2004 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season March 2012 February 2026 2004 Texas Longhorns Texas Longhorns logo.svg 150 Big 12 Conference South Big 12 4 5 11–1 7–1 Mack Brown 7th Greg Davis 7th Spread Greg Robinson 1st 4–3 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium(Capacity: 80,092) Rose Bowl champion Rose Bowl W 38–37 vs. Michigan The 2004 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by quarterback Vince Young. Ranked third in wins in Division I-A college football history,http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/doc_lib/usatoday.com_%20brown_has_texas_savoring_possibilities.pdf Brown has Texas savoring the possibilities USA Today Steve Wieberg December 2, 2005 June 27, 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20051207035622/http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/doc_lib/usatoday.com_%20brown_has_texas_savoring_possibilities.pdf December 7, 2005 mdy the University of Texas has traditionally been considered a college football powerhouse,http://www.ncaaticketsnow.com/texas-tickets.asp 2004–2005 NCAA football tickets June 27, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060630000548/http://www.ncaaticketsnow.com/texas-tickets.asp June 30, 2006 usurped mdy The Daily Tarheel Fitt, Aaron http://www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2002/09/14/Sportsaturday/Its-Not.About.Mack-1349746.shtml?norewrite200606280132&sourcedomain=www.dailytarheel.com It's not about Mack https://web.archive.org/web/20080213041712/http://www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2002/09/14/Sportsaturday/Its-Not.About.Mack-1349746.shtml?norewrite200606280132&sourcedomain=www.dailytarheel.com February 13, 2008 dead but Brown had not managed to lead the Longhorns into a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game. The 2004 season included some controversy related to the selection of Texas as an at-large team to attend the 2005 Rose Bowl.http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2004/12/06/TopStories/Roses.Are.Red.Texas.Is.In-822559.shtml?norewrite200607301809&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com The Daily Texan Roses are red, Texas is in – Last-minute changes to standings send Longhorns to the Rose Bowl December 6, 2004 July 30, 2006September 2016 medicmedic Brown coached the team to win that game with a thrilling last-second victory. The victory brought the Longhorns to 11 wins and 1 loss for the season (11–1) and it earned the Longhorns a top 5 finish in the polls. Schedule 2004 AP Central September 4 6:00 p.m. w y 7 North Texas Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX PPV 65–0 82,956Cumulative Season Statistics http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/04/teamcume.htm University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics October 16, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111104131411/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/04/teamcume.htm November 4, 2011 mdy-all September 11 7:45 p.m. w y y 7 Arkansas rivalry Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR ESPN 22–20 75,671 September 25 6:00 p.m. w y 5 Rice rivalry Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FSN 35–13 82,931 October 2 11:30 a.m. w 5 Baylor rivalry Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX PPV 44–14 82,626 October 9 11:00 a.m. l y 5 Oklahoma 2 Red River Shootout Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX ABC 0–12 79,587 October 16 2:30 p.m. w y 9 Missouri Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC 28–20 82,981 October 23 6:00 p.m. w y 8 Texas Tech Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX TBS 51–21 55,413 October 30 2:30 p.m. w y 8 Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO ABC 31–7 51,751 November 6 6:00 p.m. w 6 Oklahoma State 19 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX TBS 56–35 83,181 November 13 11:00 a.m. w y 6 Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS FSN 27–23 38,714 November 26 2:30 p.m. w 6 Texas A&M 22 rivalry Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC 26–13 83,891 January 1, 2005 4:00 p.m. w y y 6 Michigan 13 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ABC 38–37 93,468MackBrown-TexasFootball.com – Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football https://web.archive.org/web/20101101042752/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html November 1, 2010 Season highlights In 2004, the Longhorns began the season with a No. 7 ranking nationally and started out with a 65–0 blowout of North Texas, setting several UT school records in the process. This was followed by a narrow 22–20 win against unranked Arkansas. They defeated Rice and Baylor 35–13 and 44–14 respectively. This left them ranked fifth coming into the annual matchup with then No. 2 Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout. Oklahoma