The 2000 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member South Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Mack Brown, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 9âÂÂ3 with a mark of 7âÂÂ1 in conference play, placing second in the Big 12's South Division. Texas was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Longhorns lost to Oregon. The team played home games at Darrell K RoyalâÂÂTexas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.
Texas's only conference loss came at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners, who went on to win the national championship