Texas Tech Football 37 Bowl Appearances | 11 Conference Championships | 558 All-Time Victories
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TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL 37 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 558 ALL-TIME VICTORIES GAME COVERAGE TEXAS TECH 1 GAME 3 HOUSTON TELEVISION RED RAIDERS COUGARS ABC/ESPN2 2-0 0-0 Big 12 Mike Patrick (Play-by-Play) Tommy Tuberville (Analyst) AT Paul Carcaterra (Sideline) 2-0 0-0 AAC RADIO TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK Sept. 23 • 11 a.m. • Houston, Texas • TDECU Stadium (40,000) • ABC/ESPN (Reverse Mirror) • Texas Tech Sports Network Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play) TEXAS TECH HOUSTON John Harris (Analyst) 2017 Record 2-0 Overall; 0-0 Big 12 2017 Record 2-0 Overall; 0-0 AAC Chris Level (Sideline) Rankings AP: RV | Coaches: NR Rankings AP: RV | Coaches: RV Steve Pitts (Engineer) Last Game Def. Arizona State, 52-45 Last Game Def. Rice, 38-3 SATELLITE RADIO Streak Won 3 Streak Won 2 SIRIUS Radio Channel 132 Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury Head Coach Major Appelwhite Career Record 26-26 (5th Season) Career Record 2-0 XM Radio Channel 202 Record at Texas Tech Same Record at Houston Same SERIES HISTORY Record vs. Houston First Meeting Record vs. Texas Tech First Meeting Overall UH leads 18-11-1 In Lubbock UH leads 8-6 STATISTICAL LEADERS In Houston UH leads 10-3-1 #32 Desmond Nisby | RB | Jr-TR #2 Duke Catalon | RB | Jr. RUSHING Neutral Site Tech leads 2-0 15 attempts, 102 yards, 0 TDs, 6.8 yards/carry 25 attempts, 110 yards, 1 TDs, 4.4 yards/carry Under Kingsbury First Meeting #16 Nic Shimonek | QB | Sr-1L #10 Kyle Allen | QB | Jr. PASSING Current Streak Won 1 63-of-80, 927 yards, 9 TDs, 0 Int., 78.8% 56-of-65, 554 yards, 3 TDs, 2 Int., 86.2% Last Meeting Tech 35, UH 20 (2010) #2 Keke Coutee | WR | Jr-2L #15 Linell Bonner | WR | Sr. RECEIVING 2017 SCHEDULE 17 receptions, 285 yards, 3 TD, 142.5 yards/game 19 receptions, 191 yards, 1 TD, 95.5 yards/game #1 Jordyn Brooks | DB | So-1L #9 Matthew Adams | LB | Sr. SEPTEMBER • (2-0) DEFENSE 20 tackles (12 solo), 0 TFL, 0 FF, 0 Pass Breakup 19 tackles (13 solo), 2.5 TFL, 0 INT, 1 Pass Breakup 2 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 56-10 FSN 16 ARIZONA STATE W, 52-45 FSN SATURDAY STORYLINES RED RAIDERS LOOKING FOR 3-0 START 23 at Houston 11 a.m. ABC/ESPN2 n Texas Tech heads to the road for the first time this season Saturday 30 OKLAHOMA STATE* 7 p.m. FOX when the Red Raiders travel to face Houston. Tech will be looking to start OCTOBER • (0-0) its season 3-0 for the fifth time in the last seven years 7 at Kansas* TBA TBA n Under head coach Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech is an impressive 10-2 against non-conference opponents. The Red Raiders have gone on the 14 at West Virginia* TBA TBA road to score wins over SMU (2013), UTEP (2014) and Arkansas (2015) 21 IOWA STATE* TBA TBA under Kingsbury. 28 at Oklahoma* TBA TBA n The Red Raiders have won six of their last seven non-conference road NOVEMBER • (0-0) games with the lone loss coming last year at Arizona State. 4 KANSAS STATE* TBA TBA SHIMONEK ACCURATE AGAIN AGAINST ASU 11 vs. Baylor* (Arlington) TBA TBA n Through his first two career starts, Nic Shimonek has been nothing 18 TCU* TBA TBA short of impressive. The senior has completed 78.8 percent of his passes 24 at Texas* 7 p.m. FOX for 927 yards and nine touchdowns in victories over Eastern Washington and Arizona State. TABLE OF CONTENTS n Shimonek threw for a career high 543 yards and six touchdowns Notes 1-10 against Arizona State, which ranks as the most for a FBS quarterback so Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury 11 far this season. Jones AT&T Stadium 13 n Since the start of the 2000 season, Shimonek’s 927 yards ranks sev- Depth Chart 14-15 enth among FBS quarterbacks through two games in a season. Player Notes 16-22 Statistics 23-33 NATION'S TOP OFFENSE HEADS TO HOUSTON n Texas Tech is the nation’s leader in total offense (620.5 yards per The Last Time 34-43 game) and passing offense (496.0 yards per game) after lighting up the Roster 44-45 scoreboard against both Eastern Washington and Arizona State. Media Information 46 n Texas Tech is averaging 54 points per game early in the season after scoring 56 against Eastern Washington and then 52 versus Arizona State last weekend. n The Red Raiders will be matched against a Houston defense that is only allowing 9.5 points per game so far this season. The Cougars