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Website. ttu.edu. Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University System. As of Fall 2023, the university enrolled ...
The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas, United States. The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders, while the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields 17 varsity teams in 11 sports all ...
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.
McGuire dubbed Texas Tech as "Take Three University," hoping it would be synonymous with a ball-hawking defense. Saturday was the fifth time in his 29 games the Red Raiders have come up with at ...
How Texas Tech football wound up in overtime. Gino Garcia's 31-yard field goal gave Tech a 45-42 lead with 2:39 left, but ACU's Ritse Vaes made a 21-yarder with five seconds left to force overtime.
Gannett. Don Williams, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. September 1, 2024 at 6:11 AM. Between the third and fourth quarters of the season opener, Texas Tech football fans gazed southward into the sky at ...
Recent history. In 1996, the Texas Tech Board of Regents created the Texas Tech University System. John Montford was selected as the first chancellor to lead the combined academic enterprise. [28] Regents Chair Edward Whitacre, Jr., stated that the move was made due to the size and complexity of the institution.
Texas Tech played its first intercollegiate football game on October 3, 1925. The contest, against McMurry University, ended in a controversial scoreless tie during the Panhandle South Plains Fair. [ 1] Tech's Elson Archibald seemed to have kicked a game-winning 20-yard field goal but the referee ruled that the clock had run out before the score.