List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football captains

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The Texas Tech Red Raiders are an American football team who represent Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, United States.

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Team captains

TeamPlayerPositionNotes
1925 Windy Nicklaus
1926 Herley Carpenter
1926 Volney Hill
1927 Bruce Reed
1928 Ransom Walker
1929 Sidney Knowles
1930 Jack Durham
1931 Jack Durham
1932 Ross Ayers
1933 Elva Baker
1934 Malcom Martin
1935 Walker Nichols
1936 Demp Cannon
1937 Lewis Jones
1937 Herschel Ramsey
1938 Frank Guzek
1938 A. B. Murphy
1939 Bill Davis
1939 Dixie B. White
1940 Ty Bain
1940 Lonnie McCurry
1941 Loyce Baliio
1941 Ty Bain
1942 Will Allbright
1942 Kenneth Robbins
1943 Game captains
1944 Game captains
1945 Walt Schlinkman
1945 Otis Turner
1946 James Reed
1946 Roger Smith
1947 Freddie Brown (American football)
1947 Glen Lewis
1947 Bernie Winkler
1948 Ernest Hawkins (coach)
1948 Bobby Williams
1949 John Andrews
1949 James Conley
1950 Earl Jackson
1951 Aubrey Phillips
1951 Jerrell Price
1952 Vernon Barron
1952 Jim Turner (placekicker)
1953 Don Gray
1953 Victor Spooner
1954 Howard Hurt
1954 Jerry Johnson

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