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Texas Longhorns

January 26, 2023

This article is about the athletics programs of the University of Texas at Austin. For the cattle breed, see Texas Longhorn. For other uses of Longhorn, see Longhorn (disambiguation).

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 U.S. 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.

Texas Longhorns
UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin
ConferenceBig 12
SEC (July 1, 2025)
NCAADivision I (FBS)
Athletic directorChris Del Conte
LocationAustin, Texas
Varsity teams18
Football stadiumDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Basketball arenaMoody Center
Baseball stadiumDisch-Falk Field
Other venues
MascotBevo and Hook 'em
NicknameLonghorns
Fight songTexas Fight
ColorsBurnt orange and white[1]
   
Websitewww.texassports.com
Big 12 logo in Texas's colors

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

Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross country Golf
Football Rowing
Golf Soccer
Swimming & diving Softball
Tennis Swimming & diving
Track and field† Tennis
Track and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

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

Main article: Texas Longhorns 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

  • Claimed (AP and Coaches Poll): 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
  • Unclaimed (other): 1914, 1918, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1968, 1977, 1981, 2008
  • Conference Championships (32):
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
  • 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
Bluebonnet Bowl – 1966, 1975, 1987
Holiday Bowl – 2001, 2007, 2011
Sun Bowl – 1978, 1994
Texas Bowl - 2017

Men's basketball

Main article: Texas Longhorns men's basketball
 
The Frank Erwin Center during a Texas basketball game

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

1933
  • NIT Championships (2)
1978, 2019
  • Conference Championships (25):
1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2006, 2008
  • Conference Tournament Championships (3):
1994, 1995, 2021

Women's basketball

Main article: Texas Longhorns women's basketball

The women's basketball team has long been a national power, especially during the late 1980s (winning a national title in 1986) and through the 1990s. Both teams play home games in the Frank Erwin Special Events Center. The adjacent Denton A. Cooley Pavilion serves as the training and practice facility for both the men's and women's teams.

Championships

  • National Championship (1):
1986
  • Conference Championships (12):
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004
  • Conference Tournament Championships (10):
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003

Baseball

Main article: Texas Longhorns baseball

The Texas Longhorns are the winningest team in college baseball history, both in terms of total wins and in terms of win percentage.[citation needed] Texas holds the records for most appearances in the College World Series (35) and most individual CWS games won. The Longhorns have won six NCAA baseball national championships (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, and 2005) — second only to Southern California's total of 12 – and have appeared in the CWS Championship Game or Championship Series on six other occasions (1953, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2004, and 2009).

Former Longhorns who have gone on to success in Major League Baseball include Roger Clemens, Bibb Falk, Ron Gardenhire, Calvin Schiraldi, Burt Hooton, Keith Moreland, Spike Owen, Greg Swindell, Huston Street, Omar Quintanilla, Taylor Teagarden, Sam LeCure and Drew Stubbs.

From 1997 to 2016, the Longhorns were led by head coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in NCAA baseball history.[30] The team plays its home games at Disch-Falk Field.

Championships

1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005
  • Conference regular-season championships (78):
1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018
  • Conference Tournament championships (16):
1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015

Softball

Main article: Texas Longhorns softball
 
The Longhorns softball team gets the final strikeout to win over Penn State, February 15, 2008

The University of Texas Longhorn's softball team was founded in 1995 as part of its 1993 Title IX settlement. It is currently led by head coach Mike White and assistant coaches Kerry Shaw and Chelsea Spencer. Texas has made 20 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 23 seasons of varsity competition, reaching the Women's College World Series (WCWS) five times (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) and finishing as high as 3rd on three occasions (2003, 2005 and 2013).

UT's Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Americans

Player Position Year(s)
Cat Osterman Pitcher 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Blaire Luna Pitcher 2010, 2011
Nikki Cockrell Second Base 1998, 1999
Autumn Estes Outfield 1999
Lindsay Gardner Second base 2000
Jodi Reeves Shortstop 1998
Christa Williams Pitcher 1997, 1998, 1999

Championships

  • Conference championships (4):
2002, 2003, 2006, 2010
  • Conference tournament championships (4):
1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Men's golf

Main article: Texas Longhorns men's golf

The University of Texas has a strong golf tradition, dating back to their first season in 1927. Since then they have won national titles back-to-back in 1971 and 1972 and again in 2012, and finished runner-up six other times (1949, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2016, 2019). Individual national champions were Ed White (1935), Ben Crenshaw (1971, 1972, and 1973), Tom Kite (1972), and Justin Leonard (1994). Longhorns who have won the U.S. Amateur include Justin Leonard and David Gossett. Two-time U.S. Junior Amateur champion and three-time major winner Jordan Spieth played for the Longhorns golf team in 2011 and 2012. Besides Majors-winners Kite, Crenshaw, Leonard and Spieth, a number of other former Longhorn players have gone on to win on the PGA Tour, including: Phil Blackmar, Mark Brooks, Jhonattan Vegas, Bob Estes, Wes Ellis, Harrison Frazar, Cody Gribble, Rik Massengale, Wes Short Jr., and Brandel Chamblee. In addition, Longhorns Brandon Stone and Dylan Frittelli have each achieved multiple wins on the European Tour.

Legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick was a long-time coach at Texas. The team is currently coached by John Fields.[31]

Championships

  • National Championship (4):
1971, 1972, 2012 ,2022
  • Conference Championships (47):
1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Women's golf

Main article: Texas Longhorns women's golf

The women's golf team has been to the NCAA Championship 27 times, tied for 7th overall and finished as the runner-up, or tied for runner-up, twice, in 1993 and 2002. As of 2019, they have finished in the top 5 eight times, most recently in 2019 (t-5th) and 2003 (3rd). In 2019 Texas won its first NCAA Regional in school history and was the stroke play medalist at the NCAA Championship.

Texas women have won three individual championships. In 1978 Deborah Petrizzi won the AIAW national intercollegiate individual golf championship; and Charlotta Sörenstam and Heather Bowie won in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Former players Betsy Rawls and Sherri Steinhauer went on to win 8 and 2 LPGA major championships respectively, with Rawls being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Championships

  • Conference Championships (16):
1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019

Men's tennis

Main article: Texas Longhorns men's tennis

Tennis was played at The University of Texas as early as 1884, although it was not until 1909 that intercollegiate competition developed. Between that time and the advent of the Southwest Conference in 1915, Texas and Oklahoma annually held a meet for the championship of the Southwest. The first season of Texas Men's Tennis was in 1912. Since forming, the Men's Tennis team has won 17 Southwest Conference Championships, 5 Big 12 Championships and the 2019 NCAA Championship.[32] Texas teams have reached the NCAA Championship semifinals five times (1993, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2019) and prior to the formation of the tournament when the final standings were determined by a poll, the Longhorns finished fourth or better five times, including 1946 (4th), 1952 (tie 4th), 1955 (2nd), 1957 (3rd), and 1960 (tie 4th).[33]

In March 2019 tennis head coach Michael Center was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal.[34]

Despite losing their head coach to scandal just two months earlier, the Texas Men's Tennis team won its first ever NCAA tennis championship over Wake Forest in May 2019.

Championships

[35]

  • National Championship (1):
2019
  • Conference Championships (27):
1915, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2019
  • Conference Tournament Championships (7):
1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018

Women's tennis

Main article: Texas Longhorns women's tennis

The women's Longhorns tennis team began play in 1978, and since then has won 4 NCAA Championships (1993, 1995, 2021, 2022), 23 regular-season conference titles (three shared), 12 Big 12 tournaments and all 9 SWC tournament championships. They were also the NCAA runner-up in 1992 and 2005.[36]

Championships

  • National Championship (4):
1993, 1995, 2021, 2022
  • Conference Championships (23):
1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021
  • Conference Tournament Championships (21):
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2022

Men's track and field

Main article: Texas Longhorns men's track and field

The men's program is coached by Edrick Floréal. The Longhorns were runners-up in the outdoor championships in 1987, 1988, and 1997 but have never won a title. Other notable coaches of the Texas men's program have included Bubba Thornton, who also coached the 2008 US Olympic team, Stan Huntsman (1986–95), who also coached the 1988 US Olympic team, and Clyde Littlefield (Texas coach, 1920–60), the 1925 co-founder of the annual Texas Relays. The men won four consecutive Big 12 Indoor Championships between 2006 and 2009. The men have won 41 individual titles, 10th most of all schools.

The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations. Male medalists include Ryan Crouser (United States, gold, shot put, 2016), Leonel Manzano (United States, silver, 1500 meters, 2012), Winthrop Graham (Jamaica, silver, 400m hurdles, 1992 and 4 × 400 m relay, 1988), Patrick Sang (Kenya, silver, 3000m steeplechase, 1992), Du'aine Ladejo (Great Britain, bronze, 4 × 400 m relay, 1992), Lam Jones (USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1976), Eddie Southern (USA, silver, 400m hurdles, 1956), and Dean Smith (sprinter) (USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1952).

Championships

  • Indoor Conference Championships (13):
1974, 1975, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
  • Outdoor Conference Championships (53):
1915, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017

Women's track and field

Main article: Texas Longhorns women's track and field

The women's program is coached by Edrick Floréal. Other notable coaches have included Beverly Kearney, who guided the Lady Longhorns to six NCAA Championships: Indoor Championships in 1998, 1999, and 2006, and Outdoor Championships in 1998, 1999, and 2005; and Terry Crawford, whose teams won Indoor Championships in 1986, 1988, and 1990, and Outdoor Championships in 1982 and 1986. Crawford's athletes also won the 1986 Women's Cross Country Championship. The program's first title was the 1982 AIAW outdoor track and field championship.

The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations. Female Olympic medalists have included Michelle Carter (athlete) (USA, gold, shot put, 2016), Sanya Richards-Ross (2012: USA, gold, 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay; 2008, bronze, 400 meters and gold, 4 x 400 meter relay, 2008), Moushami Robinson (USA, gold, 4 × 400 meter relay, 2004), Sandie Richards (Jamaica, silver, 4 × 400 m relay, 2000 and 2004), Merlene Frazer (Jamaica, silver, 4 × 100 m relay, 2000), Nanceen Perry (USA, bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 2000), Carlette Guidry (USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1992 and 1996), Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica, silver, 100m and 200m, 1992 and bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 1996), and Nikole Mitchell (Jamaica, bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 1996).

Courtney Okolo became the first Longhorn to win The Bowerman,[37] an award that honors collegiate track & field's most outstanding athlete of the year. In 2016, she became the first female collegian to run sub-50 seconds in the 400 meters, in turn lowering her own collegiate record to 49.71. Her senior season also included an undefeated record against collegians and four NCAA titles (two individual, two relay).

Championships

  • Indoor National Championships (6):
1986, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006
  • Outdoor National Championships (5):
1982 (AIAW), 1986, 1998, 1999, 2005
  • Indoor Conference Championships (23):
1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Outdoor Conference Championships (22):
1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019

Men's cross country

Main article: Texas Longhorns men's cross country

The men's cross country team has 33 Southwest Conference championships and has placed as high as 3rd in the NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship.

The 1956 individual championship was won by Walter McNew with a time of 19:55.94.[38]

Championships

  • Conference Championships (33)
1920, 1923, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1991, 1993

Women's cross country

Main article: Texas Longhorns women's cross country

The women's cross country team has 4 Southwest Conference championships and won the 1986 NCAA Cross Country Championship.

Championships

  • National Championships (1)
1986
  • Conference Championships (4)
1985, 1986, 1987, 1989

Volleyball

Main article: Texas Longhorns volleyball

Texas won the 1988, 2012 and 2022 NCAA National Championships, with runner-up finishes in 1995, 2009, 2015, 2016 and 2020. They also won an AIAW national championship in 1981. The team is currently coached by Jerritt Elliott and plays home games in Gregory Gymnasium.

Texas won the Big 12 Conference in 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. They finished 2nd in 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2016. They finished 3rd in 1999 and 2006. They have qualified for every NCAA tournament since 2004 and advanced to at least the Regional Finals since 2006.

Texas volleyball has produced many All-Americans, and in 2007, they won the program's first Big 12 title since 1997, sharing the title with Nebraska. Texas broke Nebraska's three-year streak of winning the title outright. They also earned the programs first AVCA National Freshman of the Year since 1995 in 2007, for Big 12 Freshman of the Year Juliann Faucette, and Logan Eggleston won the program's first ever AVCA National Player of the Year award in 2022.

Championships

  • National Championship (4):
1981 (AIAW), 1988, 2012, 2022
  • Conference Championships (28):
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2007*, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Swimming and diving

Main article: Texas Longhorns swimming and diving

Texas has won fifteen national titles in men's swimming and diving (1981, 1988–1991, 1996, 2000–2002, 2010, 2015–18, 2021) and nine in women's swimming and diving (1981–82, 1984–88, 1990–91), making swimming and diving the most successful Texas athletics program by far, based on number of national titles. The women's swimming team is currently coached by Carol Capitani, and the men's and women's diving teams are coached by Matt Scoggin. The men's swimming team was formerly coached by Eddie Reese from 1978 to 2021, retiring after 43 years as the Texas men's head coach. Reese has coached numerous former and current world record holders while at Texas, including many competing in the Summer Olympic Games for the United States and other home nations. The swim team was first developed under Coach Tex Robertson.[39]

Men's championships

  • National Championships (15):
1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021
  • Conference Championships (63):
1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944*, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Women's championships

  • National Championships (9):
1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991
  • Conference Championships (33):
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Women's rowing

The women's rowing team was established in the fall of 1998 as the result of the 1993 Title IX settlement.[40] At the team's first appearance at the NCAA championships in 2003, its varsity 8 placed 12th nationally. The team won the inaugural Big 12 Championship in 2009 and kept the championship title for the following three years. Additionally, the Texas women's rowing team won the 2011 Conference USA Championship. In June 2014, Dave O'Neill was appointed head coach of the program.[41] Under his coaching, the women's rowing team placed fourth in the 2017 NCAA Championship, third in 2018, second in 2019, and first in 2021, marking the program's best four finishes.[42]

  • National Championships (1):
2021
  • Conference Championships (9):
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

Soccer

Main article: Texas Longhorns women's soccer

The Texas women's soccer program was established in 1993 as part of that year's Title IX settlement. Since then they have won 3 conference championships - one regular season and two tournaments — and been to 13 NCAA tournaments, making it as far as the Sweet Sixteen in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2017. In 2006 the Longhorns finished ranked #8 in the nation, their highest end-of-season ranking ever.[43]

