The top of the UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Saturday, November 30 to celebrate Texas Football’s victory over Texas A&M.
The Longhorns are now 11-1. The Longhorns will play the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta, Georgia at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m.
As part of UT tradition, the top of the Tower turns orange to celebrate Texas Football’s regular-season victories.
October 12, 2025
The top of the UT Tower will shine burnt orange lights to celebrate Texas Football’s win over the University of Oklahoma. Per tradition, an orange top on the Tower celebrates Longhorn football’s regular season and bowl game victories. Read more: Football stifles No. 6/6 Oklahoma in Red River Rivalry win,…
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September 20, 2025
The top of the UT Tower will shine burnt orange lights to celebrate Texas Football’s win over Sam Houston State University. Per tradition, an orange top on the Tower celebrates Longhorn football’s regular season and bowl game victories. Read more: No. 8/7 Football Routs Sam Houston in Dominant Win, 55-0
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September 15, 2025
Established in 1883 as a University of the first class, we have been educating Texans and serving our state with pride for 142 years. An excerpt from Jim Nicar’s post on his UT History Corner blog today reads: One hundred and forty-two years ago, the University of Texas opened not…
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September 13, 2025
The top of the UT Tower will shine burnt orange lights to celebrate Texas Football’s win over the University of Texas at El Paso. Per tradition, an orange top on the Tower celebrates Longhorn football’s regular season and bowl game victories. Read more: Manning accounts for three touchdowns as No.…
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September 6, 2025
The top of the UT Tower will shine burnt orange lights to celebrate Texas Football’s win over San Jose State. Per tradition, an orange top on the Tower celebrates Longhorn football’s regular season and bowl game victories. Read more: No. 7/6 Football wins seventh straight home opener, 38-7
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August 25, 2025
The Tower will display a “1” in celebration of the University of Texas at Austin winning the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup for the second-straight year and the fourth time in the last five years. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) made this announcement this summer. During the current…
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June 7, 2025
For the first time in the program’s 28-year history, Texas Softball earned a national championship after beating Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the 2025 Women’s College World Series Championship Series on Friday, June 6. The team will return to Austin for a celebration on Saturday, June 7, and…
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June 7, 2025
For the first time in the program’s history, Texas Softball has won a national title, defeating Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series championship. The UT Tower will shine burnt orange lights on Friday, June 6, and the team will celebrate on Saturday, June 7,…
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May 15, 2025
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights on Thursday, May 15, to celebrate Texas Baseball winning the 2025 Southeastern Conference Championship. As part of campus tradition, the Tower is bathed in burnt orange lighting from top-to-bottom when a University of Texas Athletics team wins a conference championship.
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May 12, 2025
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights on Monday, May 12, to celebrate No. 2 Texas Rowing winning the 2025 Southeastern Conference Championship as the team gathers at to take their photo in front of the Tower this evening. This is the team’s 10th consecutive conference title and its first…
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