shut-out the Longhorns 12–0. Texas dropped to No. 9, before rebounding with wins over No. 24 Missouri 28–20, at No. 24 Texas Tech 51–21, and at Colorado 31–7. Then Texas set a record for the largest come from-behind-win in school history, beating No. 19 Oklahoma State 56–35 after falling behind 7–35. After this performance, Texas again fell behind against Kansas but squeaked out a win 27–23. Kansas coach Mark Mangino stirred up controversy by claiming that the officials were biased in favor of Texas. This brought UT back up to No. 5 in the rankings as they welcomed arch-rival Texas A&M to Austin and won 26–13. However, Oklahoma stood undefeated, which meant the Sooners would represent the Big 12 South in the Championship game against a much lower ranked team from the North Division. Once again, the loss to Oklahoma had kept Texas out of playing for a National or Conference Title, and had seemingly destined them to a non-Bowl Championship Series bowl as well. However, Brown began lobbying the voters in the two polls based on human voters (one on college football coaches, the other on Associated Press (AP) writers) to place the Longhorns high enough in the rankings to ensure they received a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl-bid. The rules of the BCS were such that Texas might get left out of the eight chosen teams even though they ranked fifth nationally. The No. 4 California Golden Bears won their final regular season game 26–16 over 24-point underdog Southern Miss. Cal did not try to run-up the score at the end of the game.Cal hoping for first Rose Bowl in 50 years December 4, 2004 ESPN Associated Press http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=243392572 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112004020/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=243392572 November 12, 2013 dead mdy Springer Steve Cal Elects Not to Put Its Rose Pedal to the Metal December 5, 2004 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-05-sp-cal5-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121030063026/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/05/sports/sp-cal5 October 30, 2012 live mdy Whiteside Kelly California bears burden of making point that it's BCS-worthy November 29, 2004 USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-11-29-cal-bcs-hopes_x.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121022031653/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-11-29-cal-bcs-hopes_x.htm October 22, 2012 live mdy Several AP voters were besieged by fan emails and phone calls attempting to sway their votes, apparently spurred from Brown's pleas to rank Texas ahead of other "less deserving teams."Klemz Patrick AP removes poll from BCS formula January 17, 2005 The Badger Herald Associated Press http://badgerherald.com/sports/2005/01/17/ap_removes_poll_from.php https://web.archive.org/web/20110928073837/http://badgerherald.com/sports/2005/01/17/ap_removes_poll_from.php September 28, 2011 dead mdy Paper protests Texas' lobbying for BCS bowl December 10, 2004 ESPN https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=1943569 https://web.archive.org/web/20121111051638/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1943569 November 11, 2012 live mdy Nine of the 65 AP voters switched Texas ahead of Cal, and three of them were from Texas.Tafur Vittorio Texas Talks a Better Game Than Cal Plays December 7, 2004 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/sports/ncaafootball/07cal.html?_r=1&fta=y&pagewanted=print&position= https://archive.today/20240525152215/https://www.webcitation.org/63jujhISi?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/sports/ncaafootball/07cal.html%3F_r=3&fta=y&pagewanted=print&position= May 25, 2024 dead In the coaches poll, four voters moved Cal down to No. 7 and two to No. 8, when the week before none had them lower than No. 6. Meanwhile, two coaches moved Texas up to No. 3 when the team did not play that week.Mandel Stewart The real problem with the Rose decision December 7, 2004 SI.com http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/stewart_mandel/12/07/mailbag/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100819064657/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/stewart_mandel/12/07/mailbag/index.html August 19, 2010 dead mdy Whiteside Kelly Nothing coming up roses for Cal December 5, 2004 USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-12-05-cal-bcs_x.