Picking our favorite 'Texas Football' magazine covers

The 62nd cover of Dave Campbell's Texas Football will be released on Friday, so our staff picked our favorite covers from the past 60 years, including Texas coach Darrell Royal, Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes and the Southwest Conference.

Dave Campbell's Texas Football has released 61 summer edition covers since Dave started the mag in 1960. With two days until the 62nd cover of the "Bible of Texas Football" is released, we ran through our favorites. 

We polled members around our office about their favorite covers. Some went back to the origins of the magazine and found editions from the '60s and '70s. Others – read: me – found their favorites in some of the creative design ideas we have done to connect back to the past over the last decade. 

Needless to say, what makes a beautiful cover is in the eye of the beholder. Every edition of our storied magazine has something memorable to say – it's why our magazine still has so much power more than 60 years later. 

Make sure and keep an eye on TexasFootball.com on Friday as we reveal the 2021 cover for the 62nd edition of Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Trust us, it will compete for the best cover ever on Day 1. 

Greg Tepper, Managing Editor: 1963 (Darrell Royal, Scott Appleton)