TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDED: 1923 | LOCATION: Lubbock, TX | CONFERENCE: Big 12 Conference NICKNAME: Red Raiders PRIMARY COLORS: P Red - Pantone 485 P Black - Pantone Process Black P Gray - Pantone Cool Gray 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENROLLMENT: 35,859 ATHLETICS ------------------------------------------------------------- KNOWN FOR: Football | Attendance: 58,934 CHEERS/SLOGANS: Guns Up! | Wreck ‘Em! KEY RIVALS: University of Texas | Texas A&M University TRADITIONS: UNIVERSITY Masked Rider leads the team onto the field ------------------------------------------------------- Singing of the Matador Song KNOWN FOR: Ringing of the Victory Bells after Texas Tech victories Engineering | Wind, Petroleum, Computer Bangin’ Bertha’s presence at all home football games Agriculture | Food Safety, Animal Nutrition, Plant/Soil Science Touching of the saddle sculpture before going on field Business Health Care Management MASCOT INFORMATION: Raider Red | Cartoon/Costumed Mascot NATIONAL SCHOOL RANKINGS: The Masked Rider | Horse and Rider #156 Overall | U.S. News & World Report #84 Public Institutions | U.S. News & World Report INTERESTING FACTS: Texas Tech was a founding member of the Big 12 FAMOUS ALUMNI: Barry Corbin | Actor Raider Red fires two 12-gauge shotguns using powder- George Eads | Actor filled shells after every Tech touchdown and field goal. Pat Green | Musician Rick Husband | Astronaut Scott Pelley | Host, CBS Evening News Ed Whitacre | Former Chairman, AT&T and GM INTERESTING FACTS: The Double T Bench, located in the courtyard behind the Administration Building, was given the 1931 senior class. It was an announced tradition that no freshman were allowed to sit on it. Texas Tech is the only campus in Texas that is home to a major university, law school, and medical school. ALUMNI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WELL-KNOW SPORTS ALUMNI: Sheryl Swoopes - Basketball (#22), Michael Crabtree - Football (#5), Wes Welker - Football (#27), Danny Amendola - Football (#20) LUBBOCK P P DALLAS FORT P WORTH MIDLAND P AUSTIN P HOUSTON P SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TECH MAP LEGEND TOP CITIES IN TEXAS TOTAL ALUMNI ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Lubbock .................... 22,824 Total in Texas ..........................159,720 Dallas .......................... 8,998 Houston ...................... 7,709 SCHOOL LOCATION Austin ......................... 6,384 P San Antonio ................ 5,360 CITY Fort Worth .................. 4,685 Midland ....................... 4,263 CONTACT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Riess Daniel Fogel Ryan Moss Gary Dubiel Representative, Local Marketing, Director, Vice President, Partner Services Brand Marketing Partner Services Retail Development [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected].