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2012 MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL OF TEXAS

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Opponent: Minnesota Golden GophersBowl: Meineke Car Care Bowl of TexasDate/Time: Friday, December 28, 2012/8 p.m. (CT)Location: Houston, Texas (Reliant Stadium/71,500)Radio: Texas Tech Sports Network from Learfield Sports Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play/13th Season), John Harris (Analyst/30th Season), Chris Level (Sideline/3rd Season), Steve Pitts (Engineer/34th Season)National Radio: ESPN Radio Tom Hart (Play-by-Play), John Congemi (Analyst), Niki Noto (Sideline)Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel TBA/XM Channel TBA Television: ESPN Mark Jones (Play-by-Play), Brock Huard (Analyst), Jessica Mendoza (Sideline)On The Web: Live in-game statistics and other coverage can be found at www.texastech.comRankings: Texas Tech: NR (AP)/NR (Coaches)/NR (BCS);Minnesota: NR (AP)/NR (Coaches)/NR (BCS)Head Coaches: Texas Tech: Interim Head Coach Chris Thomsen Minnesota: Jerry Kill (Career: 136-88 in 19 seasons; At Minnesota: 9-15; 4-12 BIG TEN)Against Minn: Texas Tech is 1-0 all-time vs. MinnesotaLast Meeting: Texas Tech defeated Minnesota 44-41 (OT) in the 2006 Insight Bowl

TEXAS TECH SCHEDULE/RESULTS

SEPTEMBER1 Northwestern State (FSSWP) W, 44-68 at Texas State (ESPN3) W, 58-1015 New Mexico (FCS) W, 49-1422 BYE29 at *Iowa State (FCS) W, 24-13OCTOBER6 *(17/14)Oklahoma (ABC/ESPN2) L, 20-4113 * (5/4)West Virginia (ABC) W, 49-1420 at *(RV/21)TCU (ABC) W, 56-53 (3OT)27 at *(4/4)Kansas State (FOX) L, 24-55NOVEMBER3 *(22)Texas (ABC/ESPN2) L, 22-3110 *Kansas (FSN) W, 41-34 (2OT)17 at *(24)Oklahoma State (FSN) L, 21-5924 vs. #*Baylor (Arlington) (FOX) L, 45-52 (OT)DECEMBER1 BYE28 Minnesota (Houston) (ESPN) 8 p.m.

* = Big 12 Conference Game# = Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TexasAll times are Central

MINNESOTA SCHEDULE/RESULTSAUGUST30 at UNLV W, 30-27 (3OT)SEPTEMBER8 New Hampshire W, 44-715 Western Michigan W, 28-2322 Syracuse W, 17-1029 at *Iowa L, 13-31OCTOBER13 *Northwestern L, 13-2120 at *Wisconsin L, 13-3827 *Purdue W, 44-28NOVEMBER3 *Michigan L, 13-3510 at *Illinois W, 17-317 at *Nebraska L, 14-3824 *Michigan State L, 10-26DECEMBER28 vs. Texas Tech (Houston) 8 p.m.* = Big Ten Conference Game

2012 BIG 12 STANDINGSSOUTH CONF OVERALL STKKansas State 8-1 11-1 W1Oklahoma 8-1 10-2 W5Texas 5-4 8-4 L2Oklahoma St. 5-4 7-5 L2Baylor 4-5 7-5 W3Texas Tech 4-5 7-5 L2TCU 4-5 7-5 L1West Virginia 4-5 7-5 W2Iowa State 3-6 6-6 L1Kansas 0-9 1-11 L11

GAME INFORMATION

7-5; 4-5 BIG 12 6-6; 2-6 BIG TEN

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TEXAS TECH IN HOUSTON

TEAM HOTEL PRACTICE LOCATIONWestin Galleria Hotel Rice Stadium5060 W. Alabama 6100 Main StreetHouston, Texas 77056 Houston, Texas 77005Phone: (713) 960-8100

BIG 12 BOWL SCHEDULEBOWL MATCHUP/DATETostitos Fiesta Bowl Kansas State vs. Oregon/Jan. 3 AT&T Cotton Bowl Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M/Jan. 4 Valero Alamo Bowl Texas vs. Oregon State/Dec. 29Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl TCU vs. Michigan State/Dec. 29Bridgepoint Ed. Holiday Bowl Baylor vs. UCLA/Dec. 27Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Tech vs. Minnesota/Dec. 28New Era Pinstripe Bowl West Virginia vs. Syracuse/Dec. 29Heart of Dallas Bowl Oklahoma State vs. Purdue/Jan. 1Autozone Liberty Bowl Iowa State vs. Tulsa/Dec. 31

Blayne BealAssociate Athletics DirectorPrimary ContactOffice ____ (806) 742-2762Cell _____ (806) 790-7924Email: _ [email protected]

Scott LacefieldAssociate Director

Office _____ (806) 742-2770Cell ______ (817) 691-3786Email [email protected]

Britton DrownAssistant Director

Office _____ (806) 742-2770Cell ______ (972) 679-5094Email _ [email protected]

Brandon RaweAssistant DirectorTexasTech.TVOffice _____ (806) 742-2770Cell ______ (806) 789-5207Email _ [email protected]

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF IN HOUSTON

EVENT DATE/LOCATION/TIMETeam Arrival Dec. 23/Team Hotel Lobby/4:30 pm - 5 pmPractice Dec. 24/Rice Stadium/10:30 amPractice Dec. 25/Rice Stadium/10:30 amPractice Dec. 26/Rice Stadium/10:30 amRodeo Bowl Dec. 26/George Ranch Historical Park/5 pmNews Conference Dec. 27/Westin Galleria/1 pmDePelchin Children’s Center Visit Dec. 27/DPC/2:45 pm**Photographers will be able to shoot the first 20 minutes of practice each day. Practice will then close at the 20 min mark. Post practice interviews will be conducted at approx 12:15 p.m.

BOWL WEEK MEDIA AVAILABILITY

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TEXAS TECH HEADING TO HOUSTON FOR MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL OF TEXAS Texas Tech University has formally accepted its 35th bowl invitation in school history and will face the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 28, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Tickets for Texas Tech’s third appearance in the Meineke Car Care Bowl can be purchased immediately at www.texastech.com or by calling the athletics ticket office at (806) 742-8324 (M-F; 8:30-5:30 p.m. CT). Texas Tech has received an allotment of 12,000 tickets for the game and fans are encouraged to purchase tickets through Tech so that the university receives credit toward this allotment. Texas Tech will be making its 35th bowl appearance in school histo-ry, a number thank ranks 17th nationally, and its third in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Texas Tech played in the inaugural game in 2000 (then named the galleryfurniture.com Bowl) at the Astrodome and again in 2003 (then named the EV1.net Houston Bowl) at Reliant Stadium. Texas Tech’s last appearance resulted in a 38-14 win over Navy on Dec. 30, 2003.

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RED RAIDERS BOWLING IN HOUSTONTexas Tech will face the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas on Dec. 28, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN.

THE MATCH-UPTexas Tech and Minnesota will be meeting for the second time when they face off in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas and lead the series 1-0. Texas Tech had one of its most memorable performances the last time these two schools met in the 2006 Insight Bowl in Tempe. Trailing by four touchdowns at half-time, the Red Raiders rallied in the second half and escaped with a 44-41 overtime win. The comeback still stands as the NCAA record for the largest come from behind win (34 points) in a bowl game.

