Game Preview: Texas
November 22, 2015 | Football
The Red Raiders close the regular season on Thanksgiving when Texas Tech travels to face Texas in a 6:30 p.m. CT kickoff in Austin.
Nov. 22, 2015
The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports 1. Tim Brando (play-by-play), Spencer Tillman (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) will call the game live from Memorial Stadium, while Michael Helling 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.
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Texas Tech (6-5, 3-5 Big 12) enters its Thanksgiving contest following its first off week of the year. The Red Raiders are bowl eligible for the 23rd time in the last 25 years after claiming their sixth victory of the season, a 59-44 Senior Day home win over Kansas State on Nov. 14. The six wins are two more victories than Texas Tech totaled during the 2014 season. Earlier in the year, 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.
In Texas, Texas Tech faces its ninth and final Big 12 opponent of the year and plays its 1,011th all-time football game as the Red Raiders own a 550-428-32 all-time football record in 91 total seasons. The Red Raiders have accumulated 55 winning seasons and advanced to 36 bowl games.
Texas enters Thursday's game after claiming wins in three of its last four matchups including victories against Kansas (59-20 on Nov. 7), Kansas State (23-9 on Oct. 24) and No. 10 Oklahoma (24-17 on Oct. 10). The Longhorns' lone loss during that stretch was a 24-0 loss at Iowa State on Oct. 31.
TOP GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• Texas Tech will be playing on Thanksgiving Day for only the second time in program history. The Red Raiders played their first game on Thanksgiving in 2013 at Texas.
• This will be the 65th all-time meeting between in-state rivals Texas Tech and Texas. The Longhorns lead the all-time series, 49-15, after winning each of the past six meetings.
• The Red Raiders will be looking for their first victory at Texas since the 1997 season when Texas Tech topped the Longhorns, 24-10, under Spike Dykes.
• Texas Tech enters its meeting with Texas averaging 46.5 points per game which ranks second nationally.
• Texas Tech is averaging 43.5 points per game in Big 12 play which is just shy of the highest scoring average against conference foes in school history. The Red Raiders previously averaged 44.0 points per game in conference play during the 2008 season. Texas Tech needs to score 49 points against Texas to break that mark.
• The Red Raiders have scored at least 25 points in every game this year, marking the first time in program history where Texas Tech has recorded 25 or more points in each of the first 11 games of a season.
• Texas Tech has scored at least 50 points a school-record six times this season, including four times in Big 12 play which also snaps a program record.
• Texas Tech continues to boast one of the nation's top offenses as the Red Raiders rank third nationally in total offense and passing offense.
• Texas Tech could potentially have a 4,000 yard passer (Patrick Mahomes II), a 1,000 yard rusher (DeAndre Washington) and a 1,000 yard receiver (Jakeem Grant) for the first time in school history. Mahomes needs to pass for 89 yards against Texas to become the seventh Texas Tech quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.
| Game Information | |
|---|---|
| Opponent | Texas Longhorns |
| Date/Time | Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 | 6:30 p.m. (CT) |
| Location | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium | Austin, Texas |
| 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 TBA/XM Channel TBA (Texas Tech Broadcast) |
| Television | FOX Sports 1 | FOX Sports Go Tim Brando (Play-by-Play), Spencer Tillman (Analyst); Bruce Feldman (Sidelines) |
| On The Web | Live statistics at TexasTech.com | Gametracker |
| Rankings | Texas Tech (AP: Not Ranked); (Amway Coaches: Not Ranked) Kansas (AP: Not Ranked); (Amway Coaches: Not Ranked) |
| Head Coaches | Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury (Career: 18-18 in third season; At Texas Tech: 18-18 in third season) Texas: Charlie Strong (Career: 47-29 in sixth season; At Texas: 10-13 in second season) |
| Against Texas | Texas leads the series, 47-15. |
