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38 BOWL APPEARANCES 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 563 ALL-TIME VICTORIES 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TEXAS TECH 1 GAME 3 HOUSTON Overall: 1-1 | Big 12: 0-0 | H: 1-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 0-1 RED RAIDERS COUGARS SEPTEMBER • (1-1) 1-1 1 vs. Ole Miss (Houston) L, 27-47 ESPN 0-0 Big 12 8 LAMAR W, 77-0 FSN VS 15 HOUSTON 3:15 p.m. FOX 22 at Oklahoma State* 6 p.m. FS1 2-0 29 WEST VIRGINIA* TBD TBD 0-0 AAC OCTOBER • (0-0) Sept. 15 • 3:15 p.m. • Lubbock, Texas • Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) • FOX • Texas Tech Sports Network 11 at TCU* 6:30 p.m. ESPN TEXAS TECH HOUSTON 20 KANSAS* TBD TBD Record 1-1 Overall; 0-0 Big 12 Record 2-0 Overall; 0-0 AAC 27 at Iowa State* TBD TBD Rankings AP: NR | Coaches: NR Rankings AP: RV | Coaches: RV NOVEMBER • (0-0) Last Game Def. Lamar, 77-0 Last Game Def. Arizona, 45-18 3 OKLAHOMA* TBD TBD Streak Won 1 Streak Won 2 10 TEXAS* TBD TBD Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury Head Coach Major Applewhite 17 at Kansas State* TBD TBD Career Record 31-34 (6th Season) Career Record 9-5 (2nd Season) 24 vs. Baylor* (Arlington) TBD TBD Record at Texas Tech Same Record at Houston Same DECEMBER • (0-0) Record vs. Houston 1-0 Record vs. Texas Tech 0-1 1 Big 12 Championship TBD TBD SERIES HISTORY SATURDAY STORYLINES Overall UH leads 18-12-1 MEETING OF FORMER SWC FOES In Lubbock UH leads 8-6 n Texas Tech and Houston will turn the clocks back Saturday when the In Houston UH leads 10-4-1 two former Southwest Conference foes meet at Jones AT&T Stadium. Neutral Site Tech leads 2-0 It will be the fourth meeting between the two schools since the SWC Under Kingsbury Tech leads 1-0 disbanded following the 1995 campaign as the Red Raiders are 2-1 in Current Streak Won 2 those games during that stretch. Last Meeting Tech 27, UH 24 (2017) n The Red Raiders opened the first of a four-game agreement with Houston last year with a 27-24 victory at TDECU Stadium. The two TV: FOX SPORTS NET schools will complete the agreement with another home-and-home se- ries during the 2021-22 seasons. n Play-by-Play: Joe Davis n Analyst: Brady Quinn n Sideline Reporter: Bruce Feldman NO PLACE LIKE HOME n Texas Tech opened its home slate in style this past weekend as the RADIO: TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK Red Raiders routed Lamar, 77-0, marking their largest margin of victory n Play-by-Play: Brian Jensen since topping Trinity, 79-0, in 1932. The shutout marked Tech’s first since blanking Southeastern Louisiana in 2006. n Analyst: John Harris n The Lamar victory marked the 13th time since 2015 the Red Raiders n Sideline Reporter: Chris Level have scored at least 50 points inside Jones AT&T Stadium. Texas Tech n Engineer: Steve Pitts leads all schools nationally in most home games of 50 or more points n Satellite Radio: Sirius 83 / XM 83 at home during that span as Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Oregon are n National Radio: None all tied for second with nine games. n Mobile App: TuneIn (search Texas Tech) RED RAIDERS PROTECT HOME TURF SOCIAL MEDIA: #WreckEm n Texas Tech enters this weekend having won each of its last eight n Twitter: @TexasTechFB non-conference games at home and 33 of its last 34 dating back to n Hashtag: #WreckEm / #TexasTech the 2002 season. The Red Raiders are an impressive 40-2 overall in n Instagram: @TexasTech_FB non-conference home games since moving to a spread offense in 2000. n Facebook: TexasTechFootball n Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury is 10-1 against non-confer- n SnapChat: TexasTech_FB ence opponents at home with the one loss coming to Arkansas during the 2014 campaign. HONORING SEÑOR SACK n Overall, Kingsbury is 14-3 overall in regular season non-conference Texas Tech will honor the memory of the games since taking over the reins of his alma mater in 2013. Red Raider great Gabe Rivera through- out the 2018 season. Rivera, one of five NUMBERS TO KNOW members of the prestigious Texas Tech Ring of Honor, passed away in his home- town of San Antonio on July 16. 