Texas Tech Football 38 Bowl Appearances | 11 Conference Championships | 570 All-Time Victories
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TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL 38 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 570 ALL-TIME VICTORIES GAME #8/9 TEXAS Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) 2:30 p.m. Lubbock, Texas FOX VS Sept. 26, 2020 2 TTU Sports Network SERIES HISTORY TEXAS TECH TEXAS Overall Texas leads 52-17 Record 1-0 Overall; 0-0 Big 12 Record 1-0 Overall; 0-0 Big 12 In Lubbock Texas leads 21-10 Rankings AP: RV | Coaches: NR | CFP: NR Rankings AP: 8 | Coaches: 9 | CFP: NR In Austin Texas leads 31-7 Last Game Def. Houston Baptist, 35-33 Last Game Def. UTEP, 59-3 Neutral Site None Streak Won 1 Streak Won 1 Current Streak Lost 2 Head Coach Matt Wells Head Coach Tom Herman Last Meeting UT 49, Tech 24 (2019) Career Record 49-42 (8th Season) Career Record 48-19 (6th Season) Record at Texas Tech 5-8 (2nd Season) Record at Texas 26-15 (4th Season) Record vs. Texas 0-1 Record vs. Texas Tech 2-1 TV: FOX n Play-by-Play: Tim Brando n Analyst: Spencer Tillman TALE OF THE TAPE n Producer: Mike Principato 35.0 (21/4) Points/Game (1/1) 59.0 33.0 (38/6) Points Allowed/Game (2/2) 3.0 RADIO: TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK 194.0 (22/3) Rush Yards/Game (19/2) 208.0 430.0 (3/3) Pass Yards/Game (2/2) 481.0 n Play-by-Play: Brian Jensen 624.0 (4/2) Total Offense/Game (1/1) 689.0 n Analyst: John Harris 600.0 (51/8) Total Defense/Game (7/3) 233.0 n Sideline Reporter: Chris Level (National Ranking/Big 12 Ranking) n Engineer: Steve Pitts n Satellite Radio: Sirius 121 / XM 199 SATURDAY STORYLINES n National Radio: None TEXAS TECH, TEXAS MEET FOR 70TH TIME n Mobile App: TuneIn (search Texas Tech) n Texas Tech will look for its third win over Texas in the last six seasons and its first at home since 2008 on Saturday when the Red Raiders and SOCIAL MEDIA: #WreckEm Longhorns open Big 12 play at Jones AT&T Stadium. It will be the 70th all- n Twitter: @TexasTechFB time meeting between the two in-state rivals, who will be opening their Big n Hashtag: #WreckEm / #WeUsOur 12 slate against each other for the fourth time in history. n Instagram: @TexasTech_FB n A win over Texas would mark Texas Tech’s first over a top-10 team since routing No. 4 West Virginia, 49-14, during the 2012 season. The Red Raiders n Facebook: TexasTechFootball will be looking for their first win over a ranked Texas team since the Red Raiders’ magical win over the top-ranked Longhorns in 2008. 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 RETURNS WITH 400-YARD GAME Tommy McVay. The Red Raiders will wear a helmet sticker in all 10 n Alan Bowman made his return behind center against Houston Baptist, games this year to honor the late McVay, who passed suddenly on throwing for 430 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Texas Tech’s 35-33 Aug. 13 at the age of 76. victory over the Huskies. Bowman’s performance marked his fourth career game with at least 400 passing yards and seventh with 300 yards through McVay was always a familiar face on the air as he completed 73.1 percent of his passes to help the Red Raiders the Red Raider sidelines where he start the season with a win for the 17th time in the past 18 years. spent 23 full seasons under five dif- n Despite two seasons as a Red Raider and 11 career starts at quarter- ferent head coaches. He was among back, this will be Bowman’s first ever appearance against Texas as he was the first hires for head coach Matt held out of each of the two previous meetings due to injury. Wells shortly after he touched down in Lubbock for the first time. McVay was responsible for Texas Tech RUSH DEFENSES ON DISPLAY SATURDAY landing future Red Raider standout n Both Texas Tech and Texas will put two strong rushing defenses on dis- and NFL great Wes Welker during his career as he convinced then play Saturday as both teams allowed less than 50 yards on the ground in head coach Mike Leach to use the program’s last scholarship on their respective season openers against Houston Baptist and UTEP. The Red the relatively-unknown recruit out of McVay’s native Oklahoma. Raiders surrendered only 28 rushing yards to Houston Baptist, their fewest McVay was a standout