List of Texas Longhorns starting quarterbacks
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This is a list of the starting quarterbacks for the Texas Longhorns football teams since 1944.[1] They are listed in order of the first game each player started for the Longhorns that season. A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed after the first play.
Starting Quarterbacks by Year
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Season | Quarterback | # of Starts | Record as Starter | Ref |
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1944 | Bobby Layne | 8 | 5–3 | |
Zeke Martin | 1 | 0–1 | ||
1945 | Bobby Layne | 5 | 5–0 | |
Jack Halfpenny | 6 | 5–1 | ||
1946 | Bobby Layne | 10 | 8–2 | |
1947 | Bobby Layne | 11 | 10–1 | |
1948 | Paul Campbell | 11 | 7–3–1 | |
1949 | Paul Campbell | 10 | 6–4 | |
1950 | Ben Tompkins | 11 | 9–2 | |
1951 | 6 | 5–1 | ||
4 | 2–2 | |||
1952 | 11 | 9–2 | ||
1953 | 4 | 2–2 | ||
Charles Brewer | 6 | 5–1 | ||
1954 | Charles Brewer | 10 | 4–5–1 | |
1955 | 2 | 1–1 | ||
Joe Clements | 8 | 4–4 | ||
1956 | Joe Clements | 10 | 1–9 | |
1957 | 11 | 6–4–1 | ||
1958 | 10 | 7–3 | ||
1959 | 11 | 9–2 | ||
1960 | 11 | 7–3–1 | ||
1961 | 11 | 10–1 | ||
1962 | 7 | 5–1–1 | ||
1 | 1–0 | |||
3 | 3–0 | |||
1963 | Duke Carlisle | 11 | 11–0 | |
1964 | 10 | 9–1 | ||
1 | 1–0 | |||
1965 | 10 | 6–4 | ||
1966 | Bill Bradley | 10 | 7–3 | |
Andy White | 1 | 0–1 | ||
1967 | Bill Bradley | 10 | 6–4 | |
1968 | Bill Bradley | 2 | 0–1–1 | |
James Street | 9 | 9–0 | ||
1969 | James Street | 11 | 11–0 | |
1970 | Eddie Phillips | 11 | 10–1 | |
1971 | Eddie Phillips | 5 | 4–1 | |
6 | 4–2 | |||
1972 | 11 | 10–1 | ||
1973 | 11 | 8–3 | ||
1974 | 11 | 7–4 | ||
1 | 1–0 | |||
1975 | 12 | 10–2 | ||
1976 | 6 | 3–2–1 | ||
1 | 0–1 | |||
4 | 2–2 | |||
1977 | 4 | 4–0 | ||
6 | 5–1 | |||
2 | 2–0 | |||
1978 | 2 | 2–0 | ||
9 | 6–3 | |||
1 | 1–0 | |||
1979 | 9 | 8–1 | ||
3 | 1–2 | |||
1980 | 10 | 6–4 | ||
2 | 1–1 | |||
1981 | 8 | 6–1–1 | ||
Robert Brewer | 4 | 4–0 | ||
1982 | Robert Brewer | 11 | 9–2 | |
1 | 0–1 | |||
1983 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
2 | 2–0 | |||
9 | 9–0 | |||
1984 | 12 | 7–4–1 | ||
1985 | 12 | 8–4 | ||
1986 | 11 | 5–6 | ||
1987 | 11 | 6–5 | ||
1 | 1–0 | |||
1988 | 6 | 3–3 | ||
Mark Murdock | 5 | 1–4 | ||
1989 | Mark Murdock | 3 | 1–2 | |
7 | 4–3 | |||
1 | 0–1 | |||
1990 | 12 | 10–2 | ||
1991 | 11 | 5–6 | ||
1992 | 11 | 6–5 | ||
1993 | 11 | 5–5–1 | ||
1994 | 8 | 4–4 | ||
James Brown | 4 | 4–0 | ||
1995 | James Brown | 12 | 9–2–1 | |
Richard Walton | 1 | 1–0 | ||
1996 | James Brown | 13 | 8–5 | |
1997 | James Brown | 10 | 4–6 | |
Richard Walton | 1 | 0–1 | ||
1998 | Richard Walton | 2 | 1–1 | |
10 | 8–2 | |||
1999 | 13 | 9–4 | ||
1 | 0–1 | [2] | ||
2000 | 6 | 4–2 | [3] | |
6 | 5–1 | |||
2001 | 1 | 1–0 | [4] | |
12 | 10–2 | [5] | ||
2002 | 13 | 11–2 | [6] | |
2003 | 6 | 4–2 | [7] | |
7 | 6–1 | [8] | ||
2004 | 12 | 11–1 | [9] | |
2005 | Vince Young | 13 | 13–0 | [10] |
2006 | 13 | 10–3 | [11] | |
2007 | 13 | 10–3 | [12] | |
2008 | 13 | 12–1 | [13] | |
2009 | 14 | 13–1 | [14] | |
2010 | 12 | 5–7 | [15] | |
2011 | 2 | 2–0 | [16] | |
5 | 3–2 | [17] | ||
David Ash | 6 | 3–3 | [18] | |
2012 | 1 | 0–1 | [19] | |
David Ash | 12 | 9–3 | [20] | |
2013 | 10 | 6–4 | [21] | |
David Ash | 3 | 2–1 | [22] | |
2014 | David Ash | 1 | 1–0 | [23] |
12 | 5–7 | [24] | ||
2015 | 2 | 1–1 | [25] | |
10 | 4–6 | [26] | ||
2016 | 12 | 5–7 | [27] | |
2017 | 7 | 5–2 | [28] | |
6 | 2–4 | [29] | ||
2018 | 14 | 10–4 | [30] | |
2019 | 13 | 8–5 | [31] | |
2020 | 10 | 7–3 | ||
2021 | 2 | 1–1 | ||
10 | 4–6 | |||
2022 | 9 | 6–3 | ||
3 | 2–1 | |||
2023 | 12 | 10–2 | ||
2 | 2–0 |
Career Record
Quarterback | Games Started | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % | Seasons as Starter |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colt McCoy | 53 | 45 | 8 | 0 | .849 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
Vince Young | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Bobby Layne | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | .824 | 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 |
Sam Ehlinger | 43 | 27 | 16 | 0 | .628 | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Chris Simms | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .813 | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
Marty Akins | 34 | 25 | 9 | 0 | .735 | 1973, 1974, 1975 |
James Brown | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | .654 | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
Peter Gardere | 41 | 25 | 16 | 0 | .610 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 |
Major Applewhite | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | .733 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
James Street | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1968, 1969 |
Bret Stafford | 34 | 19 | 15 | 0 | .559 | 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Mike Cotten | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .795 | 1960, 1961 |
Bobby Lackey | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 1958, 1959 |
Quinn Ewers | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 2022, 2023 |
Marvin Kristynik | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 1964, 1965 |
Donnie Little | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 1978, 1979, 1980 |
David Ash | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .682 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Eddie Phillips | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1970, 1971 |
James T Jones | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1951, 1952 |
Robert Brewer | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1981, 1982 |
Paul Campbell | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .643 | 1948, 1949 |
Bill Bradley | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .614 | 1966, 1967, 1968 |
Duke Carlisle | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1962, 1963 |
Randy McEachern | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 1977, 1978 |
Alan Lowry | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1972 |
