2015 Texas Longhorns football team

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2015 Texas Longhorns football
The logo for the Texas Longhorns athletic programs. Designed to denote the head of a longhorn, the logo generally takes the shape of a horizontally elongated "y", with two tusks and two ears; the logo is a monochromatic dark orange.
Conference Big 12 Conference
2015 record 5–7 (4–5 Big 12)
Head coach Charlie Strong (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Jay Norvell (2nd year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford (2nd year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 100,119)
Seasons
« 2014 2016 »
2015 Big 12 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#5 Oklahoma $^   8 – 1         11 – 2  
#20 Oklahoma State   7 – 2         10 – 3  
#7 TCU   7 – 2         11 – 2  
#13 Baylor   6 – 3         10 – 3  
West Virginia   4 – 5         8 – 5  
Texas Tech   4 – 5         7 – 6  
Texas   4 – 5         5 – 7  
Kansas State   3 – 6         6 – 7  
Iowa State   2 – 7         3 – 9  
Kansas   0 – 9         0 – 12  
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
As of 20:37, December 5, 2015 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns", was a collegiate American football team that represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played its home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the team is based. The Longhorns were led by second-year head coach Charlie Strong. Shawn Watson and Joe Wickline ran the offense. Vance Bedford served as defensive coordinator. They finished the season 5–7, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.

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Preseason

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See also: 2014 Texas Longhorns football team

In 2014, first-year head coach Charlie Strong led the Texas Longhorns to a 6–7 record, including a 5–4 record in conference play and a 7–31 loss against Arkansas in the 2014 Texas Bowl. In the aftermath of the bowl game, Strong described it as well as a 10–48 loss to TCU a month prior an "embarrassment to the program" and stated that a competition between players for the quarterback position as well as other positions was needed to improve the team as a whole after quarterback Tyrone Swoopes received heavy criticism following the game.[1] On December 31, 2014, then-tight ends coach Bruce Chambers and wide receivers coach Les Koenning were released from their coaching duties. Bruce Chambers had been the only coach to have been retained following Charlie Strong's hire earlier in 2014.[2] On January 16, 2015, the Longhorns hired former Oklahoma wide receivers coach Jay Norvell to the same position at Texas. Norvell had been fired from Oklahoma earlier that month following the fallout from the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl.[3]

On February 6, less than two days after National Signing Day, defensive-line coach Chris Rumph left Texas to coach the same position at the Florida Gators after just one season with the Longhorns.[4] A week later, Texas hired Brick Haley and Jeff Traylor to fill the team's coaching vacancies at the defensive-line and tight end. Haley was the defensive-line coach at LSU at the time of hire and had previously coached the same position with the Chicago Bears, Mississippi State, and several other schools.[5] Traylor was previously a 15-year head coach at Gilmer High School, where he amassed three state championship titles.[6]

Spring game

Recruiting

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See also: American football positions, Glossary of American football, and Recruiting (college athletics)

A total of 28 players pledged non-binding commitments to the 2015 Texas Longhorns football team during the 2015 recruiting cycle.[7] However, these players would not officially become part of the team until they signed their National Letter of Intent on National Signing Day, which occurred on February 4, 2015.[8] However, junior college recruits could sign earlier, and as a result all three of Texas' junior college prospects signed their letters of intent on December 17, 2014 and became the first recruits to sign on the Longhorns' 2015 recruiting class.[9] Six players joined the Longhorns as early enrollees, meaning that they would be able to train with the team during the spring of 2015.[8] One player did not sign with the team and instead elected to grayshirt, meaning that they would not be officially part of the team or receive financial aid from the athletic department until the spring semester of 2016 (on August 7, 2015, after more scholarships became available, Merrick was offered an immediate full scholarship).[10][11] The first player to commit was offensive guard Patrick Vahe, who committed on July 28, 2013. Three commits came from a players in either junior or community colleges, while the rest came from high schools.[7]

Of Texas' 29 commitments, 14 were listed on the ESPN 300, which lists the 300 top recruiting prospects nationwide according to the network's metrics.[7] According to ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247Sports.com, linebacker Malik Jefferson was the Longhorns' highest rated prospect; Jefferson was considered the third best linebacker nationwide and fifth best prospect overall in Texas.[12] Three players announced their commitments to Texas at two nationally televised high school all-star games, including one at the 2015 Under Armour All-America Game held on January 2, 2015 and two from the 2015 US Army All-American Bowl held the following day.[13] Among Texas' recruits in 2015 were a group of five players from Florida who visited Texas in 2014 as they played West Virginia in Austin. Given the moniker of the "Florida Five", the five—Cecil Cherry, Devonaire Clarington, Davante Davis, Tim Irvin, and Gilbert Johnson—were heavily sought after during the recruiting process and were all eventually committed to Texas by January 4, 2015.[14] However, Tim Irvin would decommit from Texas on January 18[15] and Gilbert Johnson was unable to gain academic eligibility for The University of Texas.[16] Throughout the recruiting process, five players revoked their former Texas-commit status.[15][17][18][19] However, one recruit, John Burt, recommitted to Texas on January 26, 2015.[20]

Texas' 2015 recruiting class was ranked 9th, 12th, 7th, and 10th by ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247Sports.com, respectively. These rankings also placed Texas as having the best recruiting class in the Big 12 Conference.

