By Starns Leland September 29, 2023
Over 19 years together in the Southwest Conference, Houston and Texas Tech engaged in epic battles with consequential but often odd circumstances.
How this year’s upcoming game goes is yet to be seen, but over the years, Houston’s games in Lubbock can be summed up in one sentence by former UH star quarterback David Klingler:
“Whenever we played Tech, it was always a mess.”
Here are just a couple of the Cougars’ most memorable clashes with the Red Raiders in another Southwest Conference Rewind.
The Clash for the Cotton Bowl
After a rough 2-8 season in 1975, the Cougars entered their inaugural year in the SWC seemingly on a down-swing.