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 ...