The Texas Longhorns were 8-4 in 1996. They fell to the Penn State Nittany Lions, 38 to 15, in the Fiesta Bowl.
| TEAM | CONF | OVERALL | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6-2 | 8-5 | |
8-0 | 11-2 | ||
7-1 | 10-2 | ||
6-2 | 9-3 | ||
5-3 | 7-5 |
| GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 12 | 432 | 5,513 | 858 | 6.4 | 2,507 | 487 | 5.1 | 3,006 | 371 | 8.1 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 8th | 5th | 13th | 6th | 21st | 36th | 8th | 18th | 27th | 20th | |||||||||
Opponent | 12 | 267 | 4,476 | 5.1 | 2,441 | 553 | 4.4 | 2,035 | 322 | 6.3 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 51st | 81st | 52nd | 93rd | 107th | 80th | 35th | 58th | 31st | ||||||||||
Net | +165 | +1,037 | +858 | +1.3 | +66 | -66 | +0.7 | +971 | +49 | +1.8 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 15th | 21st | 13th | 15th | 52nd | 80th | 33rd | 12th | 27th | 16th |
| Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 4 | .692 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | 12 | 1 | .923 |
| Independent | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2 | .833 | |
| 2 | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 1 | .923 | |
| 2 | 11 | 2 | .846 |
| Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | .500 | |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | .167 |
| Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 4 | .692 | |
| 2 | 7 | 6 | .538 |
| Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 3 | .769 | |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | .615 |