2004 Texas Longhorns football team

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2004

| poll = AP

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 4

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 7

| opponent = North Texas

| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = PPV

| score = 65–0

| attend = 82,956{{cite web|title=Cumulative Season Statistics|url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/04/teamcume.htm|publisher=University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics|access-date=October 16, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104131411/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/stats/04/teamcume.htm|archive-date=November 4, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 11

| time = 7:45 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 7

| opponent = Arkansas

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium

| site_cityst = Fayetteville, AR

| tv = ESPN

| score = 22–20

| attend = 75,671

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 25

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 5

| opponent = Rice

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = FSN

| score = 35–13

| attend = 82,931

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| time = 11:30 a.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 5

| opponent = Baylor

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = PPV

| score = 44–14

| attend = 82,626

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| rank = 5

| opponent = Oklahoma

| opprank = 2

| gamename = Red River Shootout

| site_stadium = Cotton Bowl

| site_cityst = Dallas, TX

| tv = ABC

| score = 0–12

| attend = 79,587

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank = 9

| opponent = Missouri

| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = ABC

| score = 28–20

| attend = 82,981

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = Texas Tech

| gamename = Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs

| site_stadium = Jones SBC Stadium

| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX

| tv = TBS

| score = 51–21

| attend = 55,413

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = Colorado

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| tv = ABC

| score = 31–7

| attend = 51,751

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 6

| opponent = Oklahoma State

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = TBS

| score = 56–35

| attend = 83,181

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Kansas

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS

| tv = FSN

| score = 27–23

| attend = 38,714

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 26

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 6

| opponent = Texas A&M

| opprank = 22

| gamename = rivalry

| site_stadium = Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Austin, TX

| tv = ABC

| score = 26–13

| attend = 83,891

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = January 1, 2005

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Michigan

| opprank = 13

| gamename = Rose Bowl

| site_stadium = Rose Bowl

| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA

| tv = ABC

| score = 38–37

| attend = 93,468

}}

}}[http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html MackBrown-TexasFootball.com – Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101042752/http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html |date=November 1, 2010 }}

In 2004, the Longhorns began the season with a No. 7 ranking nationally and started out with a 65–0 blowout of {{cfb link|year=2004|team=North Texas|title=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.{{cite news|title=Cal hoping for first Rose Bowl in 50 years |date=December 4, 2004 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=243392572 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112004020/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=243392572 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite news|last=Springer |first=Steve |title=Cal Elects Not to Put Its Rose Pedal to the Metal |date=December 5, 2004 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-05-sp-cal5-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030063026/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/05/sports/sp-cal5 |archive-date=October 30, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}{{cite news|last=Whiteside |first=Kelly |title=California bears burden of making point that it's BCS-worthy |date=November 29, 2004 |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-11-29-cal-bcs-hopes_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022031653/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-11-29-cal-bcs-hopes_x.htm |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=live |df=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."{{cite news|last=Klemz |first=Patrick |title=AP removes poll from BCS formula |date=January 17, 2005 |newspaper=The Badger Herald |agency=Associated Press |url=http://badgerherald.com/sports/2005/01/17/ap_removes_poll_from.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928073837/http://badgerherald.com/sports/2005/01/17/ap_removes_poll_from.php |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite news|title=Paper protests Texas' lobbying for BCS bowl |date=December 10, 2004 |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=1943569 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111051638/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1943569 |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy }} Nine of the 65 AP voters switched Texas ahead of Cal, and three of them were from Texas.{{cite news |last=Tafur |first=Vittorio |title=Texas Talks a Better Game Than Cal Plays |date=December 7, 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/sports/ncaafootball/07cal.html?_r=1&fta=y&pagewanted=print&position= |archive-url=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= |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |url-status=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.{{cite news|last=Mandel |first=Stewart |title=The real problem with the Rose decision |date=December 7, 2004 |work=SI.com |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/stewart_mandel/12/07/mailbag/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819064657/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/stewart_mandel/12/07/mailbag/index.html |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}{{cite news|last=Whiteside |first=Kelly |title=Nothing coming up roses for Cal |date=December 5, 2004 |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-12-05-cal-bcs_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901042020/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/pac10/2004-12-05-cal-bcs_x.htm |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=live |df=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.{{cite news|last=Dufrense |first=Chris |title=Final Word on BCS: Enough |date=December 9, 2004 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-09-sp-dufresne9-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118021710/http://articles.latimes.com/print/2004/dec/09/sports/sp-dufresne9 |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy }} The AP Poll makes its voters' records public.{{cite news|title=Commissioner wants vote to be public |date=December 7, 2004 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/bowls04/news/story?id=1940058 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208195635/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls04/news/story?id=1940058 |archive-date=December 8, 2011 |url-status=live |df=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).

