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The Longhorn steer Bevo, the University's mascot. In 1917 pranksters branded Bevo with "13 - 0"-- the score of the Texas A & M victory from the previous year. UT students saved face by altering the numerals to read BEVO. Courtesy, Prints and Photographs Collection, the Center for American History.