Texas Tech University Athletics
Saturday, December 6
Arlington, Texas
11:00 AM CT
Texas Tech Athletics
vs
BYU
No. 5 Texas Tech, No. 11 BYU square off for Big 12 title
December 01, 2025 | Football
#5 TEXAS TECH vs. #11 BYU
Arlington, Texas | AT&T Stadium (80,000)
Dec. 6, 2025
ABC | 11 a.m. CST
GAME LINKS
- Watch | Listen | Live Stats | Texas Tech Game Notes (PDF) | BYU Game Notes (PDF)
- Texas Tech Media Center
The national television broadcast on ABC will feature play-by-play commentator Joe Tessitore and analyst Jesse Palmer in the booth; meanwhile, Kris Budden and Katie George will be reporting from the sideline. The broadcast can also be accessed using the ESPN App, from any desktop or laptop computer, personal cellular device, or television streaming service.
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 home radio broadcast can be heard on SiriusXM channel 84, while the national radio broadcast featuring Mike Couzens, Max Starks, and Mike Peasley will air on SiriusXM channel 80. The Varsity app can also be used to find the home radio broadcast by searching for "Texas Tech".
THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST TIME
- In the now 101 seasons of Texas Tech Football, the Red Raiders have not faced an opponent twice in the same year. BYU will become the first school to do so when the Red Raiders and Cougars meet Saturday with a Big 12 title on the line.
- Preceded by College Gameday hosting its first show in Lubbock since 2008, Stone Harrington kicked a school-record five field goals and standout Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez had two takeaways as then-No. 9 Texas Tech beat then-No. 8 BYU 29-7. The Red Raiders held the previously undefeated Cougars to a season-low 255 total yards.
- Texas Tech's Behren Morton passed for 216 yards and threw a 9-yard touchdown to Caleb Douglas while Cameron Dickey ran for 121 yards and a 1-yard score.
- Harrington kicked field goals of 47, 39, 34, 29 and 27 yards.
- Rodriguez, the FBS leader with seven forced fumbles, had an interception midway through the third period, leading to Harrington's fourth field goal. He recovered a backward pass late in the fourth quarter that set up Harrington's final kick.
- BYU's 10-game winning streak dating back to 2024 was snapped, but it avoided its first shutout since 2017 when Bear Bachmeier threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Roberts midway through the fourth quarter.
- The Cougars went into the game third in the FBS in turnover margin at plus-1.25. They lost two fumbles, threw an interception, and muffed a punt.
- Bachmeier was 23 of 38 passing for 188 yards. The true freshman also had two turnovers, the interception and a backward pass for a fumble.
THE NATION'S MOST DOMINANT TEAM
- Texas Tech's path to the Big 12 Championship has seen the Red Raiders become one of the most dominant teams in recent memory, with 11 wins by at least 20 points this season.
- Texas Tech is only the sixth team in the past 100 years (since 1925) to win at least 11 regular-season games by at least 20 points, joining Nebraska (1971), Florida (2008), Florida State (2013), Alabama (2018) and Ohio State (2019).
- The Red Raiders currently lead the nation with an average margin of victory of 35.2 points, ahead of fellow top-five team Indiana (33.4).
GET HIM TO NYC: J-ROD FOR HEISMAN
- They say Heisman contenders play their best in November. If that's so, count Jacob Rodriguez in already meeting that criteria as he has been responsible for nine takeaways in Big 12 play alone, including five during Texas Tech's current five-game winning streak.
- Rodriguez, who is the only FBS player since 2005 to have five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and four interceptions in the same season, is the driving force behind one of the nation's top defenses that ranks tied for second with 27 takeaways and third with only 11.3 points allowed.
FIRST GOAL ACCOMPLISHED
- Texas Tech began this season with the ultimate goal of finding its way to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the site of this weekend's Big 12 Championship game. Texas Tech ultimately earned a trip to the league title game after finishing 8-1 in Big 12 play, marking the most conference wins in program history.
- This is only the third time Texas Tech has boasted seven or more conference wins as the Red Raiders finished with a 7-1 record in both 1976 and again in 2008. The Red Raiders had won six or more games only once - last season - since the Big 12 moved to a nine-game conference schedule in 2011.
