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The Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry [2] between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The winner of this gauntlet receives the other university's chancellor's sterling silver boot spurs which is what the name of the rivalry is named after.
In 1960, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference. The Red Raiders won two conference championships in 1976 and 1994, under head coaches Steve Sloan and Spike Dykes respectively. Texas Tech became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded. During his ninth season ...
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.
The 1995 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Spike Dykes , the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for ...
Texas Tech ended the regular season ranked #17. [34] Recently, the Red Raiders 2012 season resulted in a closing ITA ranking of 19. The Texas Tech tennis team won the Border Conference tennis championship in 1936, 1937, and 1950. The woman's team, led by Todd Petty, won the Big 12 Conference in 2012. [35]
The 1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third and final season under head coach Rex Dockery , the Red Raiders compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total ...
The 1988 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Spike Dykes , the Red Raiders compiled a 5–6 record (4–3 against SWC opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference ...
The 1992 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Spike Dykes , the Red Raiders compiled a 5–6 record (4–3 against SWC opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the ...