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Texas Tech Red Raiders football
2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
First season1925; 99 years ago
Athletic directorKirby Hocutt
Head coachJoey McGuire
2nd season, 15–11 (.577)
StadiumJones AT&T Stadium
(capacity: 60,229[1])
Field surfaceHellas Matrix Helix
LocationLubbock, Texas
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Past conferencesBorder
(1932–1956)
Southwest
(1960–1995)
All-time record597–481–32 [2] (.552)
Bowl record17–23–1 (.427)
Conference titles11
Division titles1 (2008)
RivalriesArkansas (rivalry)
Baylor (rivalry)
Houston (rivalry)
TCU (rivalry)
Texas (rivalry)
Texas A&M (rivalry)
Consensus All-Americans12[3][4]
Current uniform
ColorsScarlet and black[5]
   
Fight songFight, Raiders, Fight
MascotThe Masked Rider /
Raider Red
Marching bandGoin' Band from Raiderland
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The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University (variously "TTU"). The team competes as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program began in 1925 and has an overall winning record, including a total of 11 conference titles and one division title. On November 8, 2021, Joey McGuire was hired as the team's 17th head football coach, replacing Matt Wells, who was fired in the middle of the 2021 season.[6] Home games are played at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.[7]

History

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Main article: History of Texas Tech Red Raiders football
See also: List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons

Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate football team during the 1925 season. The team was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, also known as the Border Conference. The school's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially in 1937 with "Red Raiders", a nickname bestowed upon them by a sportswriter impressed by their bright scarlet uniforms that remains to this day. That same year, the team won its first conference championship and was invited to the Sun Bowl. The game was played on January 1, 1938, and resulted in a 7–6 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers. Texas Tech suffered four more bowl losses before their first postseason win in the 1952 Sun Bowl.[8] Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won eight conference championships and one co-championship, the most held by a Border Conference member.

In 1956, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference (SWC), but was ineligible for any title during a four-year probationary period. It gained full SWC membership and began official conference play in 1960. The Red Raiders won conference co-championships in 1976 and 1994. The team remained in the SWC until the conference dissolved in 1996.[9] The university was invited and became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech was the only member of the Big 12 to boast a winning record every year from the conference's formation in 1996 through end 2010.[9][A 1] In 2003, Texas Tech was the only team to ever have 5 or more players with at least 60 receptions in a single season. In 2008, the Red Raiders were one of three football teams involved in the first three way conference division tie.

Conference affiliations

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Texas Tech has competed as a member of three different conferences since 1925.[citation needed]

Championships

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Conference championships

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The Red Raiders have won 11 conference championships, eight outright and three shared.

Pete Cawthon
Pete Cawthon, Texas Tech head coach from 1930–1941. He led the Red Raiders to their first ever conference championship, doing so in 1937.
Year Conference Coach Record Conference Record
1937 Border Conference Pete Cawthon 8–4 3–0
1942† Dell Morgan 4–5–1 4–0
1947 6–4 4–0
1948 7–3 5–0
1949 7–5 5–0
1951 DeWitt Weaver 7–4 5–0
1953 11–1 5–0
1954 7–2–1 4–0
1955 7–3–1 3–0–1
1976† Southwest Conference Steve Sloan 10–2 7–1
1994† Spike Dykes 6–6 4–3

† Co-championship

Division championships

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The Red Raiders were previously members of the Big 12 between its inception in 1996 and the dissolution of conference divisions within the Big 12 in 2011. They won one division championship during that span, sharing it with Oklahoma and Texas in 2008.

Season Division Coach Record Conference Record Opponent CG result
2008† Big 12 South Mike Leach 11–2 7–1 N/A lost tie-breaker to Oklahoma

† Co-championship

Head coaches

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Main article: List of Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches

Texas Tech has had 17 head coaches, and three-interim head coaches. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Red Raiders: Pete Cawthon, Dell Morgan, DeWitt Weaver, Steve Sloan, and Spike Dykes. Mike Leach is the only head Texas Tech football coach to win a division title. Dykes is the all-time leader in games and years coached, while Leach is the all-time leader in overall wins. Higginbotham is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Red Raiders have had; winning only one game while losing seven, and tying two, giving him a .200 winning percentage.[21] Cawthon's .693 winning percent ranks as the highest among the coaches.[A 2]

Morgan, Weaver, Dykes, and Leach have each received Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. Morgan was named Border Conference Coach of the Year in 1949.[22] Twice—in 1951 and 1953—Weaver was named the Border Conference's Coach of the Year.[23] Dykes was named Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1989 and two other years.[24] Dykes was also named the first Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year in 1996. In 2008, Leach was the second Texas Tech head coach to be named Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year. The same season, Leach was also named the FieldTurf/Howie Long Coach of the Year and was awarded the Woody Hayes Trophy and George Munger Award; all three awards recognize the top collegiate coach of the season.[25] Kliff Kingsbury became the first Big 12 Conference coach to begin his career with 7 wins in 2013.