Recruits

Personnel

Roster

2015 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 John Burt Fr
WR 3 Armanti Foreman So
WR 4 Daje Johnson Sr
WR 5 Lorenzo Joe So
WR 6 DeAndre McNeal Fr
WR 7 Marcus Johnson Sr
WR 8 Dorian Leonard So
QB 9 Josh Covey Fr
WR 11 Jacorey Warrick Jr
QB 13 Jerrod Heard Redshirt.svg Fr
QB 14 Kai Locksley Fr
QB 15 Trey Holtz Redshirt.svg Jr
QB 16 Logan Vinklarek Redshirt.svg So
QB 17 Jimmy Greenwood So
WR 17 Ryan Newsome Fr
QB 18 Tyrone Swoopes Jr
QB 19 Matthew Merrick Fr
RB 25 Chris Warren III Fr
WR 27 Roderick Bernard So
WR 27 Connor Huffman Redshirt.svg So
RB 28 Kirk Johnson Fr
WR 29 Hunter DeGroot Redshirt.svg Jr
RB 30 Tim Yoder Redshirt.svg Fr
RB 32 Johnathan Gray Sr
RB 33 D'Onta Foreman So
TE 36 Alex De La Torre Sr
RB 39 Gaston Davis Redshirt.svg Jr
RB 40 Trenton Hafley Redshirt.svg Fr
RB 41 Tristian Houston Fr
TE 42 Caleb Bluiett Redshirt.svg Jr
TE 42 Jay Harper Redshirt.svg Fr
TE 43 Logan Mills Redshirt.svg Sr
TE 47 Andrew Beck So
FB 48 Dominic Cruciani Redshirt.svg Sr
C 50 Jake Raulerson Redshirt.svg So
OL 51 Terrell Cuney Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 54 Garrett Graf So
OL 55 Connor Williams Fr
OL 57 Clark Orren Jr
OL 58 Brandon Hodges Jr
OL 59 Michael Welsh Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 63 Alex Anderson Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 65 Marcus Hutchins Redshirt.svg Sr
OG 66 Sedrick Flowers Redshirt.svg Sr
OL 68 Frank Lopez Redshirt.svg So
OL 69 Austin Allsup Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 70 Buck Major Fr
OL 72 Elijah Rodriguez Redshirt.svg Fr
C, OG 74 Taylor Doyle Redshirt.svg Sr
OT 75 Tristan Nickelson So
OG, OT 76 Kent Perkins Jr
OL 77 Patrick Vahe Fr
OL 79 Garrett Thomas Fr
TE 80 Blake Whiteley Redshirt.svg So
WR 81 Ryan Roberts Redshirt.svg So
WR 82 Michael Wilson Redshirt.svg Fr
TE 83 Matt Center Redshirt.svg So
WR 85 Philipp Moeller Redshirt.svg Fr
WR 86 Jake Oliver Redshirt.svg So
TE 87 Garrett Gray Redshirt.svg Fr
WR 88 Ty Templin Redshirt.svg Jr
TE 89 Chris Fehr Redshirt.svg Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 1 Shiro Davis Sr
CB 2 Kris Boyd Fr
S 4 DeShon Elliott Fr
DB 5 Holton Hill Fr
DB 9 Davante Davis Fr
S 11 P. J. Locke III Fr
S 14 Dylan Haines Redshirt.svg Jr
CB 15 Bryson Echols Redshirt.svg Jr
DB 16 Jermaine Roberts, Jr. Redshirt.svg Fr
S 18 Kevin Vacarro Redshirt.svg Jr
LB 19 Peter Jinkens Sr
CB 21 Duke Thomas Sr
DB 23 Jordan Strickland Redshirt.svg Fr
CB 24 John Bonney Redshirt.svg Fr
CB 25 Antwuan Davis Redshirt.svg So
S 26 Adrian Colbert Redshirt.svg Jr
CB 29 Sheroid Evans Redshirt.svg Sr
LB 30 Timothy Cole Redshirt.svg Jr
S 31 Jason Hall So
LB 35 Edwin Freeman Redshirt.svg Fr
DB 36 Dillon Boldt Redshirt.svg Jr
LB 37 Johnny Tseng Jr
DB 38 Tyler Lee Jr
DB 39 Tyler Marriott Sr
DE 40 Naashon Hughes Redshirt.svg So
LB 43 Cameron Townsend Fr
LB 44 Breckyn Hager Fr
LB 45 Anthony Wheeler Fr
LB 46 Malik Jefferson Fr
LB 48 Trey Gonzales Redshirt.svg Sr
DE 49 Derick Roberson Fr
LB 55 Dalton Santos Sr
DT 61 Alex Mercado Jr
DT 62 Patrick Ojeaga Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 90 Charles Omenihu Fr
DE 91 Bryce Cottrell Redshirt.svg Jr
DE 92 Quincy Vasser Jr
DT 93 Paul Boytette, Jr. Redshirt.svg Jr
DT 94 Alex Norman Redshirt.svg Jr
DT 95 Poona Ford So
DT 96 Jake McMillon Redshirt.svg Fr
DT 97 Chris Nelson Redshirt.svg Fr
DT 98 Hassan Ridgeway Redshirt.svg Jr
DT 99 Desmond Jackson Redshirt.svg Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 13 Michael Dickson Fr
PK 23 Nick Rose Sr
PK 28 Nick Jordan Redshirt.svg Jr
PK 35 Jon Coppens Fr
PK 37 Evan Moore Redshirt.svg Fr
P 38 Mitchell Becker Redshirt.svg So
DS 41 Kyle Ashby Redshirt.svg Jr
P 49 Matthew Sims So
DS 53 Jak Holbrook Redshirt.svg Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Vance Bedford (2nd year defensive coordinator/secondary)
  • Brick Haley (1st year defensive line)
  • Brian Jean-Mary (2nd year linebackers coach/recruiting coordinator)
  • Jay Norvell (1st year wide receivers coach)
  • Tommie Robinson (2nd year running backs coach)
  • Jeff Traylor (1st year tight ends/special teams coordinator)
  • Chris Vaughn (2nd year defensive backs coach)
  • Shawn Watson (2nd year assistant head for offense/quarterbacks coach)
  • Joe Wickline (2nd year offensive coordinator/offensive line coach)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 23, 2015

