# 1999 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1999 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The team was coached by head coach Mack Brown.

## Schedule

The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–3 record and won the Big 12 South Championship. During the regular season, Texas upset #3 Nebraska in Austin, Texas. However, they lost a re-match with the Big 12 North Champions, Nebraska in the 1999 Big 12 Championship Game, 22–6. They were also defeated by former arch-rival Arkansas in the 2000 Cotton Bowl Classic, 27–6.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 28 | 7:30 p.m. | NC State* | No. 17 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (BCA Classic) | ESPN2 | L 20–23 | 82,252 |
| September 4 | 11:00 a.m. | Stanford* | | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | ABC | W 69–17 | 80,654 |
| September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rutgers* | | Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ | ESPN2 | W 38–21 | 41,511 |
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | Rice* | | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | PPV | W 18–13 | 82,084 |
| September 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 22 | Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, TX (rivalry) | | W 62–0 | 41,784 |
| October 2 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 12 Kansas State | No. 15 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | ABC | L 17–35 | 83,082 |
| October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma | No. 23 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | ABC | W 38–28 | 75,587 |
| October 23 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 3 Nebraska | No. 18 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (College GameDay) | ABC | W 24–20 | 84,082 |
| October 30 | 11:30 .m. | at Iowa State | No. 12 | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | FSN | W 44–41 | 37,218 |
| November 6 | 1:30 p.m. | at Oklahoma State | No. 11 | Lewis FieldStillwater, OK | | W 34–21 | 44,025 |
| November 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 10 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | FSN | W 58–7 | 83,882 |
| November 26 | 10:00 a.m. | at No. 24 Texas A&M | No. 7 | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | ABC | L 16–20 | 86,128 |
| December 4 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. No. 3 Nebraska | No. 12 | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game) | ABC | L 6–22 | 65,035 |
| January 1, 2000 | 10:00 a.m. | vs. No. 24 Arkansas* | No. 14 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic, rivalry) | FOX | L 6–27 | 72,723 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 17 | — | — | — | 22 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 21 |
| Coaches Poll | 16 | 16* | 23 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 23 |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | Not released |

## Game summaries
### NC State

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| NC State | | | 0 |
| Texas | | | 0 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Kansas State | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 35 |
| Texas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Nebraska | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| • Texas | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Texas | 7 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 58 |

### At Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Texas A&M | | | 0 |
| Texas | | | 0 |
This rivalry game would unite the two schools for the year, due to the tragic collapse of Texas A&M's bonfire the week prior to the game. A sellout crowd was met with an awe-inspiring halftime performance from both schools.