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2023 Texas Longhorns football team

The 2023 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Steve Sarkisian. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

The season marked the team's last season as members of the Big 12 Conference before joining the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024.

Offseason

  1. ^ a b May sometimes be referred to as an edge rusher (EDGE)
  2. ^ Also known as offensive guard (OG)
  3. ^ Also known as placekicker (PK)
  4. ^ Also known as inside linebacker (ILB)

Departures

Team departures

Outgoing transfers

Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2023 season.

Coaching staff departures

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

2023 recruits

2023 overall class ranking

Walk-ons

Coaching staff additions

Entered 2023 NFL draft

Returning starters

The Longhorns return 18 starters from the previous season. They return 9 on offense, 6 on defense, and 3 on special teams.
Offense

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason Big-12 awards

2023 Preseason All-Big 12 teams

Source:[67]

Preseason All-Americans

Schedule

[71]

  1. ^ 101,777 is the 8th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date, later dropped to 9th after September 30 vs Kansas and to 10th after November 4 vs Kansas State and to 11th after November 24 vs Texas Tech
  2. ^ 49,165 is the 3rd highest attendance for a game at McLane Stadium to date
  3. ^ 102,986 is the 4th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date
  4. ^ 42,812 is the 2nd highest attendance for a game at TDECU Stadium to date
  5. ^ 101,670 is the 10th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date, later dropped to 11th after November 4 vs Kansas State and to 12th after November 24 vs Texas Tech
  6. ^ 102,846 is the 5th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date
  7. ^ 50,812 is the 3rd highest attendance for a game at Amon G. Carter Stadium to date
  8. ^ Reported attendance of 61,500 is considered a sellout and a Record Attendance at Jack Trice Stadium, the 15th sellout in its current configuration (since 2015)
  9. ^ 102,452 is the 8th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date
  10. ^ 84,523 set the attendance record for the Big 12 Championship Game, surpassing the previous record of 83,114

Personnel

Coaching staff

Source:[72][73]

Roster

Source:[74]

Game summaries

Rice

The Longhorns were heavily favored by sportsbooks in their season opener against the Rice Owls, with a spread of 35.5 points (a roughly five-touchdown margin) in favor of Texas.[78] After receiving the opening kickoff, Texas failed to convert on fourth down, resulting in a turnover on downs on their own 33-yard line that led to Rice taking a 3–0 lead following a subsequent field goal. Texas's following drive culminated in a 37-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Quinn Ewers to runningback Jonathon Brooks. Brooks later dropped a potential touchdown pass in the second quarter, forcing to Texas to settle for a field goal.[79] Texas kicker Bert Auburn successfully kicked three field goals in the second quarter, including one to close out the first half, while Texas defense held Rice scoreless in the quarter, intercepting the Owls twice.[79][80] The Longhorns entered halftime with a 16–3 lead.[79] The first half of the matchup was closer than anticipated despite the lead,[81] with the Owls defense registering two sacks and forcing a pair of turnovers on downs in the half, stymieing the Longhorns offense.[82]

Texas widened their lead in the third quarter, with quarterback Ewers scoring two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdowns to give Texas a 37–3 lead by the end of the quarter.[82][80] Texas recovered an Owls fumble at the end of the third quarter but missed a 56-yard field goal to end the ensuing drive.[80] Most of the fourth quarter was taken up by a 13-play and 62-yard drive capped off by a 15-yard touchdown pass by Owls quarterback J.T. Daniels to Luke McCaffrey.[82] This was the only scoring drive by either team in the fourth quarter as Texas would win 37–10. With the win, Texas's record for the season improved to 1–0.[80] The Longhorns remained ranked No. 11 in the AP poll and rose two ranks to No. 10 in the Coaches Poll following the game.[83][84]

at No. 3 Alabama

Texas played at Alabama in week 2 of the 2023 season, constituting the second game in the home-and-home series between the two teams.[87] The NCAA and Fox Sports named the matchup as one of the most important non-conference games of the season.[88][89] The game was selected as the host for the week 2 broadcast of College GameDay,[90] marking Texas's first appearance on the program since their loss to TCU in 2022.[91] Sportsbooks opened with an 8.5-point spread favoring the Crimson Tide, but the spread narrowed to around 7 points by the start of the game.[92][93][94]

