Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders Take On Texas In Austin
November 14, 2003 | Football
Texas Tech Game Notes In PDF Format
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THE GAME
The 53rd edition of the Texas Tech-Texas series kicks off Sat., Nov. 15, at 6:10 p.m. at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net.
RED RAIDERS COMING OFF 42-38 WIN IN LUBBOCK IN 2002
Texas leads the all-time series 38-14 and holds a 24-5 advantage in Austin. Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, the Red Raiders have won three of seven meetings, including last year's game at Jones SBC Stadium. Tech won the 1997 meeting in Austin (24-10) and won its second in 1998 (42-35) in Lubbock. The series began in 1928 with Texas claiming a 12-0 win in Austin. Tech's first win occurred during the series' eighth game in 1955, a 20-14 Red Raider win in Austin.
TELEVISION
Fox Sports Net will televise the game nationally (Cox Cable Channel 20 in Lubbock) at 6:10 p.m. Sat., Nov. 15. Joel Meyers (play-by-play), Dave Lapham (color analyst) and Jim Knox (sideline) will call the action from Austin.
RADIO
The All Sports Radio Network, with its flagship station KKAM 1340-AM, carries the live broadcast of every football game throughout the state of Texas on its 26-station network. Play-by-play man Brian Jensen calls the action with longtime Lubbock broadcasting fixture John Harris as the color analyst. Mark Finkner provides the sideline coverage, while Tim Chambers serves as statistician.
THE COACH: Mike Leach
Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach is 30-19 at Texas Tech and is in his fourth season at the helm of the Red Raider program. In his first three seasons, Leach won 23 games, was the first coach in Tech history to lead his first three teams to bowl appearances, and helped Red Raider players set 125 school records. He also produced NCAA record-setting QB Kliff Kingsbury, who set 17 NCAA marks and tied four others during his three seasons as the starter. Leach's three-year record of 23 wins ties former Red Raider head coach Steve Sloan with the most over a three-year span.
SECOND-QUICKEST TO 30
With Texas Tech's win at Baylor, head coach Mike Leach became the second-fastest coach in school history to reach 30 wins. Jim Carlen won his 30th in the 46th game he coached at Tech. The Baylor game marked the 49th for Leach as head coach.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Senior WR/PR Wes Welker broke Lee Nalley's 54-year-old NCAA career punt return yardage record with a 22-yard return against Baylor, setting a new standard of 1,745. Nalley set the previous mark of 1,695 from 1947-49 while playing at Vanderbilt. Two weeks ago against Colorado, Welker broke former Tech All-American Donny Anderson's 38-year-old career all-purpose yardage record. Welker has 5,404 all-purpose yards in his career.
EXPERIENCED O-LINE
In addition to returning four starters from last season's offensive line, Tech also welcomes a wealth of experience on the depth chart. Rimington Trophy candidate and senior starting C Toby Cecil is the veteran along the offensive line with 47 starts to his credit over his career, including 11 as a redshirt freshman in 2000. His total number of starts ranks him second among the nation's offensive linemen.
