Battle of Locust Grove

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1					12	–	1
No. 6 Kansas State x		7	–	1					11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3					7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5					5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7					4	–	7
South Division
No. 21 Texas xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Oklahoma		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M		5	–	3					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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 Stadium Austin, TX (BCA Classic)	ESPN2	L 20–23	82,252
September 4	11:00 a.m.	Stanford*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 69–17	80,654
September 11	7:00 p.m.	at Rutgers*		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN2	W 38–21	41,511
September 18	6:00 p.m.	Rice*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 18–13	82,084
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Baylor	No. 22	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		W 62–0	41,784
October 2	2:30 p.m.	No. 12 Kansas State	No. 15	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 17–35	83,082
October 9	2:30 p.m.	vs. Oklahoma	No. 23	Cotton Bowl Dallas, 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 Stadium Austin, TX (College GameDay)	ABC	W 24–20	84,082
October 30	11:30 .m.	at Iowa State	No. 12	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FSN	W 44–41	37,218
November 6	1:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	No. 11	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 34–21	44,025
November 13	6:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 58–7	83,882
November 26	10:00 a.m.	at No. 24 Texas A&M	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 16–20	86,128
December 4	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 3 Nebraska	No. 12	Alamodome San 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 Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic, rivalry)	FOX	L 6–27	72,723
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1999 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Chris Simms Fr QB 11 Major Applewhite So WR 9 Kwame Cavil Jr RB 37 Chris Robertson So LT 70 Leonard Davis Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 40 Cory Redding Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mack Brown Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	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									10	11	11	9	9	11	15	Not released

Game summaries

NC State

Kansas State

Kansas State at Texas

1 2 3 4 Total • Kansas State 6 3 9 17 35 Texas 7 7 0 3 17 Date: October 2 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas Game attendance: 83,082 Television network: ABC Source: Box Score

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Nebraska

Nebraska at Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Texas 3 0 14 7 24 Date: October 23 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas Game attendance: 84,082 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute Source: Box Score

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Texas Tech

Texas Tech at Texas

1 2 3 4 Total Texas Tech 0 0 0 7 7 • Texas 7 14 17 20 58 Date: November 13 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas Game attendance: 83,882 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

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At Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Texas	2	14	0	0	16
#24 Texas A&M	6	0	7	7	20

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.

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