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Texas football set for 11 a.m. kick against Michigan

Thomas Jones, Austin American-Statesman
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Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy holds the national championship trophy after the Wolverines beat Washington in the 2023 title game. Michigan will host Texas Sept. 7 at 11 a.m., Fox Sports announced Saturday.
Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy holds the national championship trophy after the Wolverines beat Washington in the 2023 title game. Michigan will host Texas Sept. 7 at 11 a.m., Fox Sports announced Saturday.

Texas will kick off its anticipated week-two matchup with defending national champion Michigan on Sept. 7 at 11 a.m., Fox Sports announced Saturday. The network will also broadcast its two-hour Big Noon Kickoff pregame show live from Ann Arbor, Mich.

The game brings together two of the winningest programs in NCAA history with Michigan ranking first in all-time wins with 1,004 while Texas ranks fourth with 948.

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The only meeting between the two schools came in the 2005 Rose Bowl following the 2004 season when Texas prevailed, 38-37, on Dusty Mangum's 37-yard field goal as time expired. Quarterback Vince Young accounted for 372 yards of offense and five touchdowns.

Texas opens its season Aug. 31 at home against Colorado State.

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