 Prior to kickoff of the 2005 game , the stadium announcer made an appeal for donations to help those suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , which devastated parts of Louisiana five days previously . Donations were not accepted at the game because of a policy against official fund @-@ raising . As the Longhorns entered the field , special teams player Karim Meijer carried a United States flag that was given to the team on Thursday by former Longhorn Nathan Kaspar who flew the flag during missions in southeastern Iraq . For this game only , the Longhorns wore throwback uniforms furnished by Nike as a way of honoring the past . The throwback jerseys were similar to jerseys worn during their 1963 National Championship season under Coach Darrell K. Royal . Football 's origins in the Northeastern United States have created an expectation that it is a cold @-@ weather sport , but the temperature at kickoff was 90 ° F ( 32 ° C ) which is also the average temperature in Austin for the month of September . 
