The First Home Game

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THE FIRST “HOME” GAME

On 16 December 1893, 600 spectators attended the University of Texas’ first organized “home” football game, which featured the University of Texas against the Football Club of San Antonio. The contest was played on professionally groomed fields at the new Zoo Park that ran along the Colorado River. This site is now occupied by the LCRA office complex next to the Tom Miller Dam.

A black and white photo of the 1893 University of Texas Football team: 12 white men, nine of whom where white uniforms, one wears a suit, and two wear black turtle neck sweaters.
Image credit: Texas Athletics Photo Collection at The Stark Center