The Texas Longhorns football team is the intercollegiate football team at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns have won four recognized Division I-A national championships — in 1963, 1969, 1970, and 2005 and 32 conference championships. 129 (50 consensus) Texas players have been named to All-America football teams. Two Longhorn p...
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The Texas Longhorns football team is the intercollegiate football team at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns have won four recognized Division I-A national championships — in 1963, 1969, 1970, and 2005 and 32 conference championships. 129 (50 consensus) Texas players have been named to All-America football teams. Two Longhorn players have won the Heisman Trophy, college football's highest individual honor: Earl Campbell (1977) and Ricky Williams (1998). Eleven Longhorns have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, while four are enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame. Other Longhorn players have also received recognition for their performance. The Texas Longhorn football program has had at least one player selected in each of the last 71 NFL Drafts dating back to 1938. In 2008, ESPN ranked the Texas Longhorns the 7 most prestigious college football program...
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