NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • 1963, ’69, ’70, 2005 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS • ‘96, ‘05, ‘09 SOUTHWESTTEXAS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • 1920, ’28, ’30, ’42, ’43, ’45, ’50, ’52, ’53*, LONGHORNS ’59*, ’61*, ’62, ’63, ’68*, ’69, ’70, ’71 , ’72, ’73, ’75*, ’77, ’83, ’90, ’94*, ’95 (*co-champs) Athletics Media Relations Department • P.O. Box 7399 • Austin, TX 78713-7399 • Office: 512/471-6036 • Fax: 512/471-6040 HORNS PLAY HOST TO BYU long-time successful defensive coordina- GAME 1 SATURDAY: After a convincing season- tor, spending four years at South Carolina opening victory over North Texas in the (1999-2002) and seven at Florida (2003-09). debut of first-year head coach Charlie NCAA • Most Wins Last Two Seasons Strong, the Longhorns will face BYU in 1. Florida State ___________________26-2 Austin on Saturday (6:30 p.m. Central). 2. Ohio State _____________________24-2 The teams have met just four times, though Alabama ______________________24-3 #NR/24 TEXAS (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) two of those have occurred in the last three 4. Louisville _____________________23-3 vs. years. Texas downed the Cougars, 17-16 Oregon _______________________23-3 BYU (1-0) in Austin in 2011, but BYU knocked off Stanford _______________________23-5 the Longhorns, 40-21, in Provo, Utah, last Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium/ season behind the rushing of QB Taysom STARTERS RETURNING: Texas wel- Joe Jamail Field (100,119) Hill and RB Jamaal Williams. comes back starters at 12 positions, includ- Saturday, Sept. 6 (Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT/ ing five on offense and seven on defense. TV: FS1) TEXAS OPENS 2014 WITH WIN: The There are 12 offensive players who started defense accounted for four interceptions THE SERIES: BYU leads 3-1 a game in 2013 back for 2014, while the and allowed just 94 yards of total offense, defense includes 13 players with at least TELEVISION: The game will be shown on leading the Longhorns to a 38-7 victo- one start last season. FOX Sports 1. ry over North Texas Saturday. WR John Harris set career highs with seven recep- STARTERS LOST: Texas is replacing 10 RADIO: All games are broadcast on the tions and 110 yards, and Texas used a bal- offensive and defensive starters, as well Longhorn IMG Radio Network on its 38-sta- anced offensive attack to control the game. as its punter and place-kicker. Eight of tion network which includes flagship KVET David Ash was 19 of 34 for 190 yards and those 10 starters earned All-Big 12 honors (1300 AM/98.1 FM) in Austin. Pregame a TD, while running backs Johnathan Gray last season and two - DE Jackson Jeffcoat begins one hour before kickoff. The game and Malcolm Brown (two TD’s) contrib- and PK/P Anthony Fera - were consensus is also available online at TexasSports.com. uted 84 and 65 rushing yards, respectively. All-Americans. The group of 10 starters Craig Way (play-by-play), Roger Wallace accounted for 421 games played, including (color) and Quan Cosby (sideline) will call TEXAS BEGINS STRONG ERA: Texas 297 career starts. Those totals do not include the action. A live radio broadcast for each has opened its 122nd season in program Fera, who served double duty last season as game also can be heard on SiriusXM Satellite: history and first under the guidance of the place-kicker and punter. He was a final- XM 202; Sirius 117; Internet 969; Spanish Charlie Strong who was hired in January ist for the Lou Groza Award and Jeffcoat 550. Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva (play-by-play) as the school’s 29th head coach, but just captured the Ted Hendricks Award as the and John Jagou (color) have the call for the sixth in the last 58 years. Strong spent top defensive end in the nation. Spanish Language Broadcasts. ESPN will have the past four seasons as Louisville head a national broadcast with Bill Rosinski (play- coach, re-energizing a program that had a WHAT’S INSIDE... by-play), David Norrie (color) and Joe Schad 15-21 record in the three years prior to his pgs. 1-8 Notes pgs. 11-25 2014 Statistics (sidelines). arrival. He posted a 37-15 record, which pg. 2 2014 Schedule pg. 26 Game Recaps pg. 2 Opponent pgs. 27-28 Roster included a pair of Big East Conference Series Info pg. 28 Pronunciations Championships (2011, 2012). Strong was pg. 5 2014 Award named Big East Coach of the Year in both Watch Lists CONNECTING WITH THE HORNS 2010 and 2012, and led the Cardinals to pg. 7 Horns in the NFL Twitter: ____________________ @Longhorn_FB four bowl appearances with three