Texas Tech Uniform Schedule 2026: Every Jersey, and When the Mahomes Let's Ride Uniform Debuts

Wondering what jersey Texas Tech is wearing this week? This is the full Texas Tech 2026 uniform schedule, game by game, and it now includes the date every Red Raiders fan was asking about: the new Patrick Mahomes "Let's Ride" uniform debuted Friday night, September 18, against No. 23 Houston in Lubbock, in prime time on FOX, and Texas Tech won 28-26. Most recently the Red Raiders wore a red helmet, white jersey and red pants in a 29-7 win at Colorado on October 3 to move to 5-0, and they are off on October 10 before Homecoming against Arizona State on October 17.

Cover photo via Texas Tech Athletics.

The Let's Ride Uniform Is the Headline

For the third straight year, adidas and Patrick Mahomes have given his alma mater a signature uniform, and this one is called Let's Ride. Red and black, Mahomes' Gladiator logo worked into the design, and his name on the back of the helmet. Texas Tech got it for one night: September 18 against Houston, and the Red Raiders won that night 28-26.

The name is not just a slogan. The reveal shoot put the Masked Rider, Texas Tech's horseback mascot, in the frame with the uniform, and the whole set is built around that all-black-with-red identity.

via Texas Tech Athletics / adidas

The details are where the Mahomes of it all lives:

• His name across the back helmet bumper in the heartbeat-line script, with GUNS UP on the front bumper.
• The Gladiator logo in red at the collarbone, opposite the Double T.
• Carbon-fiber texture inside the shoulder chevrons and the helmet's Double T decal.
• Red block numbers on an otherwise all-black jersey, black pants, black shells.

via Texas Tech Athletics / adidas

Our Grade: B

The idea earns more than the clothes do. A program building an annual uniform around its most famous alum is exactly the kind of tradition college football should be inventing, and three years in, the Mahomes drop is a real event in Lubbock. The Gladiator logo detailing and the name on the helmet bumper give it a story most alternates never have.

The uniform itself plays it safer than the concept does. Red and black is what Texas Tech already wears every other Saturday, so the Let's Ride set reads as a sharper version of the regular wardrobe rather than a statement piece. It looks good on the field. It just does not look like an event the way the occasion deserves. Cool that it exists, cool who it honors, a bit quiet for a signature drop.

How Texas Tech's Uniform Rotation Actually Works

Texas Tech does not publish a season-long uniform schedule. Under adidas the Red Raiders mix scarlet, black and white pieces week to week, usually announcing each game's combination a few days out. The reliable rules:

• Home games in Lubbock: red or black jerseys, decided game by game.
• Road games: white jerseys, per NCAA visitor rules.
• September 18 vs. Houston: the Let's Ride night, now confirmed on the field.

We update this page as each week's combination is announced, so the grid below always reflects the latest confirmed look.

The Full Texas Tech 2026 Uniform Schedule, Week by Week

Twelve games, seven in Lubbock, one bye, and one Mahomes night.

September 5 vs. Abilene Christian, Lubbock. Season opener at home. ★ Confirmed: black helmet, red jersey, black pants. Tech split the difference on the red-or-black question and wore both, the red shirt bracketed by black above and below, which is the sharpest version of this uniform. Abilene Christian went white helmet, white jersey, white pants. Texas Tech won 33-10.

September 12 at Oregon State, Corvallis. First road trip. ★ Confirmed from the broadcast: black helmet, white jersey with red numbers, white pants, read off the CBS end zone frames. Texas Tech won 35-24, and Oregon State answered in black over black under its white script helmet.

September 18 vs. No. 23 Houston, Lubbock. ★ Confirmed from the broadcast: black helmet, black jersey with red numbers, black pants, the Patrick Mahomes Let's Ride set exactly as adidas revealed it. Houston answered in all white, a white helmet with the red interlocking UH over a white jersey and white pants, the look the Cougars call Icy Whites. Texas Tech won 28-26 on Friday night in front of a FOX prime time audience. All black against all white is the cleanest stage the Let's Ride set could have asked for.

September 26 vs. Sam Houston, Lubbock. ★ Confirmed from the game photos: white helmet, red jersey, white pants, with the red Double T on the helmet, the Ag Game threads the team posted before kickoff, and fans asked to wear white for the annual Agriculture Game. Sam Houston wore an orange helmet, white jersey and white pants. Austin Romaine returned interceptions for touchdowns on consecutive throws and Texas Tech won 49-14, its 11th straight home win, to move to 4-0.

October 3 at Colorado, Boulder, 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX. ★ Confirmed from the game photos: red helmet, white jersey, red pants, the look On3's Red Raider Sports reported on Thursday, and the first time Texas Tech has gone red, white and red since a 2024 loss to West Virginia. Colorado wore a gold helmet, black jersey and gold pants for Homecoming and its 150th anniversary. The Buffaloes scored on the opening drive, then Texas Tech scored the next 29 points, picked off four passes including a John Curry pick-six, and won 29-7 to move to 5-0. See the Colorado 2026 uniform schedule.

October 10. Bye week.

October 17 vs. Arizona State, Lubbock. Homecoming, which historically pulls a red-heavy look.

October 24 at Cincinnati. White.

October 31 vs. Arizona, Lubbock. Halloween home game, and if a blackout shows up anywhere on this schedule, this is the night.

November 7 vs. West Virginia, Lubbock. Red or black.

November 14 at Oklahoma State, Stillwater. White.

November 21 at Baylor, Waco. White, opposite whatever Baylor pulls from its fan-voted wardrobe.

November 26 vs. TCU, Lubbock. Thanksgiving night on ESPN to close the regular season.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Texas Tech Let's Ride uniform?

It is the third annual Patrick Mahomes signature uniform from adidas, revealed in August 2026 and worn for the first time on September 18 against Houston. Black helmet, black jersey with red numbers and black pants, with Mahomes' Gladiator logo in the detailing and his name on the back of the helmet. We grade it a B: great tradition, safe execution.

When does Texas Tech wear the Let's Ride uniform in 2026?

One night, and it is now in the books: Friday, September 18, at home against No. 23 Houston on FOX. Texas Tech wore the black helmet, black jersey with red numbers and black pants, Houston countered in its all white Icy Whites, and the Red Raiders won 28-26.

Does Texas Tech publish a full uniform schedule?

No. Outside the Let's Ride date, the Red Raiders announce each week's combination a few days before the game. Home games are red or black, road games are white, and this page updates as each combination is confirmed.

Who makes Texas Tech's uniforms?

adidas, and the Mahomes partnership is the centerpiece of the deal. Texas Tech is the flagship of adidas' Mahomes college program, which also outfits his former high school and others with Gladiator-branded gear.

The Bottom Line

Texas Tech's 2026 uniform schedule had one date circled in red, or more accurately in red and black: September 18 against Houston, and the Mahomes Let's Ride set delivered, all black head to toe against Houston's Icy Whites in a 28-26 win. That was its only confirmed night of the season. Around it, expect the usual Lubbock rhythm, red or black at home, white on the road, with each week's exact combination announced days out and logged here when it is.