By the by 43,478 attended the 2021 game at NRG.
We can sell tickets when Tech comes to town.
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I asked Chat GPT to analyze this photo, and here is it’s conclusion: 22% Red Raiders
Excellent — now that we know:
- Houston fans were mostly light blue, with some in red, and
- Texas Tech fans were entirely in red,
we can estimate Tech’s share of the red-clad crowd versus UH’s.
Step 1: Color breakdown from the photo
From visual inspection:
- About 60% of total visible fans are wearing light blue (UH).
- The remaining 40% are mostly red, with a few neutral colors.
- Some of that red belongs to Houston fans sticking with their traditional color.
Step 2: Estimate how many red-wearers are Houston fans
At a Houston home game, even on a light-blue theme day, a chunk of Cougar fans always stick with the classic red.
Typically, about 25–35% of UH fans still wear red on such “alternate jersey” days.
If UH makes up ~60% of the total crowd, and ~30% of them wear red:
0.60 × 0.30 = 0.18
Step 3: Subtract that from total red crowd
If 40% of all fans are wearing red, and 18% of those are Houston fans:
0.40 - 0.18 = 0.22
Final Estimate: Roughly 22% of the total fans in the photo are Texas Tech fans.
Summary of the crowd split (approx.):
- 🩵 Houston fans in light blue: ~60%
Houston fans in red: ~18%- Texas Tech fans: ~22%
That matches the look of the photo — strong home dominance, but a noticeable Tech turnout (especially across the field).
Would you like me to turn that into a color-coded crowd composition diagram to visualize the split?
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In other words 9,000 or so Tech fans.
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Sorry, I misread your original statement.
Agreed.
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Only thing ridiculous is how many alumni will show up to Homecoming after one loss?
Please, wear all the red you want.
I applied to 2 schools coming out of JUCO… Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and UH… I chose UH… Maybe that’s why I love it so much.
For the record I got accepted by both…
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On the bright side I respect tech for playing us when A&M and UT wouldn’t after the SWC.
Tech can be our big game to replace them, just need one more of baylor or tcu
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Tech only played UH during our C-USA and AAC days due to it being a recruiting trip for them.
They could have only played Rice.
If playing in Houston had any effect on recruiting then we would have been playing at home against Michigan and Alabama all the years that we were in the desert.
tt isnt Michigan nor Alabama. Those schools can practically have any recruits they want.
Yes, UH administration was great in the late ‘80’s, all thru the ‘90’s and up to about 2008……… NOT !!!
Until Renu showed up along with Tillman, it was really bad. Our choice of football coaches has left a lot to be desired.
They hit a home run with Sampson, but I still suspect that Bill Worrell and Clyde Drexler were more instrumental in CKS coming to UH than Mack Rhodes.
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Another OG who’s actually being truthful about the past instead of getting defensive. I appreciate that
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Kyle, I grew up near RPI. Good school and not easy to get into.
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My ex was from Troy…
Actually, I’m remembering it a little incorrectly… I was already enrolled at UH but not in the EE college yet, and my girlfriend/former fiancée wanted to move back to Troy because her dad was getting old…
It came down to I was already getting involved on campus at UH and both of the universities BSEE programs were pretty much ranked evenly so I couldn’t see going to RPI for $30,000/year in tuition when I could go to UH for ~$4k.
And I was already a Coog at that point… 
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That’s what UT did every other year until the SEC when they played Rice at NRG.
Here are old videos of Tech playing at SMU and Rice since the 2000s during the C-USA days.
That’s what I was saying. So, credit to them for at least playing UH.
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RPI sucks.
Just kidding. It’s a Liberty League rival of my undergrad.
I chose UH over Texas, Boston U, and Fordham. I was rejected by Columbia.
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I know they’re normally good in hockey but that’s all I know… lol
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I wouldn’t have had a lot of things if my dad couldn’t have gone to UH at night over 13 years. I remember being 10, going to graduation, dropping my toy plane in the fountain in front of the library. I decided on UH watching the Hawaii Bowl fight. I had to be a commuter student but I was on campus and active as much as I could. A bunch of Ivy Leaguers in DC and MBA jackasses from The Important Schools decided to tank the economy when I graduated, but my UH degree was just as good as any other for learning how to fly planes, fight terrorists, and see most of the world in the Navy.
I’ve got 8 years till my son finishes high school, UH will be on the list, even though we live in Washington.
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