The
Southwest
Conference
(SWC)
WELCOME
TO
MY
SOUTHWEST
CONFERENCE
TRIBUTE
PAGE!
In my early years, I watched many SWC football and basketball
games, both on TV and in person.
My dad worked as an usher at Rice Stadium on weekends in the
1960's and 1970's, and I enjoyed seeing
the SWC teams battle it out in one of the greatest football
stadiums on earth.
The SWC teams went their separate ways in 1996.
But I hope that by browsing this collection of SWC memorabilia,
music and links,
you will get a sense of the spirit and tradition of the old
Southwest Conference.
E-mail me with any comments or
suggestions.
Links:
Pictures:
SWC Cartoons by Dirk West (with
emphasis on Texas Tech):
Pocket Football Schedules:
1934
1938
desk schedule (Detail
- 1
2
3)
1941:
Front
Side 1
Side 2
1941 Football schedule
blotter
1942: Front
Schedule
1943
1946: Front - Back - Schedule
1950:
Front
- Inside - Detail - 1949 scores
1951: Front - Back
1958: Individual 1958
Humble broadcast schedule: Rice
Set of 1958 decal schedules
1959
Conoco
schedule Humble
schedule: Front
-
Back
- Schedule
1960
Individual 1960 Humble broadcast schedules: Rice
Tech
Texas
TCU
SMU
Baylor
Arkansas
Complete set of 8
1965: Front - Back
Second copy: Front - Back
Employers
Insurance
Schedule
1966
1967: Front - Full View - Schedule
1969:
Front - Back
1970-1978 Peek Football Schedules
1971:
Front
- Back
Larger
view:
Front
Back
1974 & 1976
1976: Schedule plus Oilers
Foldout of
schedule
1978 sliding schedule
1978
& 1976
Football Schedule Posters: 10-1-60
A collection of
SWC football program covers (from TCU Magazine)
Assorted SWC Guidebooks:
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Football Annuals (hardback books):
1968
2nd copy
3rd copy
4th copy
1969
2nd copy 3rd copy Special
Arkansas dust cover
2nd Arkansas
cover
Title
Page
Stadium
pages Special Texas cover
1970
2nd
copy 3rd copy 4th copy
Special
Arkansas dust cover
2nd
Arkansas cover
3rd
Arkansas
cover
Pages
1971
2nd copy 3rd copy Special
Arkansas
dust
cover 2nd Arkansas cover
1972
2nd copy 3rd copy
1973
2nd copy
Football Rosters and Guides (paperback):
1952 Front cover
Back Cover
1957 Arkansas press
guide (SWC helmets on cover)
1958 Front
cover
1959 Front
cover
1960 Front cover
Back cover
1961 Front
cover
1962
Front
cover
1963 Front
cover
Back
cover Another copy of cover
1964
Front
cover
1965 Front
cover
Back
cover
1966
Front
cover
1967 Front cover
Coaching
legends Another
copy of cover
1968 Front
cover Photos of
coaches
1969
Front cover
Mascot
cartoon Another
copy of cover
1970 Front
cover
Another
copy
of
front
cover Back
cover
1971 Front
cover
Back
cover
1972 Front
Cover
Back
cover
Other pages
1973 Front
cover
1974
Front cover
Photo
collage
1975
Front cover
Back cover
1976 Front cover
1977
Front
cover
1978
Front
cover
1979 Front
cover
1980
Front
cover
1981
Front
cover
1982
Front
cover
1983 Front cover
Back cover
Pages
1985
Front
cover
1986 Front
cover
1987
Front
cover
1991
Front cover
1992 Front cover
1993 Front cover
Other Football books:
SWC Football book 1947 ("Touchdown"):
Cover
Title
Page
1952 Menu from Lung's Chinese Restaurant (Austin) with SWC
schedules:
A
B
C
D
E
F
1956
History
of
SWC
by
J.L.
Williams
SWC Football Rally Program 1964:
Cover
Inside
Pages
3 books on SWC football stars
(Sammy Baugh, John David Crow, Doak Walker) published by Fort Worth
Press
1995 SWC Football book
Basketball Programs:
SWC
Basketball
Tournament
program
1957 Pages
SWC
Basketball Tournament
program 1958
SWC Basketball
Tournament program 1976
SWC Basketball Tournament program 1983:
View 1
View 2
View 3
View 4
View 5
View 6
View 7
SWC
Basketball
Tournament
program
1984 2nd copy
SWC Basketball
Tournament program 1985 2nd copy
SWC Basketball
Tournament program 1987
SWC Basketball
Tournament program 1988
SWC
Basketball
Tournament
Programs
1989-90-91
SWC
Basketball
Tournament
program
1990
SWC Basketball
Tournament program 1991
SWC Basketball
Tournament program 1996
Basketball
Guides:
SWC
Basketball guides - 1960's
SWC Basketball guide 1965-66
Front
Back
The 1970's:
70-71
71-72
72-73
73-74
74-75
74-75
(back)
75-76
76-77
77-78
78-79
79-80
79-80 Preview
The 1980's:
80-81
81-82
82-83
83-84
84-85
85-86
The 1990's:
91-92
93-94
94-95
95-96
Baseball
and
other
sports:
SWC Baseball
book by Neal Farmer
1969 SWC Track
Championship program
Collectibles:
SWC clear drink
glasses Closeup
View View
1 View 2
View 3
View 4
Set
of
8
SWC
frosted
glasses
with
pennants
-
TALL
glasses
Another set of tall pennant
glasses:
Front
(Pennant) Back
(Mascot)
Another set of pennant glasses:
Front (Pennant)
Back
(Mascot)
Another set of pennant
glasses:
Front (Pennant)
Pennants
(part
1) Pennants
(part
2) Mascots
(part 1) Mascots
(part
2)
Another set of pennant glasses:
Front (Pennant)
Back (Mascot)
Incomplete set including OU &
LSU:
Front
(Pennant) Back (Mascot)
Texas glass:
View 1
View 2
View 3
Arkansas glass:
View 1
View 2
View 3
Rice glass:
Pennant side
View
1 View
2 View 3
A&M
glass:
Mascot side
Pennant side
View 1
View 2
Baylor glass:
Mascot side
Tech
glass:
Mascot side
Pennant side
Set
of
8
SWC
frosted
glasses
with
pennants
-
SHORT
glasses
Set
of
8
SWC
frosted
glasses
-
LOGO
style
-
TALL
glasses
2nd set of glasses (6 of the 8)
3rd
set
of
glasses:
Part 1 Part 2
Rice -
A&M -
Texas -
Tech -
SMU -
Arkansas
SWC Insulated
Thermal Mug Thermal mugs for SMU, TCU and U
of H
Set
of SWC decanters - produced in 1972 by the McCormick
Distilling Co. of Weston, MO.
