| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | Texas Longhorns |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Aprank: | 25 |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Conf Record: | 5–4 |
| Head Coach: | Tom Herman |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Tim Beck |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Cooff Coach1: | Herb Hand |
| Cooc1 Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | Todd Orlando |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Codef Coach1: | Craig Naivar |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium |
| Champion: | Alamo Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Alamo Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 38–10 vs. Utah |
The 2019 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns”, represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Tom Herman.
Having ended their Big 12 play tied for third place in the conference standings, the Longhorns upset the No. 10 Utah Utes in the 2019 Alamo Bowl to finish the season 8-5 and ranked No. 25.
The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Texas was predicted to finish in second in the standings behind Oklahoma.[1]
| Big 12 media poll | |||
| 1 | Oklahoma | 761 (68) | |
| 2 | Texas | 696 (9) | |
| 3 | Iowa State | 589 | |
| 4 | TCU | 474 | |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 460 | |
| 6 | Baylor | 453 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 281 | |
| 8 | West Virginia | 241 | |
| 9 | Kansas State | 191 | |
| 10 | Kansas | 89 | |
To be released
Source: [3]
| Name | Position | Alma mater | Joined staff | |
| Head coach | Cal Lutheran (1997) | 2017 | ||
| Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks | UCF (1988) | 2017 | ||
| Associate head coach / run game coordinator | Allegheny College (1993) | 2017 | ||
| Oscar Giles | Defensive line | Texas (1991) | 2017 | |
| Herb Hand | Co-offensive coordinator / Offensive Line | Hamilton College (1990) | 2018 | |
| Tom leogrande | Wide receivers | 2017 | ||
| Pass game coordinator / wide receivers | Rice (2010) | 2017 | ||
| Craig Naivar | Co-defensive coordinator / Safeties | Hardin–Simmons (1994) | 2017 | |
| Defensive coordinator / Linebackers | Wisconsin (1994) | 2017 | ||
| Derek Warehime | Special teams coordinator / tight ends | Tulsa (2006) | 2017 | |
| Jason Washington | Recruiting coordinator / Cornerbacks | Texas State (2002) | 2017 | |
| Yancy McKnight | Head Strength and Conditioning | Missouri Southern (2001) | 2017 |
Source: [4]
See also: 2019 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2019 LSU Tigers football team.
See also: 2019 Rice Owls football team and Rice–Texas football rivalry.
See also: 2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team.
See also: 2019 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team and Red River Showdown.
See also: 2019 Kansas Jayhawks football team.
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.[5]
See also: 2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team and TCU–Texas football rivalry.
See also: 2019 Kansas State Wildcats football team.
In the days leading up to the Kansas State-Texas game, Texas football quarterback Sam Ehlinger was named a semifinalist for the 2019 Wuerffel Trophy.[6] On that same day, the College Football Playoff committee ranked Kansas State at #16 in the first playoff ranking of the season. This was measurably higher than the #20 in the AP Poll and #22 in the USA Today Poll.[7]
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.[8]
See also: 2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team.
See also: 2019 Baylor Bears football team.
See also: 2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry.
See also: 2019 Utah Utes football team and 2019 Alamo Bowl.
See also: 2020 NFL draft.
Texas had three players selected in the 2020 NFL Draft.[9]
| 3 | 70 | S | Miami Dolphins | ||
| 3 | 92 | WR | Baltimore Ravens | ||
| 5 | 165 | WR | Jacksonville Jaguars |