The 2005 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season, winning the Big 12 Conference championship and the national cham
The UT Tower lit in a special configuration in honor of the 2005 National Championship football team.
The Texas offense shown lined up in the I formation. The I formation is often used for short-yardage situations, the case here with Texas just outside Colorado's goal line. The 2005 UT team more commonly used the shotgun formation.
After the game, spontaneous celebrations occurred along Guadalupe Street (the "Drag") which runs adjacent to the UT campus.
2005 Red River Shootout – fourth quarter
2006 Rose Bowl
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The 2006 Rose Bowl Game, played on January 4, 2006, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was an American college football bowl game that served as the BCS National Championship Game for the 2005
2005 Texas Longhorns football team
…season, the Big 12 Championship Game, featured the biggest margin of victory in the history of that contest. They finished the season by winning the 2006 Rose Bowl against the USC Trojans for the national championship. Numerous publications have cited this victory as standing among the greatest performances in…
A Texas fan looks ahead to the Rose Bowl during Texas' 70–3 win over Colorado in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Vince Young about to score the go-ahead touchdown.
Confetti rains down on the field in the post-game celebration as Texas defeats USC.