ON THIS DATE IN TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL HISTORYDECEMBER 28 – (1-0-1 Overall; 1-0-1 Neutral)1989 – vs. Duke (All-American Bowl) W 49-211974 – vs. Vanderbilt (Peach Bowl) T 6-6

RED RAIDERS ARE GOING BOWLINGAfter last season’s disappointing 5-7 finish, Texas Tech’s win over TCU on Oct. 20 was extra special. The 3OT win gave the Red Raiders their sixth win of the season and made them bowl eligible for the first time since 2010. Tech had its Big 12 re-cord 18-year streak of bowl eligibility snapped last season as the Red Raiders missed out on a bowl game for the first time since 1999.Key Texas Tech Bowl Notes• TexasTechhasplayed in34bowlgames in schoolhistorywhich ranks 17th nationally. The Meineke Car Care Bowl will mark Tech’s 35 bowl appearance.•TexasTechhaswonitslasttwobowlgamesastheRedRaid-ers defeated Northwestern 45-38 in the 2010 TicketCity Bowl and Michigan State 41-31 in the 2009 Valero Alamo Bowl.•TexasTechwillbeplayinginitsfourthconsecutivebowlgameinside the state of Texas and its eighth since 2000.•TexasTechwillbeledinthebowlgamebyaninterimheadcoach for the second time since 2009.•TexasTechhasanall-timebowlrecordof12-22.

ASSOCIATED PRESS (Dec. 2) TEAM RECORD POINTS 1. Notre Dame (60) ___________ 12-0 ____________ 1,500 2. Alabama ________________ 12-1 ____________ 1,424 3. Ohio State _______________ 12-0 ____________ 1,302 4. Florida _________________ 11-1 ____________ 1,279 5. Oregon _________________ 11-1 ____________ 1,250 6. Georgia ________________ 11-2 ____________ 1,213 7. Kansas State _____________ 11-1 ____________ 1,129 8. Stanford ________________ 11-2 ____________ 1,094 9. LSU ___________________ 10-2 ____________ 1,051 10. Texas A&M ______________ 10-2 ____________ 1,025 11. South Carolina ____________ 10-2 _____________ 907 12. Oklahoma ______________ 10-2 _____________ 851 13. Florida State _____________ 11-2 _____________ 789 14. Clemson ________________ 10-2 _____________ 691 15. Oregon State ______________ 9-3 _____________ 638 16. Northern Illinois ___________ 12-1 _____________ 534 17. UCLA ___________________ 9-4 _____________ 440 18. Utah State _______________ 10-2 _____________ 379 19. Michigan ________________ 8-4 _____________ 306 20. Boise State ______________ 10-2 _____________ 276 21. Northwestern ______________ 9-3 _____________ 266 22. Louisville _______________ 10-2 _____________ 248 23. Nebraska _______________ 10-3 _____________ 227 24. San Jose State ____________ 10-2 _____________ 157 25. Kent State _______________ 11-2 _____________ 117BIG 12 TEAMS RECEIVING VOTES: Texas (51), Baylor (15), Oklahoma State (15), TCU (14), West Virginia (1)

USA TODAY/COACHES (Dec. 2) TEAM RECORD POINTS 1. Notre Dame (56) ___________ 12-0 ____________ 1,470 2. Alabama (3) ______________ 12-1 ____________ 1,417 3. Oregon (1) _______________ 11-1 ____________ 1,313 4. Florida _________________ 11-1 ____________ 1,287 5. Georgia ________________ 11-2 ____________ 1,216 6. Kansas State _____________ 11-1 ____________ 1,190 7. LSU ___________________ 10-2 ____________ 1,111 8. Stanford ________________ 11-2 ____________ 1,047 9. Texas A&M ______________ 10-2 ____________ 1,039 10. South Carolina ____________ 10-2 _____________ 947 11. Oklahoma ______________ 10-2 _____________ 890 12. Florida State _____________ 11-2 _____________ 853 13. Clemson ________________ 10-2 _____________ 769 14. Oregon State ______________ 9-3 _____________ 663 15. Boise State ______________ 10-2 _____________ 569 16. Northern Illinois ___________ 12-1 _____________ 495 17. Northwestern ______________ 9-3 _____________ 444 18. Louisville _______________ 10-2 _____________ 409 19. UCLA ___________________ 9-4 _____________ 408 20. Utah State _______________ 10-2 _____________ 334 21. Nebraska _______________ 10-3 _____________ 328 22. Michigan ________________ 8-4 _____________ 278 23. Wisconsin ________________ 8-5 _____________ 115 24. San Jose State ____________ 10-2 _____________ 110 25. Texas ___________________ 8-4 ______________ 97 BIG 12 TEAMS RECEIVING VOTES: Oklahoma State (15)

BCS STANDINGS (Dec. 2) TEAM BCS AVG. 1. Notre Dame ______________ 12-0 ____________ .9978 2. Alabama ________________ 12-1 ____________ .9441 3. Florida _________________ 11-1 ____________ .8984 4. Oregon _________________ 11-1 ____________ .8621 5. Kansas State _____________ 11-1 ____________ .8226 6. Stanford ________________ 11-2 ____________ .7683 7. Georgia ________________ 11-2 ____________ .7583 8. LSU ___________________ 10-2 ____________ .7511 9. Texas A&M ______________ 10-2 ____________ .6756 10. South Carolina ____________ 10-2 ____________ .6604 11. Oklahoma ______________ 10-2 ____________ .6502 12. Florida State _____________ 11-2 ____________ .5047 13. Oregon State ______________ 9-3 ____________ .4716 14. Clemson ________________ 10-2 ____________ .4693 15. Northern Illinois ___________ 12-1 ____________ .3276 16. Nebraska _______________ 10-3 ____________ .3264 17. UCLA ___________________ 9-4 ____________ .2872 18. Michigan ________________ 8-4 ____________ .2537 19. Boise State ______________ 10-2 ____________ .2513 20. Northwestern ______________ 9-3 ____________ .2327 21. Louisville _______________ 10-2 ____________ .1808 22. Utah State _______________ 10-2 ____________ .1787 23. Texas ___________________ 8-4 ____________ .1519 24. San Jose State ____________ 10-2 ____________ .1346 25. Kent State _______________ 11-2 ____________ .0772

NATIONAL POLLS

BIG TEN FAMILIARITYFor the third consecutive time, Texas Tech’s bowl opponent comes from the Big Ten Conference as the Red Raiders face Min-nesota in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. In fact, Tech has faced a Big Ten team in three of its last five bowl games and came away with four wins. Most recently, Tech defeated Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (2010 season) and that was preceded by a victory over Michigan State in the Valero Alamo Bowl (2009 season) and a 2006 win over Minnesota in the Insight Bowl. Overall, Texas Tech is 7-12 against the Big Ten but enters the game having won seven consecutive games against the league.

COACHING CHANGES FOR TEXAS TECHFor the second time in the last three bowls, Texas Tech will be led by an interim head coach. Tommy Tuberville, who served as head coach since the 2010 season, left the school for the head coaching job at Cincinnati on Dec. 8. Texas Tech has named offensive line coach Chris Thomsen as the interim head coach for the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Thomsen is in his first season at Texas Tech but has seven years of head coaching experience at the collegiate level. Thomsen compiled a 51-21 record at Abilene Christian University and led the Wildcats to the NCAA Division II playoffs six consecutive seasons.

