snapped in a 38-28 loss to Arkansas earlier this year, UT bounced back with a 63-18 each UT game on its 36-station network. Craig Way win over Tulane (9/27) and a 24-20 victory over No. 16 Kansas State (10/4) in its last (play-by-play), Keith Moreland (color) and Brian two home outings. Texas is 30-3 (.909) at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Jones (sidelines) call the action. under Mack Brown. Kansas State’s 35- 17 win in Austin in 1999 is the only Big NCAA’S WINNINGEST TEAMS: UT PRESS CONFERENCE ON SATELLITE: Mack 12 home defeat of a Mack Brown THE LAST THREE SEASONS Brown’s weekly press conference is available via squad. UT’s recent 20-game home-win- 1. Miami (Fla.) ____________________31-1 satellite each Monday (contact the media relations ning streak was the program’s longest 2. Oklahoma ______________________31-4 office for coordinates) at 11 a.m. (Central). The press since a 42-gamer from 1968-76 (No. 7 conference airs live nationally on ESPNEWS and 3. TEXAS ________________________28-6 locally on News 8 Austin. News 8 Austin also re-airs on the NCAA all-time list). The home- Ohio State ______________________28-6 the press conference each Monday at 10:10 p.m. winning streak also was tied for the Georgia ________________________28-6 third longest in UT history. In Brown’s Texas Athletics Media Relations NCAA ALL-TIME RECORDS LISTS 2101 San Jacinto All-Time Winning Percentage All-Time Victories Bellmont Hall, Room 327 YEARS RECORD PCT. YEARS WINS Austin, Texas 78705 1. Notre Dame ____114 ____793-255-42 ____.7468 1. Michigan ______123 ____830 2. Michigan ______123 ____830-271-36 ____.7458 2. Notre Dame ____114 ____793 Fax: 512/471-6040 3. Alabama ______108 ____757-290-44 ____.7140 3. Nebraska ______113 ____778 4. Oklahoma ______108 ____733-282-53 ____.7111 4. TEXAS ________110 ____772 5. Ohio State ______113 ____752-293-53 ____.7090 5. Alabama ________108 ____757 Asst. AD/Media Relations Director: John Bianco 6. TEXAS ________110____772-308-33 __.7084 6. Penn State ______115 ____755 Phone: 512/471-1346 Cell: 512/748-9315 7. Nebraska ______113 ____778-309-40 ____.7081 7. Ohio State ______113 ____752 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com TEXAS/NEBRASKA ALL-TIME SERIES AT-A-GLANCE OVERALL SERIES: Texas leads, 5-4 SERIES RECORD IN AUSTIN: Series tied, 1-1 SERIES RECORD IN LINCOLN: Texas leads, 3-1 #16 TEXAS SERIES RECORD AT NEUTRAL SITES: Nebraska leads, 2-1 Record: 6-2 (3-1 Big 12) CURRENT SERIES WIN STREAK: Texas, 1 Home: 3-1 Away: 3-0 Neutral: 0-1 AS CONFERENCE OPPONENTS: Texas leads, 4-1 Aug. 31 NEW MEXICO ST. (FSN) __W, 66-7 SERIES HISTORY Sept.13 ARKANSAS (ABC)________L, 28-38 Year Score UT’s final record NU’s final record 20 at Rice* (ESPN2)____________W, 48-7 2002____#7 Texas 27, Nebraska 24 ______11-2 (6-2 Big 12/t-1st S) __7-7 (3-5 Big 12/4th N) 27 TULANE (TBS) ________ W, 63-18 1999^ __#3 Nebraska 22, #12 Texas 6 ____9-5 (6-2 Big 12/1st S) __12-1 (7-1 Big 12/1st N) Oct. 4 #16 KANSAS STATE (ABC) __W, 24-20 1999____@ #18 Texas 24, #3 Nebraska 20 __9-5 (6-2 Big 12/1st S) __12-1 (7-1 Big 12/1st N) 11 vs. #1 Oklahoma+ (ABC) ____L, 13-65 1998____Texas 20, @ #7 Nebraska 16 ____9-3 (6-2 Big 12/2nd S) __9-4 (5-3 Big 12/t-2nd N) 18 at Iowa State ____________W, 40-19 1996^ __Texas 37, #3 Nebraska 27 ______8-5 (6-2 Big 12/1st S*) __11-2 (8-0 Big 12/1st N) 25 at Baylor ________________W, 56-0 1973+ __#12 Nebraska 19, #8 Texas 3 ______8-3 (7-0 SWC/t-1st) __9-2-1 (4-2-1 Big 8/t-2nd) Nov. 1#12 NEBRASKA ____________TBA 1960____Nebraska 14, @ #4 Texas 13 ____7-3-1 (5-2 SWC/t-2nd)____4-6 (2-5 Big 8/t-6th) 8at #14 Oklahoma State ________TBA 1959____#17 Texas 20, @ Nebraska 0 ______9-2 (5-1 SWC/t-1st) ____4-6 (2-4 Big 7/6th) 15 TEXAS TECH ______________TBA 1933____@ Nebraska 26, Texas 0 ________4-5-2 (2-3-1 SWC/5th) ____8-1 (5-0 Big 6/1st) 28 at Texas A&M (ABC) ______2:30 p.m. ^ Big 12 Championship | S - denotes Big 12 South Division | N - denotes Big 12 North Division | * Big 12 Champions | + Cotton Bowl Dec. 6 Big 12 Championship (ABC) __7 p.m. all times Central // + at Cotton Bowl (Dallas) // *at first year at Texas in 1998, the Longhorns recorded a perfect 6-0 slate at Royal-Texas Reliant Stadium Memorial Stadium — UT’s first undefeated home season since 1995. UT repeated that MACK BROWN (FLORIDA STATE ’74): Texas’ feat in posting a 6-0 home record in 2000 and were 5-0 at home in 2001. UT posted its sixth-year head coach has won 75 of his last 95 third consecutive perfect home slate (fourth in five years under Brown) with a 6-0 mark games (.789) and led his teams to a 109-35 (.757) last year. The last time the Longhorns recorded three consecutive perfect home records record the last 11 years. Brown, who is 55-17 (35- was 1973-75. UT was 5-0 at home in 1973 and ’74 and 6-0 at Royal-Texas Memorial 9 Big 12) in his six years at UT, has a 141-91-1 Stadium in ’75. The Longhorns have posted a 308-88-10 (.771) record in 80 seasons at mark in 20 years overall. With 11 wins last sea- Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Including games played at Clark Field through 1924, son, he secured a 13th consecutive winning sea- UT is 456-110-13 (.799) all-time at home. son and 11th straight bowl berth. Brown is the Big 12’s winningest active Division IA coach and his string of 11 straight bowl appearances is the HOME FIELD DOMINANCE: Texas has been dominant at home in winning more than longest among league mentors. 90 percent of its games at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium under Mack Brown. During its recent 20-game winning streak, UT outscored the opposition, 851-185, or an average victory of 43-9. During that stretch, the Longhorns recorded 8,473 yards of offense (423.7 ypg) to their opponents’ 4,864 (243.2 ypg). The Longhorns scored at least 40 points on 16 occasions during the streak and did not allow an opponent to score more than 20 points. In 33 home games under Brown, Texas has outscored its opponents, 1,258-452, or an average of 38-13. Arkansas became just the sixth team in the last 33 #12 NEBRASKA games to score 24 or more points against UT at home.