Texas Tech Football 38 Bowl Appearances | 11 Conference Championships | 569 All-Time Victories
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TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL 38 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 569 ALL-TIME VICTORIES GAME HOUSTON BAPTIST Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) 7 p.m. Lubbock, Texas Big 12 Now on ESPN+ VS Sept. 12, 2020 1 TTU Sports Network SERIES HISTORY TEXAS TECH HOUSTON BAPTIST Overall First Meeting Record 0-0 Overall; 0-0 Big 12 Record 0-1 Overall; 0-0 SLC In Lubbock First Meeting Rankings AP: NR | Coaches: NR | CFP: NR Rankings AP: NR | Coaches: NR | FCS: NR In Houston First Meeting Last Game -- Last Game Lost at North Texas, 57-31 At Neutral Site First Meeting Streak -- Streak Lost 1 Current Streak First Meeting Head Coach Matt Wells Head Coach Vic Shealy Last Meeting First Meeting Career Record 48-42 (8th Season) Career Record 42-67-1 (11th Season) Record at Texas Tech 4-8 (2nd Season) Record at Houston Baptist 15-53 (7th Season) Record vs. Houston Baptist First Meeting Record vs. Texas Tech First Meeting TV: BIG 12 NOW ON ESPN+ n Play-by-Play: Anish Shroff n Analyst: Tom Luginbill TALE OF THE TAPE n Sideline Reporter: Ian Fitzsimmons 30.5 Points/Game 35.8 30.3 Points Allowed/Game 36.8 RADIO: TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK 149.6 Rush Yards/Game 128.3 324.7 Pass Yards/Game 334.3 n Play-by-Play: Brian Jensen 474.2 Total Offense/Game 462.6 n Analyst: John Harris 480.3 Total Defense/Game 496.0 n Sideline Reporter: Chris Level (2019 Team Statistics) n Engineer: Steve Pitts n Satellite Radio: Sirius 98 / XM 200 SATURDAY STORYLINES n National Radio: None RED RAIDERS KICK OFF NEW-LOOK 2020 n Mobile App: TuneIn (search Texas Tech) n After months of waiting, Texas Tech will kick off its 96th season of foot- ball Saturday when the Red Raiders host Houston Baptist inside Jones AT&T SOCIAL MEDIA: #WreckEm Stadium. It will be Texas Tech’s lone non-conference game as part of the Big n Twitter: @TexasTechFB 12 Conference’s “9+1” scheduling model for this season. n Hashtag: #WreckEm / #WeUsOur n Texas Tech and Houston Baptist will be meeting for the first time in his- n Instagram: @TexasTech_FB tory as the Red Raiders will be looking to open yet another season with a win. The Red Raiders have started 16 of the last 17 seasons with a victory n Facebook: TexasTechFootball and have been dominant over FCS foes with a 23-1 record all-time. Tech is averaging 52.6 points per game against the FCS. IN MEMORANDUM: TOMMY MCVAY Texas Tech Athletics suffered a deep loss prior to the 2020 sea- son with the passing of longtime Director of Football Operations BOWMAN BACK TO LEAD OFFENSE Tommy McVay. The Red Raiders will wear a helmet sticker in all 12 n Alan Bowman will look to return to form Saturday as the sophomore games this year to honor the late McVay, who passed suddenly on quarterback will be making his first start since suffering a shoulder inju- Aug. 13 at the age of 76. ry against Arizona last year. Bowman missed the following nine games en route to redshirting the 2019 season. McVay was always a familiar face on n Bowman will be making his 11th career start on Saturday as the soph- the Red Raider sidelines where he omore has thrown for 3,658 yards and 23 touchdowns over his still young spent 23 full seasons under five dif- career while also completing 68.2 percent of his passes. Bowman will have ferent head coaches. He was among several reliable options around him as Texas Tech returns its leading rusher the first hires for head coach Matt in SaRodorick Thompson as well as its leading receiver in Erik Ezukanma. Wells shortly after he touched down in Lubbock for the first time. McVay was responsible for Texas Tech PLENTY OF NEW FACES TO LEARN landing future Red Raider standout n Red Raider fans will have several new faces to learn as Matt Wells and and NFL great Wes Welker during his career as he convinced then his staff have signed six new graduate transfers in recent months, including head coach Mike Leach to use the program’s last scholarship on two with national championship experience in junior running back Chadarius the relatively-unknown recruit out of McVay’s native Oklahoma. Townsend (Alabama) and senior defensive back Eric Monroe (LSU). McVay was a standout basketball and track and field athlete at n The list of graduate transfers features former Arizona linebacker Colin Southeastern Oklahoma State where he was inducted into its Schooler, who is the FBS active leader in tackles for a loss entering this Hall of Fame in 2009. He was honored for his work locally in 2017 season. Schooler also ranks second among active FBS players with 312 ca- when the Texas Tech chapter of the National Football Foundation reer tackles over his first three years at Arizona where he was a three-time presented him the award for outstanding contribution to amateur All-Pac 12 selection and a Freshman All-American in 2017. football at its annual banquet. 