Texas Football: Ranking the 10 greatest teams in program history
2. 1914 (8-0)
The Texas football program wasn’t just beating their opposition during the 1914 campaign, they were destroying everyone they played. The two closest games Texas played in a season that took place more than 100 years ago was against Haskell (23-7) and Oklahoma (32-7).
The Billingsley Report did recognize the 1914 Texas football team as the retroactive national champions. That’s not hard to fathom given how badly Texas was beating each team by that they played in 1914. This was the first truly great season for the Longhorns football program and still means a lot to the fan base to this day.
1. 2005 (13-0, 8-0 Big 12)
Texas played five more games during the 2005 season than the legendary 1914 team did nearly 100 years previous. But the Longhorns were still one of the nation’s dominant teams that will live on in the minds of college football fans for a long time. Texas took down the USC Trojans to win the 2006 Rose Bowl in thrilling fashion behind the efforts of legendary quarterback Vince Young.
Next. Pre-spring Longhorns defensive depth chart. dark
Former Texas head coach Mack Brown had his best year on the Forty Acres in 2005, that saw him run through the Big 12 (including a 70-3 romping of the Colorado Buffaloes in the conference title game). Texas beat four top 25 ranked teams, and three teams ranked in the top 10. There’s a lot of college football fans and media outlets alike that would include the 2005 Longhorns squad as one of the most dominant teams in the last two decades.