Game Preview: Kansas

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech will open Big 12 Conference play Thusday night when the Red Raiders host Kansas inside Jones AT&T Stadium. Justin Kutcher will have the call for FOX Sports 1 while Petros Papadakis will provide the color commentary.

Date: Thursday, September 29
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Lubbock, Texas
TV: Fox Sports 1

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 93) as well as the TuneIn app.

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GAMEDAY STORYLINES

The Red Raiders are coming off a 59-45 victory over Louisiana Tech to close out the non-conference slate. Texas Tech, backed by 470 passing yards from Patrick Mahomes II and 123 yards on the ground from Demarcus Felton, racked up 666 total yards of offense against the Bulldogs en route to improving to 2-0 at home.
Texas Tech has historically dominated the series against Kansas as the Red Raiders are 16-1 all-time against the Jayhawks. Tech enters the Thursday night contest with wins in each of its last nine games against Kansas, including a 30-20 victory last season in Lawrence.
This is the fourth time under Kliff Kingsbury where Texas Tech has played on a Thursday night. The Red Raiders are 17-18 all-time in Thursday games, including a 2-1 mark under Kingsbury. It is the first Thursday night game at home for the Red Raiders since Tech topped No. 24 TCU, 20-10, early in the 2013 campaign.
The Red Raiders are 12-8 all-time in Big 12 openers with wins in three of the last five years. Texas Tech and Kansas last opened conference play against each other in 2011 with the Red Raiders pulling off a 45-34 victory in Lawrence.
Texas Tech boasts one of college football's most explosive offenses as the Red Raiders lead the country in passing yards per game (547.7) and also rank second nationally in total offense (678.7 per game) and scoring offense (61.0 points per game).
Texas Tech is averaging close to 100 passing yards per game more than any other team in the country. Backed by 1,493 yards from Patrick Mahomes II, the national leader in both passing yards per game and total offense per game, the Red Raiders are averaging 547.7 yards per game through the air which is nearly 100 yards more than second-place California (459.3).
In 41 games as head coach, Kliff Kingsbury has guided the Red Raider offense to at least 500 yards of total offense 25 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 eight games inside Jones AT&T Stadium. The Red Raiders continued the streak on Sept. 17 with a 59-45 victory over Louisiana Tech.

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Players Mentioned

Demarcus Felton

Patrick Mahomes II