Shane Buechele | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | 2016, 2017 |
Rob Moerschell | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1983 |
Ben Tompkins | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1950 |
Todd Dodge | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .633 | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
Charles Brewer | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .594 | 1953, 1954 |
Case McCoy | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
Shea Morenz | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 1993, 1994 |
Mark McBath | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1976, 1977, 1978 |
Rick McIvor | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .607 | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 |
Walter Fondren | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .577 | 1955, 1957 |
Garrett Gilbert | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 2010, 2011 |
Tyrone Swoopes | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 2014, 2015 |
Jack Halfpenny | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1945 |
Johnny Genung | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .786 | 1962 |
Joe Clements | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 1955, 1956 |
Donnie Wigginton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1971 |
Chance Mock | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2003 |
Shannon Kelley | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1987, 1988 |
Jerrod Heard | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 2015 |
Casey Thompson | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 2021 |
Tommy Wade | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1962 |
Hudson Card | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 2021, 2022 |
Mike Cordaro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | 1976 |
Sam Ansley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1977 |
Maalik Murphy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2023 |
Dan Page | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1951 |
Bunny Andrews | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1953 |
Richard Walton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1995, 1997, 1998 |
Mark Murdock | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 1988, 1989 |
Jim Hudson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1964 |
Mike Presley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1974 |
Zeke Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1944 |
Andy White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1966 |
Ted Constanzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1976 |
Donovan Forbes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1989 |
See also
References
- ^ Official Texas Athletic Website - All-Time Results. Retrieved 2019-Sep-30.
- ^ "1989 Final Season Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1990 Final Season Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1992 Final Season Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1993 Final Season Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 9. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1994 Final Season Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 12. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1995 Longhorn Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1996 Longhorn Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1997 Longhorn Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1998 Longhorn Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "1999 Longhorn Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2000 Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2001 Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2002 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 4. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2003 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2004 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2005 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2006 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2007 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2008 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2009 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 7. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2010 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2011 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2012 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2013 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2014 Texas Longhorns Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2015 Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2016 Statistics" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2017 Statistics Overview" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 15. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2018 Statistics Overview" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 16. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Statistics Overview" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 16. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Texas Football Record Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. p. 29. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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Texas Longhorns starting quarterbacks
- Russ
- Elkins
- Forney
- V. Martin
- Collins
- Magliolo
- Layne
- Z. Martin
- Halfpenny
- Campbell
- Tompkins
- Page
- Jones
- Andrews
- C. Brewer
- Clements
- Fondren
- Lackey
- Cotten
- Genung
- Wade
- Carlisle
- Kristynik
- Hudson
- Bradley
- White
- Street
- Phillips
- Wigginton
- Lowry
- Akins
- Presley
- Cordaro
- Constanzo
- McBath
- McEachern
- Ansley
- Little
- McIvor
- R. Brewer
- Moerschell
- Dodge
- Stafford
- Kelley
- Murdock
- Gardere
- Forbes
- Morenz
- Brown
- Walton
- Applewhite
- Simms
- Mock
- Young
- Co. McCoy
- Gilbert
- Ca. McCoy
- Ash
- Swoopes
- Heard
- Buechele
- Ehlinger
- Card
- Thompson
- Ewers
- Murphy