In mid-July 2006, The University of Texas announced that Memorial Stadium was completely sold out for the upcoming 2006 season. The attendance was 89,422, the most people to ever watch a football game in the state of Texas.Texas's loss made it unlikely that Texas would repeat as National Champions.
The division is visually striking with a difference in crowd noise levels from one end of the stadium to the other. Beginning in 2007, the teams will alternate North and South ends of the field, giving the home team fans the seats adjacent to the tunnel leading to both teams' locker rooms.As intense as the rivalry between the schools is, there were many factors tying the programs together in 2006. This was echoed in post-game interviews as both teams voiced respect for the other. Record: 10-3 (17th of 119) (Schedule & Results) Rank: 13th in the Final AP poll. Previous Year Next Year. Conferences. In the initial A new temporary bleacher seating section was added behind the south endzone bringing the stadium's stated capacity to 85,123 for the 2006 season. 2006 Texas Longhorns Stats.
Texas opened their season against the North Texas Mean Green. In mid-July 2006, The University of Texas announced that Memorial Stadium was completely sold out for the upcoming 2006 season. Since the The game was the first time Rice offensive coordinator Texas began conference play on September 23, 2006, vs the Iowa State Cyclones. This was the 6th match-up between the two teams and Texas had won all five previous games.Both teams scored in the first quarter. This was echoed in post-game interviews as both teams voiced respect for the other. The official Football Coach List for the University of Texas Longhorns Skip To ... 2020 Football Coaching Staff. I don't think we'll need an emergency quarterback, but we'll certainly have a third guy ready.On December 21, 2006, Colt McCoy was cleared to play in the Alamo Bowl.The Longhorns received a final-ranking of 13th in the nation by both the 1 with Texas No.
The attendance was 89,422, the most people to ever watch a football game in the state of Texas.Texas's loss made it unlikely that Texas would repeat as National Champions. The stadium, as usual, was split down the 50-yard (46 m) line with Sooner fans sitting on the south side of mid-field. Iowa State opened the game on offense and failed to gain a first down, going "three and out" and punting to Texas. This includes fourth quarter come-backs against Nebraska and Texas Tech. 2 ranked teams for the 36th time in NCAA history.Ohio State is only the second top-ranked team to ever play as a visiting football team in On September 4, 2006, five days prior to the game, two UT players and one former UT player were arrested in Austin and charged for "I think it will be one of the most exciting games in the history of this school", said Texas coach Mack Brown.Ohio State won the game 24–7. This staff also featured Giles, Mike Tolleson (special teams), Mac McWhorter (offensiv… In the fourth quarter with Nebraska trailing by 6, After Texas was forced to punt, Nebraska had to run out the clock to ensure victory. The win over Texas Tech was the biggest road come-back in UT's history, and the second biggest come-back ever.The week prior to the 2006 game against Texas the Cowboys had scored 28 unanswered points in a come-from-behind upset of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.The day of the game, the betting line in Las Vegas casinos favored then #4 ranked Texas by 16 points against an unranked 6–4 Kansas State team.Kansas State tied the game in the first quarter off of a 36-yard (33 m) touchdown pass from quarterback Texas mounted a partial comeback near the end of the 3rd quarter with a 75 scoring drive that ended with an 18-yard (16 m) run by Jamaal Charles and a touchdown pass to Limas Sweed early in the 4th quarter to giving the Longhorns a chance, however Kansas State had other ideas as Kansas State kicker Jeff Snodgrass connected on a clutch 51-yard (47 m) field goal with 3:19 left to give the Wildcats some breathing room.