- Prior to last season, Texas Tech had only two seasons with six or more Big 12 victories, which came during the 2005 (6-2) and 2008 (7-1) campaigns under Mike Leach when the conference maintained an eight-game league schedule.
RED RAIDERS SEEKING 12TH LEAGUE TITLE
- Texas Tech will be searching for its 12th conference title in program history Saturday and its first outright league crown since the Red Raiders were champions of the Border Conference in 1955. Texas Tech won nine Border Conference titles before departing for the Southwest Conference beginning with the 1960 football season.
- The Red Raiders shared two Southwest Conference championships during his 30-plus years in the league, splitting the league crown with Houston in 1976 and then with the likes of Texas, Baylor and TCU in 1994. Since joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996, the Red Raiders have only shared a South Division crown in 2008.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 1: Texas Tech is the only team to rank in the top five in the FBS this season in scoring offense, scoring defense and takeaways per game. Florida was the last team to do so in 2008.
- 2: Texas Tech has two victories over 10-win teams this season in Utah and BYU, matching the total for Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon and Texas A&M combined.
- 4: Texas Tech has held three different conference opponents to single-digit point totals this season, which matches the most in school history.
- 10: Texas Tech is 10-0 this season when senior quarterback Behren Morton starts in 2025.
- 85: Texas Tech enters this weekend as the FBS leader with 85 offensive plays from scrimmage that have gone for 20 or more yards, including 57 through the air.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Despite meeting for the second time this season, this will be only the fourth contest all-time between the Red Raiders and BYU. Texas Tech is now 2-1 against the Cougars, with a 21-20 victory all the way back in 1940 and then a 29-7 victory at home earlier this season with College Gameday on hand. BYU's lone win in the series came via a 27-14 victory in 2023 during the Cougars' debut season as Big 12 members.
- Texas Tech's victory over BYU in 1940 was part of a memorable 9-1-1 season for the Red Raiders in their final season under then head coach Pete Cawthon. It was the third of eight consecutive victories that season for the Red Raiders, who would not face the Cougars again for 80-plus years.
- Texas Tech had never played a football game in the state of Utah prior to their trip to Provo midway through the 2023 season. The Cougars jumped out to a 24-7 lead at halftime en route to dropping the Red Raiders to 3-5 on the season thanks to a 27-14 victory. Texas Tech responded by winning its next three games to finish the regular season at 6-6 overall before a victory over Cal in the Independence Bowl.
- The two teams have both started a true freshman at quarterback in the two meetings since BYU joined the Big 12 in 2023. Jake Strong became the seventh true freshman in school to start a game at quarterback and the fifth to do so against a conference opponent when he led the Red Raiders in the 2023 meeting. BYU has started a true freshman in Bear Bachmeier, in all 12 games this season, including in the earlier matchup in Lubbock less than a month ago.
TEXAS TECH-BYU CONNECTIONS
- Texas Tech outside linebackers coach C.J. Ah You has several family ties to BYU as his father, Charles Ah You, and his two brothers, Matt and Charles, all played for the Cougars. C.J. Ah You began his playing career at BYU before transferring to Oklahoma, where he was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2005. In addition to his two brothers and father, C.J. Ah You has also had numerous other cousins and other family members play for the Cougars, including a nephew, Chaz, who was part of the BYU program when the Red Raiders traveled to Provo in 2023.
- C.J. Ah You will have his brother, Jasen Ah You, on the opposite side of Saturday's game, as he is currently an Assistant Athletics Director of football academics for the Cougars. In his role, Jasen Ah You oversees the academic progress of each Cougar football student-athlete. He also plays a pivotal role in celebrating the BYU legacy as part of the BYU Varsity Club before each home game.
- Texas Tech running backs coach Garret McGuire also has one tie to the BYU staff in tight ends coach Kevin Gilbride, as the two were part of Matt Rhule's staff with the Carolina Panthers in 2022. Gilbride was the tight ends coach for the Panthers that season, while McGuire was in his second year with the organization as an offensive assistant.
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