Some facts about the 2009 Texas Longhorns:
SCHOOL COLORS: Burnt orange and white
FOUNDED: 1883
ENROLLMENT: 50,006
LOCATED: Austin, Texas
COACH: Mack Brown, 12th season at Texas (115-26), 26th overall (200-100-1)
2008 RECORD: 12-1 (7-1, T-1st Big 12 South)
LAST BOWL: 2009 Fiesta Bowl, beat Ohio State 24-21
STADIUM: Darrell K. Royal/Texas Memorial Stadium (94,113)
RETURNING STARTERS: 16 (9 offense, 7 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Colt McCoy, WR Jordan Shipley, DE/LB Sergio Kindle
KEY RECRUITS: QB Garret Gilbert, RB Chris Whaley, DE Alex Okafor
KEY DEPARTURES: DE Brian Orakpo, WR Quan Cosby
COACHSPEAK: “When I asked coach (Darrell) Royal about preseason (polls) and what do they mean, he said, ‘It’s like a beauty contest. If they’re going to have one, you’d like to be rated high.'”—Brown.
2009 SCHEDULE:
Sept. 5— Louisiana-Monroe
Sept. 12— at Wyoming
Sept. 19— Texas Tech
Sept. 26— Texas-El Paso
Oct. 10— Colorado
Oct. 17— Oklahoma at Dallas
Oct. 24— at Missouri
Oct. 31— at Oklahoma State
Nov. 7— Central Florida
Nov. 14— at Baylor
Nov. 21— Kansas
Nov. 26— at Texas A&M