Bowl games

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Main article: List of Texas Tech Red Raiders bowl games
Texas Tech defeated Auburn in the 1954 Gator Bowl
1954 Gator Bowl Champion Red Raiders, victors over the Auburn Tigers

Texas Tech has played in 40 postseason bowl games with an all-time record of 16 wins, 23 losses, and 1 tie.[26] The Red Raiders rank third among current Big 12 Conference programs in bowl game appearances, and also boasted the distinction of being the only program in the conference to be bowl eligible every season from its formation in 1996 through the 2010 season.[27] The 40 bowl game appearances by the Red Raiders tie the program at 20th in all-time in bowl games played and 31st in all-time bowl wins. Only 4 head coaches, E. Y. Freeland, Grady Higginbotham, Rex Dockery, and Jerry Moore, did not lead Texas Tech to a postseason bowl game.[A 3] Although both Pete Cawthon and Dell Morgan had led the program to previous bowl games, neither posted wins in their five combined appearances.[29]

The Red Raiders' fans have set attendance records at 10 bowl games, including the team's first bowl game appearance in the 1938 Sun Bowl.[30] Although eight of the 10 attendance records were eventually broken, attendance records from 2 bowl game appearances, the 2004 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl and 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, remain unbroken. The 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic's attendance record of 88,175 was the second-most attended bowl game of the 2008–09 bowl game season.[30][31]

Texas Tech's first bowl game was at the conclusion of the 1937 season, only 13 years after the program was established.[32] The Red Raiders played in the 1938 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, against the West Virginia Mountaineers on New Year's Day.[33] Nine of Texas Tech's 39 bowl game bids have been to the Sun Bowl,[33] the most appearances by any team to the second-oldest college football bowl game.[A 4] In the 1952 Sun Bowl, DeWitt Weaver coached the Red Raiders to their first bowl victory, defeating the Pacific Tigers 25–14 .[29]

The 2011 TicketCity Bowl occurred on January 1, 2011, when the Red Raiders won, 45–38, against the Northwestern Wildcats.[36] The game was the team's 11th consecutive bowl appearance that began with the 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, in former head coach Mike Leach's first season.[29] In 10 seasons, Mike Leach's 9 bowl game appearances and five wins are the most of any of the program's head coaches.[29]

The 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas occurred on December 28, 2012, when the Red Raiders won, 34–31, against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The last time the two teams had met was during the 2006 Insight Bowl, in which Texas Tech completed the biggest comeback in bowl history. After falling behind 38–7 with 7:47 remaining in the third quarter, rallied to score 31 unanswered points to send the game to overtime. In the 2006 game, the Gophers scored a field goal in overtime, but the Red Raiders responded with a touchdown to win.

The 2013 National University Holiday Bowl occurred on December 30, 2013. This was Kliff Kingsbury's first season as head coach at Texas Tech. The Red Raiders won, 37–23, against the Arizona State Sun Devils. The last, and only other, time these two teams met was in 1999, in both teams' preseason opener despite both teams having been members of the Border Conference. In this Holiday Bowl meeting, the Red Raiders led the entire game, with the smallest lead of 7 points only lasting 11 seconds on the game clock, as Reginald Davis III returned a 90-yard kickoff for a touchdown, to answer the Sun Devils' Taylor Kelly's 44-yard touchdown run, early in the third quarter.

Texas Tech's most recent bowl victory is the 2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl. On December 28, 2022, the Red Raiders, led by head coach Joey McGuire, won 42–25 versus the former No. 9 Ole Miss Rebels led by coach Lane Kiffin.

Honors and achievements

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Retired numbers

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No. Player Position Career
44 Donny Anderson RB 1963–1965
55 E.J. Holub C, LB 1958–1960
81 Dave Parks SE 1961–1963

Ring of Honor

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In 2012, Texas Tech introduced the creation of a ring of Honor to honor former Tech players. The names are etched onto the west stadium building that faces the surface of the stadium, screen by a selection committee that makes formal recommendation to the athletic director of suitable candidates. Seven members are listed, three of whom already had their numbers retired.

