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during the

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. The Longhorns played their home games at

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. They are a charter member of the

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. They were led by third-year head coach

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. Having ended their Big 12 play tied for third place in the conference standings, the Longhorns upset the No. 10

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in the

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to finish the season 8-5 and ranked No. 25.

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in

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. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Texas was predicted to finish in second in the standings behind

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Preseason All-Big 12 teams

To be released

Previous season

The Longhorns finished the 2018 season 10–4, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They were invited to the

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where they defeated

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, after which the Texas QB claimed that Texas was "back". It was Texas’ first 10-win season since

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Schedule

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Personnel

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Game summaries

Louisiana Tech

LSU

@ Rice

Oklahoma State

@ West Virginia

vs. Oklahoma

Kansas

The underdog Kansas Jayhawks stayed with the #15 Texas Longhorns for four quarters of play. In the last minutes, Carter Stanley was successful with a 22-yard scoring pass to Stephon Robinson. The following 2-point conversion throw to Daylon Charlot put the Jayhawks ahead by one point. With 1:11 left to play, Texas took over and put together an offensive drive that ended with a game-winning field goal for the Longhorns. Even with the loss, several of the Kansas players gave great performances: Pooka Williams rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns; quarterback Carter Stanley threw 310 yards and four touchdowns for the Jayhawks. For the Longhorns, Sam Ehlinger rushed for 91 yards and managed 399 yards passing with four touchdowns. When everything was complete, Texas won by a score of 50–48.

@ TCU

Kansas State

In the days leading up to the Kansas State-Texas game, Texas football quarterback

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was named a semifinalist for the 2019

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. On that same day, the

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committee ranked Kansas State at #16 in the first playoff ranking of the season. This was measurably higher than the #20 in the

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and #22 in the USA Today Poll. The game started with Kansas State taking a 14-point lead in the first quarter and allowed Texas to score a touchdown, making it 14–7 at halftime. Texas took the lead in the third quarter with ten more points to put it at 14–17. Each team added 10 more points in the fourth quarter to make the final score a Texas win 27–24, punctuated with a 26 yard game-winning field goal by the Longhorns' Cameron Dicker just as the clock ran out.

@ Iowa State

@ Baylor

Texas Tech

vs. Utah (Alamo Bowl)

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

Notes

References

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