Postgame Notes
September 07, 2014 | Football
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Texas Tech Postgame Notes (PDF)
GETTING STARTED
? Weather conditions at kickoff: Temperature: 74 degrees; Winds: S at 10-15 mph; Humidity: 57 percent; Conditions: Partly cloudy.
? Tonight's game was televised nationally by Fox Sports 1.
? Tonight's game marked the 22nd meeting between Texas Tech and UTEP.
? Tonight's game marked the 989th all-time game in Texas Tech history.
? Texas Tech won the opening coin toss and elected to receive. Tech is now 1-1 on the opening coin toss this season.
? Texas Tech wore black helmets, black jerseys and white pants for tonight's game.
? Tonight's game captains were Davis Webb, Bradley Marquez, Sam Eguavoen and Kenny Williams.
? Sophomore offensive lineman Le'Raven Clark made his 28th consecutive start while senior linebacker Sam Eguavoen made his 21st consecutive start.
? Making their first career starts tonight on the offense were freshman running back Justin Stockton and junior offensive lineman Dominique Robertson. Keland McElrath made his first career start on the defensive line at nose tackle.
? Tonight's attendance was 35,422.
Starters - (Offense) - (LT) Le'Raven Clark, (LG) Alfredo Morales, (C) Jared Kaster, (RG) Dominique Robertson (RT) Reshod Fortenberry, (QB) Davis Webb, (RB) DeAndre Washington, (RB) Justin Stockton (WR) D.J. Polite-Bray, (IR) Jakeem Grant, (WR) Reginald Davis (Defense) - (DE) Branden Jackson, (T) Demetrius Alston (N) Keland McElrath, (BAN) Pete Robertson, (WILL) V.J. Fehoko, (MIKE) Sam Eguavoen, (RAIDER) Kenny Williams, (BC) Justis Nelson, (FC) Tevin Madison, (FS) Keenon Ward, (SS) J.J. Gaines
TECH'S WIN...
? Gives Texas Tech a 2-0 overall record.
? Gives Texas Tech a 15-game regular season non-conference winning streak.
? Gives Texas Tech a record of 15-6-1 against UTEP.
? Gives Texas Tech a 7-3-1 against UTEP in El Paso.
? Gives Texas Tech six-straight wins over the Miners dating back to 1963.
? Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 10-5.
? Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 6-0 against non-Big 12 opponents.
STOCKTON BECOMES FIRST RED RAIDER FRESHMAN WITH 100 RUSHING YARDS SINCE 2002
Running back Justin Stockton rushed for 135 yards on 8 carries (16.9 yards/rush) making him the first Red Raider freshman to rush for 100 yards since Taurean Henderson ran for 141 yards on 21 carries during his freshman season in 2002 in a 51-48 overtime loss against NC State in Lubbock on Sept. 21.
NOTING THE RED RAIDERS
? Freshman running back Justin Stockton scored Texas Tech's first points of the game with a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter. The touchdown run was the longest for a Tech player since Eric Stephens' 86-yard TD run against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl during the 2010 season.
? Ryan Bustin gave Tech its first lead of the game when he hit a 28-yard field goal with 10:47 remaining in the first half. That field goal moved him into a tie for third place on Tech's career field goal list with Ricky Gann (1981-84) and Scott Segrist (1985-88).
? Bradley Marquez gave Texas Tech a 16-13 lead with 2:41 to go in the first half when he hauled in an 11-yard TD reception. The TD was his third of the season and his first catch of the game. He has now caught at least one pass in 31 of 33 career games. He caught his second TD pass (13-yards) of the game with 6:27 to go in the third quarter and that gave Tech a 23-13 lead... Marquez has started the season with back-to-back games catching two touchdown passes.
? Davis Webb's first touchdown pass of the game went to Bradley Marquez late in the second quarter. Webb has thrown at least one TD pass in the first 12 games of his career and that marks a school record for a Texas Tech quarterback. His second TD pass of the game to Marquez in the third quarter gave him his 9th career multiple TD game.
? Jakeem Grant had a career night with 150 receiving yards on eight receptions. His previous career high was 99 yards last season against Oklahoma.
? Marquez caught the game-winning touchdown - his third TD reception of the game - from Davis Webb with 2:33 left in the game to give Tech a 30-26 lead.
TEAM NOTES
? Texas Tech has now scored in 209 consecutive games dating back to Oct. 25, 1997. Tech's streak ranks 11th nationally. Of those 209 games, Texas Tech has scored in double digits 195 times.
? Texas Tech was shutout in the first quarter for the first time since last year's 54-16 win at Kansas on Oct. 5.
? Texas Tech attempted its first two-point conversion of the season following its first touchdown of the game but the attempt was no good.
? Texas Tech now has two offensive plays from scrimmage totaling 70 or more yards. The Red Raiders did not have a play from scrimmage over 70 yards in three straight seasons from 2011-13.
? Texas Tech has committed eight or more penalties in seven consecutive games dating back to the 2013 season.
