Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas

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FROM GRASS TO TURF

The University of Texas replaced the grass field with an artificial turf. The first game on turf is played at Texas Memorial Stadium on 27 September 1969. Texas beat Texas Tech, 49-7.

The cover of the 1969 Texas v Texas Tech football game in which a cartoon longhorn is rolling up a cartoon red raider in astroturf.
Image credit: Cover of the program for the 1969 Texas v Texas Tech football game, From the Texas Athletics Media Archive at The Stark Center
a black and white photo of boy scouts feeling the new astroturf field at Texas Memorial Stadium in 1969
Image credit: Young fans are invited down to field level to inspect the brand-new AstroTurf, Texas Athletics Photo Collection at The Stark Center
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