Front view of set
Back view of set
Complete set
of 9 Rice
-
A&M -
Texas -
Tech -
SMU -
Arkansas -
U of H -
TCU -
Baylor
Tech (back)
Arkansas (back)
Another set of these
decanters:
Rice -
A&M
-
Texas -
Tech -
SMU
-
Arkansas
-
U of H -
TCU
-
Baylor
2
commemorative glasses: "Texas
Aggies - Southwest Conference Champs 1967"
Souvenir cup listiing UT's
SWC championship records in various sports
Set of SWC pins from Humble Oil Co. (1940's):
Front
Back
Set
of hand-painted stone
pins with SWC team logos ("The Winning Spirit" series by Foxlore)
Collection of
souvenir ribbon buttons from
SWC schools (these were sold at ball games)
Sets of SWC team placemats featuring artwork by Bill McClanahan (1972):
Rice
-
Label
(Rice) -
A&M
-
Texas
-
Label
(Texas) -
Tech -
Label
(Tech) -
SMU
Set of Dirk West prints (1969): Group photo of all posters
Rice
-
A&M
-
Texas
-
Tech
-
SMU
-
Arkansas
-
TCU
-
Baylor
Another set of Dirk West Prints (1969):
Arkansas
-
SMU -
TCU -
Texas
Later (post 1976) set of Dirk West prints (including U of
H):
Cover
Sheet showing all teams
Rice
-
A&M
-
Texas
-
Tech
-
SMU
-
Arkansas
-
U of H
-
TCU
-
Baylor
Another set of Dirk West Prints (1976):
Cover
Sheet showing all teams
Rice
-
Rice -
Texas
-
Tech
-
SMU
-
Arkansas
-
U of H
-
TCU
-
Baylor
SWC
Tailgate
Picnic
Cookbook
SWC
"Mini
Mascots"
Cross-Stitch
Pattern
Book
Larger
photo
of
completed
patterns
SWC
Paperweight (1986)
SWC charm (1921) - "Texas Aggies / W. Bullard -
Center" View 1
View 2
View
3
SWC Track Champions medal
(1929)
SWC track medal (1954)
SWC Champions 1924 decal
(Baylor)
SWC Champions 1974 badge
(Baylor)
SWC Football Champions charm bracelet (Texas A&M 1939)
Charm
Closeup
Back
of
charm
Charm
with
chain
1939
Football National Champion Texas Aggies Tapestry (thanks to John
Parker and Robert Guercio)
1956 SWC Champion Texas
Aggies commemorative plate
SWC Football
Champions diamond pendant (UT 1996)
SWC pin commemorating
the Texas Tech - TCU football game on 11/11/95
SWC "whistle" pendant: Front Back
SWC Ladies Basketball medal: Front
Back
Banner:
SMU
-
SWC
Football
Champs
1966
SMU Pony Express poster
(1981) with Eric Dickerson and Craig James
SWC souvenir
pennant
String of SWC pennants
SWC logo
promotional items (mug,
luggage tag, pin, keychain - 1990's)
SWC
Southwest Airlines
luggage tag
SWC GTE pin
SWC 75th Anniversary Pin
SWC Exxon Radio Network
patch
SWC logo
T-shirt iron-ons
Reversed
(NOTE:
Baylor
is
missing
from
the
set)
Commemorative soft drink bottles:
Texas Tech seat cushions
1972 Cotton Bowl Jock Strap
- courtesy of Jay Arnold (All-SWC Defensive Back for UT 1973)
Southwest Conference Schedule Coins by
Enco (1968)
Complete Set
of 8 SWC coins
UT
coin:
Front
Back (UT
Football Schedule for 1968)
Enco 1968 Schedule promoting the coin set:
Front
Back
Inside
(Schedule)
Southwest Conference Clocks by Decor
Accessories Inc. (1970)
I
nscription on back of clock: "Created by Roger Mason from
reproductions of the renowned caricatures of Bill McClanahan appearing
in the Dallas Morning News, these clocks are presented as a memento to
the character, emotion, and delirium of football that lingers on in
peoples' memories." The favorite team mascot was in the center of
the clock. The eight team mascots appeared at the 1,
2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 & 11 positions.
LP
Record:
"The
UT
Longhorn
Band
Salutes
the
Southwest
Conference"
LP
Record:
"Football
Songs
of
the
Southwest
Conference"
LP
Record:
"Sounds
of
the
Southwest"
(1977)
LP
Record:
"SMU
Jazz
Band
Salutes
the
Southwest
Conference"
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