Sep 9, 2024 · Texas Tech Masked Rider Program Former Riders. A program built on tradition... 69th Year ; 62 Student Riders; 15 Horses; 1 Tradition . Year Rider Hometown Mascot; 1953-1954: 1. Joe Kirk Fulton: ... Texas Tech University. 2500 Broadway Lubbock, Texas 79409; 806.742.2011; Follow Texas Tech University

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.

The Masked Rider is the oldest and most popular mascot of Texas Tech University that still exists today. Originally the Masked Rider started as a dare in 1936 and was then called the ghost rider, because no one knew the rider's identity.

Sep 11, 2024 · 2024-2025 Masked Rider . Senior Ellie Brown is the 63rd Masked Rider for the Texas Tech University Spirit Program. Follow the Masked Rider Program

School children, parade and rodeo-goers are thrilled year after year when they see and meet the famed Masked Rider from Texas Tech University. From its auspicious beginning— a "borrowed" horse and homemade cape— to the stellar program it is today, the Masked Rider is uniquely Texas Tech. Fans and foes alike continue to marvel at the Masked ...

Texas Tech Masked Rider. 24,866 likes · 1,850 talking about this. Official mascot of Texas Tech. Official page of the Masked Rider program.

Dec 20, 2023 · In need of a symbol, Weaver turned to student Joe Kirk Fulton in the fall of 1953 and asked him to be the first Masked Rider for the New Year’s Day game in 1954. Atop a horse named Blackie, Fulton would bring the Red Raiders onto the field, ahead of …

Oct 17, 2022 · One of the oldest and most popular mascots, The Texas Tech Masked Rider started as a dare in 1936 as the ghost rider, who would circle the field at home football games. No one knew the rider’s identity.

Sep 9, 2024 · Of the many traditions at Texas Tech University, only the Masked Rider (previously known as the Red Raider), has universal acceptance. For many years, Texas Tech's Masked Rider has thrilled and excited fans, young and old and in 1981 the fans established an endowment fund to continue the tradition.

Oct 25, 2024 · Anne Lynch, the first Masked Rider for Texas Tech University, reflects 50 years later in Dell City, Texas.