Tech, OSU set for showdown in Stillwater

TEXAS TECH AT OKLAHOMA STATE
Stillwater, Okla. | Boone Pickens Stadium
Nov. 23, 2024
ESPN+ | 2:30 p.m. CT

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) is set to travel to Oklahoma State (3-7, 0-7 Big 12) for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday to close the travel portion of its Big 12 schedule this season. It will be the 51st all-time meeting between the two programs and the second consecutive meeting in Stillwater after the two did not meet in 2023, halting a streak of 27 consecutive seasons facing each other dating back to 1996. The Red Raiders will return home to host West Virginia, on Nov. 30, for their regular season finale before traveling to its bowl game that has yet to be determined.

Broadcast coverage will be provided by ESPN+. James Westling will have the call, alongside Jay Sonnhalter providing the analysis. The broadcast can be accessed from any desktop or laptop computer, any personal cellular device and television streaming services using the ESPN app. Registration for the subscription service can be found at ESPNPlus.com.

Texas Tech Sports Network will also broadcast the game over 46 affiliates throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico as Brian Jensen will have the call alongside analyst John Harris and sideline reporter Chris Level. The radio broadcast can also be heard on SiriusXM channel 384, as well as on the Varsity app.

ONE HOME GAME LEFT IN 2024; ATTENDANCE RECORD IN SIGHT

The Red Raiders have just one home game left. It is Saturday, Nov. 30 versus West Virginia.
Limited inventory remains for its regular season finale; tickets for the West Virginia game can be purchased online at TexasTech.com or by speaking to a ticket sales representative at 806-742-TECH
Texas Tech enters its home finale on Nov. 30 having already announced four sellout crowds (60, 229). The Red Raiders hosted sold-out games versus ACU (Aug. 31), Cincinnati (Sept. 28), Baylor (Oct. 19) and Colorado (Nov. 9). Its other two home games this season were near-capacity crowds on Sept. 14 versus North Texas at 11 a.m. (57,865) and Sept. 21 at 2:30 p.m. versus Arizona State (58,795).
Texas Tech is averaging 59,596 fans through its first six home games of the season, which ranks 29th nationally and second in the Big 12 Conference behind only BYU.
The Red Raiders' current average is on pace to snap Texas Tech's single-season record of 58,934 which was set over six games in 2014. Texas Tech will need at least 54,969 fans on hand for its regular-season finale against West Virginia to break that mark.

TEXAS TECH'S ALL-TIME LEADING RUSHER

Tahj Brooks will enter Saturday's contest as Texas Tech's all-time leading rusher after the senior rushed for 137 yards against Colorado, pushing him past Byron Hanspard's career record.
Brooks could break another one of Hanspard's career records against Oklahoma State as his next 100-yard rushing performance will mark the 22nd of his career, the most in school history.
It would also mark his 10th game with at least 100 rushing yards this year, matching the single-season school record of both Hanspard and James Gray.

MORTON HEADS BACK TO STILLWATER

Behren Morton will return Saturday to Boone Pickens Stadium, the site of his first career start which came during Texas Tech's last visit to Stillwater in 2022.
Morton threw for 372 passing yards as part of 432 yards of total offense - both career highs - in a losing effort in his redshirt freshman season.
Morton will be looking to lead the Red Raiders to their fifth conference victory for a third consecutive season.
Texas Tech has won five or more conference games over three-consecutive seasons only once in its history, which came under Spike Dykes from 1995-97.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

1: Tahj Brooks is one of only two rushers in the country this season to hit the 100-yard mark on the ground in every game he has played this season (minimum 7 games) and the only one to do so from a power conference.
11.4: Jacob Rodriguez is averaging a Big 12-leading 11.4 tackles per game during conference play as 80 of his 101 stops this season have come against league foes. That average ranks fourth in the FBS.
16: Gino Garcia set the Texas Tech school record with 16 consecutive made field goals beginning with last season's Independence Bowl and running until his lone miss of the season (53 yards) against Colorado.

A LOT LEFT TO PLAY FOR

Texas Tech's loss to Colorado just over a week ago knocked its odds of reaching the Big 12 Championship to near impossible by recording its third loss conference loss in a crowded 16-team field. The Red Raiders, now 6-4 overall and 4-3 in Big 12 play, will look at the following goals over the final two regular-season games and then a future bowl appearance that was clinched in their win at Iowa State on Nov. 2.
A victory over Oklahoma State would give the Red Raiders at least five Big 12 victories for the third consecutive season under Joey McGuire. In its history, Texas Tech has won five or more league games over three consecutive seasons only once previously from 1995-97 when the Red Raiders were transitioning from the Southwest Conference to the Big 12.
With a victory against both Oklahoma State and then West Virginia a week later, Texas Tech would finish with eight regular-season wins for the first time since 2009.
A victory afterward in a bowl game would mark Texas Tech's first nine-win season since that same 2009 campaign, and the 15th nine-win season in school history.
Likewise, a victory over both Oklahoma State and West Virginia would also give Texas Tech six conference wins for only the third time as a Big 12 member. The Red Raiders were 6-2 in league play in 2005 and then 7-1 in 2008 with both seasons resulting in trips to the Cotton Bowl.
When the Red Raiders reach their bowl game, Texas Tech will be looking to secure a win for a fourth-consecutive season for the first time in school history. The Red Raiders have won four straight bowl games once in their history (2009-13) but never in consecutive seasons.

INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES

This will be the 51st all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State; the Red Raiders will look to tie the all-time series on Saturday after the Cowboys took the lead in the series in its last meeting in 2022.
The 2022 meeting between Texas Tech and Oklahoma State was the last time the two schools faced each other. The break in 2023 snapped a streak of meetings spanning 27 consecutive seasons, which was every year since the Big 12 was formed in 1996.
This weekend's matchup breaks a streak of 15-consecutive meetings where Oklahoma State has entered the game ranked in the top-25 polls. The Cowboys have not entered a matchup with Texas Tech unranked since 2007 when Oklahoma State outlasted the Red Raiders, 49-45, in Stillwater. Texas Tech is 6-3 since joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996 when facing an unranked Oklahoma State team.
The Red Raiders are 11-16 all-time against the Cowboys during the Big 12 era despite winning seven of the first nine meetings after the league formed prior to the 1996 season. Oklahoma State returned the favor, winning 12 of the last 14 meetings with Texas Tech's two wins during that stretch coming in a 41-17 road win in 2018 and then a 45-35 victory at home a year later.
The Red Raiders snapped a nine-game losing streak to Oklahoma State in their 2018 visit to Stillwater following a 41-17 victory in 2018. It marked the first time Texas Tech had topped Oklahoma State away from home since the 2001 season. Texas Tech is only 3-10 in Stillwater during the Big 12 era with its lone other win coming via a 27-3 victory in 1997.

THE BOYS FROM OKLAHOMA

Texas Tech has two prominent members of its defense from the state of Oklahoma in junior outside linebacker Isaac Smith and sophomore defensive back Maurion Horn. Both hail from just east of Tulsa with Smith originally from Wagoner, while Horn is a native of Broken Arrow. This will be the first time Horn has played in his home state of Oklahoma since joining the Red Raiders, while Smith will be doing so for the second time as he was previously inserted on special teams in Texas Tech's 2022 trip to Stillwater.
In addition, Texas Tech has two Oklahoma natives on its staff in defensive line coach Zarnell Fitch and director of player development Dave Martin. Fitch grew up in the Oklahoma City suburb of Spencer before eventually attending TCU and beginning his coaching career in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Martin, meanwhile, was raised not far from Fitch in nearby Jones where he later returned to be the head coach of his alma mater, compiling a 138-38 record and one state title during his 14 seasons as the athletic director and head coach at Jones High School.

A BROTHERLY AFFAIR

This weekend's matchup will place a member of the Wilson family on opposite offensive lines with Texas Tech sophomore Sheridan Wilson starting at center, while Oklahoma State will have his older brother, Preston Wilson, as its right guard. This will be the first time the two brothers have faced each other at the collegiate level as Sheridan Wilson was only a true freshman the last time Texas Tech and Oklahoma State faced each other. He did not see any playing time that season as part of a redshirt year.
The two brothers have actually been on the same field for a game in their respective careers as Sheridan Wilson, then a high school freshman, was called up to the varsity team for Argyle's 2018 playoff run that finished in the Texas Class 4A regional final round. Preston Wilson was a senior on that Argyle team that finished 13-1 overall with its lone loss to state champion La Vega.

SOUTH END ZONE BUILDING MAKES GRAND DEBUT

Texas Tech officially opened the South End Zone Building to Jones AT&T Stadium, a $242 million project that began following the 2022 season finale on Nov. 26, 2022.
The $242 million project will mark the largest contiguous football facility in the country, as the south end zone building will connect, via a skybridge, to the Womble Football Center and the Sports Performance Center, which opened in 2017 as Texas Tech's indoor football practice facility and indoor track and field venue. Which in total will feature more than 340,000 combined square feet of space.
The Red Raiders now enter Jones AT&T Stadium each gameday through the Gary Petersen Field Club, a 12,000-square-foot premium space that is among the first of its kind in college football. It is one of several new premium areas as Texas Tech has added 17 new luxury suites, on the 3rd floor of the South End Zone building, to go along with 500 club and loge box seats and two spacious party decks on the concourse. Texas Tech now boasts 102 premium suites throughout Jones AT&T Stadium to go along with more than 2,500 club and loge box seat options.
Joey McGuire and his staff moved into their new coaches' offices on the second floor of the south end zone building in July, giving them a stunning view overlooking Cody Campbell Field at Jones AT&T Stadium. The office location places McGuire and his staff steps from each position room and the sky bridge connected to the Womble Football Center where offensive and defensive breakout rooms will be located as well as a team meeting space and a state-of-the-art walkthrough area on the second level.
Texas Tech started to phase in the opening of the Womble Football Center side of the project in mid-November, having its first workout in the new strength and conditioning center on Nov. 17. The two-story building will maintain its football strength and conditioning area, as well as the sports medicine and equipment areas on the main level as part of the new layout. The Red Raiders' main locker room will also be located in the Womble Football Center, which includes space for 120-plus athletes and modern primary designs from Hollman that are fully ventilated and contain USB charging ports and DreamSeat technology for every player.

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