Introduction

Since Texas’ first game against the Dallas Foot Ball Club in 1893, the football program has been an integral part of life at the University of Texas. Originally designed to simply help fans understand the rules of the new game and identify the players, the Texas football program has grown over the past century into a beautifully-produced magazine, filled with skillfully-written articles, full-color photography, biographies and statistics for players and coaches, and dozens of advertisements. Now produced by Host Communications under the direction of Media Relations Director John Bianco, the modern program’s purpose is to say to the fans and visitors who fill the seats of Memorial Stadium-“We’re Texas. And we have a great football tradition.”

This online exhibit of over 100 game programs is a collaborative effort between the University of Texas’ Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.