The day after the A&M game, the Austin Daily Statesman remarked, “The football colors are now maroon and orange, which makes a pretty combination,” and most of UT’s 504 students agreed. The new colors were a hit. There was a sudden rush for maroon and orange ribbons at the general...
Sources include: The UT Presidents’ Office Records and Ex-Students’ Association Records, part of the University Archives preserved at the Briscoe Center for American History; architect Fred Day’s drawings for the Alumni Center in the UT Buildings Collection at the Alexander Architectural Archives; ...