GAME DAY: Colorado State Rams @ No. 4 Texas Longhorns

After a long wait, football is finally back on The 40 Acres. Fourth-ranked Texas and unranked Colorado State will face off in the season opener for both programs at 2:30 PM at Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium. The Longhorns finished last season with a 6-0 record at home and have hopes of continuing that success in their first season in the Southeastern Conference. It all starts with the Colorado State Rams, who haven’t enjoyed a winning season since 2017 but have the talent this year to contend for a championship in the Mountain West.

Today’s game marks just the second meeting in history between the Longhorns and Rams. Texas defeated Colorado State in their previous matchup (1975, Austin) 46-0. The Longhorns are 15-1 all-time against Mountain West teams.

Game Notes

• This season marks the 100th for Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium as the home for Texas Football
• Steve Sarkisian is 3-0 in season openers as the head coach at Texas and the Longhorns currently enjoy a five-game season-opening winning streak
• The Longhorns are 80-17-3 (.815) all-time in home openers at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
• 2024 Texas Longhorn Olympians will be honored during the first quarter
• UT Athletics will be honored at halftime for winning the 2023-24 Capital One Cup and 2023-24 Learfield Director’s Cup
• The game against No. 4 Texas is the highest-ranked seasonopening matchup for Colorado State in the history of the AP Poll, which began in 1936
• Colorado State is 61-63-1 (.492) all-time in season openers, but is 0-2 under head coach Jay Norvell
• CSU Head Coach Jay Norvell served as the wide receivers coach for the Longhorns in 2015 under then-coach Charlie Strong

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