As he was preparing for his fifth season as head coach of the
Longhorns in 1961, Darrell Royal asked sporting-goods merchant William
?Rooster? Andrews to design a team logo. The diminutive Andrews, a
Longhorn legend from his days in the ?40s as equipment manager and
occasional kicker for the football team, gave Royal a crayon drawing of a
longhorn head. ?This is it!? Royal exclaimed. ?And can we put it on a
helmet?? On September 23, 1961, in Berkeley, Calif., the Texas Longhorns took
the field wearing new helmets adorned with a graphic symbol: a simple
silhouette of a longhorn head.
Texas went 10-1 in 1961 and was considered by many to be the greatest Longhorn team ever. The Longhorns attained a # 1 ranking for two weeks and defeated Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl 12-7.Available here is a pair of ticket stubs from the November 23, 1961 game against Texas A& M at Kyle Field. The Longhorns shut out the home Aggies by the score of 25-0 to go to 9-1. Texas featured future NFL receiver Ray Poage ... A&M was led by future Green Bay Packer linebacker Lee Roy Caffey.No creases ... nice usher's tear ... stadium seating diagram pictured on the reverse (student ticket information was stamped lightly on the reverse).A great addition to your college football ticket collection!Please take note of the following ...
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