In April, 1885, as the first University of Texas Baseball team was departing on a train to play a group of students from Southwestern University. Students wanted to wear identical colored ribbons to show that they were all from the University of Texas.Two students ran to a store as the train was ready to depart. When the shopkeeper asked what colors they'd like, the students said "It doesn't matter." The shopkeeper gave them three spools of each White and Orange—two colors of which he had the most in stock (What was most popular and Orange was least popular colors for ribbons).
In 1893, the first football team wore White and Gold. The yellow-gold was thought of as unmanly, so the football team went back to orange. The white was then replaced because white was seen as a signal of surrender, and it was hard to clean.
In 1898, the new uniforms for the football team were ordered in Orange and Maroon.
In 1900, alumni, students and faculty voted on color options: Orange and White or . Our of 1,111 votes cast, Orange and White received 562 votes—7 votes ahead of Orange and Maroon.
The colors themselves have no original significance and any modern attempts to explain the color choices areapocryphal.
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Texas Longhorns football was created in 1893.
After the Texas Longhorns Jordan Shipley went to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Texas Longhorns by miles
University of Austin Texas Austin, Texas
The Texas Longhorns football program is available at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.
Texas Longhorns
Burnt Orange Nation is a Texas Longhorns community. Statesman is the name of an online fan group for the Texas Longhorns. One may also find a place for fans on the Texas Longhorn Facebook page.
The University of Texas at Austin.
Texas Longhorns originated in Texas where they still remain in high numbers, however, they have also been exported to other parts of the world such as Alberta.