A 1927 list from the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) described the hood lining pattern of Austin College as crimson with an old gold (not gold) chevron. This error was corrected in 1948 and 1972 lists from the Bureau, where Austin’s hood lining was duly recorded as crimson with a gold chevron. In Academic Heraldry in America (1962) and Academic Dress and Insignia of the World (1970), Kevin Sheard used an identical description of the Austin College hood lining: crimson with a gold chevron.

Unfortunately, this hood lining was indistinguishable from the hood lining the IBAC had assigned to the University of Denver before 1914. Denver’s colors are also crimson and gold. To rectify this problem, here Austin College’s hood lining pattern has been modified to reflect the heraldry of the school’s seal: gold and crimson, divided per pale, defaced with an inverted white chevron.