H-TOWN HOMECOMINGFor nine Red Raiders, the Meineke Car Care Bowl will be a homecoming. Here is a look at Texas Tech players from the Greater Houston area:Bobby Esiaba (Houston)Seth Mannon (Houston)Brent Mitcham (Houston)James Polk (Houston)Anthony Smith (Houston)LaAdrian Waddle (Columbus) - First Team All-Big 12Trent Williams (Spring)Tyson Williams (Aldine)Coop Woodyard (The Woodlands)

TEAM QUICK HITS ...•TexasTech’s41-34winoverKansasensuredtheRedRaidersofa winning season for the 17th time in the last 18 years. Tech’s 5-7 season in 2011 was its first losing season since a 5-6 cam-paign in 1992.•Withsevenwins,TexasTechisbowleligibleforthe19thtimein the last 20 years.•TexasTechhaswon7-plusgamesin15ofthelast18seasons.•TexasTechfacedsixrankedopponentsoverthecourseofthe2012 season, including a school record streak of five-straight.•TexasTechis2-4vs.rankedopponentsthisseasonastheRedRaiders dropped No. 4 West Virginia 49-14 and No. 21 TCU 56-53 while falling to No. 14 Oklahoma, No. 4 Kansas State, No. 22 Texas and No. 24 Oklahoma State.• TexasTechhasnowdefeatedatleastonenationallyrankedopponent in nine of the last 11 seasons.• TexasTechhasanall-timerecordof105-113-3 in televisedgames and is 10-10 all-time on ESPN. Texas Tech will be play-ing its first game of the season on ESPN in Houston and its first since the 2010 season opener against SMU.•TexasTechisinthemidstofaschool-record193consecutivegame scoring streak. The streak dates back to Oct. 25, 1997 and during that time frame, Texas Tech has scored in double digits in 182-of-193 games.• The 8 p.m. kickoff againstMinnesotawill snap a streak ofeight consecutive day games for the Red Raiders. The eight-game stretch of afternoon kickoffs is the longest streak for Tech since joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996. Tech’s last night game was a 6 p.m. kickoff at Iowa State on Sept. 29. The last time Tech kicked off at 8 p.m. CT was in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2, 2010.•TexasTechhashad10-plusreceiverscatchatleastonepassineight of 12 games this season.•TexasTech’s1,674rushingyardsareitsmostduringtheregu-lar seasons since 1998 (2,219).

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•TexasTech’ssixAll-Big12selections(FirstandSecondTeam)mark its most since 2008 (7).•TexasTech’sfiveAll-Big12secondteampicksareitsmostsince2005 (6).•TexasTechhashadatop-10passerin11ofthelast12years,including eight quarterbacks that finished in the top three in the country in passing.•TexasTechhaswonthreeconsecutivebowlgamesagainstBigTen opponents (2010 TicketCity – Northwestern, 2009 Alamo – Michigan State, 2006 Insight – Minnesota).•TexasTech’s453pointsscored(38/game)markitsmostdur-ing a regular season since 2008 (535).•TexasTech’s eight fumbles lostmatched its fewestduringaregular season since 2005 (7).

PLAYER QUICK HITS ...•SethDoegeneeds just66passingyards in theMeinekeCarCare Bowl to become just the second quarterback in school history to pass for 4,000 yards in back-to-back years (Graham Harrell, 2006-08).• Cody Davis earned Capital One Academic All-America® firstteam, becoming the first Red Raider to earn the award since 2002 (QB Kliff Kingsbury).•Le’RavenClarkbecamethefirstTexasTechoffensivelinemanto receive Freshman All-America honors (Scout.com Powered by Fox Sports).•LaAdrianWaddleisTech’sfirstoffensivelinemantoearnAll-Big 12 first team since 2009 (Brandon Carter) and just the third Tech offensive lineman in the last 12 years.•CodyDavisbecamethethirdRedRaideroverthelast12yearsto record at least 80 tackles in four consecutive seasons (Ryan Aycock, 2000-03... Lawrence Flugence, 1999-02).•KerryHyderleadstheBig12with10.5tacklesforalossduringleague play while marking the most by a Red Raider since 2009 (Brandon Sharpe, 14.0).•DuringBig12play,SethDoegeledtheconferenceincomple-tions (274), attempts (395), touchdowns (26) and passing yards (3,076).•SethDoegeranksfifthall-timeinBig12historywitha69.0career completion percentage.•EricWardhasaveragedninereceptionsand124yardsreceiv-ing per game the final five games of the season.•DarrinMoore isoneofonly threeRedRaidersover the last12 years with at least 10 receiving touchdowns in Big 12 play (Michael Crabtree – 2007 & 2008, Lyle Leong – 2010).• Alex Torres has at least one reception in 43-of-45 careergames played.•EricWardjoinsMichaelCrabtreeastheonlyplayersinschoolhistory with 11 touchdown receptions in back-to-back seasons.•ThreeactiveRedRaiderswereheavilyrecruitedbyMinnesota(DT Kerry Hyder, RB Eric Stephens Jr. and OL Trey Keenan).•EricWard(974receivingyards)andDarrinMoore(948receiv-ing yards) near 1,000 yards for the season. It would mark the first for a Tech wide receiver duo since 2007 (Michael Crabtree & Danny Amendola).•CodyDavisranksfourthintheNCAAinsolotackles(82).•CodyDavisleadstheBig12insolotackles.• SethDoege led theBig12 this seasonwithnine300-yardsperformances.•JakeemGrant’skickoffreturnforatouchdownagainstBaylor(97 yards) marked the first by a Red Raider in a decade (Vincent Meeks, 98 yards at No. 4 Oklahoma – 2002).•DarrinMoorehas16 touchdown receptionsoverhis last13games played dating back to 2011.•DarrinMoorehashadthree100-yardsperformancesoverhislast four games played.•AustinZouzalik’s10.5yards/punt return ranks fourth in theBig 12.

•AustinZouzalik’s53careerpuntreturnsrankninthinTechhis-tory and are the most by a Red Raider since Danny Amendola had 116 (2004-07).• Darrin Moore ranks fourth in the nation with 13 receivingtouchdowns.•EricStephensJr.rankseightall-timeinBig12historyinbothkickoff returns (82) and kickoff return yards (1,979).•CodyDavis’82solotacklesarethemostbyaRedRaiderinaseason since 2002 (Lawrence Flugence – 124).•SeniorsafetyCodyDavisisTech’smostseasonedveteranonboth sides of the football. Davis has made 48 starts in his ca-reer, including the regular-season finale against Baylor.•SenioroffensivelinemenLaAdrianWaddleandDevericGal-lington have made 37 consecutive starts.

