No. 9 Texas Tech returns home, hosts Kansas for homecoming

KANSAS at #9 TEXAS TECH
Lubbock, Texas | Jones AT&T Stadium (60,229)
Oct. 11, 2025
FOX | 6:30 p.m. CT

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) returns to Jones AT&T Stadium this Saturday, sporting a perfect record and a No. 9 national ranking, with Kansas (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) coming into town for what will be the Red Raiders' annual Homecoming game. In Texas Tech's first home game since Sept. 13, it will celebrate its 100th anniversary of Red Raider Football in front of another sellout crowd, the fourth already of the season. The Red Raiders have historically dominated the series against the Jayhawks with a 23-2 all-time advantage, which includes an 11-1 mark in games played in Lubbock.

Television coverage will be provided by FOX with Jason Benetti behind the mic. He will be joined by former Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, serving as the broadcast analyst in the booth, while Alexa Landestoy will cover the action from the sidelines. Fans can access the game from their mobile or streaming device by using the FOX Sports app.

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 83, as well as on the Varsity app.

SIX OF SEVEN GAMES IN 2025 SOLD OUT

Texas Tech announced on Sept. 22 that it sold out of its primary ticket inventory for its upcoming home game versus Kansas, and its following home game, Nov. 8 versus BYU, on Sept. 30.
Texas Tech has now sold its primary ticket inventory for each of the first six home games of the season, including the Oct. 25 contest against Oklahoma State, which reached sellout status this past summer.
The Red Raiders rewarded its loyal fan base during its three-game homestand to start the season with a 3-0 mark while averaging 58.0 points per game scored and have limited opponents to 11.6 points per game at Jones AT&T Stadium.
Select single-game tickets remain available for the Red Raiders' Senior Day contest against UCF (Nov. 15).
Tickets can be purchased online at TexasTech.com or by speaking to a ticket sales representative at 806-742-TECH.
Fans are encouraged to visit SeatGeek for tickets for games that the Texas Tech Athletics Department has previously announced as a sellout.
Texas Tech sold out of season tickets for the third consecutive season in early May as Red Raider fans purchased more than 33,000 season passes for the 2025 campaign.

WEAR BLACK ON SATURDAY NIGHT

Texas Tech is encouraging fans to wear black on Saturday for the 6:30 p.m. kickoff versus Kansas.
Once tabbed as a "Wear Red" game, back on June 23, as part of the first four games summer rollout, the Texas Tech Athletics department shifted gears last week upon learning of the evening kickoff. The change was made official on Oct. 6.
The Texas Tech football team will also be wearing black, donning its 100-Year Anniversary uniforms that have black helmets, black tops, and white pants with a black stripe down the side.
The 100-year uniform took different pieces from its history and applied them. Those pieces include the 1925 "Tech" word mark from the first Texas Tech uniform, the first "double T" in 1926, the traction stripes on the shoulder is taken from 1930, considered a cutting-edge uniform at the time, the numbers on the front stem from 1935, which was the first-year that numbers were added to the front of Texas Tech's jerseys, the stripes down the side of the pant are inspired from the Masked Rider and horse's breast collar from the mid-1960's while the stars on the helmet come from 1969 when stars were added to player's helmets when earned.

ONE OF THE FINAL UNBEATENS

Texas Tech's 5-0 start places the Red Raiders as one of 15 teams in the country without a loss this season.
Of that group, Texas Tech is the only undefeated school in the country to win every game by at least 20 points as the Red Raiders have the second-largest point differential (37.4) nationally, thanks to another high-powered offense and a suffocating defense.
In fact, Tech is one of only three FBS schools to rank in the top 10 for scoring offense (48.6), scoring defense (11.2), total offense (568.8), and total defense (244.4) entering this weekend.

RED RAIDERS IN THE POLLS

Texas Tech entered the top-10 of both polls this week as the Red Raiders are up to No. 9 in the Associated Press rankings and moved to No. 10 in the AFCA coaches poll following their win at Houston. It is the highest ranking in the AP poll for the Red Raiders since Dec. 7, 2008, when Texas Tech went into an eventual appearance in the Cotton Bowl at No. 8 nationally. It is the highest the Red Raiders have been ranked in either poll since Oct. 20, 2013, when Texas Tech was No. 9 by the coaches and No. 10 in the AP poll.
This is the 32nd time Texas Tech has appeared in the top 10 of the Associated Press poll in its history. The Red Raiders have only reached the top five in the AP poll only twice previously, which came over three-straight weeks of Texas Tech's 1976 season under Steve Sloan and then again during its memorable 2008 campaign under Mike Leach.
The Red Raiders have been ranked inside the top 25 of both major polls every week thus far this season. Texas Tech entered the 2025 season ranked inside the top 25 of both major polls for the first time since 2008 as the Red Raiders were No. 23 in the Associated Press poll and No. 24 in the AFCA coaches poll. Texas Tech was previously ranked No. 24 in the 2023 AFCA preseason poll before falling out after a season-opening loss at Wyoming.
It was the first time the Red Raiders had appeared in the Associated Press poll since Sept. 23, 2018, when Texas Tech was No. 24 nationally after starting its season 3-1 overall with wins over Lamar, Houston, and at No. 15 Oklahoma State and the lone loss coming in the opener to Ole Miss.