{{see also|2005 Rose Bowl}}

{{AFB game box start

|Title=#12/13 Michigan vs. #5/6 Texas
Rose Bowl

|Visitor=Michigan

|V1= 0|V2=14 |V3=17 |V4=6

|Host=Texas

|H1= 7|H2=7 |H3= 7|H4=17

|Date=Saturday, January 1

|Location=Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

|StartTime=2:00 P.M.

|TimeZone=PST

|ElapsedTime=3:35

|Attendance=93,468

|Weather=

|Referee=Dennis Hennigan

|TVAnnouncers=Keith Jackson (Play-by-play), Dan Fouts (Color), & Todd Harris (Sideline)

|TVStation=ABC

}}

• Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121106101141/http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=250010130 ESPN]

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry=yes |Quarter=1 |Time=1:41 |Team=TEX |Event=Vince Young 20-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick) |Score= TEX 7-0}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time=12:08 |Team=MICH |Event=Braylon Edwards 39-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) |Score= Tied 7-7}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time=4:16 |Team=TEX |Event=David Thomas 11-yard pass from Vince Young (Dusty Magnum kick) |Score= TEX 14-7}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time=0:20 |Team=MICH |Event=Braylon Edwards 8-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) |Score= Tied 14-14}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time=12:53 |Team=TEX |Event=Vince Young 60-yard run (Dusty Magnum kick) |Score= TEX 21-14}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time=12:23 |Team=MICH |Event=Steve Breaston 50-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick)|Score= Tied 21-21}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time=6:29 |Team=MICH |Event=Braylon Edwards 9-yard pass from Chad Henne (Garrett Rivas kick) |Score= MICH 28-21}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time=2:35 |Team=MICH |Event=Garrett Rivas 44-yard field goal |Score=MICH 31-21}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=9:51 |Team=TEX |Event=Vince Young 10-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick) |Score= MICH 31-28}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=6:09 |Team=MICH |Event=Garrett Rivas 32-yard field goal |Score= MICH 34-28}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=4:56 |Team=TEX |Event=Vince Young 23-yard run (Dusty Mangum kick) |Score= TEX 35-34}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=3:04 |Team=MICH |Event=Garrett Rivas 42-yard field goal |Score= MICH 37-35}}

{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time=0:00 |Team=TEX |Event=Dusty Mangum 37-yard field goal |Score=TEX 38-37 |LastEntry=yes}}

{{AFB game box end}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.statesman.com/search/content/metro/12/12comparison_rs.html|title=A Tale of Two Cities – Just what do Austin and Ann Arbor have in common? – Michigan fans, like Texas rivals, are passionate about football|first=Laura|last=Heinauer|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=December 12, 2004|access-date=March 13, 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://texas.scout.com/2/336787.html |title=Hollywood ending! |work=College Football News |author=Frisbie, Bill |date=January 2, 2006 |access-date=December 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814120551/http://texas.scout.com/2/336787.html |archive-date=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.

{{-}}

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.

• Bowl Championship Series controversies

{{Reflist}}

{{Texas Longhorns football navbox}}

Texas

Category:Texas Longhorns football seasons

Category:Rose Bowl champion seasons

Texas Longhorns football