Texas football player among Texas and Notre Dame players shown holding the football as heheads for the Texas end zone where a ref stands.
The Texas Longhorns upset No. 10 Notre Dame in a double-OT win, 50-47. Photo courtesy of former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Light the Tower! Texas Football kicked off the season with a dramatic win over No. 10 Notre Dame. The UT Tower will have an orange top on Sunday, September 4 in recognition of the victory.

As part of Longhorn tradition, the top of The University of Texas at Austin Tower turns orange to celebrate regular-season football victories.

The dramatic, double-OT, season-opening victory coincided with the beginning of BEVO XV’s reign.

Scoreboard showing Final 2OT with UT 50 Notre Dame 47

Light the Tower: Longhorns Beat Notre Dame, 50-47

September 4, 2016

Light the Tower: Longhorns Beat Notre Dame, 50-47

The Texas Longhorns upset No. 10 Notre Dame in a double-OT win, 50-47. Photo courtesy of former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson Light the Tower! Texas Football kicked off the season with a dramatic win over No. 10 Notre Dame. The UT Tower will have an orange top on Sunday, September…

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Orange Tower Celebrates Longhorn Network’s 5 Year Anniversary

August 26, 2016

Orange Tower Celebrates Longhorn Network’s 5 Year Anniversary

The UT Austin Tower will turn orange and shine with the number “5” on its sides in celebration of Longhorn Network’s fifth anniversary Friday, August 26. Longhorn Network (LHN), ESPN’s 24-hour television network devoted to all things UT Austin, launched August 26, 2011. In the last five years, LHN has televised more…

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Tower Shines for Class of 2020

August 23, 2016

Tower Shines for Class of 2020

The UT Tower will turn orange and shine with “20” on its southern side tonight as the Class of 2020 gathers together for the first time. The Tower lighting welcomes incoming students to the Forty Acres on the night before classes start. The Tower lighting will begin during Gone to…

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Tower Darkens for 50th Anniversary of Campus Tragedy

August 1, 2016

Tower Darkens for 50th Anniversary of Campus Tragedy

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will be dark Monday, August 1 as part of a day of remembrance honoring victims of the Tower shooting 50 years prior.  Before the Tower darkens at night, the UT Austin community will come together to remember the mass shooting that took place…

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Orange Tower Welcomes Dell Med’s First Class

June 26, 2016

Orange Tower Welcomes Dell Med’s First Class

The UT Austin Tower will turn orange Sunday, June 26 in honor of the inaugural class of students at the Dell Medical School. In 2012, Travis County voters decided to support a medical school and make Austin a model healthy city. That was the start of something big — and…

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Tower Shines for Class of 2016

May 21, 2016

Tower Shines for Class of 2016

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will shine with burnt orange lights and “16” displayed on its sides to honor the Class of 2016 on both May 21 and May 22. The Tower will turn orange during the university-wide commencement celebration on May 21 and will be orange again…

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