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University of Texas Longhorns Tickets Information
The Texas Longhorns are one of 12 teams in the Big 12 Conference and one of 6 - along with the Baylor Bears, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas A&M Aggies, and Texas Tech Red Raiders - that play in the South Division.
They are one of 4 teams from the state of Texas in the Big 12 Conference, the others being the Bears, the Aggies, and the Red Raiders. The Texas Longhorns play their football home games at the 94,113 seat Darrel K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium and their basketball home games at the 16,755 seat Frank Erwin Center. The team uniform colors are burnt orange and white, and the team mascot is Bevo the Longhorn.
Football:
Since its creation in 1893, the Texas Longhorns are the second winningest college football team posting a record of 832-317-33 (.718). They have traditionally been known as a football powerhouse having earned four National Championships, the most recent in 2005-2006. The Longhorns have also won 29 conference championships, including two Big 12 titles.
The Longhorns are currently coached by Mack Brown, who is in his 11th year with Texas after head coaching at North Carolina. He has led them to an impressive 103-25 record and is credited for revitalizing the Texas football program. He is 8-3 in bowl games, and has won five consecutive since 2004.
Currently, 43 Longhorns play in the NFL including Vince Young (Tennessee Titans), Quentin Jammer (San Diego Chargers), Shaun Rogers (Cleveland Browns), Bo Scaife (Tennessee Titans) and Roy E. Williams (Dallas Cowboys).
The Longhorns have been long-time rivals to Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma. Be sure to watch the Longhorns renew their rivalries under quarterback Colt McCoy this year.
Basketball:
The Texas Longhorns have a number of school heroes in their previous rosters including the following former players who are currently in the NBA (National Basketball Association): LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers), Maurice Evans (Atlanta Hawks), T.J. Ford (Indiana Pacers) and Daniel Gibson (Cleveland Cavaliers).
The Texas Longhorns have won 3 Big 12 regular season titles, most recently in 2008. They have yet to win a Big 12 tournament title, though they made it to the championship finals 3 times, once in 2001 (losing to Oklahoma), once in 2004 (losing to Oklahoma State), and finally just this past 2006 season (losing to Kansas). They have never won an NCAA Championship. In 103 years of play, the Longhorns' all-time record is 1,586 wins and 987 losses (.626), ranking them 2nd only to the Jayhawks of all the Big 12 teams.
For 12 seasons now, Rick Barnes has been head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Before that, he'd been a men's basketball head coach for 11 years, coaching at George Mason (1987-88), Providence (1988-94), and Clemson (1994-1998).
The Longhorns advanced to the Final Four in 2003, the Sweet Sixteen in 2004, and the Elite Eight in 2006 and 2008. In 2008-09 the Texas Longhorns finished tied for 4th in the Big 12 Conference, posting 9 wins and 7 losses (.563), with an overall 2008-09 NCAA record of 23 wins and 12 losses (.657). Get your Texas Longhorns tickets now and see if this time they take their winning streak all the way to the NCAA championships.