Player Position Career Inducted
Donny Anderson RB 1963–1965 2012
E. J. Holub C/LB 1958–1960 2012
Dave Parks SE 1961–1963 2012
Gabe Rivera DL 1979–1982 2014
Zach Thomas LB 1993–1995 2016
Michael Crabtree WR 2006–2008 2021
Elmer Tarbox HB DB 1936–1938 2021
Patrick Mahomes II QB 2014–2016 2022

Individual honors

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Main article: List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football honorees

Many of Texas Tech's players have been recognized for their accomplishments while with the program. Seven Red Raider players, Donny Anderson, Hub Bechtol, Byron Hanspard, E. J. Holub, Dave Parks, Gabriel Rivera, and Zach Thomas, have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[37] Anderson, Holub, and Parks are the only three players at Texas Tech to have had their numbers retired.[38]

Two Red Raiders, Anderson in 1965 and Graham Harrell in 2008, have been named Sporting News College Football Player of the Year, which is bestowed upon the most outstanding college football player of that season by Sporting News.[39][40] While no Texas Tech player has ever received the Heisman Trophy, seven Red Raiders have received votes by the award's selection committee.[41] Donny Anderson and Graham Harrell both finished fourth in the voting in 1965 and 2008, respectively, the highest ranking a Red Raider has received from voters.[42][43] Additionally, Michael Crabtree, Byron Hanspard, E. J. Holub, Kliff Kingsbury, and B. J. Symons were Heisman candidates, receiving enough votes to finish in the top 10.[42][43]

Texas Tech football players have won several individual awards based on their positions.[44] At the end of the 1993 season, Bam Morris received the Doak Walker Award, and in 1996, Byron Hanspard became the second Red Raider to receive the award.[45] Michael Crabtree became the first two-time winner of both the Fred Biletnikoff Award and Paul Warfield Trophy in back-to-back seasons.[46][47] Four Texas Tech quarterbacks, Kliff Kingsbury, B.J. Symons, Graham Harrell, and Patrick Mahomes have been awarded the Sammy Baugh Trophy.[48] Harrell received the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.[46][49] In 2003, Wes Welker won the Mosi Tatupu Award, given annually to the best special teams player.[50]

In 1935, Herschel Ramsey was the first football player from Texas Tech to be named an All-American. Since then, a total of 49 players have been named to an All-American team, 30 were selected as first-team All-Americans.[51] Twelve Red Raiders have been named consensus All-Americans, players who were awarded a majority of votes at their positions by the selectors, with the most recent selection being tight end Jace Amaro in 2013.[52] Michael Crabtree was named as a consensus All-Americans in 2007 and 2008, and is the only Red Raider to receive the honor twice.[52] Ten Red Raiders have been named academic All-Americans.[53]

Venue, atmosphere, and culture

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Stadium

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Main article: Jones AT&T Stadium
Jones AT&T Stadium
Exterior of Jones AT&T Stadium

The Red Raiders play their home games on campus at Jones AT&T Stadium. The stadium opened in 1947 as Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium. In 2000, Jones Stadium was renamed, Jones SBC Stadium, in recognition of a $30 million donation from SBC Communications. Reflecting SBC Communications' rebranding as AT&T, Inc., the stadium's name was renamed in 2005 as Jones AT&T Stadium.[54] Then known as the Matadors, Texas Tech's first home field was a makeshift stadium at the South Plains Fairgrounds in Lubbock, for the 1925 season and first game of the 1926 season. In 1926, Tech Stadium, a wooden horseshoe shaped 12,000 seat stadium, was built on campus.[55][56] Twenty-years later, Jones Stadium as was completed for the 1947 season. Two years prior to the stadium's opening, Clifford B. Jones, former Texas Tech University president, established a $100,000 trust toward construction for a new football stadium. The Texas Tech Board of Directors voted to name the new facility in honor of the former president and his wife's contribution.[57]

Since opening with a seating capacity of 18,000, the stadium has been continuously expanded and renovated. In 1960, the addition of a lower bowl doubled the seating capacity to 41,500, an expansion in 1972 added over 10,000 seats, during the 1990s, 2,000 seats were added, and additions in the 2000s brought a seating capacity to 60,454.[58] In 2003, a seven-story building including 47 suites, a club seat level and new press box replaced the former press box constructed in 1959.[59][60] In 2010, expansion to the east side of the stadium included a five-story addition that includes 1,000 general-admission seats, 542 club seats, 30 suites, a dining club, and pro shop. Also, ticket and athletic offices relocated to the East Side Building.[61] In 2013, the stadium was once again renovated with 368 seats being added, an upgraded video board and sound system installed, a colonnade and connecting concourse in the north endzone, and a 40-person observation deck.