Championships

  • Conference championships (1):
2001
  • Conference tournament championships (2):
2006, 2007

Notable non-varsity sports

Rugby

Founded in 1985, the Texas Longhorns rugby team plays in the Allied Rugby Conference, and plays its postseason in the Varsity Cup Championship. The Longhorns rugby program has been improving in recent years.[44] Texas rugby has instituted a combine to identify the most elite athletes on campus with an eye towards recruiting them to play rugby.[45] The increasing popularity of rugby in the United States and the announcement that rugby would return to the Summer Olympics led Texas to upgrade the designation of its rugby program from club to Olympic.[46] The Texas Rugby Alumni association and the Texas Exes have begun an endowment to award scholarships to Texas rugby players, which is viewed as a vital recruitment tool.[47]

The Longhorns' improvement led to Texas winning the Southwest Conference in the 2011–12 season to qualify for the sweet sixteen of the 2012 national championship playoffs.[48] Texas won the 2012 Southwest 7s tournament to qualify for the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships.[49]

The Longhorns rugby program has been boosted by its participation in the Collegiate Rugby Championship, the highest profile college rugby competition in the US, which is broadcast live on NBC. In the 2011 CRC, Texas defeated Big 12 rival Oklahoma to reach the quarterfinals. Following Texas's participation in the 2011 CRC, Texas "raised an additional $10,000 from alumni, landed a new apparel sponsor, and have been contacted by 90 students (including two DBs from the football team) who want to play rugby."[50] In the 2012 CRC, Texas defeated its rival Oklahoma to again reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.

The Longhorns rugby program reached a new all-time high during the 2013–2014 season. Texas won the 2013 Southwest Conference 7s Championship advancing them to the 2013 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships, where they finished ranked #12 in the nation.[51] Months later Texas won the 2014 Southwest Conference 15s Championship, making them the first team in the conference to win both the 7s and 15s championships in the same season. The Longhorns finished the season with their first participation in The Varsity Cup Championship, where they finished in the top 8.[52]

Gold Silver Bronze
2008 10 2 2
2004 9 4 6
2000 9 9 2
1996 7 2 3
1992 5 3 3
1988 5 4 1
1984 5 1 0
1980 0 1 0
1976 2 0 0
1968 1 0 0
1960 1 0 0
1956 1 1 0
1952 2 0 0
1948 1 0 0
Total 68 31 18

Halls of honor

See also: Hall of fame
  • University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor[53]
  • University of Texas Women's Athletics Hall of Honor[54]

Championships

 
The Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of a national championship team

NCAA team championships

Texas has won 55 NCAA team national championships.[55]

Other national team championships

Below are 9 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA:

Conference championships

Main articles: List of Southwest Conference champions and List of Big 12 Conference champions

[57][58]

Baseball (78 regular season titles; 16 tournament titles)
  • Regular season: 1899, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943*, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951*, 1952, 1953*, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963*, 1965, 1966*, 1967*, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972*, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986*, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018
  • Tournament: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015
Basketball (25 regular season titles; 3 tournament titles)
  • Regular season: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1939, 1943*, 1947, 1951*, 1954*, 1960, 1963, 1965*, 1972*, 1974, 1978*, 1979*, 1986*, 1992*, 1994, 1995*, 1999, 2006*, 2008*
  • Tournament: 1994, 1995, 2021
Men's Cross Country (33)
  • 1920, 1923, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933*, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1991, 1993, 1994*
Fencing (5)
  • 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949 (discontinued in 1957)
Football (32)
  • 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
Men's Golf (47)
  • 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974*, 1975*, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Men's Swimming & Diving (60)
  • 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944*, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Men's Tennis (27)
  • 1915, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1977, 1990, 1993, 1994*, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008*, 2010, 2014, 2019
Men's Indoor Track & Field (13)
  • 1974, 1975, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
Men's Outdoor Track & Field (53)
  • 1915, 1916, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Women's Basketball (12 regular season titles; 11 tournament titles)
  • Regular season: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004
  • Tournament: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2022
Women's Cross Country (4)
  • 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989
Women's Golf (16)
  • 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019
Women's Soccer (1 regular season title; 2 tournament titles)
  • Regular season: 2001
  • Tournament: 2006, 2007
Softball (4 regular season titles; 4 tournament titles)
  • Regular season: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010
  • Tournament: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
Women's Swimming and Diving (30)
  • 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Women's Tennis (21)
  • 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007*, 2012, 2013, 2018
Women's Indoor Track & Field (21)
  • 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (21)
  • 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Volleyball (24 regular season titles; 3 tournament titles)
  • Regular season: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2007*, 2008*, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
  • Tournament: 1992, 1993, 1995

* Denotes shared conference title
† Denotes an AIAW Championship. The University of Texas began NCAA and Southwest Conference competition in women's sports for the 1982–83 season.

Rivalries

The university's biggest rival is Texas A&M University.[59][60] However, in football, Texas considers the Oklahoma Sooners to be a more significant rival. According to Bill Little, the Longhorns' assistant athletic director, the rivalry against A&M is "based on respect", while the rivalry against Oklahoma is "based on anger".[61] Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of the Longhorns in various sports.[62][63][64][65] This list includes several other colleges in Texas, such as Texas Christian, Baylor, Rice,[66] Texas Tech,[67] and Houston.[68]

Arkansas Razorbacks

See also: Arkansas–Texas football rivalry

Texas is also one of the biggest rivals of the University of Arkansas,[69] which may be attributed to their long tenure as the two eponymous state schools of the former Southwest Conference, or to the 1969 game between the two, which decided the national championship in favor of the Longhorns.[70][71]

Oklahoma Sooners

See also: Red River Showdown

Texas has a long-standing, bitter rivalry with the University of Oklahoma. The football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma is commonly known as the "Red River Shootout" and is held annually in Dallas, Texas, at the Cotton Bowl. This name has come to refer to the two schools' contests in other major team sports as well. Since 2005, the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the "SBC Red River Rivalry"[72] (changed to AT&T Red River Rivalry in 2006 when SBC changed its corporate name to AT&T), a move which has been criticized both for its commercialism[73] and its political correctness.[74]

In recent years,[when?] this rivalry has taken on added significance, since both football programs have been highly ranked and compete in the same division of the Big 12 conference. In 2005, The Dallas Morning News did an opinion poll of the 119 Division 1A football coaches as to the nations top rivalry game in college football. The Texas–Oklahoma game was ranked third.[75]

Texas A&M Aggies

See also: Lone Star Showdown and Texas–Texas A&M football rivalry

The annual football game with Texas A&M usually took place on the weekend of Thanksgiving each year, though it was moved to the first weekend in December in 1994 due to A&M's TV restriction during probation. In either case, the Texas-Texas A&M game was the last regular-season contest for each team. The Longhorns lead the series, 76–37–5.

In an attempt to generate more attention for the rivalry in sports other than football, in 2004 the two schools started the Lone Star Showdown,[76] which began as a two-year trial program and has continued ever since. Essentially, each time the two schools meet in a sport, the winner of the matchup gets a point. In sports wherein the teams meet twice one half point is awarded for a victory. If more contests than two occur, such as in baseball, the series winner gets one point. At the end of the year, the school with the most points wins the series and receives a trophy. In the event of a tie the current holder retains the trophy as did A&M after the '08–'09 season. Texas leads the series 6–2.