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100901042020/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-12-05-cal-bcs_x.htm September 1, 2010 live mdy The Los Angeles Times wrote that accusations were raised about coaches manipulated voting, but the individual coaches' votes were not released to prove or disprove the allegations.Dufrense Chris Final Word on BCS: Enough December 9, 2004 Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-09-sp-dufresne9-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160118021710/http://articles.latimes.com/print/2004/dec/09/sports/sp-dufresne9 January 18, 2016 live mdy The AP Poll makes its voters' records public.Commissioner wants vote to be public December 7, 2004 ESPN Associated Press https://www.espn.com/college-football/bowls04/news/story?id=1940058 https://web.archive.org/web/20111208195635/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls04/news/story?id=1940058 December 8, 2011 live mdy No. 6 Texas gained 23 points on No. 4 Cal in the AP poll, and the fifth-ranked Longhorns closed 43 points on the fourth-ranked Bears in the coaches poll. That allowed Texas to earn a BCS berth, finishing .0129 points ahead of Cal in the BCS standings after being .0013 points behind. In part because of the controversy with Texas' and Cal's BCS ranking, the AP poll withdrew from the BCS after the season. This lobbying effort and ensuing result led to criticism of Brown for playing politics to get his team into a top bowl. Thus, he was no longer criticized for failing to get into a top bowl, he was criticized for doing so (and the way he had done it). Rose Bowl 2005 Rose Bowl #12/13 Michigan vs. #5/6 TexasRose Bowl Michigan 0 14 17 6 Texas 7 7 7 17 Saturday, January 1 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California 2:00 P.M. PST 3:35 93,468 Dennis Hennigan Keith Jackson (Play-by-play), Dan Fouts (Color), & Todd Harris (Sideline) ABC Source: ESPN yes 1 1:41 TEX Vince Young 20-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick) TEX 7-0 2 12:08 MICH Braylon Edwards 39-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) Tied 7-7 2 4:16 TEX David Thomas 11-yard pass from Vince Young (Dusty Magnum kick) TEX 14-7 2 0:20 MICH Braylon Edwards 8-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) Tied 14-14 3 12:53 TEX Vince Young 60-yard run (Dusty Magnum kick) TEX 21-14 3 12:23 MICH Steve Breaston 50-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) Tied 21-21 3 6:29 MICH Braylon Edwards 9-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) MICH 28-21 3 2:35 MICH Garrett Rivas 44-yard field goal MICH 31-21 4 9:51 TEX Vince Young 10-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick) MICH 31-28 4 6:09 MICH Garrett Rivas 32-yard field goal MICH 34-28 4 4:56 TEX Vince Young 23-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick) TEX 35-34 4 3:04 MICH Garrett Rivas 42-yard field goal MICH 37-35 4 0:00 TEX Dusty Mangum 37-yard field goal TEX 38-37 yes The appearance in the "Grand-daddy" of all bowl games was the first visit by the Longhorns, due mainly to the fact that the Rose Bowl traditionally pitted the winner of the Pac-10 against the winner of the Big Ten. Texas' opponent was Michigan, whom Texas was playing for the very first time. Texas and Michigan each had over 100 years of football history. The meeting of the two teams set a college football record for the most games played collectively by two opponents before facing each other for the first time.http://www.statesman.com/search/content/metro/12/12comparison_rs.html A Tale of Two Cities – Just what do Austin and Ann Arbor have in common? – Michigan fans, like Texas rivals, are passionate about football Laura Heinauer Austin American-Statesman December 12, 2004 March 13, 2007September 2016 medicmedic Texas won the game 38–37 on a last second field goal kick by Longhorn Dusty Mangum in what had been called one of the greatest Rose Bowl games of all time.http://texas.scout.com/2/336787.html Hollywood ending! College Football News Frisbie, Bill January 2, 2006 December 13, 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070814120551/http://texas.scout.com/2/336787.html August 14, 2007 It was the only time in the history of the Rose Bowl that the game has been decided as time expired off the clock. Vince Young set several Rose Bowl records and also won the Rose Bowl MVP award. After the season In the NFL draft that followed, three Longhorns were drafted – RB Cedric Benson went 4th overall to Chicago Bears and Derrick Johnson went 15th overall to the Kansas City Chiefs. TE Bo Scaife was picked in the 6th round by the Tennessee Titans and would be later reunited with quarterback Vince Young With the exception of these players, most of the team returned to play for the 2005 Texas Longhorns football team, including redshirt sophomore quarterback Vince Young. Therefore, expectations were high coming into the 2005 season. At the trophy presentation in Pasadena, Vince Young had proclaimed, "We'll be back!", referencing the fact that the Rose Bowl was the host for the next year's BCS National Championship. See also Bowl Championship Series controversies References Texas Category:Texas Longhorns football seasons Category:Rose Bowl champion seasons Texas Longhorns football