When Jones AT&T Stadium opened in 1947, the playing surface was originally natural grass. However, at the beginning of the 1972 season, the stadium's natural grass was replaced with AstroTurf. Jones AT&T Stadium has had a FieldTurf playing surface since 2006.[58] Jones AT&T Stadium set an attendance record of 61,836 spectators November 2, 2013, when the Red Raiders hosted the 2013 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, and the student attendance record was set during the same season. The student section has been named as the best in the Big 12 by ESPN.[62] The stadium has played host to 14 seasons in which the Red Raiders went undefeated at home. In July 2014, the athletic department announced that all season tickets had sold out for the first time in school history with a record 38,502 tickets sold.[63]

In 2014, Texas Tech announced a substantially sized stadium renovation to Jones AT&T Stadium. The total cost of the renovations totals to roughly around $185 million, and will add new things to the Jones like club seating, more suites, and a hall of fame for the heroes and champions of Texas Tech Football. The south-end zone is also getting a renovation, creating more student-section seating and a press box.[64]

Uniforms

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Texas Tech's football team was originally known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus.[65] The students followed the suggestion, and later chose scarlet and black as the school colors inspired by a matador's traditional red cape and black outfit.[66] In 1934, head coach Pete Cawthon ordered scarlet satin uniforms for the football team. He said that if the team did not attract attention by their playing, they would at least be noticed because of the flashy uniforms.[67] The football team, wearing its new outfit, defeated heavily favored Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles on October 26, 1934.[68] A Los Angeles sports writer called the Matadors a "red raiding team", coining the moniker Texas Tech's athletics teams use today.[67]

Texas Tech's uniform consists of any combination of scarlet, black, and white. Since 2006, Under Armour has been the team's outfitter.[69] In 2013, head coach Kliff Kingsbury was given creative control over the team's uniforms and equipment design via a contract clause.[70] Starting in 2024, Adidas has taken over as the uniform partner of the Red Raiders.[71]

The 2010 team was the first to wear white helmets since 1974. The white helmets were similar in design to the ones worn during the Jim Carlen era from 1970–1974 featuring a one-inch scarlet stripe in the middle bordered by two half inch black stripes. The helmets used in 2010 feature a black face mask instead of scarlet and the current version of the Double T.[72] The helmets were worn for away games against the New Mexico Lobos, Iowa State Cyclones, and Oklahoma Sooners.[73][74] The 2013 team saw a great expansion of uniform combinations and designs coinciding with Kingsbury's creative control over the uniforms.[75] In 2019, Texas Tech would wear the College Football 150 patch, a patch worn by every FBS program to recognize the invention of college football in 1869, above the Big 12 logo on all their uniforms worn that season.

  • 2003–2004 uniform combinations
    2003–2004 uniform combinations
  • 2005 uniform combinations
    2005 uniform combinations
  • 2010 uniform combinations
    2010 uniform combinations

Goin' Band from Raiderland

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Main article: Texas Tech University Goin' Band from Raiderland
Texas Tech Marching Band
The Goin' Band from Raiderland performing in 2008

The Goin' Band from Raiderland, originally known as The Matador Band, is as old as Texas Tech itself. The band performed at the team's first game in October 1925, fielding between 21 and 25 members.[76][77] The following year, the band earned its name when it became the first collegiate band to travel to an away game.[77] American humorist Will Rogers once aided in financing a trip to Fort Worth, Texas, so the band could perform at a game against the TCU Horned Frogs.[78] Today, in keeping with the campus' Spanish Renaissance architecture, the uniforms of the Goin' Band are styled after the trajes of matadors, complete with cape and a flat-brimmed "gaucho" hat. The 450-member band, which was awarded the Sudler Trophy – an award only allowed to be awarded once – in 1999, performs at all home football games and at various other events.[79]

Mascots

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Main articles: The Masked Rider and Raider Red
Raider Red
Raider Red displaying the Guns up hand gesture

