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It gained full SWC membership and began official conference play in The Red Raiders won conference co-championships in and The team remained in the SWC until the conference dissolved in Texas Tech was the only member of the Big 12 to boast a winning record every year from the conference's formation in through end In , the Red Raiders were one of three football teams involved in the first three way conference division tie.
Texas Tech has competed as a member of three different conferences since The Red Raiders were previously members of the Big 12 between its inception in and the dissolution of conference divisions within the Big 12 in They won one division championship during that span, sharing it with Oklahoma and Texas in Texas Tech has had 17 head coaches, and three-interim head coaches.
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.
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 Texas Tech has played in 39 postseason bowl games with an all-time record of 15 wins, 23 losses, and 1 tie. Only 4 head coaches, E. The Red Raiders' fans have set attendance records at 10 bowl games, including the team's first bowl game appearance in the Sun Bowl.
Texas Tech's first bowl game was at the conclusion of the season, only 13 years after the program was established. The last time the two teams had met was during the Insight Bowl , in which Texas Tech completed the biggest comeback in bowl history. After falling behind with remaining in the third quarter, rallied to score 31 unanswered points to send the game to overtime.
In the game, the Gophers scored a field goal in overtime, but the Red Raiders responded with a touchdown to win. This was Kliff Kingsbury 's first season as head coach at Texas Tech. The last, and only other, time these two teams met was in , 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 yard kickoff for a touchdown, to answer the Sun Devils' Taylor Kelly's yard touchdown run, early in the third quarter. Texas Tech's most recent bowl victory is the Autozone Liberty Bowl. In , 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.
Many of Texas Tech's players have been recognized for their accomplishments while with the program. Holub, Kliff Kingsbury, and B. Symons were Heisman candidates, receiving enough votes to finish in the top Texas Tech football players have won several individual awards based on their positions. Since then, a total of 49 players have been named to an All-American team, 30 were selected as first-team All-Americans. The stadium opened in as Clifford B. In , Tech Stadium, a wooden horseshoe shaped 12, seat stadium, was built on campus.
Two years prior to the stadium's opening, Clifford B. The Texas Tech Board of Directors voted to name the new facility in honor of the former president and his wife's contribution. Since opening with a seating capacity of 18,, the stadium has been continuously expanded and renovated.
In , the addition of a lower bowl doubled the seating capacity to 41,, an expansion in added over 10, seats, during the s, 2, seats were added, and additions in the s brought a seating capacity to 60, Also, ticket and athletic offices relocated to the East Side Building.
However, at the beginning of the season, the stadium's natural grass was replaced with AstroTurf. In July , the athletic department announced that all season tickets had sold out for the first time in school history with a record 38, tickets sold.
The south-end zone is also getting a renovation, creating more student-section seating and a press box. Texas Tech's football team was originally known as the " Matadors " from to , a name suggested by the wife of E. Freeland , the first football coach, to reflect the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. He said that if the team did not attract attention by their playing, they would at least be noticed because of the flashy uniforms.
Texas Tech's uniform consists of any combination of scarlet, black, and white. Since , Under Armour has been the team's outfitter.
The team was the first to wear white helmets since The white helmets were similar in design to the ones worn during the Jim Carlen era from — featuring a one-inch scarlet stripe in the middle bordered by two half inch black stripes. The helmets used in feature a black face mask instead of scarlet and the current version of the Double T. The band performed at the team's first game in October , fielding between 21 and 25 members. The member band, which was awarded the Sudler Trophy — an award only allowed to be awarded once — in , performs at all home football games and at various other events.
The Masked Rider is Texas Tech University's oldest mascot, and was the first official mounted mascot in the country. The tradition began in , when "ghost riders" were dared to circle the field prior to home football games.
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. The sculpture, created by artist Grant Speed, is 25 percent larger than life.
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 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. Baylor leads the series, The trophy was of a miniature saddle and the game between the teams was dubbed "The West Texas Championship.
Since the season , the Chancellor's Spurs , a traveling trophy , has been exchanged between the two university system chancellors, in honor of the two universities' rivalry. With the four new teams joining the Big XII in [90] , scheduling might prevent the two teams from meeting in the Longhorns final years as conference mates.
Historically, Texas Tech University was one of Houston's original rivals, playing every year from to 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 After the game, several fans broke out into a fight in the stands.
Texas Tech first played the Aggies in and the teams played annually from to Arkansas won the first nine games in the rivalry before Texas Tech broke through with a 21—16 victory in The Red Raiders also defeated the Razorbacks the following year, winning 31— After a 30—7 Texas Tech victory in , Arkansas embarked on another nine-game winning streak, winning every year until Arkansas and Texas Tech played every year from —, when the teams were members of the Southwest Conference.
In , Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference, and the two schools have only played twice since: a 49—28 Arkansas victory in and a 35—24 Texas Tech victory in The teams are scheduled to meet in a home-and-home series for and Announced schedules as of November 16, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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