Post-Game Notes
November 01, 2014 | Football
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GETTING STARTED
? Weather conditions at kickoff: Temperature: 65 degrees; Winds: SSE at 22 mph; Humidity: 39 percent; Conditions: Partly Cloudy/Windy
? Tonight's game was televised nationally on Fox Sports 1.
? Tonight's game marked the 64th all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Texas.
? Tonight's game marked the 996th all-time game in Texas Tech history.
? Texas won the opening coin toss and elected to defer until the second half. Tech is now 3-6 on the opening coin toss this season.
? Texas Tech wore special edition Lonestar Pride uniforms for tonight's game.
? Today's game captains were Davis Webb, Bradley Marquez, Sam Eguavoen and Kenny Williams.
? Junior offensive lineman Le'Raven Clark made his 35th consecutive start - most among active players.
? Freshman quarterback Patrick Mahomes made his first career start. He became the fifth Tech quarterback in the last 15 years to make his first career start at home in a Big 12 Conference game (Webb, Doege, Sheffield, Kingsbury). He is the fifth true freshman to make a start for Texas Tech this season.
? Tonight's attendance was 60,961 (third largest crowd all-time). The game reached sellout status back on Aug. 6, making it the earliest sellout in school history.
Starters - (Offense) - (LT) Le'Raven Clark, (LG) Alfredo Morales, (C) Jared Kaster, (RG) Baylen Brown (RT) Reshod Fortenberry, (QB) Patrick Mahomes, (IR) Ian Sadler, (IR) Jakeem Grant (WR) Dylan Cantrell, (IR) Bradley Marquez, (RB) DeAndre Washington (Defense) - (DE) Branden Jackson, (T) Marcus Smith, (N) Jackson Richards, (BAN) Pete Robertson, (WILL) Micah Awe, (MIKE) Sam Eguavoen, (RAIDER) Austin Stewart, (BC) Justis Nelson, (FC) Nigel Bethel III, (FS) Keenon Ward, (SS) J.J. Gaines
TECH'S LOSS...
? Gives Texas Tech a 3-6 overall record.
? Gives Texas Tech an 1-5 record in Big 12 play.
? Gives Texas an all-time record of 49-15 against Texas Tech.
? Gives Texas six straight wins over Texas Tech.
? Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 11-11.
? Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 5-10 against Big 12 opponents.
? Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 0-2 against Texas.
NOTING THE RED RAIDERS
? Senior receiver Bradley Marquez now has at least one catch in 38 of 40 career games.
? Branden Jackson's fumble recovery for a touchdown was the first by a Red Raider since last season when Will Smith returned a fumble for a nine-yard TD against Texas State in Lubbock.
? Senior Jackson Richards picked up his first sack of the season and it set up the fumble recovery for touchdown by Jackson.
? Pete Robertson picked up a sack (9th of the season) on the last play of the first quarter and he becomes the first Red Raider to have a sack in six consecutive games in over 16 years. He is now tied for 10th on the school's single season sacks list.
? Senior running back Kenny Williams scored Tech's first offensive touchdown of the night with 3:34 to go in the first half. The TD run was his first rushing TD of the season (16th career).
? Sophomore Justis Nelson picked up his second fumble recovery of the season midway through the third quarter. J.J. Gaines picked up his first career forced fumble on the play.
? Junior linebacker Micah Awe recorded a career-high 12 tackles.
? Junior safety J.J. Gaines posted a career-high 12 tackles... he also matched a career-high two pass breakups.
TEAM NOTES
? Texas Tech extended its consecutive game-scoring streak to 216 games with the defensive touchdown late in the first quarter. Tech's scoring streak dates back to the 1997 season.
? Texas Tech tallied 381 total yards, which extended its streak with at least 325 total yards to 37 consecutive games (longest active streak in the FBS).
? The fumble recovery in the end zone by Branden Jackson marked the first defensive score of the season for Texas Tech. Tech's last defensive touchdown came in last year's home game against Oklahoma State.
? Texas Tech has now played two true freshman walk-ons at quarterback in the last two years. Vincent Testaverde took over the game in the second quarter following an injury to Patrick Mahomes. Testaverde is the ninth true freshman to play for Texas Tech this season.
? Mahomes and Testaverde threw completions to 10 different Red Raiders, including six that made multiple receptions.
? Texas Tech recorded a sack for the sixth straight game for the first time since 2011 (opening six games of the 2011 season).