16 9 5 Texas Tech has forced a turnover in Number of rushing touchdowns Texas Number of turnovers Texas Tech Known by fans as “Señor Sack” throughout his career, Rive- 16-consecutive games, which ranks Tech has totaled so far this season, created a year ago against Houston, its ra compiled 321 career tackles, including 34 that went for a fourth nationally behind Oklahoma which is tied with Oklahoma for the most in a game at the time since 2008. loss, over his four-year career from 1979-82. He was inducted State (29), UCF (21) and Memphis (18). most in the country. The Red Raiders Six different Red Raiders contributed into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of It is the longest streak since Tech cre- rushed for seven touchdowns against to the five turnovers, all of which are Fame in 2012 and the Texas Tech Ring of Honor in 2014. ated a takeaway in 18-straight games Lamar alone, their most in a game still on the Tech roster. from 2008-10. dating back to 1950. #WreckEm 2018 TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL | WEEK 3: HOUSTON ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS COACHING TIES RUN DEEP TO UH LAMAR RECAP n This weekend’s matchup against the Cougars will be unique n Texas Tech is coming off one of its most lob-sided victories MATT DOWDY for several members of the Red Raider coaching staff as head in school history as the Red Raiders routed Lamar, 77-0, last Primary Contact C: 806-928-5190 coach Kliff Kingsbury, defensive coordinator David Gibbs, Saturday. The victory marked the Red Raiders’ largest margin O: 806-834-4529 safeties coach Brett Dewhurst, defensive backs coach Clay of victory since topping Trinity, 79-0, in 1932. [email protected] Jennings and linebackers coach Zac Spavital were all previ- n Texas Tech’s 77 points are the most by the Red Raiders ously members of the Houston football program. since Sept. 17, 2005, when Tech scored 80 against Sam Hous- n Kingsbury began his coaching career as a quality control ton State (80-21). It finished tied for fifth-most in a game by a MICHAEL MINSHEW assistant with the Cougars from 2008-09 before eventually Big 12 team since the league’s creation in 1996. Associate Director being named the quarterbacks coach in 2010 and then co-of- n The shutout marked Texas Tech’s first since blanking C: 817-707-0011 fensive coordinator in 2011 under then head coach Kevin Southeastern Louisiana, 62-0, in 2006. The Red Raiders are O: 806-834-8808 Sumlin. While in Houston, Kingsbury helped develop one of the the fourth team in Big 12 history to record a shutout with 70 or [email protected] nation’s premier passers in Case Keenum, who led the country more points and the first since 2012. in passing yards during both the 2009 and 2011 seasons. n Eight of Texas Tech’s 11 touchdowns on the day came from PRESTON JORDAN n Gibbs’ most recent stop before joining the Texas Tech Red Raiders who were finding the end zone for the first time in Post-Grad Intern coaching staff was a two-year stint as Houston’s defensive their respective careers - SaRodorick Thompson (2), Ta’Zhawn C: 806-341-0132 coordinator in 2013-14. Gibbs built one of the nation’s premier Henry (2), Antoine Wesley, Jett Duffey, Adrian Frye, Colt Gar- O: TBD defenses during that span as the Cougars led the nation with rett (passing) and Erik Ezukanma. [email protected] 43 turnovers forced in 2013 and then ranked 11th nationally n The Red Raider defense, meanwhile, limited Lamar to just in scoring defense a year later. Gibbs, a veteran NFL assistant 182 yards of total offense, the fewest for a Texas Tech oppo- HEAD COACH KLIFF KINGSBURY as well, served as Houston’s interim head coach for the 2014 nent since New Mexico was held to 127 yards in 2012. Lamar Alma Mater Texas Tech ’01 Armed Forces Bowl. totaled just 80 of those yards through the air, which marked Record at Texas Tech 31-34 (6th Season) n Spavital worked alongside Gibbs at Houston as part of a the fewest for a Tech opponent since Texas had 64 in 2015. Career Record Same seven-year tenure on the Cougar coaching staff. Spavital was n Adrian Frye picked off two passes and broke up two others Bowl Appearances Three (2013, 2015, 2017) the defensive backs coach for all seven seasons, four of which in the win, marking the first time a Red Raider had recorded (2011-14) were spent as the program’s recruiting coordinator. two interceptions since J.J. Gaines did so against Iowa State TEAM INFORMATION n Dewhurst, meanwhile, was on staff with both Gibbs and in 2015. The Red Raiders’ other two takeaways in the win came 2017 Overall Record 6-7 Spavital in a quality control role from 2013-14. He returned to via a Riko Jeffers forced fumble (Nelson Mbanasor recovered) Big 12 Record (Finish) 3-6 (8th) his alma mater with Gibbs in 2015 where he served as a quality and an interception from Vaughnte Dorsey.