The 2024 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Steve Sarkisian. The Longhorns played their home games at Darrell K RoyalâÂÂTexas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. This was the Longhorns first season as a member of the SEC.
On September 15, the Longhorns were ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll (AP Top 25) for the first time since 2008.
After the season, twelve Longhorn players were selected in the 2025 NFL draft, setting a program record.
Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2024 season.
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DNP = Did not participate
The Longhorns return 14 starters from the previous season. They return 5 on offense, 6 on defense, and 3 on special teams.
<small>Listed in the order that they were released</small>
2024 Preseason All-SEC teams
The 2024 season's out-of-conference opponents represent the AAC, Big Ten, Mountain West and the Sun Belt. The Longhorns will host three of their four non-conference games which are against Colorado State from the Mountain West, LouisianaâÂÂMonroe from the Sun Belt, and UTSA from the AAC. The Longhorns will travel to Michigan. Texas' season opener against Colorado Statethe second meeting between the two teamswas agreed upon in 2019, with Colorado State to receive a $1.8 million payout as part of the contract for the matchup. The game at Michigan is part of a series initially announced in 2014, though in 2023 the programs agreed to switch the order of locations such that the match would be played at Michigan Stadium in 2024 and Darrell K RoyalâÂÂTexas Memorial Stadium in 2027. In 2019, Texas scheduled home-only games against UTSA and UTEP for 2024âÂÂ2031, to be played in alternating years. Texas's final regular season non-conference game for 2024, against LouisianaâÂÂMonroe, will be the first of two home games for Texas; their second game is scheduled for 2029. A home-and-home series formerly scheduled with South Florida for 2020 and 2024 was canceled following additions to Texas's 2024 non-conference slate.
Texas' 2024 schedule consists of seven home games and four away games, along with one neutral site game for the regular season. Texas and the SEC announced the conference's 2024 football schedule on December 13, 2023. Texas will host four SEC conference opponents Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State at home and will travel to four SEC opponents, Arkansas (rivalry), Texas A&M (rivalry) and Vanderbilt to close out the SEC regular season on the road. The Longhorns will face Oklahoma in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl. The team will have bye weeks in week 6 and 10 (October 5 and November 2, respectively).
Attendance of 101,892 was, at the time, the 9th largest attendance at Darrell K RoyalâÂÂTexas Memorial Stadium.
Attendance of 102,850 was, at the time, the fifth largest attendance at Darrell K RoyalâÂÂTexas Memorial Stadium.
Attendance of 101,388 was, at the time, the 17th largest attendance at Darrell K RoyalâÂÂTexas Memorial Stadium.
<small>Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown</small>
The NFL draft will be held at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI.
Longhorns in the 2025 NFL draft:
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DNP = Did not participate