Game Preview: Oklahoma

Saturday, October 22

Lubbock, Texas

7 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

Oklahoma

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October 17, 2016 | Football

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Texas Tech will host No. 16 Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Saturday night inside Jones AT&T Stadium

By: Texas Tech Athletics Communications

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech will look to get back to its winning ways Saturday when the Red Raiders host No. 16 Oklahoma inside Jones AT&T Stadium. Joe Davis will have the call for FOX while Brady Quinn will provide the color commentary and Bruce Feldman will report from the sidelines.

The game can also be heard nationally on the Texas Tech Sports Network with Brian Jensen calling the action alongside analyst John Harris, sideline reporter Chris Level and engineer Steve Pitts. The radio broadcast can be heard nationally on XM (Channel 199) and Sirius Radio (Channel 136) as well as the TuneIn app.

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Oklahoma will enter a sea of black Saturday night as Texas Tech is calling for a "Blackout" of Jones AT&T Stadium. The annual tradition signals an upcoming big game and usually results in several of the largest crowds in program history.
The Red Raiders are coming off a disappointing 48-17 setback last Saturday at the hands of West Virginia. Texas Tech was held to a season-low 17 points in the loss, snapping a streak of nine-consecutive home games where the Red Raiders had scored at least 50 points. That streak was previously the longest in NCAA history.
This will be the 24th all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Oklahoma as the Sooners lead the series with a 17-6 advantage. Oklahoma has won each of the last four meetings but the Red Raiders have won three of the last four contests held inside Jones AT&T Stadium.
Texas Tech will induct former All-American linebacker Zach Thomas into its Ring of Honor prior to kickoff Saturday. Thomas, a 2015 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame, will be the fifth Red Raider in program history to join the Ring of Honor, joining the likes of Donny Anderson, E.J. Holub, Dave Parks and Gabe Rivera. The Ring of Honor was established in 2012 with the purpose of recognizing an elite group of former players and coaches that made outstanding contributions to Red Raider Football.
The Red Raiders will be looking for their first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 16 Arizona State, 37-23, in the 2013 Holiday Bowl. Texas Tech has not defeated a top-25 foe at home since edging No. 24 TCU, earlier that season.
Led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes II, Texas Tech boasts one of the most high-octane offenses in the country as the Red Raiders lead the nation in passing yards per game (510.8) and rank second in total offense (604.7 yards per game) as well as first down offense (188 first downs) and then fifth in scoring (48.8 points per game).
Texas Tech is one of nine schools in the country to have only lost one fumble this season. The Red Raiders have been efficient in taking care of the football this season with only seven turnovers lost through six games. Tech ranks 19th nationally and second in the Big 12 in turnovers lost entering Saturday's game against Oklahoma. The Sooners are ninth in the Big 12 with a negative 1.17 turnover margin this year (5 gained, 12 lost).