Shakeup with Michigan-Texas series: Longhorns to visit Ann Arbor in 2024
Texas and Oklahoma are officially joining the SEC in 2024, and that development had a ripple effect on Michigan Wolverines football. Part of the Longhorns being able to make the move from the Big 12 was U-M agreeing to flip the locations of its non-conference games with them.
Michigan was originally scheduled to play Texas in Austin in 2024 and host the Longhorns in 2027. Now, the 2024 meeting will be at The Big House and the 2027 game will be at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium, per ESPN.com’s Pete Thamel.
“A key part of the deal to let OU and Texas out of Big 12 early was a game flip of a non-conference match-up between Michigan and Texas,” Thamel reported. “Texas will now visit Michigan in 2024 in Ann Arbor and Michigan will return the game in Austin in 2027. They’d been scheduled opposite.
“That game flip was a key driver for Fox agreeing to this deal to let Oklahoma and Texas out of the Big 12 a year early.”
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Michigan and Texas are two of the winningest programs in college football history. The Wolverines have the most ever in the sport (989), while the Longhorns rank fifth with 936.
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The only previous match-up between Michigan and Texas happened in the 2005 Rose Bowl game. The dramatic affair ended with a 37-yard field from the Longhorns as time expired to secure a 38-37 victory over the Wolverines. Kicker Garrett Rivas had given U-M a 37-35 lead with 3:04 remaining on a 42-yard field goal. Wide receiver Braylon Edwards paced the Michigan offense with 10 receptions for 109 yards and three touchdowns in the contest.
Here’s a look at Michigan’s other future non-conference opponents, starting with this coming season in which it hosts three Group of Five programs, East Carolina, UNLV and Bowling Green.
2023
East Carolina (September 2)
UNLV (September 9)
Bowling Green (September 16)
2024
Fresno State (August 31)
Texas (September 7)
Arkansas State (September 21)
2025
New Mexico (August 30)
at Oklahoma (September 6)
Central Michigan (September 13)
2026
Oklahoma (September 12)
2027
at Texas (September 11)
2028
at Washington (September 9)
2033
Notre Dame (September 3)
2034
at Notre Dame (September 2)