Aspects of the rivalry include:

  • Each school mentions the other in their fight song (Texas with "and it's goodbye to A&M" in “Texas Fight”,[77] and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn, which is the only verse typically sung)[78]
  • The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football.[79] From 1900 to 2011, the last regular season football game was usually reserved for their matchup.[80]
  • Each school has elaborate pre-game preparations for the annual football clash, including the Aggie Bonfire[81] and the Hex Rally[82]
  • Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the Tower after wins over Texas A&M.[83]
  • In the past, mischief has preceded the annual game, such as "kidnapping" each other's mascots.[84][85]

With Texas A&M's move to the Southeastern Conference, the Lone Star Showdown's final game was played on November 24, 2011, at Kyle Field. The Longhorns won, 27–25, on a last-second field goal. The 2011 game marked the end of a 118-year Thanksgiving Day tradition. With the Longhorns set to join the Southeastern Conference no later than 2025, the rivalry will resume as a conference game.

Texas Tech Red Raiders

See also: Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry

The Longhorns and Red Raiders football teams compete annually for a traveling trophy called the Chancellor's Spurs. The exchange began in 1996, and the Longhorns lead the football series, 48–15.

Rice Owls

See also: Rice–Texas football rivalry

A long-standing more historic rivalry with the Rice Owls that has been largely dominated by Texas since their days in the Southwest Conference is still played almost annually, with Texas winning the latest matchup (2019 contest) 48–13. The Rice Owls last victory in the rivalry came in 1994 when they beat Texas, 19–17, at Rice Stadium on ESPN and the Owls went on to win the Southwest Conference that year.

Facilities

Major sporting facilities and their main uses include:

In addition, the University of Texas has numerous practice, training, and intramural facilities.

Traditions

 
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The University of Texas many traditions which associated with athletics events, especially football. Some Longhorn traditions include:

  • Bevo – the school mascot, a live Texas longhorn steer present for football games and other special events. It is a common misconception that the mascot's name came from Texas students altering a 13–0 branding a group of Aggies gave the steer.[citation needed] Bevo received his name several months before the Aggies could vandalize the steer in a Texas alumni magazine. His name came from the slang term for a steer that is destined to become food, beeve, and in a common practice for the 1900s and 1910s, an "O" was added at the end, similar to Groucho or Harpo Marx.[87]
  • Big Bertha – claimed by the university to be the world's largest drum, however Purdue University makes a similar claim about their drum.[citation needed]
  • Hook 'em Horns – the school hand signal, was introduced at a pep rally in 1955.[88] Sports Illustrated featured the Hook 'em Horns symbol in front of a Texas pennant on the cover of their September 10, 1973 issue.[89]
  • "Texas Fight" – the school fight song.
  • Texas! – Fight! cheer – one side of the stadium yells "Texas!" and then the other side yells "Fight!"; this is usually repeated several times.
  • Script Texas – half-time routine by the Longhorn Band.
  • Smokey the Cannon – fired in celebration on game day at the moment of kickoff and after Texas scores.
  • The University of Texas Longhorn Band — nicknamed The Showband of the Southwest.
  • World's Largest Texas Flag — run on the field prior to home football games, bowl games, and other sporting events. It is also dropped from the President's Balcony during pep rallies. It is owned by the UT Alpha Rho chapter of Alpha Phi Omega.
  • Lighting the Tower (also known as the Main Building) — in orange for various types of sporting victories and, after national championship victories, windows are lit on the Tower to display a large number "1".[90]
  • “Read the rest” — students from primarily Texas A&M University often taunt Texas students by threatening to "saw off" the horns of Bevo, citing the Bible verse Psalms 75:10: "I shall cut off the horns of the wicked." As it turns out, that's not the entire verse, and as a response, Texas students tell Aggies to "read the rest". The rest of the verse is "but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up." This appears on shirts, usually with "Hook 'Em" written underneath. Their other primary rivals, the Oklahoma Sooners, generally prefer to show their disdain by inverting the "Hook 'Em" hand sign or Longhorn logo. This gesture has become more common among fans of other teams as well, especially in the Big 12, when they play against Texas, with fans of one Big 12 member, West Virginia, adopting the sign even for games that do not involve Texas.[91]

Merchandise

For nine straight years (2005–2013), Texas was listed as the number one Collegiate Licensing Company client in regards to the amount of annual trademark royalties received from the sales of its fan merchandise.[4] Schools that are not members of Collegiate Licensing Company however are not ranked in the listing.[92] Money from merchandising sales goes to the university, as opposed to being earmarked specifically for athletics programs.[4]

TV channel

Main article: Longhorn Network

On January 20, 2011, the UT athletic department announced plans to launch a 24-hour channel devoted entirely to UT sports and academic activities at the University of Texas.[93] This channel, a joint venture with ESPN, takes advantage of a clause in new Big 12 Conference television contracts allowing Texas a bigger share of revenues than the conference's other members; in turn, it was part of the agreement to keep the conference together amidst a full-scale plan by the Pac-10 Conference to raid Big 12 members. (The Pac-10 only gained one Big 12 school, Colorado). Both sides hoped to launch the channel for the 2011–2012 academic year, but needed carriage commitments first.

Banners with the name "ESPN Texas" were visible during segments of SportsCenter and other programs originating from Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas in the week prior to Super Bowl XLV. The channel was launched in August 2011 as the Longhorn Network.

Before its launch, the network had controversial plans to air high school football games, an institution throughout the state of Texas. Currently, the state's governing body for public high school sports, the University Interscholastic League, prohibits live game telecasts on Friday nights. It had also been speculated that any telecast on the new channel, regardless of when it aired, could violate NCAA rules against unfair recruiting inducements.[94] This was especially an issue for Texas A&M; in fact, the plans for the network to air high school games directly led to A&M's decision in July 2011 to leave the Big 12 for the SEC.[95] The Big 12 then approved a temporary rule in August 2011 banning the planned high school telecasts,[96] and within two weeks, the NCAA ruled that no school or conference network could broadcast high school games, ending that particular controversy.[97][98]

Boosters

The University of Texas is known to have a big group of powerful boosters that help support a third of the budget of the athletics department.[99] The main people known to be involved are:

