Texas Tech University Athletics
Game Preview: West Virginia
November 01, 2015 | Football
Jakeem Grant heads into Saturday's game at West Virginia as one of the nation's leaders in all-purpose yards. Grant totaled 323 all-purpose yards against West Virginia, fourth-most in Texas Tech single-game history.
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Nov. 1, 2015
The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports 1. Justin Kutcher (play-by-play), Petros Papadakis (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) will call the game live from Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, while Jeff Gowen will handle production.
Fans may tune into one of the 44 region-wide affiliates of the Texas Tech Radio Network. Brian Jensen returns to the broadcast booth as play-by-play announcer for his 16th consecutive season and is joined by veteran John Harris, who is in his 33rd year of providing analysis. In his sixth season, Chris Level rounds out the crew as sideline reporter.
Tickets are available for purchase online at texastech.com or by calling the athletics ticket office at (806) 742-TECH.
Texas Tech (5-4, 2-4 Big 12) enters the contest following a 70-53 home loss to No. 12 Oklahoma State on Oct. 31. Texas Tech already has registered five wins on the year, one more victory than it registered during the 2014 season. Previously, the Red Raiders played one of the nation's most difficult three-game stretches that included a win at previously ranked Arkansas and back-to-back losses to consecutive top-5 ranked teams in No. 3 TCU (55-52 loss at home) and No. 5 Baylor (63-35 loss at AT&T Stadium in Arlington). It marked the first time in school history that Texas Tech faced two consecutive nationally ranked top-five teams in back-to-back weeks. Tech enters its game this week after dropping two consecutive games to nationally ranked teams.
In West Virginia, Texas Tech faces its seventh Big 12 opponent of the year and plays its 1,010th all-time football game as the Red Raiders own a 549-427-32 all-time football record in 91 total seasons. The Red Raiders have accumulated 55 winning seasons and advanced to 36 bowl games. Last year, Texas Tech finished a disappointing 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Big 12 Conference. The sub-.500 season marked Texas Tech's only second sub-.500 season in the last 22 years. With a win over West Virginia, Texas Tech will be bowl eligible for the 23rd time in the last 25 seasons.
West Virginia enters Saturday's game after dropping four straight contests to four consecutive nationally ranked teams: at No. 15 Oklahoma (L, 44-24), vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State (L, 33-26 in OT), at No. 2 Baylor (L, 62-38) and at No. 3 TCU (L, 40-10). The Mountaineers are coached by former Texas Tech assistant Dana Holgorsen, who served eight seasons under former Tech head coach Mike Leach (2000-07).
West Virginia lost a 40-10 contest at No. 2 TCU on Thursday night in Fort Worth.
TOP GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• The Red Raiders are currently 5-4 this season with all four losses coming to teams with a combined record of 30-1. Texas Tech's four losses have all come to teams currently ranked in the top 15 of this week's Associated Press poll.
• Texas Tech is 2-2 all-time against West Virginia and 2-1 since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 Conference prior to the 2012 season. The Red Raiders defeated West Virginia, 32-27, in their only other trip to Morgantown.
• Texas Tech enters its meeting with West Virginia averaging 47.3 points per game which ranks fourth nationally.
• Texas Tech is averaging 43.8 points per game in Big 12 play despite facing four ranked opponents through six games.
• The Red Raiders head into Saturday's game having scored at least 25 points in each of the first nine games of this season. It is the longest streak to start a year since totaling 25 or more points in each of its first 10 games in 2008.
• Through six games in Big 12 play, Texas Tech has scored 50 or more points three times, marking just the third time in program history where the Red Raiders have had three 50-plus point performances against league foes (2003, 2008).
• Texas Tech has scored at least 50 points five times this season. It is only the second time in program history where the Red Raiders have recorded five 50-point performances (2005).
• Texas Tech continues to boast one of the nation's top offenses as the Red Raiders rank third nationally in total offense and second in passing offense.
• Texas Tech senior running back DeAndre Washington needs just 63 rushing yards to become the first Red Raider to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons since former Doak Walker Award winner Byron Hanspard in 1995 and 1996.
• Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury is 1-1 against WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen, who was on the Red Raider coaching staff during Kingsbury's playing days from 2000-02.
| Game Information | |
|---|---|
| Opponent | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| Date/Time | Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 | 11 a.m. (CT) |
| Location | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, W.Va. |
| Radio | Texas Tech Sports Network from Learfield Sports | Network Affiliates | Listen Online Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play/16th Season), John Harris (Analyst/33rd Season), Chris Level (Sidelines/6th Season), Steve Pitts (Engineer/37th Season) |
| National Radio | None |
| Satellite Radio | Sirius Channel 133/XM Channel 199 (WVU Broadcast) |
| Television | FOX Sports 1 | FOX Sports Go Justin Kutcher (Play-by-Play), Petros Papadakis (Analyst); Bruce Feldman (Sidelines) |
| On The Web | Live statistics at TexasTech.com | Gametracker |
| Rankings | Texas Tech (AP: Not Ranked); (Amway Coaches: Not Ranked) West Virginia (AP: Not Ranked); (Amway Coaches: Not Ranked) |
| Head Coaches | Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury (Career: 17-17 in third season; At Texas Tech: 17-17 in third season) Oklahoma: Dana Holgorsen (Career: 31-27 in 5th season; At WVU: 31-27 in 5th season) |
| Against West Virginia | Series is tied 2-2. |
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