/tags/ut-longhorn-football UT Longhorn Football en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:11:11 GMT /sports/2025-02-20/steve-sarkisian-ut-austin-texas-longhorns-football-pay-raise The UT System Board of Regents voted to update the terms of Steve Sarkisian’s contract with a nearly 4% raise. Women’s Basketball Coach Vic Schaefer is also getting a pay bump. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:11:11 GMT /sports/2025-02-20/steve-sarkisian-ut-austin-texas-longhorns-football-pay-raise Becky Fogel /sports/2024-12-30/texas-football-ut-austin-longhorns-fan-aggies-viral-video Ruslan Burns has been a Longhorns fan since he was 4 years old. Last month, cameras caught him in a stadium surrounded by Texas A&M fans. The video went viral. Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:15:54 GMT /sports/2024-12-30/texas-football-ut-austin-longhorns-fan-aggies-viral-video Becky Fogel /sports/2024-10-14/university-of-texas-austin-longhorns-college-football-oklahoma-sooners-rivalry The Longhorns have played almost 1,400 games total � many of them against other, closer universities that might satisfy that regional rivalry itch. Why is the itch so strong with Oklahoma? Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:01:00 GMT /sports/2024-10-14/university-of-texas-austin-longhorns-college-football-oklahoma-sooners-rivalry Jimmy Maas /2024-09-03/the-life-and-legacy-of-julius-whittier Julius Whittier was the first African American football scholarship recipient and letterman at the University of Texas at Austin Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:51:13 GMT /2024-09-03/the-life-and-legacy-of-julius-whittier John L. Hanson Jr. /austin/2020-06-12/student-athletes-demand-ut-austin-rename-buildings-donate-to-black-organizations Several athletes at the University of Texas at Austin are refusing to participate in recruiting incoming players or show up at donor-related events if� Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:03:45 GMT /austin/2020-06-12/student-athletes-demand-ut-austin-rename-buildings-donate-to-black-organizations Raga Justin | Texas Tribune /sports/2019-08-18/former-ut-longhorn-nfl-running-back-cedric-benson-dies-in-motorcycle-accident Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in� Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:48:00 GMT /sports/2019-08-18/former-ut-longhorn-nfl-running-back-cedric-benson-dies-in-motorcycle-accident Jim Vertuno | The Associated Press /sports/2019-01-02/watch-ahead-of-uts-sugar-bowl-win-bevo-nearly-trampled-georgia-bulldog-mascot It is a philosophical question often pondered by sports writers and curious Redditors: If every college mascot were to fight each other, which would stand� Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:20:54 GMT /sports/2019-01-02/watch-ahead-of-uts-sugar-bowl-win-bevo-nearly-trampled-georgia-bulldog-mascot Matthew S. Schwartz /texas/2018-10-05/the-ou-trickery-that-could-have-derailed-a-texas-win-in-1999s-red-river-showdown From Texas Standard:The universities of Texas and Oklahoma will face off this Saturday in the annual Red River Showdown, at the Texas State Fair. The� Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:16:04 GMT /texas/2018-10-05/the-ou-trickery-that-could-have-derailed-a-texas-win-in-1999s-red-river-showdown Michael Marks /austin/2016-08-31/a-century-ago-longhorn-fans-hated-bevo-and-eventually-barbecued-him This story was originally published on Aug. 31, 2016. Bevo, the bovine booster of the University of Texas Longhorns, is a nearly century-old� Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:45:43 GMT /austin/2016-08-31/a-century-ago-longhorn-fans-hated-bevo-and-eventually-barbecued-him Andrew Weber /texas/2015-10-26/my-all-american-is-all-about-texas-football From Texas Standard:If you're naming off great sports films, "Rudy" and "Hoosiers" are probably high on that list.A new film called "My All American" is� Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:24:19 GMT /texas/2015-10-26/my-all-american-is-all-about-texas-football Laura Rice