What was happening in the world when the Texas Longhorns last won a national title?

When Vince Young scrambled into the corner of the endzone on a 4th & 5 attempt as the final seconds of the fourth quarter counted down, the University of Texas Longhorns were on top of the world.

The Horns defeated the favored USC Trojans in the 2005 BCS National Championship game and Texas fans have clung to that victory throughout the past two decades.

Texas hasn't won a college football national title since Young's heroic dash to victory, and a lot has changed for the Longhorns over 19 years.

Looking back to win the Horns stood atop the rest of the country, what else was going on in the world? Who was the leader of the free world? How much was gas? What inventions were released?

President of the United States in 2005

Georgia W. Bush – 2001-2009

Most popular song in 2005

“We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey

Most popular movie in 2005

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith – 59,324,582 tickets sold, $380,270,577 grossed

National average gas price in 2005

$2.30 per gallon

Inventions from 2005

Webkinz plush toys
Apple’s Mac Mini, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle
Gameboy Micro
Yahoo! Answers

What else happened in 2005?

Hurricane Katrina
Indonesian earthquake and tsunami
Pope John Paul II dies
NASA Space Shuttle Progam

As Texas heads to the SEC, the Horns are projected to once again be near the top of the college football scene, after falling short in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the end of the 2023 season.

The Horns haven't been the National Championship game since they lost to Alabama in 2009.

Maybe, just maybe, fans will look back to what was happening around the world in 2024 in relation to the last time the Texas Longhorns won the National Championship.

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