South Plains Fairgrounds

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South Plains Fairgrounds
Home of the Panhandle South Plains Fair
South Plains Fairgrounds
Location	Lubbock, Texas
Coordinates	33°35′10″N 101°50′06″W / 33.586014°N 101.835089°W / 33.586014; -101.835089Coordinates: 33°35′10″N 101°50′06″W / 33.586014°N 101.835089°W / 33.586014; -101.835089
Area	65 acres (26 ha)
Established	1914
Owned by	Lubbock County
Status	Open in September
Website	Panhandle South Plains Fair

The South Plains Fairgrounds, located on the east side of Lubbock, Texas, is the home of the Panhandle-South Plains Fair, which occurs in late September each year. The fairgrounds consist of around 65 acres (26 ha) situated along the western edge of Yellow House Canyon.

History

The first Fair was held in the fall of 1914.^[1] The Fair has continued every year since 1914, except during the World War II years of 1942-1945. Today, the Panhandle-South Plains Fair is known as "The Granddaddy of West Texas Fairs," and ranks second only to Dallas's State Fair of Texas in attendance and continuous history.^[1]

The South Plains Fairgrounds was the first home field for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.^[2] The Red Raiders (then known as the Matadors) played their home games at the fairgrounds during the 1925 season and the first game of the 1926 season against the Schreiner Institute.

At the time, the campus of Texas Technological College was still an open range without a sizable area clear of grass burrs and goat heads, so head coach Ewing Y. Freeland held the first Matadors game on the open grass fields of the fairgrounds. The Matadors did not lose a game at the Lubbock Fair Grounds, winning 5 games and tying 3. By the 1926 season, a practice field which had been cleared became the location of Tech Field. The South Plains Fairgrounds remains the only home field of the Red Raiders not located on the Texas Tech campus.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "South Plains Fair's History". Website of Panhandle South Plains Fair. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
↑ Sellmeyer, Ralph; Davidson, James (1978). The Red Raiders: Texas Tech Football. Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers, Inc.

External links

v t e Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Venues	South Plains Fairgrounds (1925–1926) Tech Field (1926–1946) Jones AT&T Stadium (1947–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games TCU (Saddle Trophy, 1961–c. 1970) Texas (Chancellor's Spurs) Texas A&M

Culture & lore	Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Goin' Band from Raiderland Guns Up

People	Head coaches Captains Honorees NFL draftees

Seasons	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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South Plains Fairgrounds

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