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BOWL APPEARANCES 1937 • 1938 • 1941 • 1947 • 1948 • 1951 • 1953 • 1955 1964 • 1965 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1976 TEXAS TECH 1977 • 1986 • 1989 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 2007 • 2008 • 2009 FOOTBALL 2010 • 2012 2013 • 2015 GAME COVERAGE TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (0-0) VS. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS (0-0) TELEVISION Sept. 3 • 7 p.m. • Lubbock, Texas • Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) • FOX Sports Net • Texas Tech Sports Network • Tickets: TexasTech.com FOX SPORTS NET TEXAS TECH STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Ron Thulin (Play-by-Play) Record: 0-0 Overall; 0-0 in Big 12 Record: 0-0 Overall; 0-0 in Southland Gary Reasons (Analyst) Rankings: AP: NR | Coaches: NR Rankings: AP: NR | Coaches: NR Last Game: Season Opener Last Game: Season Opener Abby Hornacek (Sideline) 1 GAME Head Coach: Kliff Kingsbury Head Coach: Clint Conque RADIO Career Record: 19-19 (4th Season) Career Record: 117-71 (16th Season) TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK Record at Texas Tech: Same Record at SFA: 12-12 (3rd Season) Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play) 1 John Harris (Analyst) GAMEDAY STORYLINES Chris Level (Sideline) u Texas Tech opens its 92nd season of football Saturday when the Red Raiders host SATELLITE RADIO Stephen F. Austin inside Jones AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. on FOX SIRIUS Radio Channel 136 Sports Net and the Texas Tech Sports Network. XM Radio Channel 202 u The Red Raiders enter Saturday riding a 13-game winning streak in season open- SERIES HISTORY ers which is the fifth-longest active streak currently in the country. It is also the longest streak among Big 12 Conference programs. Overall.......................................................Texas Tech leads 2-0 In Lubbock ................................................Texas Tech leads 2-0 u Texas Tech has not dropped a season opener played at home since the 1992 cam- In Opposing Location .......................................................None paign. The Red Raiders have won each of its last 15 home season openers since Under Kingsbury .......................................Texas Tech leads 1-0 falling to No. 15 Oklahoma in 1992. Current Streak ................................................................ Won 2 u Since converting to the spread offense at the start of the 2000 season, Texas Tech Last Meeting ................................Texas Tech 61, SFA 13 (2013) is averaging 41.9 points per game in season openers. The Red Raiders have scored at least 40 points in each of their past five season openers, including a school-re- 2016 SCHEDULE cord 59 from their 2015 victory over Sam Houston State. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN u Texas Tech has not dropped a season opener since the Red Raiders fell at No. 12 Sept. 3 | Jones AT&T Stadium | 7 p.m. | FSN Ohio State to open the 2002 campaign. Patrick Mahomes II returns as the country’s leading passer after throwing for 4,653 yards as a soph- u Saturday will mark the third all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Stephen omore in 2015. He is the youngest quarterback in ARIZONA STATE F. Austin. The Red Raiders previously defeated SFA twice with 58-3 thrashing in NCAA FBS history to surpass 500 yards of total of- Sept. 10 | Sun Devil Stadium | 9 p.m. | FS1 fense and one of 13 signal callers to ever reach the 2001 and then a 61-13 victory in 2013. mark. u The Red Raiders are 19-1 all-time against FCS opponents with wins each of LOUISIANA TECH their last 15 meetings dating back to the 1988 season. This is the third-con- WIN STREAKS IN SEASON OPENERS Sept. 17 | Jones AT&T Stadium | 6 p.m. | FSN secutive year where Texas Tech has opened its season against a FCS oppo- (National Rankings) nent. Streak School 2016 Opponent 26 Florida UMASS KANSAS u Sept. 29 | Jones AT&T Stadium | 7:30 p.m. | FS1 Jones AT&T Stadium will be near capacity throughout the 2016 season 18 USC Alabama thanks in part to the second-largest purchase of season tickets in school 14 Alabama USC history. Texas Tech has officially sold over 34,500 season tickets for the 2016 14 Missouri West Virginia KANSAS STATE season as of Aug. 26. Oct. 8 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | TBA | TBA 13 TEXAS TECH Stephen F. Austin u Texas Tech boasted one of the nation’s most high-powered offenses a year 13 LSU Wisconsin ago as the Red Raiders averaged a school-record 45.1 points per game. Tech WEST VIRGINIA concluded the season ranked second nationally