Depth chart

Schedule

Texas is set to play twelve games during the regular season; of these twelve, six are set to be played at home in Austin, while five are set to be road games. The Red River Showdown against Oklahoma on October 10 will be played at the Cotton Bowl, a neutral site in Dallas, following tradition.[21] However, the game is considered a road game for Texas as the Longhorns claim the title of the "home team" in even-numbered years.[22] While nine games will be played against teams from the Big 12 Conference in round-robin format, three games at the start of the season will be played against teams outside the Big 12. The September 5 matchup between Texas and Notre Dame will be the two teams' first since 1996 and stems from agreement between the schools in 2010 to play four games beginning in 2015.[23][24] The Big 12 released its conference schedules on November 19.[25] Like most teams in the NCAA Division 1 FBS, Texas will play the majority of its games on consecutive Saturdays. However, the Longhorns will not play on the weeks of October 17 and November 21; these weeks are considered bye weeks. In addition, Texas will play Texas Tech on Thanksgiving Thursday.

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 6:30 PM at #11 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC L 3–38   80,795
September 12 7:00 PM Rice* Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) LHN W 42–28   86,458
September 19 7:30 PM California* Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FOX L 44–45   91,568
September 26 2:30 PM #22 Oklahoma State Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX ESPN L 27–30   87,073
October 3 11:00 AM at #4 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX ABC L 7–50   48,694
October 10 11:00 AM vs. #10 Oklahoma Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown) ABC W 24–17   91,546
October 24 11:00 AM Kansas State Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX FS1 W 23–9   88,283
October 31 6:00 PM at Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA FS1 L 0–24   53,616
November 7 7:00 PM Kansasdagger Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX LHN W 59–20   92,529
November 14 11:00 AM at West Virginia Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ESPNU L 20–38   56,736
November 26 6:30 PM Texas Tech Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Chancellor's Spurs) FS1 L 45–48   94,299
December 5 11:00 AM at #12 Baylor McLane Stadium • Waco, TX ESPN W 23–17   48,093
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time[26].

National radio

A number of Texas games will be carried on national radio. The following games are slated for national distribution.

Game notes

at Notre Dame

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See also: 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Overall record Previous meeting Previous winner Sources
2–8 1996 #9 Notre Dame 24–27 [24][27]
Texas at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 0 0 3 0 3
• #11 Fighting Irish 14 3 14 7 38
  • Date: September 5
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium
    Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Game start: 6:30 PM CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:11
  • Game attendance: 80,795
  • Game weather: 82°F • Wind: E 3 MPH • Weather: Clear & Humid
  • Referee: Mike Defee
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dan Hicks and Doug Flutie

vs. Rice

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See also: 2015 Rice Owls football team
Overall record Previous meeting Previous winner Sources
71–21–1 2011 #24 Texas 34–9 [24][27]
Rice at Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 14 0 14 28
• Longhorns 21 0 21 0 42
  • Date: September 12
  • Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
    Austin, Texas
  • Game start: 7:00 PM CST
  • Television network: LHN

vs. California

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See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team
Overall record Previous meeting Previous winner Sources
5–0 2011 Texas 21–10 [24][27]
Cal at Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
• Golden Bears 7 17 21 0 45
Longhorns 7 17 0 20 44
  • Date: September 19
  • Location: Darren K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
    Austin, Texas
  • Game start: 6:30 PM CST
  • Television network: FOX

vs. Oklahoma State

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See also: 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
Overall record Previous meeting Previous winner Sources
23-6 2014 W 28-7 {{{Notes}}}
Oklahoma State v. Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
• Cowboys 14 3 7 6 30
Longhorns 6 14 7 0 27
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Darren K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
    Austin, Texas
  • Game start: 2:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 87073
  • Referee: Names Withheld

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