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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 Red Raiders hired former Arkansas-Little Rock coach Chris Beard on April 15, 2016. Beard led the Red Raiders to almost immediate success, leading them to their first ever Elite Eight in 2018, and leading them to their first ever Final Four in 2019, along with a national championship berth. Beard won AP Coach of the Year in 2019. [32]
On December 1, 2024, it was announced that defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter and secondary coach Marcel Yates had been fired. [1] The Red Raiders finished the regular season with the worst passing defense in the Big 12, allowing 305.3 passing yards per game, which was also the second-most passing yards allowed per game in all of the FBS; only Tulsa allowed more passing yards per game. [2]
The Texas Tech football team came away with a 56-48 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium.. The Red Raiders (7-4, 5-3) and Cowboys (3-8, 0-8) engaged in a high-scoring ...
The Red Raiders came off a 35-33 double overtime loss to Wyoming, sending Texas Tech's season into crisis mode after one game. Former Oregon starter Tyler Shough faced his former team a week after ...
Texas Tech Red Raiders defensive back C.J. Baskerville called foul on Arkansas Razorbacks Fernando Carmona over an allegedly "dirty" play during the Liberty Bowl on Friday. Baskerville made the ...
The Red Raiders were not invited to a bowl in 1975 but returned to postseason play in 1976, losing to Nebraska by three in the Bluebonnet Bowl. Tech's appearance in 1977 Tangerine Bowl , where they lost 40–17 to Florida State , was to be the last time the team saw postseason play for nearly a decade.
During the 2005–06 season, the ESPN reality TV show centering on Knight and the Red Raiders, Knight School, was filmed. The Red Raiders recovered in 2006/07, finishing 21–13 and again earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they would lose to Boston College in the first round. In both 2006 and 2007, Knight's Texas Tech teams defeated ...