... so happens to be the 76^th anniversary of the first football game played between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns.  The initial contest was played in Lubbock with the Longhorns winning 12-6.

After this historic match-up in 1934 the two would square off sporadically through the 30’s, 40’s, and early 50’s before the seventh meeting in 1955 when Tech would finally beat Texas for the first time by a mark of 20-14 in Austin.  Ironically, this game was played exactly 55 years ago this Friday (September 17^th).

The Red Raiders' first win against the Longhorns in Lubbock was again in September (the 28^th) in 1968 when they handed Texas its only loss on the year by a...

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