2006 INSIGHT BOWL RECAP, TTU 44, MINNESOTA 41 (OT)TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -Trailing Minnesota by four touchdowns at halftime, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach told his team it had a chance to make history. The pep talk turned out to be a prediction. The Red Raiders spotted Minnesota a 31-point, third-quar-ter lead, then rallied for a stunning 44-41 overtime victory in the Insight Bowl Friday night, the largest comeback in Division I-A bowl history. The previous record for a bowl comeback was 30 points, set by Marshall against East Carolina in the 2001 GMAC Bowl. “We talked at halftime that we had a great opportunity to make history, and the reason people come to Texas Tech is to play all 60 minutes,” said Leach, who fought back tears during a postgame interview. It took Tech more than 60 minutes to earn one of the more improbable victories in its history. Tech (8-6) appeared finished after Minnesota (6-7) took a 38-7 lead with 7:47 to go in the third quarter. But the Red Raiders mounted a furious comeback, scoring 31 unanswered points in less than 20 minutes. Alex Trlica’s 52-yard field goal as regulation expired sent the game into overtime. Joel Monroe kicked a 32-yard field goal to put Minnesota up 41-38 in overtime, but Shannon Woods scored on a 3-yard run to win it for the Red Raiders. That sparked a wild celebration for the Red Raiders, who mobbed each other while the shocked Gophers trudged to the locker room. “Everyone felt like, ‘Hey, we’re going to win,’ “ said Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, who was selected bowl MVP after throwing for 445 yards and two touchdowns. “If you believe, good things can happen.” Tech’s comeback began with 4:58 to go in the third quarter, when Harrell hit Phoenix native Joel Filani for a 43-yard score to cut the lead to 38-14. That started an avalanche that buried Minnesota in the first meeting of the schools. “We’re an offense that can score in a hurry, and everyone knows that,” Harrell said. Trailing 38-35 with no timeouts, the Red Raiders took over at their own 11 with 1:06 remaining. Eight plays later, Trlica tied it. Woods rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns and Filani caught nine passes for 144 yards. For Minnesota, Amir Pinnix ran for 179 yards, Bryan Cupito threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns and tight end Jack Simmons caught seven passes for 134 yards. Minnesota set a school bowl scoring record, and Cupito, a senior, tied Asad Abdul-Khaliq’s career record of 55 touchdown passes. The records were little consolation in the end. “We just broke down,” Minnesota linebacker Mike Sherels said. “You just kind of got the feeling that we were back on our heels and playing not to lose instead of playing to win.”

That’s not how the Gophers opened the game. They jumped ahead 7-0 after Leach went for it on fourth-and-1 at his own 45 on the opening series. Harrell was stopped on a sneak, and six plays later Cupito found Simmons for a 2-yard touchdown with 9:27 to go in the first quarter. Four minutes later, Minnesota made it 14-0 after Sherels intercepted Harrell at Tech’s 37. Pinnix capped a six-play drive with a 2-yard run. Another Harrell turnover killed a Tech scoring drive. He fum-bled on a sack by Willie VanDeSteeg, and Steve Davis recovered at the Golden Gophers’ 13. Minnesota marched 87 yards - its longest scoring drive of the year - to take a 21-0 lead on Justin Valentine’s 1-yard plunge on the first play of the second quar-ter. Tech had a chance to slice the deficit when cornerback Anto-nio Huffman picked off Cupito’s pass at the Minnesota 20. But Pinnix jarred the ball loose, and it bounded into the end zone, where the Gophers recovered for a touchback. After Tech’s Shannon Woods scored from 1 yard out to make it 28-7, the Gophers answered with an 81-yard drive that end-ed in a 3-yard touchdown pass from Cupito to Logan Payne in the final minute of the first half. Minnesota looked as if it ended any Tech hopes for a come-back by opening the third quarter with a 16-play, 78-yard drive that consumed 7:13. Monroe’s 20-yard field goal gave the Go-phers a 38-7 lead. “Everything was going our way,” Minnesota coach Glen Ma-son said. But it turned out to be a mirage. Afterward, interviewers told Leach that his team had indeed made history. His locker room rhetoric had turned into a record. “Didn’t realize it until the end, but I knew it was kind of a big one,” Leach said. “Quite honestly, despite that, I would have liked to have spotted them less points in order to come back from behind to win this thing.”

BACK-TO-BACK NFL VENUESTexas Tech will close out the 2012 season with its second con-secutive game inside an NFL stadium as the Red Raiders face Minnesota in Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans. Tech ended the regular-season with a Big 12 matchup against the Baylor Bears at Cowboys Stadium on Nov. 24. This wil mark the first time in school history, that Texas Tech has played in two NFL stadiums in the same season.

OVERTIME EXPERIENCEShould the Meineke Car Care Bowl go into overtime, the Red Raiders will have plenty of experience. Texas Tech played in its third overtime game in the regular-season finale against Baylor and that set a new school record for the most in a single-season. Prior to this season, the last time Tech played in two overtime games during the regular season was in 2002 when Tech was forced into extra periods against North Carolina State and Texas A&M. Tech went 1-1 in those games with a loss at home against the Wolfpack and a road win against the Aggies. Texas Tech with a 2-1 record in overtime games with its only blemish a 52-45 setback to Baylor. Tech’s only overtime con-test in a bowl game was against Minnesota in the 2006 Insight Bowl.

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TECH SETS SINGLE-SEASON ATTENDANCE RECORDRed Raider fans turned out in record numbers in 2012 as Texas Tech established a new school record for single-season average home attendance thanks to a crowd of 55,052 at Jones AT&T Stadium for the Kansas game. Texas Tech ends its 2012 home schedule with an average attendance of 57,215 and that sur-passes the previous record of 57,108 set in 2010. Since 2010, Tech has set school records for average home attendance in two of three seasons.Texas Tech Game-By-Game AttendanceSept. 1 Northwestern State 50,236Sept. 15 New Mexico 58,995Oct. 6 Oklahoma 60,800Oct. 13 West Virginia 57,328Nov. 3 Texas 60,879Nov. 10 Kansas 55,052

DEFENSIVE TURNAROUND It is safe to say that defensive coordinator Art Kaufman could run for any elected position in Lubbock and win in a landslide. Kaufman has helped engineer one of the biggest turnarounds in college football this season and it has Texas Tech fans grin-ning from ear to ear. Last season, Texas Tech’s defensive unit finished 114th overall in the country and was a major reason why Texas Tech had its 18-year bowl eligibility streak come to an end. To get an accurate gauge of the improvement, here is a snapshot of Texas Tech’s NCAA defensive rankings after the first nine games of last season compared to those in 2012:Defensive Rankings 2011 2012Total Defense _________________ 114 ______ 39Rush Defense _________________ 117 ______ 73Pass Defense ___________________ 66 ______ 23Scoring Defense ________________ 114 ______ 91•TechheldaBig12opponentunder200yardsforthefirsttimesince 1997 (Kansas) and just the fourth time ever. The Red Raiders held Iowa State to just 189 total yards.•TechheldOklahomatojust380yardsoftotaloffenseandthatmark was 111 yards below their average of 491.0 entering the game.•TechheldWestVirginiatojust408yardsoftotaloffenseand14 points. Both totals were well below their season averages of 570.8 (total offense) and 52.0 (points per-game).•TexasTechhasseventotalinterceptionssofarin2012com-pared to just five in 2011.

SECOND RANKED PASSING ATTACK ISN’T STINGYTexas Tech’s second-ranked passing attack has been generous as Tech quarterback Seth Doege and backup Michael Brewer have connected with 10-plus receivers in eight of 12 games this season. Texas Tech features 17 different receivers with multiple receptions and 11 receivers with 15 plus receptions. Junior Eric Ward leads the unit with 974 receiving yards and is second with 11 touchdowns.• TexasTech has beenwithout three of its top receivers thelast six weeks in Bradley Marquez, Javon Bell and Jace Amaro. Marquez and Bell have been lost for the season while Amaro is expected to return for the bowl game.

NEW YORK, NEW YORKSenior safety Cody Davis got an early December trip to New York City thanks to his work in the classroom and on the field. Da-vis was named one of 15 National Football Foundation Scholar Athletes, and was recognized at the 2012 NFF Awards Dinner at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City on Dec. 4. Davis, who is earning his master’s degree in Management Informa-tion Systems, will receive an $18,000 post-graduate scholar-ship.

DAVIS HAVING STELLAR SENIOR SEASONSenior safety Cody Davis is in the midst of a stellar senior season and currently leads the team (ranked 7th in the Big 12) with 91 total tackles and leads the Big 12 with 82 solo tackles. Against West Virginia, Davis notched his 300th career tackle and has since increased that number to 351. Most impressively, Davis leads all Red Raiders over the last decade with 280 career solo tackles. Along with his 91 tackles this year, Davis has a team-leading three interceptions along with seven pass breakups and 10 pass deflections.

DOEGE NAMED O’BRIEN SEMIFINALISTSenior quarterback Seth Doege is one of 16 semifinalists for the 2012 Davey O’Brien Award that honors the nation’s top collegiate quarterback. Doege joins Matt Barkley (USC), Tajh Boyd (Clemson), Landry Jones (Oklahoma) and Denard Robin-son (Michigan) as one of five returning semifinalists. The three Davey O’Brien finalists will be announced on Monday, Nov. 19 and the 2012 Davey O’Brien winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards airing Thursday, Dec. 6 on ESPN. The 36th Annual Davey O’Brien Awards Dinner will be held on Feb. 18, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas.

DOEGE MOVES TO THIRD PLACE IN CAREER PASSING YARDSSenior quarterback Seth Doege moved into third place on Texas Tech’s career passing yards list with 230 yards at Okla-homa State. With that 230 yards, Doege surpassed Taylor Potts’ (2007-10) 7,300 yards and Robert Hall’s (1990-93) 7,908 yards. Former Red Raider and current Green Bay Packer quarterback Graham Harrell holds the school record with 15,793 yards while Kliff Kingsbury (offensive coordinator at Texas A&M) is second with 12,429.CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2005-08) _________15,793 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) __________12,429 3. Seth Doege (2009-12) ___________ 8,365 4. Robert Hall (1990-93) ____________ 7,908 5. Taylor Potts (2007-10) ____________ 7,835 6. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) ________ 6,789 7. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88) _________ 6,756 8. B.J. Symons (2000-03) ___________ 6,378 9. Sonny Cumbie (2001-04) __________ 5,116 10. Ron Reeves (1978-81) ____________ 4,688

MORE ON DOEGE•Madehis24thconsecutivestartagainstBaylor•Needsjust66passingyardsintheMeinekeCarCareBowltobecome just the second quarterback in school history to pass for 4,000 yards in back-to-back years (Graham Harrell, 2006-08).•DuringBig12play,Doegeledtheconferenceincompletions(274), attempts (395), touchdowns (26) and passing yards (3,076).•Ranksfifthall-timeinBig12historywitha69.0careercom-pletion percentage.•LedtheBig12thisseasonwithnine300-yardsperformances.

7 FOR 7Senior quarterback Seth Doege matched his jersey number against TCU as he tossed a career-high seven touchdown passes to lead Tech to a 56-53 win in overtime. The seven touchdown passes were the most by a Tech quarterback since Steven Shef-field tossed seven against Kansas State in 2009. Doege now has six-plus TD passes in three games this season and that is the

TECH’S RECORD WHENOverall Record .................................................................7-5Big 12 Record ..................................................................4-5Non-Conference ..............................................................3-0Home ..............................................................................4-2Away ...............................................................................3-2Neutral ............................................................................0-1Current Streak .........................................................Lost TwoCurrent Home Streak .............................................. Lost OneCurrent Road Streak .................................................Lost TwoCurrent Bowl Streak ................................................Won TwoLast Win ......................... 41-34 (2OT) vs. Kansas (11/10/12)Last Loss ....................................52-45 vs. Baylor (11/24/12)Day Games .......................................................................3-5Night Games ....................................................................4-0On Television ...................................................................7-5ABC .................................................................................2-2FOX...................................................................................0-2FSN ..................................................................................1-1ESPN ................................................................................0-0ESPN2 ..............................................................................0-0ESPNU ..............................................................................0-0ESPN3 ..............................................................................1-0FCS ...................................................................................2-0Fox Sports Southwest Plus. ..............................................1-0September ......................................................................4-0October ...........................................................................2-2November .......................................................................1-3December.........................................................................0-0Against Teams In Top 25 ..................................................2-4Against Teams In Top 15 ..................................................1-1Against Teams In Top 10 ..................................................1-1vs. Non-Ranked Teams ....................................................5-1On Natural Grass ..............................................................2-0On Field Turf ....................................................................4-5When Tech Scores First ....................................................5-2Opponent Scores First ......................................................2-3Come-From-Behind Wins ................................................... 1Leading After First Quarter ..............................................4-2Behind After First Quarter ...............................................2-2Tied After First Quarter ....................................................1-1Leading At Halftime ........................................................6-1Behind At Halftime ..........................................................0-4Tied At Halftime ..............................................................1-0Leading After Third Quarter .............................................6-1Behind After Third Quarter ..............................................1-4Tied After Third Quarter ...................................................0-0Overtime .........................................................................2-1Scoring 20 points or less ..................................................0-1Scoring 20 points or more ...............................................1-3Scoring 30+ points .........................................................6-1Allowing 20 points or less ...............................................3-0Allowing 10 points or less ...............................................2-0With a 100-yard rusher ....................................................1-0Allowing a 100-yard rusher .............................................1-2With a 300-yard passer ....................................................4-3With a 400-yard passer ....................................................2-0With a 500-yard passer ....................................................0-0Allowing a 300-yard passer .............................................1-1Allowing a 400-yard passer .............................................0-0More Total Offense Than Opponent ..................................6-2Total Offense 300-plus yards ...........................................2-2Total Offense 400-plus yards ...........................................0-2Total Offense 500-plus yards ...........................................5-1Allowing 300-plus yards total offense .............................3-5No Turnovers ....................................................................1-1Less Than Three Turnovers ...............................................6-1Three Or More Turnovers ..................................................0-3No Takeaways ..................................................................3-3Three Or More Takeaways ................................................2-0Fewer Turnovers ..............................................................3-0Equal Turnovers ...............................................................0-0More Turnovers ................................................................4-3Won Time of Possession ...................................................3-2Opponent Controls Time Of Possession ............................4-3

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most by any quarterback in the FBS and ties the school record set by B.J. Symons in 2003.Games With Six TD Passes This SeasonSeth Doege, Texas Tech _______________________ 3Matt Barkley, USC __________________________ 2Geno Smith, West Virginia ____________________ 1ZacDysert,Miami(Ohio)______________________ 1

TRACKING THE RED RAIDERS IN THE POLLSTexas Tech fell out of the Top 25 polls following a 59-21 loss at Oklahoma State. Prior to the OSU game, Tech had been ranked in the Top 25 for five consecutive weeks and six overall. Ad-ditionally, Texas Tech had been ranked in the BCS since the poll was unveiled in October.Poll Notes•TexasTech’sfirstrankingoftheseasoncameonSept.30fol-lowing a road win at Iowa State as the coaches placed Tech at No. 24.• TexasTechwasrankedfiveconsecutiveweeks(sixtotalthisseason) which was the longest consecutive streak since the 2008 season.