cur- rently rank seventh in the FBS for scoring defense entering this week. 1 Twitter Instagram, Snapchat Facebook SOCIAL @TexasTechFB TexasTech_FB Facebook.com/TexasTechFootball #WreckEm 2017 TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL | WEEK 4: HOUSTON SERIES HISTORY INSIDE THE HOUSTON SERIES n Saturday will mark the 31st all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Houston. The Cougars control an 18-11-1 all-time advan- tage in the series that was featured primarily during the Southwest Conference. n This will be just the third meeting between Texas Tech and Houston since the Southwest Conference closed following the 1995 season. The Red Raiders also faced Houston in a home-and-home series during the 2009-10 campaigns. n The Red Raiders claimed a 35-20 victory in their last meeting against Houston, which came during the 2010 regular-season HOUSTON (11-18-1) finale. Taylor Potts threw for 373 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 40 more yards, while the Tech defense picked off Houston GP: 30; Home: 6-8; Away: 3-10-1; Neutral: 0-2; OT: 0-0. three times in the win. SWC: 7-12-1 (Home: 3-6; Away: 2-6-1; Neutral: 2-0). n Texas Tech has won six of the last seven meetings against Houston dating back to the start of the 1991 season. Tech has scored Jones AT&T Stadium: 14 (6-8). at least 25 points in each game versus the Cougars during that stretch. Rice Stadium, Houston: 4 (1-3). n Of the 30 previous meetings between the two Southwest Conference foes, only four took place outside the month of November. The Astrodome, Houston: 9 (2-6-1) This will be just the third time the two schools have met in the month of September as Tech hosted the Cougars on Sept. 13, 1990, Robertson Stadium, Houston: 1 (0-1). and then traveled to Houston on Sept. 26, 2009. The Alamodome, San Antonio: 2 (2-0). Games decided by 3 points or less: 4 (1-3). COACHING TIES RUN DEEP TO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON n The trip to Houston will be special for several members of the Red Raider coaching staff this weekend as head coach Kliff Games decided by 7 points or less: 11 (2-9). Kingsbury, defensive coordinator David Gibbs, offensive coordinator Eric Morris, special teams coordinator Joe Robinson and Most Points-TTU: 58 (58-7 win on Nov. 20, 1993). linebackers coach Zac Spavital were all previously members of the Houston football program. Most Points-UH: 51 (51-35 loss on Sept. 13, 1990). n Kingsbury began his coaching career as an quality control assistant with the Cougars from 2008-09 before eventually being Fewest Points-TTU: 0, twice (last: 7-0 on Oct. 22, 1955). named the quarterbacks coach in 2010 and the Co-Offensive Coordinator in 2011 under then head coach Kevin Sumlin. While in Fewest Points-UH: 0, twice (last: 34-0 on Nov. 19, 1994). Houston, Kingsbury helped develop one of the nation’s premier passers in Case Keenum, who led the country in passing yards Largest Win: 51 (58-7 win on Nov. 20, 1993). during both the 2009 and 2011 seasons. Largest Loss: 38 (45-7 loss on Nov. 19, 1977). n Likewise, Morris also received his first coaching position at the University of Houston as he was a quality control assistant in 2010 Win Streak: 5 (Nov. 30, 1991-Nov. 25, 1995). and a graduate assistant in 2011. He worked with Kingsbury those two seasons before accepting his first full-time position in 2012 Loss Streak: 7 (Nov. 23, 1979-Nov. 23, 1985). at Washington State. Most Attended: 53,461 on Nov. 27, 2010 in Lubbock. n Gibbs’ most previous stop before joining the Tech coaching staff was a two-year stint as Houston’s defensive coordinator in 2013- Last 10: 6-4. | Last 20: 7-12-1 14. Gibbs built one of the nation’s premier defenses during that span as the Cougars led the nation with 43 turnovers forced in 2013 and then ranked 11th nationally in scoring defense a year later. Gibbs, a veteran NFL assistant as well, served as Houston’s interim head coach for the 2014 Armed Forces Bowl. SERIES HISTORY n Spavital worked alongside Gibbs at Houston as part of a seven-year tenure on the Cougar coaching staff. Spavital was the defen- Date Loc. W/L TTU UH Att. sive backs coach for all seven seasons, four of which (2011-14) were spent as the program’s recruiting coordinator as well. Oct. 6, 1951 A# L 0 6 15,000 n Robinson spent the 2002 season at Houston as the Cougars’ special teams coach. Robinson is in his second season leading the Nov. 1, 1952 H L 7 20 18,000 Tech special teams units as he arrived in Lubbock following three years in a similar role at South Carolina.