# 1994 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1994 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Southwest Conference. They played their home games at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was led by head coach John Mackovic.
The Longhorns did not close the season with its traditional rivalry game vs. Texas A&M, due to NCAA probation which banned the Aggies from appearing on television. Texas instead closed the season with Baylor in a nationally televised game on Thanksgiving, having played A&M three weeks earlier.
Notably, the Longhorns lost to Rice, who they had beaten 28 straight times since the Owls last won on October 23, 1965. It is the last time that the Longhorns have lost to Rice as of 2023. At any rate, this meant that Texas would share a conference title with four other teams that had also lost three conference games; it was their first conference title since 1990 and it would be the first of three straight conference titles under Mackovic as coach.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 11:00 a.m. | at Pittsburgh* | No. 18 | Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA | Raycom | W 30–28 | 32,337 |
| September 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Louisville* | No. 20 | Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | ABC | W 30–16 | 64,627 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at TCU | No. 15 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry) | PPV | W 34–18 | 44,821 |
| October 1 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 Colorado* | No. 16 | Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | ABC | L 31–34 | 77,809 |
| October 8 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. No. 16 Oklahoma* | No. 15 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | ABC | W 17–10 | 75,587 |
| October 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rice | No. 12 | Rice StadiumHouston, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | L 17–19 | 34,700 |
| October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | SMU | No. 13 | Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | Raycom | W 42–20 | 61,307 |
| October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 19 | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) | Raycom | L 9–33 | 45,591 |
| November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 11 Texas A&M | | Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | | L 10–34 | 82,312 |
| November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Houston | | Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | Raycom | W 48–13 | 56,654 |
| November 24 | 10:00 a.m. | at Baylor | | Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 63–35 | 41,212 |
| December 30 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. No. 19 North Carolina* | | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX (Sun Bowl) | CBS | W 35–31 | 50,612 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### Oklahoma

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
at Cotton Bowl • Dallas, Texas
* Date: October 8
* Game time: 2:30 p.m.
* Game weather: Partly sunny • 70 °F (21 °C) • Wind 15 mph (24 km/h) N
* Game attendance: 75,587
* Referee: Dale
* TV: ABC
* Texas Sports
Game information :
Texas
James Brown 17/22, 148 Yds, TD, INT
Rodrick Walker 23 Rush, 77 Yds
Eric Jackson 2 Rec, 30 Yds
Oklahoma
Garrick McGee 12/19, 192 Yds, INT
James Allen 19 Rush, 88 Yds
Albert Hall 4 Rec, 69 Yds :
Stonie Clark tackled James Allen on the one-yard line on fourth down with less than 45 seconds remaining in the game.
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | TEX | OU |
| 2 | 11:43 | 6 | 88 | | Oklahoma | Moore 23-yard touchdown run, Blanton kick good | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 9:45 | 13 | 80 | | Texas | 19-yard field goal by Dawson | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0:17 | 15 | 81 | | Texas | Brown 9-yard touchdown run, Dawson kick good | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | 13:05 | 5 | 21 | | Texas | Fitzgerald 2-yard touchdown reception from Brown, Dawson kick good | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | 6:40 | 16 | 75 | | Oklahoma | 22-yard field goal by Blanton | 17 | 10 |
| "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 17 | 10 |

## Personnel

* Not listed (missing number/class/position): Curtis Jackson