Texas Tech University Athletics
Game Preview: Baylor
September 27, 2015 | Football
Texas Tech faces a top-five team for the second-straight week on Saturday when the Red Raiders battle No. 4 Baylor at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
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Sept. 27, 2015
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 will be in his 33rd year of providing analysis. In his sixth season, Chris Level rounds out the crew as sideline reporter.
For the first time in school history, Texas Tech will face two nationally ranked top-5 teams in back-to-back weeks (No. 3 TCU and No. 4 Baylor). Texas Tech is 1-8 all-time vs. the nation's No. 4 ranked teams. Its lone victory vs. a No. 4 ranked team was against West Virginia on Oct. 13, 2012 (49-14 win at Jones AT&T Stadium). The last time Tech faced two top-10 ranked opponents in back-to-back weeks was in 2008 when it hosted both No. 1 Texas (39-33 win on Nov. 1) and No. 8 Oklahoma State (56-20 win on Nov. 8). Texas Tech is the nation's only program to face two top-five nationally ranked opponents in its first five games of the 2015 season.
Texas Tech (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) plays its second Big 12 game of the year and plays its 1,004th all-time football game as the Red Raiders own a 547-424-32 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. A Texas Tech win on Saturday would match the Red Raiders' victory total from last season.
The Texas Tech-Baylor matchup features two of the nation's most exciting and big-play offenses. Both schools rank among the nation's top-10 team statistics in total offense (1-Baylor, 767.0, 5-Texas Tech, 594.5), passing offense (7-Baylor, 387.3, 5-Texas Tech, 397.3) and scoring offense (1-Baylor, 64.0, 3-Texas Tech, 53.8). The two schools also rank No. 1-2 nationally in most plays from scrimmage totaling both 40 and 30 yards.
Baylor (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) enters its game against Texas Tech after defeating Rice 70-17 last weekend. Baylor was picked by Big 12 coaches to finished second in the league in 2015. The Bears are coached by 1979 Texas Tech graduate and former Red Raider assistant coach Art Briles (2000-02).
TOP GAMEDAY STORYLINES
? For the first time in school history, Texas Tech will play back-to-back top-5 nationally ranked teams in No. 3 TCU and No. 4 Baylor.
? Texas Tech is the nation's only program to face two top-five nationally ranked opponents in its first five games of the 2015 season.
? Texas Tech and Baylor meet for the 74th time in series history with the annual matchup deadlocked at 36-36-1.
? Texas Tech and Baylor will meet at a neutral site for the seventh consecutive season. The Red Raiders and Bears moved their annual game to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for the first time in 2009.
? This will be the second-straight meeting for the Red Raiders against a fellow high-powered offense. Texas Tech faced a TCU offense a week ago that came in averaging 49.7 points per game. Baylor, meanwhile, leads the country averaging 64 points per game.
? Texas Tech enters its fifth game of the year averaging 53.8 points per game, a mark that ranks No. 3 nationally and No. 2 in the Big 12 Conference.
? Texas Tech's 52 points against TCU marked the seventh straight game where the Red Raiders have scored 30 or more points dating back to the conclusion of the 2014 season. Tech had not previously scored 30 points or more in three straight games to start a season since 2012.
? Of Texas Tech's 29 scoring drives this season, 15 have gone for under two minutes, while seven have gone for under a minute.
? Texas Tech ranks No. 3 nationally in most passing plays of 10 or more yards (60), No. 14 nationally in most passing plays of 20 or more yards (29), No. 2 in most passing plays of 30 or more yards (18) and No. 1 in most passing plays of 40 or more yards (13).
| Game Information | |
|---|---|
| Opponent | Baylor Bears |
| Date/Time | Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015/2:30 p.m. (CT) |
| Location | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, 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/XM Channels -- TBA (Texas Tech Broadcast) |
| Television | ABC/ESPN2 (Reverse Mirror) | Watch ESPN Dave Pasch (Play-by-Play), Brian Griese (Analyst); Tom Luginbill (Sidelines) |
| On The Web | Live statistics at TexasTech.com | Gametracker |
| Rankings | Texas Tech (AP: Receiving Votes); (Amway Coaches: Receiving Votes) Baylor (AP: No. 4); (Amway Coaches: No. 4) |
| Head Coaches | Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury (Career: 15-14 in third season; At Texas Tech: 15-14 in third season) Baylor: Art Briles (Career: 92-62 in 13th season; At TCU: 58-34 in eighth season) |
| Against Baylor | The series is tied at 36-36-1. |
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