The Longhorns opened their 2015 season in perhaps the worst way possible, a 38-3 loss to No. 11 Notre Dame.

It's the second-worst season-opening loss in Longhorns history and also the first defeat in a season opener for Texas since 1999. Charlie Strong was visibly unhappy following the game, and here are a few of his post-game comments:

On the team's overall performance: We have to get better, we have to improve. We're just a better football team than what we showed. I keep saying that and we just have to keep believing and our players have to keep believing it. We can't go out and not execute and not complete a game. We just weren't sharp.

On Notre Dame's defense: "They were able to get pressure and run inside at our two young guys (freshmen Connor Williams and Patrick Vahe) on the offensive line."

On Jerrod Heard: "Jerrod came out, and he might have got the wind knocked out of him, but we just went with Tyrone in the second half."

On Texas' defense "We have to do a better job of protecting the quarterback. You played against a really good front out there tonight, they played well. But we have to give our quarterback time to throw the ball."

Texas assistant head coach for offense Shawn Watson

On the offense's performance: "We didn't play well. You got to win on first down, and we struggled to execute."

On Texas only managing eight first downs: "We didn't get started right."

On Heard's playing time: "(Tyrone) was competing and fighting hard. We considered putting (Heard) in the second half. We just felt that Tyrone was competing so hard he gave us our best chance to get some positive things going."