Notable Statistics and Accomplishments
- 2005 NCAA Football National Championship (game played in January, 2006)
- 2005 Big 12 Conference Championship
- 11 consecutive winning seasons
- 11 consecutive bowl game appearances
- Big 12 Conference record 21 consecutive conference wins from 2004–2006.
- Player awards at Texas under Brown include a Heisman Trophy winner (Ricky Williams), two Maxwell Award winners (Ricky Williams, Vince Young), a Davey O'Brien Award Winner, two Doak Walker Award winners, a Butkus Award winner, two Thorpe Award winners and four national player of the year honors. Texas has also had 23 All-Americans, 37 first-team All-Big 12 selections, two Big 12 Offensive Players of the Year, two Big 12 Conference Defensive Players of the Year and seven Big 12 Freshman of the Year honorees.
- UT has posted back-to-back 11-win seasons, ten consecutive 10-win seasons and ten consecutive 9-win campaigns for the first time in school history. However, Texas played a maximum of only 11 games per season up until 1975 and only 12 games per season up until 1995 (including conference championship and bowl game).
- The Longhorns under Brown have featured the only 3,000-yard passer, the only 2,000-yard rusher, the only 1,000-yard receivers and the only 1,000-yard passer/rusher in UT history.
- Brown is one of only three head coaches in NCAA Division I-A history who has coached players that recorded a 2,000-yard rushing season, a 1,000-yard receiving season and a 3,000-yard passing season. Also, Vince Young stands as the first player in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards (1,050) and throw for 2,500 yards (3,036) in a single season.
- Under Brown's tenure, only four players have left the Texas team for the NFL Draft with any eligibility remaining. The first was Kwame Cavil who went undrafted. Vince Young was drafted third overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. Jamaal Charles and Jermichael Finley both announced they would enter the 2008 NFL Draft. Other players, such as Jevan Snead have elected to transfer to other schools.
- From 2001 through 2008, Brown has won 10 or more games each year. This is the longest active streak of seasons with 10+ wins in the nation.
- Through 2012, the Longhorns under Brown were 28-16 against their three main rivals: Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech.
- The Longhorns are 10–4 in Bowl games under Brown.
- In terms of consecutive winning seasons, Brown is second among all active coaches with 17, behind only Bobby Bowden with 30.
- On October 27, 2007 the Texas Longhorns defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 28–25. It was Brown's 100th victory with the Longhorns.
- On November 8, 2008, Texas' 45–21 victory over Baylor was the 829th win for the UT football program, which tied Notre Dame for 2nd in the list of total wins.
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