RED RAIDERS LOOKING FOR 6-0 START

The Red Raiders will look to extend their undefeated start to their season this weekend with a win to move to 6-0 on the season. A victory over the Jayhawks would mark the seventh time in program history that Texas Tech has started its season with a 6-0 record and the fifth time since joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996.
Texas Tech has six 10-win seasons in its history with three of those the result of at least a 6-0 start. The Red Raiders rolled off eight-straight wins under Steve Sloan in 1976 to eventually finish 10-2 overall and ranked No. 13 in the final Associated Press poll. Texas Tech started both the 1938 and 2008 seasons with 10-0 records. The 1938 season concluded with a loss to St. Mary's in Texas Tech's first-ever Cotton Bowl appearance, while the 2008 season also ended in Dallas with a loss to Alabama to conclude a memorable 11-2 campaign under Mike Leach.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

3: Texas Tech is one of only three programs to rank in the top 10 nationally for scoring offense, scoring defense, total offense and total defense, joining Indiana and Oregon.
9: Texas Tech is one of nine FBS to have allowed single-digit trips to the red zone this season, as the nine appearances by opponents also rank second in the Big 12.
14: Texas Tech has surrendered only 14 points in the first three quarters of games this season as the Red Raiders are an impressive plus-178 against opponents during that span.
39: Texas Tech enters this weekend ranked tied for the FBS lead with 39 offensive plays from scrimmage that have gone for 20 or more yards, including 28 through the air.
187: Texas Tech has outscored opponents by 187 points this season as the Red Raiders rank second in the FBS with an average win margin of 37.4 points per game.

WE PLAY DEFENSE AT TEXAS TECH

For a school whose identity has revolved around its offense for the past two decades, Texas Tech is quickly changing that narrative this season with the play of its defense.
The Red Raiders enter this weekend among the national defensive leaders, ranking fourth for scoring (11.2 points per game) and ninth for yards of total offense per game (244.4).
Behind the play of a dominant defensive front and a potential All-American linebacker in Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech has surrendered only 56 points this season, its fewest through five games since 1946.

Texas Tech Football fan atmosphere Jones AT&T Stadium

INSIDE THE SERIES

Texas Tech and Kansas will meet for the 26th time in school history Saturday in a series that has historically been dominated by the Red Raiders. Texas Tech is 23-2 all-time against the Jayhawks with wins in 16 of the past 17 meetings and each of the last four contests.
The Red Raiders are 11-1 all-time at home against the Jayhawks as Kansas' only road win in the series spoiled Texas Tech's Homecoming festivities in 2001. The Jayhawks used overtime to shock the Jones AT&T Stadium crowd for a 34-31 victory. It is one of two overtime games all-time in the series as the Red Raiders scored a 41-34 victory in double overtime at home in 2012. Texas Tech enters this weekend having won eight consecutive games against the Jayhawks inside Jones AT&T Stadium, where another sellout crowd is expected.
Prior to its last loss in the series in 2019, Texas Tech had won 12 consecutive games in the series over the Jayhawks. Over that span, Texas Tech won 10 of those games by a double-digit margin. In fact, the Red Raiders averaged 22.5 points per victory during the winning streak over the Jayhawks, which ran from 2004-18.

TEXAS TECH-KANSAS CONNECTIONS

Texas Tech associate head coach and special teams coordinator Kenny Perry spent four seasons in Lawrence as he was the co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach for Kansas from 2015-16 before moving to be the special teams coordinator and recruiting coordinator from 2017-18. Perry's son, Keaton, was also a member of the Jayhawk football program during his tenure.
Texas Tech head strength and conditioning coach Lance Barilow also spent a year at Kansas as an associate director of strength and conditioning. Barilow departed Kansas following the 2020 season to take a similar role with Baylor.
Kansas offensive line coach Daryl Agpalsa will have some familiarity with at least one person his unit is responsible for blocking this weekend in Texas Tech defensive lineman Skyler Gill-Howard. Agpalsa was hired at Kansas this offseason after spending the 2019-24 seasons at Northern Illinois, where his tenure coincided with Gill-Howard, who transferred to Texas Tech this past January after combining for 76 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks the past two seasons with the Huskies.

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No. 9 Texas Tech returns home, hosts Kansas for homecoming

Players Mentioned

Skyler Gill-Howard

Jacob Rodriguez

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