JONES AT&T STADIUM RECORD SET AGAINST TEXASTexas Tech fans turned out in record numbers against Texas on Nov. 3 as 60,879 fans packed the stadium and set a new all-time attendance record. The previous record was 60,800 reached earlier this season against Oklahoma (Oct. 6). The game sold out the Friday before the game and it marked the second advance sellout of the season.

OVERTIME THRILLER IN COWTOWNTexas Tech’s first conference game in Fort Worth in 18 years was a thriller as the Red Raiders edged No. 23 TCU 56-53 in three overtimes. The 3OT game is the longest in school history and was Tech’s first overtime game since defeating Nebraska 37-31 at Jones AT&T Stadium on Oct. 11, 2008. Prior to the TCU game, Tech had been part of just seven overtime games and had compiled a record of 4-3 in those contests. Tech is now 6-4 in overtime games.TEAM NOTES• Setaschoolrecordwith109combinedpoints inagame...previous record was 108 points last season at Cowboys Stadium (TTU 42, Baylor 66).• MarkedthefirsttimeinTexasTechhistorythatbothteamsscored at least 50 points in a single-game.•TexasTechhaswonthreeofitslastfourmeetingswiththeHorned Frogs dating back to 1995.•TCU’s10pointsinthefirstquarterwasthemostallowedbyTexas Tech in the first quarter this season.•TexasTechrecovereditsfirsttrueon-sidekickoftheseasonmidway through the second quarter. The on-side kick came after Tech cut the TCU lead to 17-14 with a Darrin Moore touch-down reception. The Tech kickoff team recovered the ball on squib kicks against Texas State and New Mexico that went un-touched.

RED RAIDERS TAKE DOWN NO. 5/4 WEST VIRGINIATexas Tech’s convincing 49-14 win over No. 5/4 West Virginia snapped a five-game Big 12 home losing skid for the Red Raid-ers and gave former head coach Tommy Tuberville his second victory over a Top 5 team since taking over the Red Raider program in 2010. Texas Tech is the only Big 12 team to defeat a pair of Top 5 ranked teams since the Red Raiders also accom-plished the feat – but in back-to-back weeks – in 2008. The

last Big 12 team besides Tech to accomplish the feat was Okla-homa (2007 & 2008).Key Notes•The35-pointvictorymarkedTech’sbiggestoveraTop5teamin school history.•GaveformerheadcoachTommyTubervilleacareerrecordof5-5 against teams ranked in the Top 5.•TexasTechheldWestVirginiatoaseasonlow14points.• Eric Ward’s spectacular 19-yard touchdown reception thatgave Tech a 14-0 lead in the first quarter was the No. 5 play on ESPN Sportscenter on Oct. 13.

BUST OUT THE TOSTITO’STexas Tech’s win over No. 5/4 West Virginia earned the Red Raid-ers the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week honor on Oct. 15. Coincidentally, a representative from the Fiesta Bowl was on hand in Lubbock to watch the Red Raiders handle the Mountaineers 49-14. The team honor is the fourth overall for Texas Tech.Previous Tostito’s National Team Honors2011: Oct. 24 (following a 41-38 road win at No. 1 Oklahoma)2008: Nov. 3 (following a 39-33 home win over No. 1 Texas)2002: Nov. 18 (following a 42-38 home win over No. 3 Texas)

THE “CHAIN GANG” SHINES IN SEASON OPENERAfter finishing the 2011 season with the 114th ranked defense in the NCAA, all eyes were upon Art Kaufman’s Red Raider defense on Saturday night at Jones AT&T Stadium. The group showed the crowd of 50,236 that they were serious about their offseason improvement by turning in the best defensive per-formance since 2007. In a dominating effort, Texas Tech held the Demons to just 84 total yards and only 13 rushing yards. The last time Tech held an opposing team to 125 or fewer yards was against this same opponent (Northwestern State) back in 2007 when the Red Raiders held the Demons to 118 yards. Defensive Notables From Northwestern State•TexasTechheldNorthwesternStatetojustsixpointsmarkingthe fewest points given up since the Red Raiders held SMU to three points during the 2006 season-opener. • TheNSUgamemarked thefirst time theTechdefensehasheld an opponent without an offensive touchdown since SMU in 2006.• TexasTechheld itsopponent to sevenor fewerfirstdowns(6) for the first time since 2006 when Tech held SE Louisiana to seven.•TexasTechheldNSUto13rushingyardswhichisthefewestallowed by a Tech defense since 1998 when the Red Raiders held Fresno State to nine total rushing yards.•TexasTechheldNorthwesternStatetoonly49playsandthatmarked the fewest plays by a Tech opponent since 2000 (North Texas – 46).

STEPHENS MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURNSenior Eric Stephens made his triumphant return in the season opener from a season ending knee injury suffered against Texas A&M last year. Stephens was on track for one of the best sea-sons by a Tech running back, since the late 1990s, before that injury in game five sidelined him for the rest of the season and took away the team’s best offensive player. After a grueling rehabilitation, Stephens returned to team workouts during fall

camp.Notables• Onhisfirst touch in the seasonopener,Stephenscaughta7-yard pass that moved him into 7th place all-time at Texas Tech in career yardage. He entered the game with 3,389 career yards and moved past Danny Amendola. •With58rushingyardsagainsttheDemons,Stephensmovedpast the 1,500 career rushing yards mark. The last Red Raider to pick up 1,500 career rushing yards was Baron Batch.•HescoredTexasTech’sfirsttouchdownofthe2012seasonona4-yard rush with 2:50 remaining in the first quarter. •Stephensrecordedhisfifthcareermultipletouchdowngamein the season opener with a pair of rushing touchdowns. In his career he has four multiple rushing touchdown games and one multiple receiving touchdown game.

BUSTIN TAKES OVERSophomore placekicker Ryan Bustin had an impressive debut in the season opener agasint Northwestern State. Bustin con-nected on three field goals in the game and that marked the first time in over 12 years that a kicker has connected on three field goals in a career debut. Robert Treece was the last Red Raider kicker to connect on multiple field goals in a career de-but as he booted two against New Mexico in 2001.

BREWER TOSSES TWO TDs IN CAREER DEBUTHeralded redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Brewer got the first playing time of his career in Tech’s season opener against Northwestern State. Brewer replaced starter Seth Doege at the beginning of the fourth quarter and proceeded to lead the Red Raiders on three scoring drives. In his one quarter of action, Brewer tossed two touchdown passes and became the first Tech quarterback to accomplish that in a career debut since Ron Reeves threw two TD passes in his debut against Ari-zona (41-26 Tech win) on Sept. 23, 1978.