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CenterBaseball stadiumDisch Falk FieldOther venuesGregory Gymnasium volleyball Mike A Myers Stadium track amp field soccer Red and Charline McCombs Field softball MascotBevo and Hook emNicknameLonghornsFight songTexas FightColorsBurnt orange and white 1 Websitewww wbr texassports wbr comBig 12 logo in Texas s colors 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 Contents 1 Varsity sports 1 1 Football 1 1 1 Championships and bowls 1 2 Men s basketball 1 2 1 Championships 1 3 Women s basketball 1 3 1 Championships 1 4 Baseball 1 4 1 Championships 1 5 Softball 1 5 1 UT s Louisville Slugger NFCA All Americans 1 5 2 Championships 1 6 Men s golf 1 6 1 Championships 1 7 Women s golf 1 7 1 Championships 1 8 Men s tennis 1 8 1 Championships 1 9 Women s tennis 1 9 1 Championships 1 10 Men s track and field 1 10 1 Championships 1 11 Women s track and field 1 11 1 Championships 1 12 Men s cross country 1 12 1 Championships 1 13 Women s cross country 1 13 1 Championships 1 14 Volleyball 1 14 1 Championships 1 15 Swimming and diving 1 15 1 Men s championships 1 15 2 Women s championships 1 16 Women s rowing 1 17 Soccer 1 17 1 Championships 2 Notable non varsity sports 2 1 Rugby 3 Halls of honor 4 Championships 4 1 NCAA team championships 4 2 Other national team championships 4 3 Conference championships 5 Rivalries 5 1 Arkansas Razorbacks 5 2 Oklahoma Sooners 5 3 Texas A amp M Aggies 5 4 Texas Tech Red Raiders 5 5 Rice Owls 6 Facilities 7 Traditions 8 Merchandise 9 TV channel 10 Boosters 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksVarsity sports EditMen s sports Women s sportsBaseball BasketballBasketball Cross countryCross country GolfFootball RowingGolf SoccerSwimming amp diving SoftballTennis Swimming amp divingTrack and field TennisTrack and field Volleyball Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor 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 Edit Main article Texas Longhorns football Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium with a view of the Godzillatron 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 Edit 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 2008Conference Championships 32 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 2009Divisional championships 7 1996 1999 2001 2002 2005 2008 2009Bowl 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 Bluebonnet Bowl 1966 1975 1987 Holiday Bowl 2001 2007 2011 Sun Bowl 1978 1994 Texas Bowl 2017 Men s basketball Edit Main article Texas Longhorns men s basketball The Frank Erwin Center during a Texas basketball game 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 Edit Pre NCAA tournament Premo Porretta National Championships 1 29 1933NIT Championships 2 1978 2019Conference Championships 25 1915 1916 1917 1919 1924 1933 1939 1943 1947 1951 1954 1960 1963 1965 1972 1974 1978 1979 1986 1992 1994 1995 1999 2006 2008Conference Tournament Championships 3 1994 1995 2021Women s basketball Edit Main article Texas Longhorns women s basketball The women s basketball team has long been a national power especially during the late 1980s winning a national title in 1986 and through the 1990s Both teams play home games in the Frank Erwin Special Events Center The adjacent Denton A Cooley Pavilion serves as the training and practice facility for both the men s and women s teams Championships Edit National Championship 1 1986Conference Championships 12 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1996 2003 2004Conference Tournament Championships 10 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1994 2003Baseball Edit Main article Texas Longhorns baseball The Texas Longhorns are the winningest team in college baseball history both in terms of total wins and in terms of win percentage citation needed Texas holds the records for most appearances in the College World Series 35 and most individual CWS games won The Longhorns have won six NCAA baseball national championships 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 and 2005 second only to Southern California s total of 12 and have appeared in the CWS Championship Game or Championship Series on six other occasions 1953 1984 1985 1989 2004 and 2009 Former Longhorns who have gone on to success in Major League Baseball include Roger Clemens Bibb Falk Ron Gardenhire Calvin Schiraldi Burt Hooton Keith Moreland Spike Owen Greg Swindell Huston Street Omar Quintanilla Taylor Teagarden Sam LeCure and Drew Stubbs From 1997 to 2016 the Longhorns were led by head coach Augie Garrido the winningest coach in NCAA baseball history 30 The team plays its home games at Disch Falk Field Championships Edit National championships 6 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005Conference regular season championships 78 1899 1905 1907 1908 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1932 1935 1936 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1996 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2018Conference Tournament championships 16 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988 1990 1991 1994 2002 2003 2008 2009 2015Softball Edit Main article Texas Longhorns softball The Longhorns softball team gets the final strikeout to win over Penn State February 15 2008 The University of Texas Longhorn s softball team was founded in 1995 as part of its 1993 Title IX settlement It is currently led by head coach Mike White and assistant coaches Kerry Shaw and Chelsea Spencer Texas has made 20 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 23 seasons of varsity competition reaching the Women s College World Series WCWS five times 1998 2003 2005 2006 2013 and finishing as high as 3rd on three occasions 2003 2005 and 2013 UT s Louisville Slugger NFCA All Americans Edit Player Position Year s Cat Osterman Pitcher 2002 2003 2005 2006Blaire Luna Pitcher 2010 2011Nikki Cockrell Second Base 1998 1999Autumn Estes Outfield 1999Lindsay Gardner Second base 2000Jodi Reeves Shortstop 1998Christa Williams Pitcher 1997 1998 1999Championships Edit Conference championships 4 2002 2003 2006 2010Conference tournament championships 4 1999 2002 2003 2005Men s golf Edit Main article Texas Longhorns men s golf The University of Texas has a strong golf tradition dating back to their first season in 1927 Since then they have won national titles back to back in 1971 and 1972 and again in 2012 and finished runner up six other times 1949 1983 1989 1994 2016 2019 Individual national champions were Ed White 1935 Ben Crenshaw 1971 1972 and 1973 Tom Kite 1972 and Justin Leonard 1994 Longhorns who have won the U S Amateur include Justin Leonard and David Gossett Two time U S Junior Amateur champion and three time major winner Jordan Spieth played for the Longhorns golf team in 2011 and 2012 Besides Majors winners Kite Crenshaw Leonard and Spieth a number of other former Longhorn players have gone on to win on the PGA Tour including Phil Blackmar Mark Brooks Jhonattan Vegas Bob Estes Wes Ellis Harrison Frazar Cody Gribble Rik Massengale Wes Short Jr and Brandel Chamblee In addition Longhorns Brandon Stone and Dylan Frittelli have each achieved multiple wins on the European Tour Legendary golf instructor Harvey Penick was a long time coach at Texas The team is currently coached by John Fields 31 Championships Edit National Championship 4 1971 1972 2012 2022Conference Championships 47 1927 1928 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 1954 1964 1965 1968 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1981 1983 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2002 2003 2004 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Women s golf Edit Main article Texas Longhorns women s golf The women s golf team has been to the NCAA Championship 27 times tied for 7th overall and finished as the runner up or tied for runner up twice in 1993 and 2002 As of 2019 they have finished in the top 5 eight times most recently in 2019 t 5th and 2003 3rd In 2019 Texas won its first NCAA Regional in school history and was the stroke play medalist at the NCAA Championship Texas women have won three individual championships In 1978 Deborah Petrizzi won the AIAW national intercollegiate individual golf championship and Charlotta Sorenstam and Heather Bowie won in 1993 and 1997 respectively Former players Betsy Rawls and Sherri Steinhauer went on to win 8 and 2 LPGA major championships respectively with Rawls being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame Championships Edit Conference Championships 16 1984 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2004 2011 2017 2018 2019Men s tennis Edit Main article Texas Longhorns men s tennis Tennis was played at The University of Texas as early as 1884 although it was not until 1909 that intercollegiate competition developed Between that time and the advent of the Southwest Conference in 1915 Texas and Oklahoma annually held a meet for the championship of the Southwest The first season of Texas Men s Tennis was in 1912 Since forming the Men s Tennis team has won 17 Southwest Conference Championships 5 Big 12 