2020 SCHEDULE HOUSTON BAPTIST TEXAS @KANSAS STATE @IOWA STATE WEST VIRGINIA OKLAHOMA @TCU BAYLOR @OKLAHOMA ST. KANSAS Sept. 12 | 7 p.m. Sept. 26 | 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3 | TBA Oct. 10 | TBA Oct. 24 | TBA Oct. 31 | TBA Nov. 7 | TBA Nov. 14 | TBA Nov. 28 | TBA Dec. 5 | TBA Big 12 Now on ESPN+ FOX TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA #WreckEm 2020 TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL | GAME 1: HOUSTON BAPTIST THE HOUSTON BAPTIST SERIES SERIES HISTORY n Since 1980, Texas Tech is 36-4 in home openers with two of n This will be the first meeting all-time between Texas Tech and those losses coming to ranked opponents (1992 vs. No. 15 Okla- Houston Baptist. homa and 1990 vs. No. 18 Houston). n The Red Raiders are 18-3 all-time against current members of n Texas Tech has scored at least 40 points in each of its last the Southland Conference with their last win coming in a 77-0 rout eight home openers. The Red Raiders, who are averaging 49.9 over Lamar in 2018. points per game in home openers since 2000, have scored 50 or HOUSTON BAPTIST (0-0) more points in nine of those games and 60 points four times. Date Loc. W/L TTU HBU Att. TEXAS TECH-HBU CONNECTIONS n Texas Tech has won each of its last 20 home openers, the ma- First Meeting n This weekend’s opener has affectionately been referred to as jority of which being in a blowout fashion. The Red Raiders have the “Schovanec-Kittley Bowl” by several Red Raiders since it was averaged 29.4 points as their margin of victory over the course of scheduled this summer due to the ties on the Houston Baptist the winning streak. ALL-TIME SEASON OPENERS (SINCE 1961) staff and Texas Tech University. The Huskies have two Red Raider n Texas Tech has not dropped a home opener since 1999 when ALL-TIME RECORD: 65-27-3 alumns in offensive coordinator Zach Kittley and offensive line North Texas shocked the Red Raiders, 23-14, in the third game of Year Opponent W/L TT OPP coach Jared Kaster on its staff along with special teams coordi- the season. 2019 Montana State W 45 10 nator and running backs coach Tyler Schovanec, another former 2018 Ole Miss L 27 47 Texas Tech staff member. 2017 Eastern Washington W 56 10 NON-CON SUCCESS FAMILIAR FOR TECH n Kittley is the son of longtime Texas Tech Director of Track and n Texas Tech enters this weekend having won each of its last 2016 Stephen F. Austin W 69 17 Field Wes Kittley and was previously a graduate assistant for the 11 non-conference games at home and 36 of its last 37 contests 2015 Sam Houston State W 59 45 Red Raiders from 2015-17 before being hired at Houston Baptist. dating back to the 2002 season. The Red Raiders are an impres- 2014 Central Arkansas W 42 35 Kittley, who was also an offensive intern for the Red Raiders in sive 43-2 overall in non-conference home games since moving to 2013 at SMU W 41 23 2014 and a student assistant coach in 2013, graduated from Tex- a spread offense in 2000. 2012 Northwestern State W 44 6 as Tech in 2014. n Texas Tech’s success against non-conference opponents from 2011 Texas State W 50 10 n Kaster, meanwhile, was a three-year starter at center for the either the FCS level or a Group of Five conference is even more 2010 SMU W 35 27 Red Raiders from 2012-15, earning honorable mention All-Big 12 impressive as the Red Raiders have won each of their last 26 con- 2009 North Dakota W 38 13 accolades as a senior. Kaster, who started the final 37 games of tests at home or on the road against non-power five members. 2008 Eastern Washington W 49 24 his career, was a quality control assistant for the Red Raiders from n In fact, Texas Tech has not dropped a non-conference game 2007 at SMU W 49 9 2016-17 following his playing career. against a Group of Five opponent since falling at No. 17 Houston, 2006 SMU W 35 3 n Schovanec, another Lubbock native, was previously a special 29-28, early in the 2009 season. In addition, Tech has not lost to =2004 at SMU W 27 13 teams quality control and personnel assistant for the Red Raiders an unranked, Group of Five opponent since New Mexico surprised 2003 SMU W 58 10 during the 2017 season.