Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders back under the lights versus Cincinnati
September 22, 2024 | Football
Texas Tech and Cincinnati will kick off at 7 p.m. Saturday night on ESPN2
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech will close its three-game homestand under the Jones AT&T Stadium lights Saturday night as kickoff between the Red Raiders and Cincinnati has been selected for a 7 p.m. CT start. Television coverage will be provided nationally on ESPN2.
Texas Tech is already expecting a sellout crowd for its first meeting with the Bearcats as Big 12 members. The athletics department sold out of its primary ticket inventory for the Cincinnati game over a week ago as fans still looking for tickets are encouraged to utilize SeatGeek, the official secondary ticket provider of Texas Tech Athletics. Â
The Red Raiders and Bearcats both enter this next weekend at 3-1 overall and 1-0 in Big 12 play as Texas Tech topped Arizona State, 30-22, on Saturday, while Cincinnati shut out Houston, 34-0, at home. Texas Tech will be searching for its first 2-0 start to Big 12 play since 2013 with a win over the Bearcats.
Texas Tech is a perfect 3-0 at home this season and an impressive 14-3 inside Jones AT&T Stadium under Joey McGuire, who improved to 18-12 early in his tenure as head coach with the Arizona State win. It marked the most wins by a Texas Tech head coach through 30 games since Steve Sloan was 21-9 at the same point from 1975-77.
The Cincinnati game time was previously under a six-day selection window by the Big 12's television partners ESPN and FOX. The game time and television designation for Texas Tech's next road trip Oct. 5 at Arizona could be announced as early as Monday.
