The 2017 season's largest margin: Texas 56, San José State 0. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The 2017 Season
Texas's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Sam EhlingerQB1,915 passing yards
- Shane BuecheleQB1,405 passing yards
- Daniel YoungRB373 rushing yards
- Chris Warren IIIRB314 rushing yards
- Kyle PorterRB261 rushing yards
- Collin JohnsonWR765 receiving yards
- Lil'Jordan HumphreyWR439 receiving yards
- Reggie Hemphill-MappsWR402 receiving yards
- Malik JeffersonLB110 tackles
- DeShon ElliottDB63 tackles
- Brandon JonesDB61 tackles
- Breckyn HagerDL4 sacks
- Charles OmenihuDL4 sacks
- Anthony WheelerLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Texas 7, TCU 24. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Texas beat Missouri 33-16 in the postseason.
"Texas Fight."
2017 is a middle chapter for Texas — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.