for both total offense (579.5 yards per game) and scoring offense (45.1 points Oct. 15 | Jones AT&T Stadium | TBA | TBA per game). u Texas Tech was the only team in a power-five conference in 2015 to score at least 25 points in all 13 games of the season. The OKLAHOMA Oct. 22 | Jones AT&T Stadium | TBA | TBA Red Raiders enter the 2016 season having scored 25 or more points in 16-consecutive games, the longest active streak in the country. TCU Oct. 29 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | TBA | TBA TEXAS Nov. 5 | Jones AT&T Stadium | TBA | TBA OKLAHOMA STATE Nov. 12 | Boone Pickens Stadium | TBA | TBA STICE ONE OF FOUR CAPTAINS FOR 2016 RED RAIDERS UNDER THE LIGHTS Houston transfer Luke Stice has been elected one of four team Texas Tech will play under the Jones AT&T Stadium lights for IOWA STATE captains for the 2016 season, joining the likes of junior quar- the first time since Nov. 1, 2014, on Saturday when the Red Nov. 19 | Jack Trice Stadium | TBA | TBA terback Patrick Mahomes II, senior offensive lineman Baylen Raiders host Stephen F. Austin. The Red Raiders are 35-10 in Brown and senior defensive back Justis Nelson. Stice, a native of night games at home since 2002 (.778 winning percentage), BAYLOR Midland, Texas, joined the Red Raiders this offseason as a walk- which includes a 2-1 mark against top-five ranked opponents. Nov. 25 | AT&T Stadium | 5 p.m. | ESPN on transfer from the University of Houston where he appeared Tech will also play night contests in its next two home games in 35 games from 2012-14. against Louisiana Tech and Kansas. #WreckEm GAME 1: STEPHEN F. AUSTIN INSIDE THE SERIES TEXAS TECH IN SEASON OPENERS STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2-0) u Texas Tech holds a 62-26-3 all-time record in its 91 season openers. The Red POINTS SCORED IN SEASON OPENERS GP: 2; Home: 2-0; Away: 0-0; Neutral: 0-0; OT: 0-0. Raiders defeated Sam Houston State, 59-45, to open the 2015 season. (Since 2000) Year Opponent Points Scored u The Red Raiders boast the fifth-longest active winning streak in season SERIES HISTORY 2015 Sam Houston State 59 openers nationally as Texas Tech has won each of its last 13 games to open a 2014 Central Arkansas 42 Date Loc. W/L TTU SFA Att. season. It is the longest active streak in the Big 12 Conference. Nov. 24, 2001 H W 58 3 31,114 2013 at SMU 41 2012 Northwestern State 44 Sept. 7, 2013 H W 61 13 54,086 u Texas Tech has not dropped a season opener since falling at No. 12 Ohio State, 45-21, to open the 2002 campaign. 2011 Texas State 50 2010 SMU 35 u Texas Tech has won each of its last 15 season openers played inside Jones STATISTICAL LEADERS 2009 North Dakota 38 AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders’ last loss in a home season opener came in 2008 Eastern Washington 49 1992 when No. 15 Oklahoma topped Tech, 34-9. 2007 at SMU 49 2006 SMU 35 u The Red Raiders trounced Sam Houston State with 59 points to open the 2015 2005 Florida International 56 campaign, which marked the most ever for a season opener in school history. 2004 at SMU 27 u Texas Tech’s 59 points against Sam Houston State were its most to open the 2003 SMU 58 TEXAS TECH CATEGORY STEPHEN F. AUSTIN home schedule since the Red Raiders scored 70 points against TCU in 2004. 2002 at Ohio State 21 DeAndre Washington Rushing Loren Easly 2001 New Mexico 42 233 att., 1492 yds., 41 TD 126 att., 759 yds., 4 TD u Since converting to the spread offense in 2000, Texas Tech has averaged 40.7 2000 New Mexico 24 Patrick Mahomes II Passing Zach Conque points per game over the course of the 16 season openers. The Red Raiders 364-573, 4653 yds., 36 TD 177-303, 1933 yds., 16 TD have scored at least 20 points in all 16 games during that time. Jakeem Grant Receiving Aaron Piper u During that same time (2000-present), opposing teams are only averaging 18.9 points per game against the Red Raider de- 90 rec., 1268 yds., 10 TD 44 rec., 439 yds., 5 TD fense. Texas Tech has held opponents to 13 or fewer points in nine of its past 16 season openers. Jakeem Grant All-Purpose Yards Joshawa West u Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury is a perfect 3-0 all-time in season openers after victories over SMU (2013), Central Arkan- 2353 yds., 181.0 avg. 903 yds., 90.3 avg. sas (2014) and Sam Houston State (2015). The Red Raiders are averaging 47.3 points per game in their three season openers Micah Awe Tackles Justin Owens under Kingsbury. TEXAS TECH ALL-TIME AGAINST THE FCS 126 tackles (77 solo) 100 tackles (44 solo) u This is the eighth time in the past 12 seasons where the Red Raiders have (19-1 Overall) Pete Robertson Sacks John Franklin faced an FCS program in its home opener.