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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Texas</h3> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bsee%20also%7C2011%20Texas%20Longhorns%20football%20team%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22see%20also%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22spacesafter%22%3A%22%22%7D" contenteditable="false">​ <div data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable boilerplate seealso" data-rte-attribs=" role=note class=hatnote navigation-not-searchable boilerplate seealso">See also: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%222011%20Texas%20Longhorns%20football%20team%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222011%20Texas%20Longhorns%20football%20team%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="/wiki/2011_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="2011 Texas Longhorns football team">2011 Texas Longhorns football team</a></div>​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Texas began the season with a four game winning streak which included a defeat of traditional football powerhouse<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BCn%7Cdate%3DDecember%202011%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Cn%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22UCLA%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222011%20UCLA%20Bruins%20football%20team%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2011%20UCLA%20Bruins%20football%20team%7CUCLA%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="/wiki/2011_UCLA_Bruins_football_team" title="2011 UCLA Bruins football team">UCLA</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Pasadena%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pasadena%2C%20California%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPasadena%2C%20California%7CPasadena%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena</a>. Following a loss to then #1 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Oklahoma%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222011%20Oklahoma%20Sooners%20football%20team%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2011%20Oklahoma%20Sooners%20football%20team%7COklahoma%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="/wiki/2011_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_team" title="2011 Oklahoma Sooners football team">Oklahoma</a>, the Longhorns only managed to put together three more wins for the rest of the season, although three of their losses during this period came against higher ranked opponents. Texas finished with a 7–5 record following the program's <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22first%20losing%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222010%20Texas%20Longhorns%20football%20team%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2010%20Texas%20Longhorns%20football%20team%7Cfirst%20losing%20season%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="2010 Texas Longhorns football team">first losing season</a> since 1997.<span data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fsports.espn.go.com%5C%2Fncf%5C%2Frecap%3FgameId%3D303290251%20Cyrus%20Gray%20scores%202%20long%20TDs%2C%20carries%20Aggies%20to%20win%20over%20Longhorns%5D%2C%20ESPN%2C%20November%2025%2C%202010.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" 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data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> This was Texas' fifth trip to the Holiday Bowl, the most recent being in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%222007%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222007%20Holiday%20Bowl%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2007%20Holiday%20Bowl%7C2007%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="/wiki/2007_Holiday_Bowl" title="2007 Holiday Bowl">2007</a>, and their prior record was 2–2.<span data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" 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data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" href="#cite_note-Cal-Texas_bowl_notes-1"><span data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="24816-19009817215dea1ac4f0d92" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> The Texas offense came into the game with the nation's No. 19 rushing team (210.42 ypg) but only No. 85 in passing (193.58 ypg), while the defense had been stingy against the run at No. 11 (103.67 ypg) and No. 47 in pass defense (211.67 ypg). </p> <br /><strong 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