2017 Texas Longhorns football
Texas Bowl champion
Texas Bowl, W 33–16 vs. Missouri
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	7–6 (5–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Tom Herman (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Beck (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Orlando (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Texas Longhorns football team, known variously as "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "Horns", was a collegiate American football team representing the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Big 12 Conference in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season; the 2017 team was the 125th to represent the university in college football. The Longhorns were led by first-year head coach Tom Herman with Tim Beck as the team's offensive coordinator and Todd Orlando as the team's defensive coordinator. The team played its home games at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

Following a 5–7 season the previous year, the 2017 preseason involved a complete overhaul of the coaching staff for the Texas Longhorns football team. On November 27, 2016, Houston head coach Tom Herman was hired as the Longhorns head coach, replacing Charlie Strong.^[1]

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

Texas signed a total of 18 recruits.

US college sports recruiting information for 2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Damion Miller WR	Tyler, Texas	John Tyler HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Jun 25, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Sam Ehlinger QB	Austin, Texas	Westlake HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Jul 28, 2015
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Kobe Boyce CB	Lake Dallas, Texas	Lake Dallas HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	Apr 3, 2016
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Montrell Estell WR	Hooks, Texas	Hooks HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	May 20, 2016
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Josh Thompson CB	Nacogdoches, Texas	Nacogdoches HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Jul 27, 2016
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Ta'Quon Graham DE	Temple, Texas	Temple HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Sep 5, 2016
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Josh Rowland K	Madison, Mississippi	Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Dec 11, 2016
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Toneil Carter RB	Houston, Texas	Langham Creek HS	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Dec 19, 2016
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Daniel Young RB	Houston, Texas	Westfield HS	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Dec 23, 2016
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Cade Brewer TE	Austin, Texas	Lake Travis HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	Dec 23, 2016
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Derek Kerstetter OG	San Antonio, Texas	Reagan HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	Dec 26, 2016
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Reese Leitao TE	Jenks, Oklahoma	Jenks HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	Dec 29, 2016
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Marqez Bimage LB	Brenham, Texas	Brenham HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Jan 6, 2017
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Max Cummins DE	Fort Worth, Texas	All Saints Episcopal School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jan 17, 2017
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Gary Johnson LB	Douglas, Alabama	Dodge City C.C.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jan 20, 2017
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Sam Cosmi OT	Humble, Texas	Atascocita HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	Jan 30, 2017
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Jordan Pouncey WR	Winter Park, Florida	Winter Park HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Feb 1, 2017
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Jamari Chisholm DT	Valdosta, Georgia	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	Feb 1, 2017
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017. "2017 Texas Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

Personnel

An entire staff needed to be built as Coach Herman chose not to retain any current staff members that were under Coach Strong. The initial group of 6 that followed Herman from Houston to Texas included four assistant coaches, all of whom have extensive coaching experience in the state of Texas with three being Texas natives. Former Longhorn great Oscar Giles, Corby Meekins, Derek Warehime and Jason Washington all were coaches on Herman's Houston staff and will join him in Austin. Positions and titles for the assistant coaches will be announced after the completion of the staff. In addition, Fernando Lovo will serve as Assistant AD for Football Operations, while Derek Chang will be Director of player personnel. Both also come from Herman's UH staff.^[2]

Texas then added another former Herman UH assistant, the one year offensive coordinator from Rutgers Drew Mehringer as the passing game coordinator.^[3] 4 more pieces of the puzzle then were announced on Dec 19, more from his Houston staff. Todd Orlando, who was Hermans Defensive Coorindator at Houston comes over in the same role. Assistant Coach Craig Naviar also joins him. Additionally, Yancy McKnight will serve as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Football, while Tory Teykl will be Director of football operations.^[4] Herman also added the recently retired NFL player and former Longhorn Michael Huff as a quality control/assistant DB coach.^[5]

Roster and coaching staff

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	11:00 a.m.	Maryland*	No. 23	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FS1	L 41–51	88,396
September 9	2:30 p.m.	San Jose State*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	LHN	W 56–0	88,117
September 16	7:30 p.m.	at No. 4 USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FOX	L 24–27 2OT	93,607
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN	W 17–7	51,234
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Kansas State		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FS1	W 40–34 2OT	90,462
October 14	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 12 Oklahoma		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Showdown)	ESPN	L 24–29	93,552
October 21	11:00 a.m.	No. 10 Oklahoma State		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 10–13 OT	92,506
October 28	11:00 a.m.	at Baylor		McLane Stadium Waco, TX	ESPNU	W 38–7	39,110
November 4	6:15 p.m.	at No. 8 TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Ft. Worth, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–24	48,042
November 11	5:00 p.m.	Kansas		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	LHN	W 42–27	96,557
November 18	11:00 a.m.	at West Virginia		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	W 28–14	53,133
November 24	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (Chancellor's Spurs)	FOX	L 23–27	100,629
December 27	8:00 pm	vs. Missouri*		NRG Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–16	67,820
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Media affiliates

Texas' flagship radio station is KTXX-FM ("The Horn", 104.9 FM) based in Austin, Texas. Fourteen other FM stations and twenty-one AM stations cover UT's football games around Texas, while a pair of FM and AM stations based in Austin cover Texas games in Spanish. Texas Longhorns football games are broadcast via satellite radio on Sirius channel 117, XM channel 202, and SiriusXM channel 969.^[7]

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