2018 Texas Longhorns football team

2018 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 14
AP No. 9
2018 record 6–1 (4–0 Big 12)
Head coach Tom Herman (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Tim Beck (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator Herb Hand (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando (2nd season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 100,119)
2018 Big 12 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 7 Texas  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 13 West Virginia  3 –1     5 –1  
No. 9 Oklahoma  2 –1     5 –1  
Texas Tech  2 –1     4 –2  
Baylor  2 –2     4 –3  
Iowa State  2 –2     3 –3  
TCU  1 –2     3 –3  
Kansas State  1 –3     3 –4  
Oklahoma State  1 –3     4 –3  
Kansas  0 –3     2 –4  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns”, represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns play their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Tom Herman.

Previous season

The Longhorns finished the 2017 season 7–6, 5–4 in Big 12 play to finish in four-way tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Texas Bowl where they defeated Missouri.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[1] Zach Shackelford C JR
Chuck Bednarik Award[2] Breckyn Hager DE SR
Gary Johnson LB SR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[3] Collin Johnson WR JR
John Mackey Award[4] Andrew Beck TE SR
Butkus Award[5] Gary Johnson LB SR
Jim Thorpe Award[6] Kris Boyd DB SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[7] Kris Boyd DB SR
Outland Trophy[8] Patrick Vahe OL SR
Wuerffel Trophy[9] Collin Johnson WR JR
Walter Camp Award[10] Collin Johnson WR JR
Ted Hendricks Award[11] Breckyn Hager DE SR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[12] Collin Johnson WR JR

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media poll was released on July 12, 2018 with the Longhorns predicted to finish in fourth place.[13]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Oklahoma509 (46)
2West Virginia432 (2)
3TCU390 (1)
4Texas370 (1)
5Oklahoma State300
6Kansas State283 (2)
7Iowa State250
8Texas Tech149
9Baylor125
10Kansas52

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 11:00 a.m. vs. Maryland* No. 23
FS1 L 29–34 47,641
September 8 7:00 p.m. Tulsa*
LHN W 28–21 90,563
September 15 7:00 p.m. No. 22 USC*
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
FOX W 37–14 103,507‡
September 22 3:30 p.m. No. 17 TCU
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
FOX W 31–16 95,124
September 29 2:30 p.m. at Kansas State No. 18
FS1 W 19–14 49,916
October 6 11:00 a.m. vs. No. 7 Oklahoma No. 19
FOX W 48–45 92,300
October 13 2:30 p.m. Baylor No. 9
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ESPN W 23–17 93,882
October 27 at Oklahoma State
November 3 West Virginia
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
November 10 at Texas Tech
November 17 7:00 p.m. Iowa State
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
LHN
November 23 11:00 a.m. at Kansas
FS1
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source[14]

  • ^‡ Largest attendance recorded at Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium[15]

Game summaries

vs Maryland

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Longhorns 7 15 7 0 29
Terrapins 14 10 0 10 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2017 UMD, 51–41

Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Hurricane 0 0 7 14 21
Longhorns 14 7 0 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Trojans 14 0 0 0 14
Longhorns 3 13 21 0 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2017 USC, 27–24

TCU

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Horned Frogs 6 7 3 0 16
Longhorns 7 3 14 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
62–25–1 2017 TCU, 24–7

at Kansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Longhorns 7 12 0 0 19
Wildcats 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
8-10 2017 TEX, 40–34

Texas lost their first game on the road at Maryland and then won their next three games at home, and their last two victories came against ranked teams -- No. 22 Southern California and No. 17 TCU. But the travel games (especially in this series) have not been in the Longhorn's favor. The home team has won last six games between the two teams and Texas has not won in Manhattan since 2002.[16]

Texas was the only team to score in the first half of play, with two touchdowns, a field goal, and a safety. Kansas State had a chance to score a touchdown on the final play of the first half when Alex Delton threw a pass to Adam Harter that was dropped in the end zone. The score at the half was Texas 19, Kansas State 0.[17]

Kansas State fared better in the second half, holding Texas scoreless and replacing Alex Delton with Skylar Thompson. Thompson led Kansas State to score two touchdowns in the second half with 14 points. In the end, Texas held the lead with a final score of 19-14.[18] For the next week Texas plays Oklahoma after stopping the second-half comeback by Kansas State.[19]

vs Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Sooners 7 10 7 21 45
No. 19 Longhorns 10 14 21 3 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
61–46–5 2017 OU, 29–24

This game was pivotal for both the Longhorns and the Sooners as both had something to prove, OU was playing its first ranked opponent of the season, and Texas was trying to show that they could compete with the elite of the NCAA after years of very average performances. This game which ended in a Longhorn victory was most highest scoring Red River Showdown game in history, with a combined score of 93. Further, the thing that is most memorable from this game was Texas throwing away a 21 point lead to the Sooners in the fourth quarter, mainly due to Heisman candidate Kyler Murray showcasing his incredible speed and accuracy. This comeback however did not come to fruition, as Texas kicker Cameron Dicker made a 40 yard field goal with approximately 9 seconds remaining on the clock, winning Texas the game.

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 3 7 0 17
No. 9 Longhorns 3 20 0 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
76–26–5 2017 TEX, 38–7

at Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 0
Cowboys 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–8 2017 OKST, 13–10

West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0
Longhorns 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–4 2017 TEX, 28–14

at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 0
Red Raiders 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–17 2017 TTU, 27–23

Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cyclones 0
Longhorns 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–2 2017 TEX, 17–7

at Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 0
Jayhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–3 2017 TEX, 40–34

Statistics

Scoring

Scores against non-conference opponents
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Texas 0
Scores against the Big 12
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Texas 0
Scores against all opponents
1 2 3 4 Total
Opponents 0
Texas 0

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 23 NR NR RV 18 19 9  
Coaches 21 NR RV RV 22 20 14  
CFP Not released Not released

References

  1. ↑ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List - Maxwell Football Club". Maxwell Football Club. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  3. ↑ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Butkus Award - 2018 Collegiate Watchlist". The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist". July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List"". Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Preseason Watch List - 2018 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award" (PDF). August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  13. ↑ http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211734508
  14. ↑ http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-18/2018-texas-longhorns-football-schedule.php
  15. ↑ "Texas football sets attendance record at Royal-Memorial Stadium". hookem.com. September 15, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Something has to change for No. 18 Texas, Kansas State". ESPN. September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  17. ↑ Robinett, Kellis (September 29, 2018). "Skylar Thompson's comeback attempt falls short as Texas beats K-State 19-14". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  18. ↑ Woods, Greg (September 29, 2018). "Thompson gets offense going in second half in loss to No. 18 Texas". Manhattan Mercury. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  19. ↑ Daeschner, Trenton (September 29, 2018). "National reaction from Texas' win over K-State: Longhorns get all they can handle from Wildcats in gritty win". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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