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Invention of "Guns Up" is attributed to 1961 Texas Tech alumnus, L. Glenn Dippel. Living in Austin with his wife Roxie, Dippel created "Guns Up" as a way to counter the "Hook 'em Horns" handsign he saw each day from fans of the Texas Longhorns. [3] Dippel experimented some before looking to the Raider Red mascot for inspiration.
Fans displaying the Guns Up hand sign. The Matador Song was written by Harry Lemaire and R.C. Marshall. Lemaire was band director at Tech from 1925–34. He composed the music. Marshall, editor of the La Ventana, wrote the words in 1930. The words and title represent Texas Tech's original athletic teams' name of Matadors.
Raider Red is a Wild West character with an oversized cowboy hat. He carries two guns which he fires into the air after Texas Tech scores. [1] Jim Gaspard, a member of the Texas Tech Saddle Tramps student spirit organization, created the original design for the Raider Red costume based on a character created by Lubbock, Texas, cartoonist and former mayor Dirk West. [2]
Texas Tech football promoted a defense with depth. Maybe, but after surviving ACU, one wonders whether the Red Raiders have difference makers. ... a Guns Up hand sign and a script Red Raiders.
In 1953, Texas Tech football coach DeWitt Weaver approached a student named Joe Kirk Fulton about becoming the Masked Rider. DeWitt's Red Raiders were 10-1-0 in football and headed to Jacksonville, Florida for the Gator Bowl. At the time, Texas Tech was hoping to be invited to join the Southwest Conference. All the other teams had a mascot, and ...
Tech back up 21-14. 3:46 p.m.: Another 3-and-out for the Texas Tech offense. Oklahoma State ball at Tech 47, 3:43 until halftime. ... The Texas Tech football team takes on Oklahoma State at 2:30 p ...
Texas Tech athletics teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference. From 1932 until 1956, the university belonged to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference on May 12, 1956.
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.