Championships and the 2019 NCAA Championship 32 Texas teams have reached the NCAA Championship semifinals five times 1993 2006 2008 2009 and 2019 and prior to the formation of the tournament when the final standings were determined by a poll the Longhorns finished fourth or better five times including 1946 4th 1952 tie 4th 1955 2nd 1957 3rd and 1960 tie 4th 33 In March 2019 tennis head coach Michael Center was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal 34 Despite losing their head coach to scandal just two months earlier the Texas Men s Tennis team won its first ever NCAA tennis championship over Wake Forest in May 2019 Championships Edit 35 National Championship 1 2019Conference Championships 27 1915 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1961 1963 1967 1977 1990 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2006 2008 2010 2014 2019Conference Tournament Championships 7 1990 1993 1997 1999 2006 2010 2018Women s tennis Edit Main article Texas Longhorns women s tennis The women s Longhorns tennis team began play in 1978 and since then has won 4 NCAA Championships 1993 1995 2021 2022 23 regular season conference titles three shared 12 Big 12 tournaments and all 9 SWC tournament championships They were also the NCAA runner up in 1992 and 2005 36 Championships Edit National Championship 4 1993 1995 2021 2022Conference Championships 23 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2007 2018 2019 2021Conference Tournament Championships 21 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2005 2012 2013 2018 2021 2022Men s track and field Edit Main article Texas Longhorns men s track and field The men s program is coached by Edrick Floreal The Longhorns were runners up in the outdoor championships in 1987 1988 and 1997 but have never won a title Other notable coaches of the Texas men s program have included Bubba Thornton who also coached the 2008 US Olympic team Stan Huntsman 1986 95 who also coached the 1988 US Olympic team and Clyde Littlefield Texas coach 1920 60 the 1925 co founder of the annual Texas Relays The men won four consecutive Big 12 Indoor Championships between 2006 and 2009 The men have won 41 individual titles 10th most of all schools The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations Male medalists include Ryan Crouser United States gold shot put 2016 Leonel Manzano United States silver 1500 meters 2012 Winthrop Graham Jamaica silver 400m hurdles 1992 and 4 400 m relay 1988 Patrick Sang Kenya silver 3000m steeplechase 1992 Du aine Ladejo Great Britain bronze 4 400 m relay 1992 Lam Jones USA gold 4 100 m relay 1976 Eddie Southern USA silver 400m hurdles 1956 and Dean Smith sprinter USA gold 4 100 m relay 1952 Championships Edit Indoor Conference Championships 13 1974 1975 1992 1993 1994 1999 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013 2015 2017Outdoor Conference Championships 53 1915 1916 1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1950 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1966 1968 1969 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1986 1987 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2003 2006 2013 2015 2016 2017Women s track and field Edit Main article Texas Longhorns women s track and field The women s program is coached by Edrick Floreal Other notable coaches have included Beverly Kearney who guided the Lady Longhorns to six NCAA Championships Indoor Championships in 1998 1999 and 2006 and Outdoor Championships in 1998 1999 and 2005 and Terry Crawford whose teams won Indoor Championships in 1986 1988 and 1990 and Outdoor Championships in 1982 and 1986 Crawford s athletes also won the 1986 Women s Cross Country Championship The program s first title was the 1982 AIAW outdoor track and field championship The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations Female Olympic medalists have included Michelle Carter athlete USA gold shot put 2016 Sanya Richards Ross 2012 USA gold 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay 2008 bronze 400 meters and gold 4 x 400 meter relay 2008 Moushami Robinson USA gold 4 400 meter relay 2004 Sandie Richards Jamaica silver 4 400 m relay 2000 and 2004 Merlene Frazer Jamaica silver 4 100 m relay 2000 Nanceen Perry USA bronze 4 100 m relay 2000 Carlette Guidry USA gold 4 100 m relay 1992 and 1996 Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica silver 100m and 200m 1992 and bronze 4 100 m relay 1996 and Nikole Mitchell Jamaica bronze 4 100 m relay 1996 Courtney Okolo became the first Longhorn to win The Bowerman 37 an award that honors collegiate track amp field s most outstanding athlete of the year In 2016 she became the first female collegian to run sub 50 seconds in the 400 meters in turn lowering her own collegiate record to 49 71 Her senior season also included an undefeated record against collegians and four NCAA titles two individual two relay Championships Edit Indoor National Championships 6 1986 1988 1990 1998 1999 2006Outdoor National Championships 5 1982 AIAW 1986 1998 1999 2005Indoor Conference Championships 23 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2002 2003 2006 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020Outdoor Conference Championships 22 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2012 2014 2015 2016 2019Men s cross country Edit Main article Texas Longhorns men s cross country The men s cross country team has 33 Southwest Conference championships and has placed as high as 3rd in the NCAA Men s Division I Cross Country Championship The 1956 individual championship was won by Walter McNew with a time of 19 55 94 38 Championships Edit Conference Championships 33 1920 1923 1924 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1954 1955 1960 1963 1964 1965 1967 1969 1972 1973 1991 1993Women s cross country Edit Main article Texas Longhorns women s cross country The women s cross country team has 4 Southwest Conference championships and won the 1986 NCAA Cross Country Championship Championships Edit National Championships 1 1986Conference Championships 4 1985 1986 1987 1989Volleyball Edit Main article Texas Longhorns volleyball Texas won the 1988 2012 and 2022 NCAA National Championships with runner up finishes in 1995 2009 2015 2016 and 2020 They also won an AIAW national championship in 1981 The team is currently coached by Jerritt Elliott and plays home games in Gregory Gymnasium Texas won the Big 12 Conference in 1997 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 and 2022 They finished 2nd in 1996 1998 2004 2005 2010 and 2016 They finished 3rd in 1999 and 2006 They have qualified for every NCAA tournament since 2004 and advanced to at least the Regional Finals since 2006 Texas volleyball has produced many All Americans and in 2007 they won the program s first Big 12 title since 1997 sharing the title with Nebraska Texas broke Nebraska s three year streak of winning the title outright They also earned the programs first AVCA National Freshman of the Year since 1995 in 2007 for Big 12 Freshman of the Year Juliann Faucette and Logan Eggleston won the program s first ever AVCA National Player of the Year award in 2022 Championships Edit National Championship 4 1981 AIAW 1988 2012 2022Conference Championships 28 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1997 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022Swimming and diving Edit Main article Texas Longhorns swimming and diving Texas has won fifteen national titles in men s swimming and diving 1981 1988 1991 1996 2000 2002 2010 2015 18 2021 and nine in women s swimming and diving 1981 82 1984 88 1990 91 making swimming and diving the most successful Texas athletics program by far based on number of national titles The women s swimming team is currently coached by Carol Capitani and the men s and women s diving teams are coached by Matt Scoggin The men s swimming team was formerly coached by Eddie Reese from 1978 to 2021 retiring after 43 years as the Texas men s head coach Reese has coached numerous former and current world record holders while at Texas including many competing in the Summer Olympic Games for the United States and other home nations The swim team was first developed under Coach Tex Robertson 39 Men s championships Edit National Championships 15 1981 1988 1989 1990 1991 1996 2000 2001 2002 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2021Conference Championships 63 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021Women s championships Edit National Championships 9 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991Conference Championships 33 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021Women s rowing Edit The women s rowing team was established in the fall of 1998 as the result of the 1993 Title IX settlement 40 At the team s first appearance at the NCAA championships in 2003 its varsity 8 placed 12th nationally The team won the inaugural Big 12 Championship in 2009 and kept the championship title for the following three years Additionally the Texas women s rowing team won the 2011 Conference USA Championship In June 2014 Dave