Texas finished with a 7–1 record in conference play, Mack Brown's best conference record yet. Their only conference loss came to Oklahoma, which was both conference and national champion. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–2 record and were defeated by #8 Oregon in the 2000 Holiday Bowl , 35–30.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 9 11:30 a.m. Louisiana–Lafayette * No. 6 FSSW W 52–1080,017[ 1]
September 16 9:15 p.m. at Stanford * No. 5 FSN L 24–2743,970[ 1]
September 23 6:00 p.m. Houston * No. 15 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FSN W 48–081,592[ 1]
September 30 11:00 a.m. Oklahoma State No. 13 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC W 42–781,692[ 1]
October 7 11:00 a.m. vs. No. 10 Oklahoma No. 11 ABC L 14–6375,587[ 1]
October 14 2:30 p.m. at Colorado No. 25 W 28–1452,030[ 1]
October 21 1:30 p.m. Missouri Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX W 46–1282,892[ 1]
October 28 11:30 a.m. Baylor No. 22 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX FSN W 48–1483,092[ 1]
November 4 6:00 p.m. at Texas Tech No. 20 FSN W 29–1753,027[ 1]
November 11 1:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 19 W 51–1627,200[ 1]
November 24 2:30 p.m. No. 22 Texas A&M No. 12 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry ) ABC W 43–1784,012[ 1]
December 29 7:30 p.m. vs. No. 8 Oregon * No. 12 ESPN L 30–3563,278[ 1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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2000 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 7 (1) 7 (2) 6 (2) 5 (2) 15 13 11 25 — 22 20 19 14 12 12 12 12 Coaches Poll 8 8 8 6 15 13 10 23 21 20 20 19 15 13 12 12 12 BCS Not released — — — 14 12 12 12 Not released