Top 5 Texas Football Non-Conference Dream Opponents

(2) Florida Gators. The Longhorns and Gators simply need to play each other in football. In high school football, there is the Big Three Powers of Texas, Florida, and California. The Longhorns, as an extension of high school football in the state, have played California schools plenty of times. It’s time to head to the East Coast for a matchup against the Gators.

Texas and Florida nearly faced off in the 2009 and 2010 National Title games. In the 2008-09 season, Oklahoma got the nod over Texas to play Florida because of the Big 12’s tiebreakers. In the 2009-2010 season, Alabama beat Florida in the SEC Title game to face Texas. We never saw that epic showdown between Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow.

The last time Texas and Florida hooked up was a home-and-home series in 1939 and 1940. The Longhorns beat the Gators in Austin in September 1939, then won in Gainesville to close the 1940 season. The only other meeting was a tie in Austin in October 1924. Overall, Texas is 2-0-1 against Florida.