The Masked Rider is Texas Tech University's oldest mascot, and was the first official mounted mascot in the country. The tradition began in 1936, when "ghost riders" were dared to circle the field prior to home football games. The Masked Rider became an official mascot in 1954, when Joe Kirk Fulton led the team onto the field at the Gator Bowl. According to reports from those present at the game, the crowd sat in stunned silence as they watched Fulton and his horse Blackie rush onto the football field, followed by the team. After a few moments, the silent crowd burst into cheers. Ed Danforth, a writer for the Atlanta Journal who witnessed the event, later wrote, "No team in any bowl game ever made a more sensational entrance."[80][81] In 2000, The Masked Rider tradition was commemorated with the unveiling of a statue outside of the university's Frazier Alumni Pavilion. The sculpture, created by artist Grant Speed, is 25 percent larger than life.[82] Today the Masked Rider, with guns up, leads the team onto the field for all home games. This mascot, adorned in a distinctive gaucho hat like the ones worn by members of the marching band, is one of the most visible figures at Texas Tech.

Texas Tech's other mascot, Raider Red, is a more recent creation. Beginning with the 1971 football season, the Southwest Conference forbade the inclusion of live animal mascots to away games unless the host school consented. For situations where the host school did not want to allow the Masked Rider's horse, an alternate mascot was needed. Jim Gaspard, a member of the Saddle Tramps student spirit organization, created the original design for the Raider Red costume, basing it on a character created by cartoonist Dirk West, a Texas Tech alumnus and former Lubbock mayor.[83] Though the Masked Rider's identity is public knowledge, it has always been tradition that Raider Red's student alter ego is kept secret until the end of his or her tenure.[84] The student serving as Raider Red is a member of the Saddle Tramps or High Riders.

Rivalries

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Ordered in terms of historical, active rivalries.

Baylor

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Main article: Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry

The Texas Tech Red Raiders have played more games against the Baylor Bears than any other opponent. The rivalry began in 1929. The game has been played every year since 1956 despite the fact that Texas Tech was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. In 1960, Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference, ensuring the rivalry would continue. In 1996, the Southwest Conference dissolved, and both teams were invited, along with the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies, with former members of the Big Eight Conference to form the Big 12 Conference. From 1947–64, Baylor won 14 of the 15 games. From 1996–2010, Texas Tech won 15 straight games. Baylor then won 5 straight meetings. Baylor leads the series, 41–39–1.[85]

TCU

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Main article: TCU–Texas Tech football rivalry

The winner of the annual game is presented with the Saddle Trophy, a traveling icon which bears plaques marking the score of each meeting between the rival schools. The teams have met on the gridiron in 63 games since 1926. The "West Texas Championship - Saddle Trophy" was first awarded, from 1961 through 1970. During this ten-year stretch, the schools split the series 5–5. The trophy was lost and the rivalry name disappeared for decades until the moniker and trophy were reintroduced in 2017.

The West Texas Championship Saddle is the traveling trophy between the Red Raiders and Horned Frogs

This football game is known as the West Texas Championship - Battle for the Saddle Trophy. Texas Tech leads the series 32–30–3 through the 2022 season.

Houston

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Main article: Houston–Texas Tech football rivalry

During the history of the Southwest Conference, Texas Tech University was one of Houston's original rivals, playing every year from 1976 to 1995 when both schools were part of the now-defunct Southwest Conference. The two teams have had some very close games over their history that came down to the wire, with 16 out of the first 34 matchups being decided by single digits and a tie game in 1987. On September 4, 2021, the two met again to play the Texas Kickoff game at NRG Stadium. After the game, several fans broke out into a fight in the stands. With the Texas Longhorns leaving the Big XII for the SEC and the Houston Cougars joining the Big XII, Texas Tech and Houston will be the only two Texas public universities in the conference. Texas Tech also played the Houston Cougars in 2022 at Jones AT&T Stadium with the final score being 33–30 in double overtime, led by Donavan Smith who later transferred to Houston.

Abilene Christian

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Despite playing just once over the last 70 years, Abilene Christian is the only Division 1 school located within a 5 hour drive of Lubbock, and in 2024 ignited a fierce rivalry. Former Texas Tech Quarterback Maverick McIvor would pass for over 500 yards for the Wildcats, before Texas Tech would stop a two point conversion to win 52-51 in Overtime. The two will next play in 2026.

