Above: The first Longhorn “swag” appeared in 1913 when recent graduate (and future Board of Regents chair) Lutcher Stark donated orange blankets to the football team that read “Texas Longhorns.” One of the blankets is on display in the Stark Center, headquartered at the north side of t...
Frank agreed, and starting in November, the name “Longhorns” (and sometimes “Long Horns”) appeared in stories about the football team. On November 13, UT traveled north to what was then the Oklahoma Territory to play the University of Oklahoma and left with an 11 – 5 win, though ...
The University of Texas has had 129 Longhorns selected to the College Football All-America Team including 62 Consensus and 25 Unanimous; Texas also has 17 players and coaches that have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. ### Conference awards As of 2016, the Texas Longhorns...
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP)— The interim president of the University of Texas said Monday he is scheduling meetings with student groups after dozens of Longhorns athletes said they wanted the school to ditch "The Eyes of Texas" song and rename several campus buildings. The athletes said las...
and for good reason. He doesn't have it. But he's shown that he has about everything else to become an elite back in this league. Texas can lean on him, and he runs like a back built to handle a huge load. The Longhorns may need it this year. If I had to guess, I think ...
Above: The police charged. The longhorns stampeded. “Why aren’t you taking part?” a UT student asked a police officer. “Just too old,” was the overheard reply. Dean of Student Life Arno Nowotny arrived on the scene, collected Blanket Tax cards by the handful, and set up appointments...