A couple of weeks ago, Longtime Longhorns scribe Bobby Burton of On Texas Football reported that Texas and Notre Dame were expected to sign a home-and-home agreement. Now it is official.
The Longhorns and Fighting Irish have indeed signed an agreement to play on Sept. 9, 2028 in South Bend and Sept. 22, 2029 in Austin. With the announcement, the Longhorns now have three non-conference games scheduled in both 2028 and 2029.
If the SEC moves to nine conference games, as has been speculated, that would give the Longhorns a complete non-conference slate. Louisiana Tech and UTSA will come to Austin in 2028, with Texas hosting Louisiana-Monroe and UTEP in 2029.
UT has holes to fill in its future schedule created by joining the SEC. Texas’ main non-conference opponents for 2028-2031 were supposed to be the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators. The Horns were set to face UGA in 2028 and 2029 and then the Gators in 2030 and 2031.
Obviously, now that the Longhorns are conference members with Florida and Georgia, replacements need to be found. Texas has found a great matchup for fans to replace the home-and-home with Georgia. It is now the vacated Florida spot in ’30-31 which Texas must fill.
Texas does a great job of scheduling. The Athletic Department typically schedules one big program each year and fill around it. The Horns just played the front half of a split home-and-home with Michigan. The Wolverines will complete the series in Austin in 2027. UT will start a back-to-back home-and-home at Ohio State next year. The Buckeyes will travel to Austin in 2026. Arizona State is schedule in 2032 and 2033.
Texas. Notre Dame.
Two historic programs agree to home-and-home series 🤘
9/9/28 at Notre Dame
9/22/29 at Texas pic.twitter.com/rDtpCISY88— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) November 19, 2024
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