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Chancellor's Spurs
Teams	Texas Longhorns Texas Longhorns football The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National... Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech Red Raiders football Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
Originated	1996
Trophy Series	Texas leads, 12–4
Current Holder	Texas
Current Streak	Texas: 3
All Time Series	Texas leads, 46-15

The Chancellor's Spurs is a trophy awarded to the winner of the in-state college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 rivalry game between the Texas Longhorns

Texas Longhorns football

The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...

 and Texas Tech Red Raiders

Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

. The trophy is a set of spur

Spur

A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids and to back up the natural aids . The spur is used in every equestrian discipline...

s exchanged between the chancellors

Chancellor (education)

A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....

 of the University of Texas System

University of Texas System

The University of Texas System encompasses 15 educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are academic universities and six are health institutions. The system is headquartered in Austin and has a total enrollment of over 190,000 students...

 and Texas Tech University System

Texas Tech University System

The Texas Tech University System consists of three universities, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Angelo State University. Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University HSC together operate thirteen campuses, eleven of which are located in Texas. The...

. The teams first played during the 1928 season

1928 college football season

The 1928 college football season had the USC Trojans recognized as champions under the Dickinson System, but the Rose Bowl was contested between the #2 and #3 teams, California and Georgia Tech...

 and have played annually since 1960 when Texas Tech began participating in the Southwest Conference. The tradition of a "traveling trophy" between the two universities began during the 1996 season

1996 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped....

 when, for the first time, both universities' administration included a chancellor position.

Pre-Chancellor's Spurs era

The first meeting between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Matadors (as the team was known until 1937) was in 1928. The teams only faced each other nine times until 1960. Since 1960, both teams have played annually as members of the Southwest Conference through 1995 and from 1996
as charter members of the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 in the South Division.

Chancellor's Spurs era

In 1996 the Texas Tech University System

Texas Tech University System

The Texas Tech University System consists of three universities, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Angelo State University. Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University HSC together operate thirteen campuses, eleven of which are located in Texas. The...

 was established and the system's first chancellor, John T. Montford, started the exchange of the Chancellor's Spurs between the two universities. The 46th meeting between the teams marked the first game the winner would receive the Chancellor's Spurs. The 2008 game

2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game

The 2008 Texas vs. Texas Tech football game was a Big 12 Conference game played between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, United States.-Pregame:...

 was one of three games that led to a 3-way tie controversy

2008 Big 12 Conference South Division 3-way tie controversy

The final standings of the 2008 Big 12 Conference's South Division football regular season resulted in the first 3-way division tie in the Big 12. The decision of which team would be selected to represent the division in the 2008 Big 12 Championship Game was controversial...

 in the Big 12 Conference South Division.

The spurs are gold and silver and engraved with Texas Tech's Double T

Double T

The Double T is a logo that is the most readily identified symbol of Texas Tech University.-History:The Double T is generally attributed to Texas Tech University's, then Texas Technical College, first football coach, E. Y. Freeland, and assistant coach, Grady Higginbotham. The Double T's design...

and Texas' interlocking UT logo.

Game results

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
November 9, 1996	Lubbock	Texas	38	Texas Tech	32	Texas	1–0
November 8, 1997	Austin	Texas Tech	24	Texas	10	Tied	1–1
November 14, 1998	Lubbock	Texas Tech	42	#18 Texas	35	Texas Tech	2–1
November 13, 1999	Austin	#10 Texas	58	Texas Tech	7	Tied	2–2
November 4, 2000	Lubbock	#20 Texas	29	Texas Tech	17	Texas	3–2
September 29, 2001	Austin	#5 Texas	42	Texas Tech	7	Texas	4–2
November 16, 2002	Lubbock	Texas Tech	42	Texas	38	Texas	4–3
November 15, 2003	Austin	Texas	43	Texas Tech	40	Texas	5–3
October 23, 2004	Lubbock	Texas	51	Texas Tech	21	Texas	6–3
October 22, 2005	Austin	Texas	52	Texas Tech	17	Texas	7–3
October 28, 2006	Lubbock	Texas	35	Texas Tech	31	Texas	8–3
November 10, 2007	Austin	Texas	59	Texas Tech	43	Texas	9–3
November 1, 2008	Lubbock	Texas Tech	39	Texas	33	Texas	9–4
September 19, 2009	Austin	Texas	34	Texas Tech	24	Texas	10–4
September 18, 2010	Lubbock	Texas	24	Texas Tech	14	Texas	11–4
November 5, 2011	Austin	Texas	52	Texas Tech	20	Texas	12–4

External links

• Texas – Texas Tech series history