Saturday will be Texas' first ever matchup with Clemson, but who else have the Longhorns not faced?

There are a lot of firsts happening for Texas football this season. First year in the Southeastern Conference. First trip to the SEC Championship game. First appearance in the 12-team College Football Playoff.

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And now, the program’s first-ever matchup with Clemson.

“The fact that we’ve never played them, that Texas has never played Clemson in football, and the first time will be in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff right here at DKR I think is very exciting,” Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said December 8.

Texas started playing football in 1893, officially, and are 959-394-33 all time. Clemson’s first year was in 1896, and the Tigers are 808-475-45. The Longhorns have faced interesting teams like Randolph Field, the Austin YMCA, Dallas University, Daniel Baker, Haskell, the Houston Town Team, and even St. Edwards. Similar can likely be said for Clemson, assuredly.

The Tigers will leave the company of the over 40 FBS teams that have never faced the Longhorns.

Never Played

Akron – MAC

Appalachian State – Sun Belt

Ball State – MAC

Boise State – Mountain West

Bowling Green – MAC

Buffalo – MAC

Central Michigan – MAC

Charlotte – American

Cincinnati – Big 12

Clemson – ACC

Coastal Carolina – Sun Belt

Duke – ACC

East Carolina – American

Eastern Michigan – MAC

FIU – Sun Belt

Florida State – ACC

Georgia Southern – Sun Belt

Georgia State – Sun Belt

Illinois – Big 10

Jacksonville State – CUSA

James Madison – Sun Belt

Kennesaw State – CUSA

Kent State – MAC

Liberty – CUSA

Marshall – Sun Belt

Memphis – American

Miami (Ohio) – MAC

Michigan State – Big 10

Middle Tennessee – CUSA

Nevada – Mountain West

Northern Illinois – MAC

Ohio – MAC

Old Dominion – Sun Belt

San Diego State – Mountain West

South Alabama – Sun Belt

South Florida – American

Southern Miss – Sun Belt

Toledo – MAC

Troy – Sun Belt

UAB – American

UConn – Independent

UMass – Independent

UNLV – Mountain West

Utah State – Mountain West

Western Kentucky – CUSA

Western Michigan – MAC

One-and-done

Air Force: 0-1-0 – Texas lost 24-16 in the 1985 Bluebonnet Bowl.

Arizona: 1-0-0 – Texas defeated the Wildcats 20-0 in 1925.

Arizona State: 1-0-0 – The Longhorns and Chris Jessie topped the Sun Devils 52-34 in the 2007 Holiday Bowl.

Arkansas State: 1-0-0 – Played at the beginning of the 2007 season.

Army: 1-0-0 – Texas defeated the Black Knights 17-6 in 1964

Bergstrom Field: 1-0-0

Blackland AA Field: 1-0-0

Camp Mabry Auto School: 1-0-0 – The previous two took place during World War II, while the battle with the mechanics from 35th Street was in 1918.

Chicago: 0-1-0 – Texas lost to the school where fun goes to die in 1904.

Colorado College: 0-1-0 – This is currently a Division III school. Texas’ matchup was in 1908.

Corpus Christi NAS: 1-0-0 – Another WWII matchup

Dallas Athletic Club: 1-0-0 – This contest took place in 1901.

Deaf School: 1-0-0 – The Longhorns welcomed players from the Texas School for the Deaf to Varsity Field on the 40 Acres in 1903.

Georgia Tech: 1-0-0 – The Longhorns defeated the Yellow Jackets 14-7 in the 1943 Cotton Bowl.

Harvard: 0-1-0 – The Ivy defeated the Public Ivy in 1931. The Crimson’s only loss of the season was a 3-0 defeat to Yale.

Hawaii: 1-0-0 – Did you stay up to watch Ricky Williams in 1995?

Idaho: 1-0-0 – Texas defeated the Vandals in 1949.

Kansas City Medics: 1-0-0 – A game held in 1900.

Kirksville: 0-1-0 – Meeting in 1901. Kirksville became A.T. Still University

Louisiana Tech: 1-0-0 – Sam Ehlinger and company dispatched the Bulldogs in 2019.

North Carolina State: 0-1-0 – A 23-20 loss to the Wolfpack was an early blemish in Mack Brown’s second season

Northwestern: 0-1-0 – Texas lost in Evanston in 1942, when Pappy Waldorf topped Dana Bible.

Polytechnic: 1-0-0 – Polytechnic became Texas Wesleyan.

Ream Flying Field: 1-0-0 – A 1918 meeting the Longhorns won 26-2. Ream Field is known as the “Helicopter Capital of the World.”

Sam Houston State: 1-0-0 – This 2006 contest goes down as Texas’ last matchup with a FCS school. The Longhorns welcome the Bearkats in 2025.

San Jose State: 1-0-0 – This 2017 matchup was Tom Herman’s first win as head coach of Texas

South Carolina: 0-1-0 – The Gamecocks traveled to Austin in 1957 to top a first-year head coach named Darrell Royal, 27-21.

Southwest Texas State: 1-0-0 – The Longhorns won 36-0 over the Bobcats in the last meeting between the two schools separated by only a few miles. The Longhorns will play the Bobcats in 2026.

Temple: 1-0-0 – Texas traveled to Philadelphia to top the Owls 54-0 in 1949.

Texas A&I: 1-0-0 – Now known as Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas won 38-6 over the now Division II team currently known as the Javelinas in 1935.

Tulsa: 1-0-0 – Texas defeated the Golden Hurricane in 2018 on the same night the Texas A&M Aggies earned a historic defeat versus Clemson.

Twenty-Sixth Infantry: 1-0-0 – Texas beat the troops 21-0 in 1906. This division was based in Massachusetts.

Villanova: 1-0-0 – The Longhorns defeated the Wildcats 41-12 in 1953.

Virginia Tech: 0-1-0 – The Beamerball era was in full swing by this point when the Hokies defeated the Longhorns in the Sugar Bowl. Ron McKelvey was there… for a short while.

Wabash: 1-0-0 – Texas defeated the team from Crawfordsville, Ind. in 1914.

Wake Forest: 1-0-0 – The Demon Deacons were cast out of Austin with a 41-0 defeat in 1973.

West Texas Military Academy: Currently TMI Episcopal near San Antonio, the Panthers fell 28-0 in 1906.

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Wisconsin: 1-0-0 – Texas defeated the Badgers by a score of 17-7 in 1939.