2009 Texas Longhorns football team The 2009 Texas Longhorn football team ( variously " Texas " or " UT " or the " Horns " ) represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by Mack Brown , who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season . Texas played their home games in Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium . The Longhorns finished the season 13 – 1 , and 8 – 0 in Big 12 play . They represented the Big 12 South Division in the Big 12 Championship Game where they defeated Nebraska 13 – 12 to become Big 12 Champions . The team finished the regular season ranked # 2 in the Bowl Championship Series to earn a berth in the BCS Championship Game where they were defeated by Alabama 37 – 21 . Texas finished the season ranked # 2 in the AP and coaches poll . Before the season . Previous seasons . The Longhorns have enjoyed considerable success in recent seasons . In 2008 , their only loss was by 6 points to Texas Tech who scored with 1 second left to win the game on Halloween night . They beat the OU Sooners by the same 10 point spread as the 2008 National Champions , the University of Florida . The 2004 team had the first Bowl Championship Series win for any Texas team and the 2005 team won the National Championship ( the fourth for the UT football program ) . The 2006 team finished with 10 wins , 3 losses , including a victory in the 2006 Alamo Bowl . In 2007 , the Longhorns finished with a victory in the 2007 Holiday Bowl , a 10 – 3 record for the season , and a tenth place ranking in the final AP poll and the USA Today coaches poll . Quarterback Colt McCoy returned to play his senior season at Texas . He was also the starting quarterback for the Longhorns in 2006 and 2007 . Schedule . On February 25 , 2008 , UT and A & M announced that their annual game would move onto Thanksgiving Day for 2008 and 2009 . The game was televised by ESPN . The same day , Texas announced that Arkansas dropped Texas from the 2009 schedule . Game notes . University of Louisiana - Monroe . In the season opener , Texas routed ULM 59 - 20 as QB Colt McCoy passed for over 300 yards and two touchdowns and his roommate / # 1 receiver Jordan Shipley had 180 yards receiving . Wyoming . In the first half Texas got off to a slow start , but rallied to blowout Wyoming in the second half , with QB Colt McCoy passing for 300 yards and 3 TD ' s . Texas Tech . The series with the Texas Tech Red Raiders began in 1928 , and entering the game , the Longhorns ' record was 43 – 15 – 0 . Texas was in for revenge after the previous season ' s last second Michael Crabtree miracle breakaway for a touchdown in a 39 – 33 loss to Tech which eliminated Texas out of the championship race . Texas scored the first touchdown on a Jordan Shipley punt return that got the mascot in his feet to give Texas a 7 – 3 , which thereafter they would not let up and got their revenge in a 34 – 24 victory over Texas Tech . UTEP . The 2008 game was the first meeting between the Longhorns and the UTEP Miners . Texas won 42 – 13 . The 2009 game was the first occasion for the Miners to visit Austin . Texas lead 47 – 7 at halftime and routed the miners . Colorado . Texas struggled early against Colorado , trailing 14 – 3 at one point . However a series of non - offensive touchdowns led the Longhorns to a 38 – 14 victory . The sloppiness of this game however caused the Longhorns to drop from # 2 to # 3 in the AP Poll . Oklahoma . The rivalry with Oklahoma has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries . Since 1929 the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas , Texas typically in mid - October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium . Texas started off slow , trailing 6 - 0 . OU QB Sam Bradford was injured and out for the season due to a result of a hit by CB Aaron Williams early in the game . The game was a defensive struggle , but a leaping interception by Aaron Williams of Landry Jones in the red zone put Texas in position to put the game away . However , Colt McCoy threw an interception a few plays later , but was able to make a touchdown - saving tackle on the return . A few plays later , safety Earl thomas was able to intercept Landry Jones to seal the game for the Longhorns . Missouri . Texas jumped out to a 21 – 0 lead on Missouri in a sold out stadium . The horns dominated the game winning 41 – 7 with 3 TD ' s from Colt McCoy . Oklahoma State . In what was supposed to be a matchup between the Big 12 ' s two best teams on halloween night in Stillwater , Oklahoma , Texas dominated . The horns intercepted OSU QB Zac Robinson 4 times , returning two for TD ' s . UCF . The Longhorns came out flat against the Knights but Colt McCoy passed for 470 yards and Jordan Shipley set the school receiving record with 273 yards , the running game amassed less than 50 yards on the ground . Baylor . The Longhorns first played the Baylor Bears in 1901 and faced them annually during the days of the Southwest Conference . In the 98 meetings through 2008 , Texas ' record with the Bears was 72 wins , 22 losses , and 4 ties . This is Texas ' third - longest rivalry by number of games : only Oklahoma and Texas A & M have faced Texas more often on the football field . On Baylor ' s first drive , they moved the ball into the red zone , but CB Aaron Williams intercepted a pass in the endzone , and the game would be dominated by the Horns from there . Texas jumped out to a 40 - 0 halftime lead , and lead 47 - 0 at one point . Baylor was able to score two late td ' s however . Kansas . In Colt McCoy ' s last home game , the Horns routed the reeling Kansas Jayhawks , riding a five game losing streak . Colt McCoy passed for 396 yards and 4 TD ' s , and in victory became the winningest QB in college football history . Texas A & M . This game marks the 116th meeting between Texas and the Texas A & M Aggies and it will be the fifth year as part of a multi - sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown . The football rivalry began in 1894 and it is the longest - running rivaly for both the Longhorns and the Aggies and it is also the third most - played rivalry in Division I - A college football . Texas entered the 2009 contest with a 74 – 36 – 5 record against Texas A & M . Since the series began in 1900 , the game has traditionally been played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend . BCS National Championship - Alabama . On game day , Texas wore its white jerseys and was situated on the east sideline , and Alabama wore its crimson jerseys and used the west bench at the Rose Bowl stadium . Alabama made their first appearance in the BCS National Championship Game . The last time Texas played at the Rose Bowl , Texas won the BCS National Championship in the 2006 Rose Bowl by defeating USC 41 – 38 with Vince Young scoring a 8 - yard run touchdown with 19 seconds left in the game . The previous year , Texas won the Rose Bowl game 38 – 37 over Michigan when Dusty Mangum kicked a field goal as time expired . Texas has played in the Rose Bowl once during the regular season , losing to UCLA 49 – 31 during the 1998 season .