TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL 38 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 573 ALL-TIME VICTORIES
DATES TO KNOW #WeUsOur
First Scrimmage First Practice April 2 March 15 Football Training Facility 📅 Jones AT&T Stadium
2021 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER • (0-0) 4 vs. Houston^ TBA 11 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN TBA 18 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL TBA 25 at Texas* TBA OCTOBER • (0-0) 2 at West Virginia* TBA 9 TCU* TBA 16 at Kansas* TBA 23 KANSAS STATE* TBA 30 at Oklahoma* TBA NOVEMBER • (0-0) 13 IOWA STATE* TBA 20 OKLAHOMA STATE* TBA 27 at Baylor* TBA * Big 12 Conference Game ^ Texas Kickoff (NRG Stadium, Houston)
Texas Tech Pro Day April 7 Jones AT&T Stadium
Texas Tech Spring Game April 17 | 1 p.m. Jones AT&T Stadium
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TEAM INFORMATION 2020 Overall Record 4-6 Big 12 Record (Finish) 3-6 (8th) Home Record 4-2 Road Record 0-4 Neutral 0-0 Lettermen Returning/Lost 53/19 Starters Returning/Lost (Offense) 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost (Defense) 8/3 Newcomers 13 TEAM HISTORY First Season All-Time Record/Seasons All-Time Conference Record Conference Championships Bowl Appearances/Record
1925 573-464-32/97th 275-251-10 11 38 (14-23-1)
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STADIUM INFORMATION Name Jones AT&T Stadium Capacity 60,454 Stadium Luxury Suites 85 Stadium Club Seats 1,644 Stadium Surface FieldTurf (installed 2017) Band Goin’ Band from Raiderland (400 members) TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Founded 1923 Enrollment 40,322 Nickname Red Raiders Chancellor Dr. Tedd Mitchell President Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt Faculty Athletics Representative Brian Shannon Official Mascot Masked Rider (horse and rider) Unofficial Mascot Raider Red (cartoon figure)
WELLS ENTERS THIRD SEASON AT TECH Matt Wells will begin preparations for his third season leading the Red Raiders on March 15 when the Red Raiders kick off the first of 15 spring practices. Texas Tech will end its spring slate April 17 with the annual Spring Game held inside Jones AT&T Stadium. n Wells will have one new member on his staff this spring as Sonny Cumbie has returned to his alma mater as Texas Tech’s new offensive coordinator. Cumbie, who spent the past seven seasons at Big 12 counterpart TCU, was the starting quarterback at Tech in 2004 and later served as a graduate assistant in 2009 and then an assistant coach from 2010-13. n
FUTURE NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
2021 vs. Houston*, Stephen F. Austin, Florida International 2022 Murray State, Houston, at N.C. State 2023 at Wyoming, Oregon, Tarleton State 2024 Abilene Christian, at Oregon, North Texas 2025 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Colorado State, Oregon State 2026 Abilene Christian, at Oregon State, Colorado State 2027 Arkansas-Pine Bluff, at North Texas, N.C. State 2028 at Mississippi State, Wyoming 2029 Mississippi State, at Fresno State 2030 Fresno State 2032 Fresno State * indicates Texas Kickoff at NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas)
PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE RETURNS ON D Texas Tech will benefit from the return of eight starters on the defensive side of the ball this season, which includes its entire linebacker core in Colin Schooler, Riko Jeffers, Krishon Merriweather, Brandon Bouyer-Randle and Jacob Morgenstern. n Among the returnees, Texas Tech will boast the FBS active leader entering the 2021 season in both tackles and tackles for a loss in Colin Schooler. The Red Raiders also bring back a veteran defensive back in DaMarcus Fields, who ranks second among returning FBS players with 38 career passes defended. n
THE YEAR OF THE SUPER SENIOR
IN THEIR WORDS
After a year full of new terms like social distancing and contact tracing, the 2021 football season will add another one for fans and media to learn Super Seniors. Texas Tech will have 10 super seniors on its roster this next fall, which describes players who elected to use an extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA for the 2020 season. n According to research by the Associated Press, Texas Tech leads the Big 12 Conference with its 10 super seniors as the Red Raiders bring back nine players from their 2020 team to go along with graduate transfer T.J. Storment, who arrives in Lubbock from Big 12 rival TCU. n
Throughout this spring and summer, Texas Tech will publish a series of first-person narritives from various Red Raiders appropriately titled “In My Words.” Texas Tech began the series last summer during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting several offthe-field stories. The series included stories from Jaylon Hutchings and his journey to recover from a knee injury that ended his junior year of high school as well as Tony Bradford Jr. in the weeks that followed the killing of George Floyd. Each of these stories can be found via @TexasTechFB on Twitter and on the student-athletes on Twitter pages.
2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
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TEXAS
Sept. 12 | W, 35-33 Sept. 26 | L, 56-63 (OT) Big 12 Now on ESPN+ FOX
@KANSAS STATE Oct. 3 | L, 21-31 FS1
@IOWA STATE Oct. 10 | L, 15-31 ABC
WEST VIRGINIA Oct. 24 | W, 34-27 ESPN2
OKLAHOMA Oct. 31 | L, 28-62 FOX
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@TCU Nov. 7 | L, 18-34 FS1
BAYLOR Nov. 14 | W, 24-23 FS1
@OKLAHOMA ST. Nov. 28 | L, 44-50 FOX
KANSAS Dec. 5 | W, 16-13 FS2