ANDERSON, HOLUB, PARKS ENTER HALL OF HONORThe season opener against Northwestern State went down in the history books as the night the Red Raiders officially un-veiled the newly established Texas Tech Football Ring of Honor. Donny Anderson (Running Back, 1963-65), E.J. Holub (Center/Linebacker, 1958-60) and Dave Parks (Split End, 1961-63) were permanently enshrined on the west side of Jones AT&T Sta-dium during a pregame ceremony. About this year’s inductees:Donny Anderson, Running Back, 1963-1965Nicknamed the Golden Palomino, Anderson is one of three Red Raiders to have his jersey formally retired at Texas Tech. In 1989, he became Texas Tech’s second induction into the Nation-al Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. A con-sensus All-American in both 1964 and 1965, Anderson capped off his Red Raider career by finishing fourth in the Heisman Tro-phy balloting as a senior in ’65. He was named the Co-National Player of the Year in 1965 by The Sporting News while earning All-Southwest Conference Honors in 1963, 1964 and 1965. He was a first-round draft choice in both the AFL and the NFL in 1965 and ended up playing for the Green Bay Packers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Anderson was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor in 1978.E.J. Holub, Center/Linebacker, 1958-1960Nicknamed “The Beast”, Holub is one of just three Red Raiders

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to have his jersey formally retired at Texas Tech. In 1986, he became Texas Tech’s first-ever inductee into the National Foot-ball Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. Holub was a First Team All-American in 1959 and 1960 and finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1960. Holub was Texas Tech’s first All-Southwest Conference honoree in 1960 and was recently named to Street & Smith’s 50th Anniversary Team. Holub was a first-round draft pick by the AFL and a second round pick by the NFL. As a pro, he was named an AFL All-Star in 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1966 and is the only player in history to start two Super Bowls at two different positions. He was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor in 1977.Dave Parks, Spit End, 1961-1963Parks joins fellow Ring of Honor inductees Donny Anderson and E.J. Holub as one of just three players in Tech history to have their jersey formally retired. In 2008, Parks was inducted into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. He was a consensus All-American in 1963 and an All-Southwest Conference selection in 1962 and 1963. Parks is the only player in school history to be drafted as the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft as he was taken by the San Francisco 49ers in 1964. His pro career spanned 10 seasons including stops in San Francisco, New Orleans and Houston. He was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor in 1990.

DEFENSE UNDER NEW LEADERSHIPThe Texas Tech defense will be under the guidance of first-year coordinator Art Kaufman, who is the fourth different coach to lead the Red Raider defense in the last four years. Since 2009, Texas Tech defenses have been led by Ruffin McNeil, James Wil-lis, Chad Glasgow and now Kaufman. Texas Tech ran the 4-3 defense in Tommy Tuberville’s first season in 2010 but switched to the 4-2-5 with the hire of Glasgow in 2011. The Red Raid-ers returned to the 4-3 defense in the spring under Kaufman’s leadership.

THE CHAIN GANGAfter ending the 2011 season as the nation’s 114th ranked defense, new defensive coordinator Art Kaufman had his work cut out for him when he this job back in the spring. Kaufman’s maturity and experience has the defensive unit believing they can do big things, which has helped the seniors on defense adopt a new nickname - “The Chain Gang.” Using the principle that links on a chain hold up under pressure and each play an equal and important role. Kaufman has this group believing instead of reacting. •TexasTechreturnsacombined159startsondefensedividedamongst 15 players.• AtotaloffivenewfacesareonTexasTech’sdefensivetwo-deep for the season opener against Northwestern State while two others appear on the list that were redshirted in 2011.

JUCO INFLUXIn need of immediate depth and experience, Texas Tech turned to the junior colleges in the 2012 recruiting class. Texas Tech has 11 junior college transfers on the roster and a large major-ity are expected to make contributions this season. The season-opening depth chart lists seven of those transfers.Junior College TransfersName Position Previous SchoolBrandon Bagley DB College of SequoiasJavon Bell WR Mississippi Gulf Coast CCOlaoluwa Falemi DB LA Harbor CollegeRashad Fortenberry OL Mississippi Gulf Coast CCSaDale Foster RB Riverside CCBruce Jones DB Riverside CC

Seth Mannon K College of CanyonsChris Payne LB Mississippi Gulf Coast CCWill Smith LB Riverside CCAustin Stewart LB LA Pierce JCTrent Williams DS Blinn JC

DESTINATION POSTSEASONAfter watching its Big 12 record 18-year streak of bowl eli-gibility slip through their fingers, the 2012 Red Raiders are determined to be back in the postseason this year. Texas Tech suffered its first losing season in 16 years last year but return 18 starters (nine on both sides of the football) and will be armed with two recruiting classes (2011 and 2012) that were the highest ranked in school history.

CLASSROOM SUCCESSTexas Tech and Tommy Tuberville’s commitment to education is evident as the Red Raiders lead the Big 12 Conference in gradu-ation rate. Additionally, Texas Tech will suit up nine football student-athletes this fall that have already earned their degree from Texas Tech. Current student-athletes with degrees in hand:QBSethDoege,WREricWard,WRAustinZouzalik,SCodyDavis, OL Deveric Gallington, WR Darrin Moore, RB Josh Talbott, DB Eugene Neboh and WR Alex Torres.

TECH LOOKING FOR AN EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE IN 2012The expectations on the Texas Tech offense haven’t been this high since the 2008 season and with a veteran line and experi-enced quarterback, the Red Raiders should have their best of-fensive unit of the Tuberville era. Texas Tech has four players on offense that are candidates for national awards in quarterback Seth Doege, running back Eric Stephens, offensive lineman LaAdrian Waddle and wide receiver Eric Ward.Texas Tech Offensive Snapshot•Acombined147startsreturnforTexasTechin2012.• Of the147 starts, 78aredividedamongst eightplayers atskill positions. • In2011,TexasTechfinished13thnationallyintotaloffense(470.58 yards per-game), seventh nationally in pass offense (345.42 yards per-game) and 22nd nationally in scoring of-fense (33.83).• SeniorquarterbackSethDoege(thenation’sleadingpasserin 2011) returns his top three targets in 2012 which includes junior Eric Ward, who led the team in receiving in 2011 with 84 catches for 800 yards and 11 touchdowns. Ward averaged 66.7 yards-per-game receiving in 2011 and posted a career-high 151 yards receiving in the regular-season finale against Baylor at Cowboys Stadium. Ward was a second-team All-Big 12 selection by the San Antonio Express-News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Waco Tribune-Herald.• TexasTechenters2012witharguably thebestquarterbacktandem in the Big 12 Conference in Seth Doege and Michael Brewer. Doege was an O’Brien Semifinalist in 2011 while Brew-er turned quite a few heads on the practice field last spring and fall. Brewer was part of four state championship teams at Lake Travis High School and was an All-State selection as a senior.

NATION’S BEST RECEIVING CORP?Texas Tech has a strong case that it is home to the best receiv-ing corp in college football. Anchored by preseason Biletnikoff Award candidate Eric Ward, the Red Raiders return five players in 2012 that have a combined 48 career starts. Along with Ward,TechreturnsseniorsAlexTorres,AustinZouzalik,DarrinMoore and Marcus Kennard who will provide key leadership

to a talented group of newcomers. Senior Tyson Williams, one of the most talented receivers on the squad, will play his first and last season in 2012 after transferring from West Texas A&M. Along with Williams, Texas Tech returns Jace Amaro and Bradley Marquez who had strong freshman seasons in 2011. Newcomer Javon Bell, a junior college transfer, and redshirt freshmen Javares McRoy and Jakeem Grant should give Texas Tech one of the fastest groups in the country.• TexasTech’s talentedgroupof returning receivers includesEric Ward, Alex Torres (616 yards, 4 TDs), Darrin Moore (571 yards,8TDs),AustinZouzalik(121yards),MarcusKennard(182yards) and Jace Amaro (57 yards, 2 TDs).