O Neill was appointed head coach of the program 41 Under his coaching the women s rowing team placed fourth in the 2017 NCAA Championship third in 2018 second in 2019 and first in 2021 marking the program s best four finishes 42 National Championships 1 2021Conference Championships 9 2009 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021Soccer Edit Main article Texas Longhorns women s soccer The Texas women s soccer program was established in 1993 as part of that year s Title IX settlement Since then they have won 3 conference championships one regular season and two tournaments and been to 13 NCAA tournaments making it as far as the Sweet Sixteen in 2004 2006 2007 and 2017 In 2006 the Longhorns finished ranked 8 in the nation their highest end of season ranking ever 43 Championships Edit Conference championships 1 2001Conference tournament championships 2 2006 2007Notable non varsity sports EditRugby Edit Founded in 1985 the Texas Longhorns rugby team plays in the Allied Rugby Conference and plays its postseason in the Varsity Cup Championship The Longhorns rugby program has been improving in recent years 44 Texas rugby has instituted a combine to identify the most elite athletes on campus with an eye towards recruiting them to play rugby 45 The increasing popularity of rugby in the United States and the announcement that rugby would return to the Summer Olympics led Texas to upgrade the designation of its rugby program from club to Olympic 46 The Texas Rugby Alumni association and the Texas Exes have begun an endowment to award scholarships to Texas rugby players which is viewed as a vital recruitment tool 47 The Longhorns improvement led to Texas winning the Southwest Conference in the 2011 12 season to qualify for the sweet sixteen of the 2012 national championship playoffs 48 Texas won the 2012 Southwest 7s tournament to qualify for the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships 49 The Longhorns rugby program has been boosted by its participation in the Collegiate Rugby Championship the highest profile college rugby competition in the US which is broadcast live on NBC In the 2011 CRC Texas defeated Big 12 rival Oklahoma to reach the quarterfinals Following Texas s participation in the 2011 CRC Texas raised an additional 10 000 from alumni landed a new apparel sponsor and have been contacted by 90 students including two DBs from the football team who want to play rugby 50 In the 2012 CRC Texas defeated its rival Oklahoma to again reach the quarterfinals of the tournament The Longhorns rugby program reached a new all time high during the 2013 2014 season Texas won the 2013 Southwest Conference 7s Championship advancing them to the 2013 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships where they finished ranked 12 in the nation 51 Months later Texas won the 2014 Southwest Conference 15s Championship making them the first team in the conference to win both the 7s and 15s championships in the same season The Longhorns finished the season with their first participation in The Varsity Cup Championship where they finished in the top 8 52 Gold Silver Bronze2008 10 2 22004 9 4 62000 9 9 21996 7 2 31992 5 3 31988 5 4 11984 5 1 01980 0 1 01976 2 0 01968 1 0 01960 1 0 01956 1 1 01952 2 0 01948 1 0 0Total 68 31 18Halls of honor EditSee also Hall of fame University of Texas Men s Athletics Hall of Honor 53 University of Texas Women s Athletics Hall of Honor 54 Championships Edit The Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of a national championship team NCAA team championships Edit Texas has won 55 NCAA team national championships 55 Men s 27 Baseball 6 1949 1950 1975 1983 2002 2005 Golf 4 1971 1972 2012 2022 Indoor track and field 1 2022 Swimming 15 1981 1988 1989 1990 1991 1996 2000 2001 2002 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2021 Tennis 1 2019 Women s 27 Basketball 1 1986 Cross country 1 1986 Indoor track and field 6 1986 1988 1990 1998 1999 2006 Outdoor track and field 4 1986 1998 1999 2005 Rowing 2 2021 2022 Swimming 7 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 Tennis 4 1993 1995 2021 2022 Volleyball 3 1988 2012 2022 See also Big 12 Conference national team titles List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championshipsOther national team championships Edit Below are 9 national team titles that were not bestowed by the NCAA Men s 4 Football 4 1963 1969 1970 2005 Women s 5 Outdoor Track and Field 1 1982 AIAW Swimming and Diving 2 1981 1982 AIAW Volleyball 1 1981 AIAW Beach volleyball 1 2008 56 AVCA See also List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championshipsConference championships Edit Main articles List of Southwest Conference champions and List of Big 12 Conference champions 57 58 Baseball 78 regular season titles 16 tournament titles Regular season 1899 1905 1907 1908 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1932 1935 1936 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1992 1996 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2018 Tournament 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988 1990 1991 1994 2002 2003 2008 2009 2015 Basketball 25 regular season titles 3 tournament titles Regular season 1915 1916 1917 1919 1924 1933 1939 1943 1947 1951 1954 1960 1963 1965 1972 1974 1978 1979 1986 1992 1994 1995 1999 2006 2008 Tournament 1994 1995 2021 Men s Cross Country 33 1920 1923 1924 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1954 1955 1960 1963 1964 1965 1967 1969 1972 1973 1991 1993 1994 Fencing 5 1942 1943 1947 1948 1949 discontinued in 1957 Football 32 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 Men s Golf 47 1927 1928 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1964 1965 1968 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1981 1983 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 2002 2003 2004 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Men s Swimming amp Diving 60 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Men s Tennis 27 1915 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1961 1963 1967 1977 1990 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2006 2008 2010 2014 2019 Men s Indoor Track amp Field 13 1974 1975 1992 1993 1994 1999 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013 2015 2017 Men s Outdoor Track amp Field 53 1915 1916 1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1950 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1966 1968 1969 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1986 1987 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2003 2006 2013 2015 2016 2017 Women s Basketball 12 regular season titles 11 tournament titles Regular season 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1996 2003 2004 Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1994 2003 2022 Women s Cross Country 4 1985 1986 1987 1989 Women s Golf 16 1984 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2004 2011 2017 2018 2019 Women s Soccer 1 regular season title 2 tournament titles Regular season 2001 Tournament 2006 2007 Softball 4 regular season titles 4 tournament titles Regular season 2002 2003 2006 2010 Tournament 1999 2002 2003 2005 Women s Swimming and Diving 30 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Women s Tennis 21 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2005 2007 2012 2013 2018 Women s Indoor Track amp Field 21 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2002 2003 2006 2014 2015 2016 2018 Women s Outdoor Track amp Field 21 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2003 2004 2006 2012 2014 2015 2016 Volleyball 24 regular season titles 3 tournament titles Regular season 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1997 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2019 Tournament 1992 1993 1995 Denotes shared conference title Denotes an AIAW Championship The University of Texas began NCAA and Southwest Conference competition in women s sports for the 1982 83 season Rivalries EditThe university s biggest rival is Texas A amp M University 59 60 However in football Texas considers the Oklahoma Sooners to be a more significant rival According to Bill Little the Longhorns assistant athletic director the rivalry against A amp M is based on respect while the rivalry against Oklahoma is based on anger 61 Other teams have also been considered to be rivals of the Longhorns in various sports 62 63 64 65 This list includes several other colleges in Texas such as Texas Christian Baylor Rice 66 Texas Tech 67 and Houston 68 Arkansas Razorbacks Edit See also Arkansas Texas football rivalry Texas is also one of the biggest rivals of the University of Arkansas 69 which may be attributed to their long tenure as the two eponymous state schools of the former Southwest Conference or to the 1969 game between the two which decided the national championship in favor of the Longhorns 70 71 Oklahoma Sooners Edit See also Red River Showdown Texas has a long standing bitter rivalry with the University of Oklahoma The football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma is commonly