wins. pg. 9 By The Numbers _________________________ @Strong_TexasFB Over the past two years, Louisville was pg. 10 Media Info. Facebook: _ www.facebook.com/TexasLonghorns the nation’s fourth-winningest program, ________________www.facebook.com/utfootball YouTube: _______________________________ posting a 23-3 record (88.5 percent). Prior __ www.youtube.com/user/TexasLonghornsVideo to his stint at Louisville, Strong was a as of Aug. 31 www.TexasSports.com TEXAS-BYU ALL-TIME SERIES AT-A-GLANCE OVERALL SERIES: BYU leads, 3-1 SERIES RECORD IN AUSTIN: Tied, 1-1 SERIES RECORD IN PROVO: BYU leads, 2-0 #NR/24 TEXAS Record: 1-0 (0-0, Big 12) SERIES HISTORY Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Year Score UT’s final record BYU’s final record 1987_____BYU 22, @ Texas 17 ________________ 7-5 (5-2/T-2nd in SWC) __9-4 (7-1/2nd in WAC) Aug. 30 North Texas (LHN) ________ W, 38-8 1988_____@ BYU 47, #19/NR Texas 6 __________ 4-7 (2-5/T-4th in SWC) ___9-4 (5-3/T-3rd in WAC) Sept. 6 BYU (FS1) ______________ 6:30 p.m. 2011_____@ #24/21 Texas 17, BYU 16 __________ 11-2 (7-1/2nd in Big 12) __10-3 (Independent) 13 vs. #7/7 UCLA% (FOX) _______ 7 p.m. 27 at Kansas* _________________TBA 2013_____@ BYU 40, #15/16 Texas 21 __________ 8-5 (7-2/t2nd in Big 12) ___8-5 (Independent) Oct. 4 #10/10 BAYLOR* ____________TBA 11 vs. #4/3 Oklahoma*+ __________TBA STREAKS, TRENDS AND MILESTONES: • Senior LB Demarco Cobbs recorded his 18 IOWA ST.* (LHN) _________ 7 p.m. • Texas won its 15th straight season-open- first career interception in the fourth quar- 25 at #20/21Kansas St.* __________TBA ing game by defeating North Texas on ter vs. North Texas, returning it 28 yards Nov. 1 at Texas Tech* ______________TBA Saturday. UT improved to 102-17-3 (.848) for a touchdown. DT Chris Whaley had 8 WEST VIRGINIA* ___________TBA all-time in season openers. The Longhorns UT’s last interception return for a score (31 15 at Oklahoma St.*______________ TBA are 80-7-2 (.910) when opening the year at yards) in the 2013 Oklahoma game. 27 TCU* (FS1) _____________ 6:30 p.m. home. • Jaxon Shipley needs 24 more receiving all times Central | * Big 12 game | + Cotton Bowl (Dallas) | • Texas has won all 10 meetings with yards to become the eighth player in UT %AT&T Stadium (Arlington) NOTE: Rankings listed as The AP Poll/Coaches Poll North Texas and outscored the Mean history with 2,000 in his career. Green 186-14 over the last four games. CHARLIE STRONG (Central Arkansas ‘82): • Dominic Espinosa made his 40th FIRST-AND-GOAL: Strong, in his first season at UT, has com- straight start at center which leads the • The UNT offense never advanced to the piled a 38-16 (.704) career record. He spent team. DE Cedric Reed leads the defense red zone and did not convert a third-down the previous four years as head coach at Louisville, leading the Cardinals to two Big East with 20 consecutive starts. opportunity until early in the fourth quar- Championships and four bowl appearances. A • For just the 14th time on UT record, the ter of Saturday’s game. The Mean Green two-time Big East Coach of the Year, Strong Longhorns held an opponent to under 100 were unable to convert their first nine spent 11 seasons as a defensive coordinator yards of total offense when they limited attempts and ended the game 3-for-15. (1999-02 at South Carolina; 2003-09 at Florida). North Texas to just 94 (79 rushing, 15 Last season, UNT ranked No. 20 in the FBS passing). The 94 yards yielded rank No. 13 in third-down conversions (47 percent). on the UT single-game list and it marked • The Texas defense forced North Texas the first time since Oct. 29, 2011 that the into four interceptions, the most since the Longhorns held an opponent under 100 2009 Oklahoma State game (Oct. 31). The yards. Texas was one of just three schools Longhorns totaled 10 interceptions dur- BYU in the FBS to allow that few yards in week ing the 2013 season. Dylan Haines, Jordan Record: 1-0 (Independent) one (also Pittsburgh, 57, and Louisiana- Hicks, Adrian Colbert and Demarco Cobbs Home: 0-0 Away: 1-0 Neutral: 0-0 Monroe, 94). The 15 passing yards sur- each recorded his first career interception. rendered to UNT rank No. 9 on the UT • UNT averaged 1.8 yards on 43 rushing Aug. 30 at UConn (ESPN) __________ W, 35-10 single-game list. attempts and its longest play was 8 yards. Sept. 6 at NR/24 Texas (FS1) ______ 6:30 p.m. 11 HOUSTON (ESPN) ___________ 8 p.m. DISRUPTIVE DEFENSE 20 VIRGINIA ________________ TBA Oct. 3 UTAH STATE (ESPN)______ 9:15 p.m. No team in the nation was more disruptive to the opponents’ passing attack than Texas was in 9 at Central Florida (ESPN)____ 6:30 p.m.