Texas's first drive after receiving the opening kickoff ended in a punt. On the Alabama Crimson Tide's ensuing drive, Longhorns nickelback Jahdae Barron intercepted Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe. Texas would subsequently advance into the red zone but would end the drive with a 32-yard field goal after wide receiver Xavier Worthy failed to catch a pass in the end zone. Alabama advanced downfield and scored a 42-yard field goal to tie the game at 3–3 early in the second quarter. The Longhorns scored their first touchdown of the game the following drive with a 44-yard touchdown pass from Ewers to Worthy. Neither team scored a touchdown for the remainder of the first half, exchanging punts and field goals before Texas entered halftime leading 13–6.[95] A potential touchdown for Alabama towards the end of the second quarter was called back after Alabama was penalized for having an ineligible man downfield.[96]

Alabama received the ball to start the second half. The Crimson Tide had an opportunity to tie the game at 13 points apiece, but a holding penalty negated a 32-yard touchdown, forcing Crimson Tide to settle for a 51-yard field goal.[95][96] Neither team scored for much of the remaining third quarter; one Texas drive ended with kicker Bert Auburn missing a 42-yard field goal. However, Alabama's final drive of the quarter culminated in a 49-yard touchdown pass from Milroe to Jermaine Burton, giving Alabama a 16–13 lead – their first of the game – entering the fourth quarter.[95][97][98] Texas followed with a scoring drive that included a 50-yard gain off a pass from Ewers to tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders and a 7-yard touchdown pass from Ewers to Adonai Mitchell to give Texas the lead. Longhorns safety Jerrin Thompson intercepted Milroe on the following drive, returning the ball 32 yards to set up a touchdown run by Jonathon Brooks to give Texas a 27–16 lead. The Crimson Tide subsequently scored off of a 39-yard touchdown pass and successfully converted a two-point conversion to bring the score to 27–24 with Texas narrowly leading.[95] Mitchell caught a 39-yard touchdown pass from Ewers with around eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to extend the Longhorns's lead to 10 points on the following drive.[99] Alabama was unable to score on the ensuing drive, leaving Texas with the ball. Texas was able to reach first down twice on its final drive, forcing Alabama to exhaust its three timeouts and successfully running out the clock to secure the Longhorns's 34–24 victory.[95]

The win marked Texas's first against Alabama since the 1982 Cotton Bowl and the first against a team ranked in the top 3 of AP poll since 2008.[100] The win also snapped Alabama's 57-game regular-season nonconference winning streak extending back to 2007, as well as a 21-game home winning streak.[101] The Associated Press and the Houston Chronicle called the victory Sarkisian's biggest in his tenure as head coach at Texas.[102][103] Ewers received several weekly distinctions for his performance Alabama, including the Walter Camp Foundation Offensive Player of the Week and the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.[104][105] The Longhorns rose seven spots in the AP poll to the No. 4 ranking following the game.[106]

Wyoming

101,777 is the 8th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date. This would later drop to 9th after September 30 vs Kansas and to 10th after November 4 vs Kansas State

at Baylor

49,165 is the 3rd highest attendance for a game at McLane Stadium to date

No. 24 Kansas

The 661 yards of total offense were the most in Texas history in a Big 12 conference game.[109]

The announced attendance of 102,986 was the 4th highest attendance in program history, to date.

vs. No. 12 Oklahoma

at Houston

42,812 is the 2nd highest attendance for a game at TDECU Stadium to date

BYU

101,670 is the 10th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date. This would later drop to 11th after November 4 vs Kansas State.

No. 23 Kansas State

Fox's Big Noon Kickoff show was on Texas's campus for the first time this season.[122]

102,846 is the 5th highest attendance for a game at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to date

at TCU

50,812 is the 3rd highest attendance for a game at Amon G. Carter Stadium to date

at Iowa State

Texas Tech

Texas Kicker Bert Auburn was 5 for 5 in field goal kicking, tying the program record of 5 field goals in a game.[132] Additionally, Auburn extended his filed goal streak to 19, passing the previous school record of 15 consecutive field goals held by Phil Dawson and Anthony Fera as well as passing Hunter Lawrence (24 FGs) for most field goals in a single season at 28. With 5 field goals and 6 PATs, Auburn also set a single game record of 21 points for a kicker.

vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship)

Quinn Ewers passed for 452 yards and 4 touchdowns, setting the Big 12 Championship Game record for passing yards and tying the record for passing touchdowns.[136]

vs. No. 2 Washington (Sugar Bowl-CFP Semifinal)


Awards and honors

National awards and honors

Conference honors

All-Americans

NFL Draft

The NFL draft was held at Campus Martius Park in Detroit, MI on April 25-27, 2024.

Longhorns who were picked in the 2024 NFL Draft:

Statistics

Individual statistics

Defense

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Special teams

Rankings

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