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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 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, representing Texas Tech University, has had 155 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. [1] [A 1] This includes nine players taken in the first round and one overall number one pick, Dave Parks in the 1964 NFL draft. [4]
Kliff Kingsbury, a former Texas Tech quarterback who was serving as the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M, was hired to replace Tuberville as Tech's next head coach. [49] Kingsbury completed his first season as Head Coach in 2013 with an 8–5 record and a Holiday Bowl Victory. [50]
Webb was ranked a 4-star prospect coming out of high school by ESPN and signed with Texas Tech University to play for the Red Raiders. Webb alternated as a backup quarterback behind fellow freshman Baker Mayfield, and as a starter, during his freshman year in 2013. Webb became only the second true freshman at the position to play for the school ...
Graham Stanton Harrell (born May 22, 1985) is an American football coach and former quarterback.He played college football for Texas Tech Red Raiders from 2004 to 2008. He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) from 2009 to 2013, with his longest tenure as a player with the Green Bay Packers.
Former Texas Tech QB Maverick McIvor's many ex-Tech connections. In total, 16 of McIvor's completions, two of his touchdowns and 195 of his passing yards were to former Red Raiders. Jed Castles ...
The Texas Tech Red Raiders football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football program in various categories, [1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season and career leaders.
Texas Tech became the only school in the Big 12 Conference to have had three different freshman quarterbacks win the award, with the first being Kingsbury himself in 1999. [ 26 ] The Red Raiders made their Associated Press Top 25 debut in the Kingsbury era following a win over TCU on September 12, 2013. [ 27 ]