 The 37 bowl game appearances by the Red Raiders rank the program 17th in all-time in bowl games played and 13th in all-time bowl wins.Texas Tech's first bowl game was at the conclusion of the 1937 season, only 13 years after the program was established.The Red Raiders played in the 1938 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, against the West Virginia Mountaineers on New Year's Day.