FINAL FOUR PREVIEW - 2005 Texas

2005 TEXAS (13-0)

BCS National Champions
#2 overall seed - Bo Region Winner


Head Coach: Mack Brown
Notable Assistant Coaches:
Off. Coord.: Greg Davis
Def. Coord.: Gene Chizik
DB Coach: Duane Akina

2001 Schedule            Result
Louisiana-Lafayette      W 60-3
@ Ohio State (#4)        W 25-22
Rice                     W 51-10
@ Missouri               W 51-20
vs Oklahoma (#22)        W 45-12
Colorado                 W 42-17
Texas Tech (#20)         W 52-17
@ Oklahoma State         W 47-28
@ Baylor                 W 62-0
Kansas                   W 66-14
@ Texas A&M              W 40-29
Big XII Championship Game
Colorado                 W 70-3
ROSE BOWL
(BCS National Championship Game)
vs USC (#2)              W 41-38

Average Score:         50.2 - 16.4
Against Top 25:            4-0
Against Top 10:            2-0

Tournament                Results
1997 Navy                 W 48-17
2005 Tulsa                W 48-17
2002 Florida State (#21)  W 42-19
1981 Nebraska (#11)       W 32-20
1983 BYU (#7)             W 41-26
1985 Oklahoma (#1)        W 30-21
2000 Florida State (#5)   W 31-26
1991 Miami (#1)           W 27-21
1987 Miami (#1)           W 30-24
NEXT UP:
1995 Nebraska (#1)

Average Score:          36.6 - 21.2
Top 10 teams Defeated:       5
National Champs Defeated:    3

*NOTE: Final AP Ranking in parenthesis

STARTING LINEUP
(BOLD = All American)
(NFL Draft selection in parenthesis)

OFFENSE
QB VINCE YOUNG (1st Rd, 2006)
RB Selvin Young
WR Limas Sweed (2nd Rd, 2008)
WR Billy Pittman
WR Brian Carter
TE David Thomas (3rd Rd, 2006)
LT JONATHAN SCOTT (5th Rd, 2006)
LG Kasey Studdard (6th Rd, 2007)
C Lyle Sendlein
RG Will Allen
RT Justin Blalock (2nd Rd, 2007)

Key Backups:
RB Jamaal Charles (3rd Rd, 2008)
RB Ramonce Taylor
RB Henry Melton (4th Rd, 2009)
WR Quan Cosby
OT Tony Hills (4th Rd, 2008)
WR Nate Jones
TE Neale Tweedie

DEFENSE
DE Brian Robison (4th Rd, 2007)
DT RODRIQUE WRIGHT (7th Rd, 2006)
DT Frank Okam (5th Rd, 2008)
DE Tim Crowder (2nd Rd, 2007)
OLB Robert Killebrew
MLB Aaron Harris
OLB Rashad Bobino
CB Cedric Griffin (2nd Rd, 2006)
S MICHAEL HUFF (1st Rd, 2006)
S Michael Griffin (1st Rd, 2007)
CB Tarell Brown (5th Rd, 2007)

Key Backups:
CB Aaron Ross (1st Rd, 2007)
LB Drew Kelson
DT Larry Dibbles
S Marcus Griffin
DE Brian Orakpo (1st Rd, 2009)
DT Derek Lokey
OLB Eric Foreman
CB Brandon Foster
DT Roy Miller (3rd Rd, 2009)

SPECIAL TEAMS
K David Pino
P Richmond McGee
KR Ramonce Taylor
PR Aaron Ross

AWARD WINNERS

Vince Young - Davey O'Brien Award, Maxwell Award
Michael Huff - Jim Thorpe Award

Texas in the Tournament
Overall Record: 55-29 (65.5%)
# of Teams in the Tournament: 30
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 2
Against Nebraska: 3-1
Against Miami: 3-2
Against Florida State: 2-3

Mack Brown in the Tournament
Overall Record: 39-19 (32-10 with Texas)
# of Teams in the Tournament: 20 (11 with Texas)
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 2