Bowl Preview: Texas Tech Faces No. 20 LSU in Houston
December 21, 2015 | Football
Texas Tech senior DeAndre Washington will play his final game as a Red Raider on Dec. 29 in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl.
Dec. 18, 2015
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jesse Palmer (color analyst), David Pollack (color analyst) and Maria Taylor (sidelines) will call the game live from NRG Stadium, while Josh Hoffman 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.
For the 37th time in its football history and 14th time in the last 16 seasons, Texas Tech has advanced to a postseason bowl game. The 37 bowl appearances rank No. 17 nationally among schools with the most all-time bowl bids. Texas Tech travels to a bowl game in Houston for the fifth time in program history and for the first time since the 2012 Meinecke Car Care Bowl of Texas, which was also played at NRG Stadium. The Red Raiders claimed a 34-31 win that day over Minnesota on Dec. 29, 2012.
The Red Raider offense needs 11 points against LSU to break the Texas Tech single-season record.
In No. 20 LSU, Texas Tech plays its 1,012th all-time football game as the Red Raiders own a 551-428-32 all-time football record in 91 total seasons. The Red Raiders have accumulated 56 winning seasons and advanced to 37 bowl games.
Ranked No. 20 in the College Football Playoff rankings, No. 22 in the Associated Press and No. 21 in the USA Today coaches' poll, LSU enters the game with an 8-3 record and following a 19-7 victory over Texas A&M in its season finale Nov. 28. The Tigers are led by All-American running back Leonard Fournette, who leads the nation in rushing yards per game, ranks No. 3 in rushing yards (1,741), No. 4 in all-purpose yards (177.3) and No. 5 in rushing touchdowns (18).
BOWL STORYLINES
? Texas Tech will make its 37th all-time bowl appearance when the Red Raiders and No. 20 LSU meet in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl. The Red Raiders are 14-21-1 all-time in bowl games, including a perfect 3-0 mark in their last three bowl appearances in the state of Texas.
? This will be the third all-time meeting between Texas Tech and LSU and the first time the two schools have faced each other in a bowl game. Texas Tech is 0-2 all-time against LSU.
? Texas Tech is 2-5-1 all-time in bowl games against current members of the Southeastern Conference. The Red Raiders last defeated an SEC opponent in a bowl game in 1973 with a 28-19 victory over Tennessee in the Gator Bowl.
? Texas Tech has won each of its last four bowl games, marking the longest active streak in the Big 12 Conference.
? Texas Tech concluded the regular season ranked second nationally in scoring average (46.5), passing offense (391.3) and total offense (588.1).
? The Red Raiders scored at least 25 points in all 12 games of the regular season, marking the longest streak with 25 or more points during a season in program history. Texas Tech has totaled at least 25 points in 15-straight games dating back to the 2014 season.
? Texas Tech is the only school in a Power-5 Conference (ACC, SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12) to score at least 25 points in every game this season. Bowling Green is the only other school in the FBS to achieve that streak as well.
? Texas Tech needs to score 11 points against LSU to snap the single-season school record for most points. The Red Raiders, who scored a program record 569 points in 2008, have totaled 559 points so far this 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 snapped a program record.
| Bowl Information | |
|---|---|
| Opponent | LSU Tigers |
| Date/Time | Tues., Dec. 29, 2015 | 8 p.m. (CT) |
| Location | NRG Stadium | Houston, 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 | ESPN Radio Bob Wischusen (Play-by-Play), Brock Huard (Analyst), Shannon Spake (Sideline) |
| Satellite Radio | Sirius Channel 80/XM Channel 80 (ESPN Radio Broadcast) |
| Television | ESPN | Watch ESPN Joe Tessitore (Play-by-Play), Jesse Palmer, David Pollack (Analysts); Maria Taylor (Sideline) |
| On The Web | Live statistics at TexasTech.com | Gametracker |
| Rankings | Texas Tech (CFP: Not Ranked); (AP: Not Ranked); (Amway Coaches: Not Ranked) LSU (CFP: No. 20); (AP: No. 22); (Amway Coaches: No. 21) |
| Head Coaches | Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury (Career: 19-18 in third season; At Texas Tech: 19-18 in third season) LSU: Les Miles (Career: 139-53 in 15th season; At LSU: 110-32 in 11th season) |
| Against LSU | LSU leads the series, 2-0. |
