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The Texas Longhorns football team is the intercollegiate football team at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. On November 27, 2008, the Longhorns passed Notre Dame as the second winningest college football team, having won 832 games to Notre Dame’s 831.[3] However, another source that takes into account all game forfeitures by NCAA teams has the Longhorns with 835 wins.[4] They are ranked 2nd in all-time wins, one of only seven programs to have attained at least 800 all-time victories, ranked 3rd in all-time winning percentage (71.8%), ranked 2nd in number of bowl game appearances (25-21-2), and ranked 8th in number of games played (1182).[5] The Longhorns have won four Division I-A national championships — in 1963, 1969, 1970, and 2005. Two Longhorn players have won the Heisman Trophy, college football’s highest individual honor: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998). In 2008 the Texas Longhorn football program kept its record NFL Draft streak alive by having at least o
The 2007 Texas Longhorn football team (variously “Texas” or “UT” or the “Horns”) represented The University of Texas at Austin in the 2007–2008 college football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who received the 2005 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year award.[1] The Longhorns play their home games in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (DKR), which is undergoing renovations from 2006–2008 to improve older sections and add extra seating capacity.[2] The Longhorns entered the 2007 season ranked third on all-time college football lists in both total wins and winning percentage.[3] A pre-season ranking by ESPN writer Mark Schlabach had the Longhorns ranked eighth,[4] while College Football News ranked Texas third.[5] The Longhorns came into the season ranked fourth in both the Coaches Poll[6] and AP Poll.[7] During the summer leading into the season, five players were disciplined for legal infractions, another was suspended for NCAA rule violations, and a coach underwent sur