basketball and track and field athlete at since the 2012 season opener versus Northwestern State. Southeastern Oklahoma State where he was inducted into its n The Red Raiders will look to limit a Texas offense that strung together Hall of Fame in 2009. He was honored for his work locally in 2017 689 yards of total offense against the Miners, the highest single-game total when the Texas Tech chapter of the National Football Foundation so far in college football this season. The Longhorns recorded 208 of those presented him the award for outstanding contribution to amateur yards on the ground en route to a 59-3 rout over UTEP. football at its annual banquet. 2020 SCHEDULE HOUSTON BAPTIST TEXAS @KANSAS STATE @IOWA STATE WEST VIRGINIA OKLAHOMA @TCU BAYLOR @OKLAHOMA ST. KANSAS Sept. 12 | W, 35-33 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 2: TEXAS THE TEXAS SERIES SERIES HISTORY Hand worked alongside both Texas Tech defensive coordinator n Texas Tech and Texas will meet for the 70th time in history Keith Patterson and defensive line coach Paul Randolph for three and the 61st-consecutive year Saturday afternoon. The Longhorns seasons at the University of Tulsa. Hand was in the same exact control a 52-17 all-time advantage in the series, which includes a position with the Golden Hurricanes as he is now at Texas from 21-10 mark in games played in Lubbock. 2007-09, while Patterson was Tulsa’s co-defensive coordinator n The Red Raiders will be looking for their first win over the and linebackers coach and Randolph was executive senior associ- TEXAS (17-52) Longhorns at home since the 2008 season when Graham Harrell ate head coach and the other co-defensive coordinator. GP: 69; Home: 10-21; Away: 7-31; Neutral: 0-0; OT: 0-0. found Michael Crabtree for the game-winning touchdown with n First-year Texas Tech linebackers coach Kevin Cosgrove and Big 12: 6-18 (Home: 3-9; Away: 3-9). only a second remaining in regulation. Four of Texas Tech’s five Texas co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Coleman SWC: 10-25 (Home: 7-10; Away: 3-15). home losses to Texas since that memorable game have come by Hutzler spent two seasons on the same staff together at New at Jones AT&T Stadium: 29 (10-19). 10 points or less. Mexico from 2012-13. Cosgrove was the inside linebackers coach at Tech Stadium: 1 (0-1). n Outside of last year’s meeting in Austin, the two in-state rivals for the Lobos those two seasons, while Hutzler was the special at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium: 38 (7-31). have gone to the wire over the past five years as four of those teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach. Games decided by 3 points or less: 4 (3-1). meetings have been determined by a touchdown or less. Lil’Jor- Games decided by 7 points or less: 11 (7-4). dan Humprey hauled in a 29-yard touchdown grab to give Texas TEXAS TECH IN BIG 12 OPENERS Most Points-TTU: 48 (48-45 win on Nov. 26, 2015). the victory with only 21 seconds remaining in 2018, while Justus n Texas Tech enters this weekend with a 14-10 all-time record in Most Points-UT: 59 (59-43 loss on Nov. 10, 2007). Parker, a year earlier, picked off a Sam Ehlinger pass with just over Big 12 openers. The Red Raiders have won five of their last eight Fewest Points-TTU: 0, 9x, (last: 27-0 loss on Oct. 30, 1982). two minutes remaining, setting up a Cameron Batson touchdown Big 12 openers thanks to victories over TCU (2013), Iowa State Fewest Points-UT: 3 (26-3 win on Sept. 28, 1974). grab from Nic Shimonek that was followed by a Douglas Coleman (2012), Kansas (2011, 2016) and Oklahoma State (2018). Largest Win: 23 (26-3 win on Sept. 28, 1974). III interception to seal the victory. n This will be the fourth time in school history where the Red Largest Loss: 51 (58-7 loss on Nov. 13, 1999). n The Red Raiders used a trick play to defeat the Longhorns in Raiders have kicked off league play against the Longhorns as Win Streak: 2, three times. the closing minutes of the 2015 meeting as Jakeem Grant hid be- Texas is a perfect 3-0 in those games with wins in 2001, 2009 Losing Streak: 7 (Sept. 29, 1928-Sept. 17, 1955). hind the offensive line before scampering 40 yards around the left and 2010. Texas was ranked among the top-five teams nationally When both teams are ranked: 6 (2-4).