known as the Red River Shootout and is held annually in Dallas Texas at the Cotton Bowl This name has come to refer to the two schools contests in other major team sports as well Since 2005 the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the SBC Red River Rivalry 72 changed to AT amp T Red River Rivalry in 2006 when SBC changed its corporate name to AT amp T a move which has been criticized both for its commercialism 73 and its political correctness 74 In recent years when this rivalry has taken on added significance since both football programs have been highly ranked and compete in the same division of the Big 12 conference In 2005 The Dallas Morning News did an opinion poll of the 119 Division 1A football coaches as to the nations top rivalry game in college football The Texas Oklahoma game was ranked third 75 Texas A amp M Aggies Edit See also Lone Star Showdown and Texas Texas A amp M football rivalry The annual football game with Texas A amp M usually took place on the weekend of Thanksgiving each year though it was moved to the first weekend in December in 1994 due to A amp M s TV restriction during probation In either case the Texas Texas A amp M game was the last regular season contest for each team The Longhorns lead the series 76 37 5 In an attempt to generate more attention for the rivalry in sports other than football in 2004 the two schools started the Lone Star Showdown 76 which began as a two year trial program and has continued ever since Essentially each time the two schools meet in a sport the winner of the matchup gets a point In sports wherein the teams meet twice one half point is awarded for a victory If more contests than two occur such as in baseball the series winner gets one point At the end of the year the school with the most points wins the series and receives a trophy In the event of a tie the current holder retains the trophy as did A amp M after the 08 09 season Texas leads the series 6 2 Aspects of the rivalry include Each school mentions the other in their fight song Texas with and it s goodbye to A amp M in Texas Fight 77 and the Aggies singing about Texas for essentially the entire second verse of the Aggie War Hymn which is the only verse typically sung 78 The football series between the two universities is the third longest running rivalry in all of college football 79 From 1900 to 2011 the last regular season football game was usually reserved for their matchup 80 Each school has elaborate pre game preparations for the annual football clash including the Aggie Bonfire 81 and the Hex Rally 82 Texas has a unique lighting scheme for the Tower after wins over Texas A amp M 83 In the past mischief has preceded the annual game such as kidnapping each other s mascots 84 85 With Texas A amp M s move to the Southeastern Conference the Lone Star Showdown s final game was played on November 24 2011 at Kyle Field The Longhorns won 27 25 on a last second field goal The 2011 game marked the end of a 118 year Thanksgiving Day tradition With the Longhorns set to join the Southeastern Conference no later than 2025 the rivalry will resume as a conference game Texas Tech Red Raiders Edit See also Texas Texas Tech football rivalry The Longhorns and Red Raiders football teams compete annually for a traveling trophy called the Chancellor s Spurs The exchange began in 1996 and the Longhorns lead the football series 48 15 Rice Owls Edit See also Rice Texas football rivalry A long standing more historic rivalry with the Rice Owls that has been largely dominated by Texas since their days in the Southwest Conference is still played almost annually with Texas winning the latest matchup 2019 contest 48 13 The Rice Owls last victory in the rivalry came in 1994 when they beat Texas 19 17 at Rice Stadium on ESPN and the Owls went on to win the Southwest Conference that year Facilities EditMajor sporting facilities and their main uses include Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium football Moody Center basketball 86 Denton A Cooley Pavilion basketball practice facility UFCU Disch Falk Field baseball Mike A Myers Stadium soccer track and field Red and Charline McCombs Field softball Gregory Gymnasium volleyball Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center swimming and diving Texas Tennis Center tennis Texas Rowing Center rowing The University of Texas Golf Club golfIn addition the University of Texas has numerous practice training and intramural facilities Traditions Edit Wikisource has original text related to this article Kennedy s moon speech Why does Rice play Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas many traditions which associated with athletics events especially football Some Longhorn traditions include Bevo the school mascot a live Texas longhorn steer present for football games and other special events It is a common misconception that the mascot s name came from Texas students altering a 13 0 branding a group of Aggies gave the steer citation needed Bevo received his name several months before the Aggies could vandalize the steer in a Texas alumni magazine His name came from the slang term for a steer that is destined to become food beeve and in a common practice for the 1900s and 1910s an O was added at the end similar to Groucho or Harpo Marx 87 Big Bertha claimed by the university to be the world s largest drum however Purdue University makes a similar claim about their drum citation needed Hook em Horns the school hand signal was introduced at a pep rally in 1955 88 Sports Illustrated featured the Hook em Horns symbol in front of a Texas pennant on the cover of their September 10 1973 issue 89 Texas Fight the school fight song Texas Fight cheer one side of the stadium yells Texas and then the other side yells Fight this is usually repeated several times Script Texas half time routine by the Longhorn Band Smokey the Cannon fired in celebration on game day at the moment of kickoff and after Texas scores The University of Texas Longhorn Band nicknamed The Showband of the Southwest World s Largest Texas Flag run on the field prior to home football games bowl games and other sporting events It is also dropped from the President s Balcony during pep rallies It is owned by the UT Alpha Rho chapter of Alpha Phi Omega Lighting the Tower also known as the Main Building in orange for various types of sporting victories and after national championship victories windows are lit on the Tower to display a large number 1 90 Read the rest students from primarily Texas A amp M University often taunt Texas students by threatening to saw off the horns of Bevo citing the Bible verse Psalms 75 10 I shall cut off the horns of the wicked As it turns out that s not the entire verse and as a response Texas students tell Aggies to read the rest The rest of the verse is but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up This appears on shirts usually with Hook Em written underneath Their other primary rivals the Oklahoma Sooners generally prefer to show their disdain by inverting the Hook Em hand sign or Longhorn logo This gesture has become more common among fans of other teams as well especially in the Big 12 when they play against Texas with fans of one Big 12 member West Virginia adopting the sign even for games that do not involve Texas 91 Merchandise EditFor nine straight years 2005 2013 Texas was listed as the number one Collegiate Licensing Company client in regards to the amount of annual trademark royalties received from the sales of its fan merchandise 4 Schools that are not members of Collegiate Licensing Company however are not ranked in the listing 92 Money from merchandising sales goes to the university as opposed to being earmarked specifically for athletics programs 4 TV channel EditMain article Longhorn Network On January 20 2011 the UT athletic department announced plans to launch a 24 hour channel devoted entirely to UT sports and academic activities at the University of Texas 93 This channel a joint venture with ESPN takes advantage of a clause in new Big 12 Conference television contracts allowing Texas a bigger share of revenues than the conference s other members in turn it was part of the agreement to keep the conference together amidst a full scale plan by the Pac 10 Conference to raid Big 12 members The Pac 10 only gained one Big 12 school Colorado Both sides hoped to launch the channel for the 2011 2012 academic year but needed carriage commitments first Banners with the name ESPN Texas were visible during segments of SportsCenter and other programs originating from Sundance Square in Fort Worth Texas in the week prior to Super Bowl XLV The channel was launched in August 2011 as the Longhorn Network Before its launch the network had controversial plans to air high school football games an institution throughout the state of Texas Currently the state s governing body for public high school sports the University Interscholastic League prohibits live game telecasts on Friday nights It had also been speculated that any telecast on the new channel 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