| The members of the sports teams of the | | | | game in December 1916. At the end of the |
| University of Texas (UT), Austin are called the | | | | report, he simply said that the name of the |
| Texas Longhorns. Sometimes they are also | | | | longhorn cattle that was introduced as a first live |
| known as Texas, Horns, and Longhorns. As many | | | | mascot of the University of Texas was BEVO. |
| of you might know, the longhorn cattle are | | | | However, nobody really knew why Mr. Dyer called |
| considered as the largest animals that represent | | | | the mascot BEVO. By the way, it is true that |
| the state of Texas. This big beast is very | | | | some Aggies students once branded a dying |
| important to Texans because of its significance in | | | | longhorn mascot of the UT with 13-0 (the score |
| the development of the state. The moniker for | | | | that the Aggies got in a collegiate football game in |
| the strong sports teams of this university actually | | | | 1915), but the animal died immediately after the |
| first appeared in a newspaper in Texas in 1900. | | | | branding, but it is not true that this prank was the |
| If you have been to the games played by Texas | | | | reason behind the BEVO moniker. |
| Longhorns, you probably saw a big cattle with | | | | Much like other school athletic teams, white and |
| BEVO imprinted on its face. Do you know what | | | | burnt orange were not the original school colors |
| BEVO stand for? There are actually a lot of | | | | for the Texas Longhorns. In the 1890s, the |
| stories behind the reason why UT's mascot was | | | | winning team of the University of Texas actually |
| called BEVO. One of the most popular stories that | | | | wore white and gold, then eventually maroon and |
| have been circulating for a long time now | | | | orange. Because of the confusions, however, the |
| regarding the nickname is actually about a prank | | | | Board of Regent decided to ask the alumni to |
| done by the Texas Aggies, a strong rival to the | | | | vote what colors they preferred. Majority of the |
| UT Longhorns. According to the story, Aggies one | | | | 1,111 alumni who voted chose white and orange. |
| night branded 13-0 on the university's first | | | | For many years, the Horns wore these colors but |
| longhorn mascot as a prank. So, when the Horns | | | | the shade of orange used in the uniforms of the |
| saw the branding, they immediately tried to cover | | | | players lost vividness and changed to yellow just |
| up the act. Thus, they changed the 13 to B, the - | | | | before the end of the seasons. Thus, in 1928, the |
| to E, and inserted V before the 0 to spell BEVO. | | | | coach of the UT football ordered that a darker |
| However, this story is actually far from the truth. | | | | shade of orange be used in the uniforms of the |
| According to the official website of the Texas | | | | team so that it would not fade. From then on, the |
| Longhorns, the name was actually first coined by | | | | Longhorns have used white and burnt orange, also |
| the editor Ben Dyer of Texas Exes Alcalde | | | | known as Texas orange, as their official school |
| magazine when he gave a blow by blow report of | | | | colors. |
| what has happened during a Longhorn football | | | | |