Game Preview: Louisiana Tech

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech returns to the friendly confines of Jones AT&T Stadium on Saturday night when the Red Raiders host Louisiana Tech at 6 p.m. on FOX Sports Net. Brendan Burke (play-by-play) and Brian Baldinger (analyst) will have the call for FSN while Christian Steckel 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 200) and Sirius Radio (Channel 119) as well as the TuneIn app.

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The Red Raiders are coming off their first loss of the season - a 68-55 setback this past Saturday at Arizona State. The loss marked the first time Texas Tech has not started its season 2-0 overall since the 2004 season.
Texas Tech will look to rebound this weekend against a Louisiana Tech program that is facing the Red Raiders for the first time since the 1933 season. The Red Raiders won the only meeting between the two "Tech" schools, claiming a 40-10 rout in front of 4,178 fans at home.
This is the first time the Red Raiders have faced a similar "Tech" school since meeting Georgia Tech in the 1970 Sun Bowl. The Red Raiders fell to the 13th-ranked Yellow Jackets, 17-9, under then first-year head coach Jim Carlen.
The Red Raiders have pretty much been unbeatable at home during non-conference play over the past decade as Texas Tech boasts a 29-1 record in out-of-conference games played inside Jones AT&T Stadium dating back to the start of the 2003 season.
Texas Tech boasts one of college football's most explosive offenses as the Red Raiders lead the country in passing yards per game and also rank second nationally in total offense and tied for third in scoring offense.
Texas Tech is averaging more than one hundred passing yards per game more than any other team in the country. Backed by 1,023 yards from Patrick Mahomes II, the national leader in both passing yards and total offense per game, the Red Raiders are averaging 586.5 yards per game through the air which is 105 yards more than second-place California.
In just 40 games as head coach, Kliff Kingsbury has guided the Red Raider offense to at least 500 yards of total offense 24 times during his tenure. During that span, Kingsbury has also led Texas Tech to 700 yards of total offense four times, all of which rank among the top-10 totals in program history.
Texas Tech enters Saturday's contest having scored at least 50 points in each of its last seven games inside Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders continued the streak on Sept. 3 with a 69-17 rout of Stephen F. Austin. Since the start of the 2015 season, Tech has recorded at least 50 points in eight of its last 15 contests.

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