Dormant Rivalries

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Texas

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Main article: Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry
Chancellors Spurs
The Chancellor's Spurs is the traveling trophy between the Red Raiders and Texas Longhorns

Since the 1996 season, the Chancellor's Spurs, a traveling trophy, has been exchanged between the two university system chancellors, in honor of the two universities' rivalry.[86] It is common for Texas Tech students to camp out a few days prior to home football games against the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners.[87] The 2008 game was one of three games that led to a three-way tie controversy in the Big 12 Conference South Division, the first three-way tie in a collegiate conference division.[A 5] The Texas Longhorns lead the all-time series 54–18 and have won 20 of 26 games since the Chancellor's Spurs were first exchanged.[88][89] After the 2022 contest where the Texas Longhorns team lost in overtime to the Red Raiders 37–34 in Lubbock,[90] it is unknown if the rivalry will continue with the Longhorns move to the SEC in 2024.[91] The Longhorns will host the Red Raiders for the final time as conference mates in 2023.[92] Texas leads the series 54–18 through the 2022 season.

Texas A&M

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Main article: Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

Texas Tech first played the Aggies in 1927 and the teams played annually from 1957 to 2011. The Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry has experienced multiple altercations off the playing field between coaches, players and fans.[93] Since both teams joined the Big 12 Conference in 1996, Texas Tech has won 10, while Texas A&M has won 6, of these last 16 meetings. Texas A&M has a three-game winning streak against Texas Tech following their 2011 victory against Texas Tech in Lubbock.[94] The rivalry has been dormant since Texas A&M departed the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012. The Texas A&M Aggies lead the all-time series 37–32–1.

Arkansas

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Main article: Arkansas–Texas Tech football rivalry

The two schools first met in 1957, with Arkansas defeating Texas Tech by a score of 47–26 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkansas won the first nine games in the rivalry before Texas Tech broke through with a 21–16 victory in 1966. The Red Raiders also defeated the Razorbacks the following year, winning 31–27. After a 30–7 Texas Tech victory in 1976, Arkansas embarked on another nine-game winning streak, winning every year until 1986. Arkansas and Texas Tech played every year from 1957–1991, when the teams were members of the Southwest Conference. In 1992, Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference, and the two schools have only played twice since: a 49–28 Arkansas victory in 2014 and a 35–24 Texas Tech victory in 2015. The teams are scheduled to meet in a home-and-home series for 2030 and 2031. Arkansas leads the series 29–8 through the 2022 season.

Future Big 12 opponents

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On November 1, 2023, Texas Tech's Big 12 opponents from 2024 through 2027 were revealed.[95]

Future Texas Tech Football Schedule
2025 2026 2027
vs BYU vs Arizona vs Utah
vs Oklahoma State vs Arizona State vs Baylor
vs Kansas vs TCU vs Kansas State
vs UCF vs Houston at Iowa State
at Arizona State vs West Virginia at BYU
at Utah at Colorado at TCU
at Houston at Baylor at Houston
at Kansas State at Oklahoma State at Kansas
at West Virginia at Cincinnati at West Virginia

Future non-conference opponents

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2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
Arkansas–Pine Bluff Abilene Christian Arkansas–Pine Bluff at Mississippi State Incarnate Word Fresno State at Arkansas Washington State at Oregon
Kent State at Oregon State at North Texas Wyoming Mississippi State Arkansas Fresno State
Oregon State Sam Houston State NC State Missouri State at UTEP

Notes

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  1. ^ While in the Big 12 Conference:
    Baylor's first losing season was in 1996.[10]
    Colorado's first losing season was in 1997.[11]
    Iowa State's first losing season was in 1996.[12]
    Kansas' first losing season was in 1996.[13]
    Kansas State's first losing season was in 2004.[14]
    Missouri's first losing season was in 1996.[15]
    Nebraska's first losing season was in 2007.[16]
    Oklahoma's first losing season was in 1996.[17]
    Oklahoma State's first losing season was in 1996.[18]
    Texas' first losing season was in 1997.[19]
    Texas A&M's first losing season was in 2003.[20]
  2. ^ Because he was an interim who only acted as head coach in one game, Ruffin McNeill's 1.000 was excluded.
  3. ^ Spike Dykes served as interim head coach for the 1986 Independence Bowl after David McWilliams resigned immediately after the regular season.[28]
  4. ^ The Sun Bowl along with the Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl began at the end of the 1934 college football season.[34] Only the Rose Bowl Game is older.[35]
  5. ^ The Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic and Coastal divisions, Mid-American Athletic Conference's West division, Southeastern Conference's East and West divisions, and Western Athletic Conference's Mountain and Pacific division have never had multiple division champions.

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