2020 Texas Longhorns football team

2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Championship: December 5, 2020
	As of date; Rankings from AP Poll.

Texas Longhorns football
2020 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Head coach	Tom Herman (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Yurcich (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Herb Hand (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chris Ash (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Coleman Hutzler (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 100,119)

The 2020 Texas Longhorns football team, will represent the University of Texas at Austin during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns will 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 will be led by fourth-year head coach Tom Herman.

Previous season

The Longhorns finished the 2019 season with an 8–5 record, 5–4 in Big 12 play, defeating Utah 38–10 in the Alamo Bowl.

Offseason

Coaching changes

After being demoted from his role as offensive coordinator, Tim Beck was hired by NC State as offensive coordinator.[1] Additionally, both co-defensive coordinators, Todd Orlando and Craig Naivar, were fired, along with several other coaches.[2] Orlando and Naivar were replaced by former Rutgers head coach Chris Ash and South Carolina linebackers coach Coleman Hutzler.[3]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media days will be held on July 21-22, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.

Schedule

Spring game

The Longhorns will hold spring practices in March and April 2020. The Texas football spring game will take place in Austin, TX on April 25, 2020.

Regular season

Texas released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games, 5 away games and 1 neutral-site game in the regular season. The Longhorns will host 2 non-conference games against South Florida and UTEP, and will travel to a non-conference game against LSU. Texas will host West Virginia, Baylor, TCU, and Iowa State and travel to Kansas State, Texas Tech, Kansas, and Oklahoma State in regular season conference play.

Date	Opponent	Site
September 5	South Florida*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
September 12	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA
September 19	UTEP*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
October 3	at Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
October 10	vs. Oklahoma	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)
October 17	West Virginia	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
October 24	at Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)
October 31	Baylor	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
November 7	at Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS
November 14	TCU	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)
November 21	Iowa State	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
November 27	at Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game

Schedule Source:[4]

Coaching staff

Coach	Title	Year at Texas	Previous job
Tom Herman	Head Coach	4th	Houston (HC)
Chris Ash	Co-DC/S	1st	Rutgers (HC)
Coleman Hutzler	Co-DC/LB	1st	South Carolina (LB/ST)
Herb Hand	Co-OC/OL	3rd	Auburn (OL)
Mike Yurcich	Co-OC/QB	1st	Ohio State (PGC/QB)
Jay Boulware	AHC ST/TE	1st	Oklahoma (RB/ST)
Andre Coleman	WR	2nd	Kansas State (OC/WR)
Stan Drayton	AHC/RGC/RB	4th	Chicago Bears (RB)
Oscar Giles	DL	4th	Houston (DL)
Jay Valai	CB	1st	Rutgers (CB)

Game summaries

vs. South Florida

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

South Florida Bulls (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
South Florida	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	USF	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at LSU

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–8–1	2019	L, 38–45

Texas Longhorns (0–0) vs. LSU Tigers (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
LSU	0	0	0	0	0

at Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA

Date: Saturday, September 12, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TEX	LSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
LSU	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. UTEP

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2016	W, 41–7

UTEP Miners (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	UTEP	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Kansas State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–10	2019	W, 27–24

Texas Longhorns (0–0) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas State	0	0	0	0	0

at Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TEX	KSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Kansas State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Oklahoma

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
62–48–5	2019	L, 27–34

Texas Longhorns (0–0) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0

at Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TEX	OKLA
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Oklahoma	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. West Virginia

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	2019	W, 42–31

West Virginia Mountaineers (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	WVU	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Virginia	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Texas Tech

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–17	2019	W, 49–24

Texas Longhorns (0–0) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Texas Tech	0	0	0	0	0

at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, TX

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TEX	TTU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas Tech	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Baylor

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
78–27–4	2019	L, 10–24

Baylor Bears (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, October 31, 2020
Game time: CDT
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	BAY	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Baylor	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Kansas

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–3	2019	W, 50–48

Texas Longhorns (0–0) vs. Kansas Jayhawks (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	0	0	0	0	0

at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS

Date: Saturday, November 7, 2020
Game time: CST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TEX	KAN
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Kansas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. TCU

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
63–26–1	2019	L, 27–37

TCU Horned Frogs (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2020
Game time: CST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TCU	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
TCU	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Iowa State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–3	2019	L, 21–23

Iowa State Cyclones (0–0) vs. Texas Longhorns (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020
Game time: CST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	ISU	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Iowa State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Oklahoma State

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–9	2019	W, 36–30

Texas Longhorns (0–0) vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys (0–0)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	0	0	0	0	0

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK

Date: Friday, November 27, 2020
Game time: CST
Game weather: • Temperature:
Pregame line:

Game information

First Quarter

Second Quarter

Third Quarter

Fourth Quarter

Statistics	TEX	OKST
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Oklahoma State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

"Tim Beck joins NC State as offensive coordinator after Texas demotion". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
Davis, Brian. "Texas coach Tom Herman fires Todd Orlando, demotes others as Longhorns chart new course". Hook'em.com. Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
Estes, Taylor. "Sources: Co-DC, safeties coach Craig Naivar let go by Texas". Horns 247. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
"Texas Longhorns Schedule 2020". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

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[1] "Tim Beck joins NC State as offensive coordinator after Texas demotion". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[2] Davis, Brian. "Texas coach Tom Herman fires Todd Orlando, demotes others as Longhorns chart new course". Hook'em.com. Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[3] Estes, Taylor. "Sources: Co-DC, safeties coach Craig Naivar let go by Texas". Horns 247. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[4] "Texas Longhorns Schedule 2020". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

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