Kerrville has a long history of association with Schreiner University since the school was established in 1923, and Saturday at Antler Stadium, that history added a new chapter when an estimated crowd of 2,500 fans filled the stands and watched SU take the field for a football game for the first time in almost 70 years.

Football dates back to the era when the school was known as Schreiner Institute, and although the program was dismantled at the end of the 1950s, efforts to eventually reintroduce football gained traction in the 2020s.

The season opener attested to the resiliency of the move.