TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL
2008 SCHEDULE
Big 12 Leader with 15-Straight Bowl Eligible Seasons 2007 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
S3 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 J1 at SMU UTEP at Rice •at Oklahoma State NORTHWESTERN STATE •IOWA STATE •TEXAS A&M •at (15) Missouri •COLORADO •at Baylor •at (15) Texas •(3) OKLAHOMA vs. (20) Virginia (Gator Bowl) W, 49-9 W, 45-31 W, 59-24 L, 45-49 W, 75-7 W, 42-17 W 35-7 L, 10-41 L, 26-31 W, 38-7 L, 43-49 W, 34-27 W, 31-28
70 Percent Graduation Rate Seven-Straight Years
Eight-Straight Bowl Game Appearances
2008 SCHEDULE
EASTERN WASHINGTON August 30 • 6 p.m. Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas at Nevada September 6 • TBA Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada SMU September 13 • 6 p.m. Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas MASSACHUSETTS September 20 • 6 p.m. Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas OPEN DATE September 27 at Kansas State October 4 • TBA Wagner Field Manhattan, Kansas NEBRASKA October 11 • TBA Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas at Texas A&M October 18 • TBA Kyle Field College Station, Texas at Kansas October 25 • TBA Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas TEXAS November 1 • TBA Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas OKLAHOMA STATE November 8 • TBA Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, Texas OPEN DATE November 15 at Oklahoma November 22 • TBA Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma BAYLOR November 29 • TBA Lubbock, Texas Jones AT&T Stadium First meeting between the two schools ... Texas Tech has played four games against teams from the state of Washington – two each against Washington and Washington State ... the Red Raiders are 2-2 in those games with both wins coming against WSU. The game is the first between the two schools ... it also marks the first game for Tech against a school from the state of Nevada ... Texas Tech has faced members of the Western Athletic Conference in the past, most recently Utah State in 2000 ... overall, Texas Tech is 8-1 against the WAC. Texas Tech leads the series 28-15 and has won 12 straight, dating back to 1989 ... the teams have faced each other five times since the Southwest Conference days, 2002-04 and 2006-07 ... the Red Raiders won the 2007 game 49-9 in the season opener in Dallas ... the game will be the second against SMU in Lubbock since 2006. The game is the first between the two schools ... Texas Tech last faced a team from the state of Massachusetts in 1971, when Boston College visited Lubbock ... the Red Raiders also faced Boston College in 1961 in Lubbock and in Boston the following season. Texas Tech’s first mid-season open date since 2004. Texas Tech leads the series 6-3, dating back to the 1933 season ... the Red Raiders have won three straight against the Wildcats, including a 59-20 win in Lubbock in 2005 ... KSU last picked up a win in 2000, when the 10th-ranked Wildcats narrowly escaped Tech, 28-23, in Manhattan in Mike Leach’s first season as head coach. Texas Tech has won the last two meetings against the Huskers, including a 34-31 win in Lincoln in 2005 and a 70-10 victory in Lubbock the previous season ... Nebraska leads the series 7-2 ... the teams first met in the 1976 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston ... of the nine games in the series, the Huskers have been among the top 10 in five of those games. Game returns to College Station with the Red Raiders riding a three-game win streak ... Texas Tech trails in the overall series 34-31-1, but has won 10 of the last 13 contests ... Red Raiders are averaging 50.8 points per game under Leach in the last five games against the Aggies ... Tech has won the last two of three in College Station. Texas Tech holds a 9-1 advantage over the Jayhawks, including a 5-1 edge in Big 12 play ... Red Raiders have won two straight (2004-05) and last lost in 2001 at home ... Tech coach Mike Leach and Kansas head coach Mark Mangino were on Bob Stoops’ staff together at Oklahoma ... Red Raiders have scored 30+ in each of the last four meetings. The Longhorns have won five straight for the first time since winning five in a row from 1981-85 ... Red Raiders trail 42-14 overall in the series ... teams have met annually since 1960, when the Red Raiders became members of the Southwest Conference ... Tech’s last win was in 2002 in Lubbock and last win in Austin came in 1997. Texas Tech leads the overall series 19-12-3 and has won the last 11 in Lubbock ... OSU’s last win in Lubbock was in 1944 ... Red Raiders have won eight of the last 11 meetings ... Tech has scored 30+ in each of the last four games at home and is averaging 41.3 points per game since Mike Leach’s arrival in 2000. First time since 2004 Texas Tech has had two open weekends in a season. The Red Raiders have won two of the last three ... Texas Tech defeated the third-ranked Sooners, 34-27, in 2007 ... despite five-hour distance from each other, the schools first met in 1992 in Lubbock ... OU won the first three, before the Red Raiders hit the win column in 1996 ... OU leads series 11-4.S Texas Tech took its first series lead, 33-32-1, with the 2007 win in Waco since 1946 ... Red Raiders are winners of 12 straight against the Bears and has not lost to Baylor in Big 12 play ... Tech’s last loss was a 9-7 setback in Waco in 1995 ... Tech is averaging 46.8 points per game in the last four in Lubbock, while holding the Bears to 12.3.
2007 BIG 12 STANDINGS
SOUTH Oklahoma Texas Texas Tech Texas A&M Oklahoma State Baylor NORTH Missouri Kansas Colorado Kansas State Nebraska Iowa State CONF 6-2 5-3 4-4 4-4 4-4 0-8 CONF 7-1 7-1 4-4 3-5 2-6 2-6 OVERALL 11-3 10-3 9-4 7-6 7-6 3-9 OVERALL 12-2 12-1 6-7 5-7 5-7 3-9 STK L1 W1 W2 L1 W1 L8 STK W1 W1 L1 L4 L1 L1
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