STRONG UP FRONTAlthough depth is an issue at offensive line, there is reason to be excited about this year’s group. Tech will field its strongest and most experienced offensive line since that stellar group of 2008. Led by senior left tackle LaAdrian Waddle, this year’s line features three seniors in Waddle, Deveric Gallington and Terry McDaniel. Those three seniors have a combined 68 career starts amongst them and will be a key component to the Red Raiders success on offense in 2012.

RIVERA HEADED TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMEGabe Rivera (aka Senor Sack), one of the most dominant foot-ball student-athletes in Texas Tech history, will take his right-ful place with the greatest players in the collegiate game with induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. The class will be inducted into the hall of fame at the 2012 National Football Foundation Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on December 4, while the enshrinement will take place in the summer of 2013.• The2012HallofFameClassconsistsof:CharlesAlexander,RB, LSU; Otis Armstrong, RB, Purdue; Steve Bartowski, QB, California; Hal Bedsole, SE, USC; Dave Casper, TE, Notre Dame; Ty Detmer, QB, BYU; Tommy Kramer, QB, Rice; Art Monk, WR, Syracuse; Greg Myers, DB, Colorado State; Jonathan Ogden, Of-fensive Tackle, UCLA; Gabe Rivera, DL, Texas Tech; Mark Simo-neau, LB, Kansas State; Scott Thomas, Safety, Air Force; John Wooten, Offensive Guard, Colorado; Phillip Fulmer, Head Coach, University of Tennessee; Jimmy Johnson, Head Coach, Miami; R.C. Slocum, Head Coach, Texas A&M . •ThreeotherRedRaidershavebeeninductedintotheCollegeFootball Hall of Fame, with the last enshrinement coming in 2008 when Dave Parks was honored. E.J. Holub was Tech’s first member of the hall as he was enshrined in 1986 and was fol-lowed by Donny Anderson in 1989.

TECH SENDING “STUDENT-ATHLETES” TO THE NFLSince 2003, 76 percent (13-of-17) Texas Tech players that have moved on to the NFL (drafted) have earned degrees from Texas Tech.Baron Batch- graduatedJamar Wall- graduatedDarcel McBath- graduatedJoel Filani- graduatedKeyunta Dawson- graduatedEJ Whitley - graduatedDylan Gandy- graduatedDaniel Loper- graduatedMike Smith - graduatedCarlos Francis- graduated

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B.J. Symons- graduatedAaron Hunt- graduatedKliff Kingsbury- graduated

HOW TO DOEGE2011 Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist Seth Doege returns for his senior season to lead what could possibly be the most potent Red Raider offense in the Tuberville era. Doege threw for 4,004 yards and connected on 398-of-581 passes and 28 touchdowns as a junior in 2011. He owns the NCAA record for completion percentage in a single-game as he completed 40-of-44 passes (90.1 percentage) in a 59-13 win at New Mexico. Doege also helped orchestrate one of the biggest wins in school history as he led the Red Raiders to a 41-38 win over then No. 1 Oklahoma in Norman on Oct. 22. Doege threw for 441 yards and four touchdowns in the win, which snapped OU’s NCAA-leading 39-game home win streak. He is a preseason candi-date for four national, including the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp National Player of the Year.•Ifyouneedtobrushuponthepronunciationofhisname,logon to youtube.com and search for “How To Doege.”

TWO DEGREE DOEGEDoege’s on-field accomplishments are widely known, but his work in the classroom should not be overlooked. Doege earned his degree in May 2011 which means that both year’s he has been Tech’s starting quarterback, he has done so while a gradu-ate student. He is expected to complete his master’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science in December which will give him two degrees at the completion of his athletic eligibility. He was a First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection in 2011 and has been nominated for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.

STEPHENS CLEARED TO RETURN FOR 2012After suffering one of the worst knee injuries a player can endure, running back Eric Stephens has been given the green light to return for his senior season. A dead ball injury suffered against Texas A&M forced Stephens to miss the final seven games of the 2011 season. In his absence, Texas Tech won just one game the remainder of the season and his impact on the offense was obvious. A difficult surgery and intense rehabilita-tion has put Stephens back into the fold in 2012 and the respect for his ability is so high that he was named a preseason candi-date for the Doak Walker Award.• Prior tohis injury, Stephenshad rushed for100-plusyardsin four of five games and was on track for the best season by a Tech running back since Ricky Williams in 1999.•Stephenscompiled565yardsinfivegameslastseasonwhilerushing for eight touchdowns.•Owns1,487careerrushingyardsalongwith16touchdowns.• Owns 458 career receiving yards along with three touch-downs.

DEPTH AT RUNNING BACKThe running back position might be one of the deepest units on this year’s team. Along with senior Eric Stephens, Tech re-turns two talented sophomores in Kenny Williams and DeAndre Washington and will have the services of junior college transfer SaDale Foster. Washington suffered a season-ending knee in-jury in the Missouri game and, like Stephens, has been partici-pating in fall camp. The Texas Tech coaching staff is hoping to get enough production from Stephens, Williams and Foster so that Washington can take a redshirt this year.RED RAIDERS ON NATIONAL AWARD WATCH LISTSTexas Tech has four players up for nine national postseason

awards which is more than Tech had during the 2008 pre-season.QB Seth Doege – Maxwell Award (Top Player)QB Seth Doege – Davey O’Brien Award (Top Quarterback)QB Seth Doege – Walter Camp Player of the Year (National Player of the Year)QB Seth Doege – Manning Award (Top Quarterback – Includ-ing Bowl Performance)QB Seth Doege – Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Top Quar-terback)QB Seth Doege – Senior Bowl Watch ListOL LaAdrian Waddle – Outland Trophy (Top Interior Lineman)OL LaAdrian Waddle – Lombardi Award (Top Lineman or Line-backer)WR Eric Ward – Biletnikoff Award (Top Wide Receiver)RB Eric Stephens – Doak Walker Award (Top Running Back)

SMITH READY FOR THE BIG LIGHTS?Perhaps the newcomer that has made the most impact is junior linebacker Will Smith. Smith transferred to Texas Tech from Riverside C.C. in time for the spring semester and has become a force on the Tech defense. In fact, his strong showing in the spring and during fall training camp has him being mentioned as a candidate for Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors. Smith is anchoring the middle of Tech’s three-man linebacking crew and will play a key role in the run defense. Last season, Texas Tech finished last in the FBS in rush defense as the Red Raiders allowed an average of 258 yards rushing per-game. Smith will anchor what figures to be a much stronger linebacking corp with sophomore Sam Eguavoen and junior Terrance Bullitt. Bullitt is making the move from safety to linebacker in order to give the Red Raiders more play making ability at the position.

DOUGLAS EARNS STARTING NOD AT CORNERLast season, with Texas Tech running low on defensive options at cornerback, the decision was made to move wide receiver Cornelius Douglas to defense. What the coaches soon found out was that Douglas was the best cover guy on the squad and his move was made permanent during spring practice. Since that time Douglas has won the starting nod at left corner and will be backed up by junior college transfer Bruce Jones.

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JACE AMAROAll-Big 12 (2nd Team)Midseason College Football News All-America (Second Team)Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (First Team)Midseason CBS Sports All-Big 12 (First Team)College Football Performance Award – National Tight End of the Week (10/15)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Tight End of the Week (9/17)

MICHAEL BREWERAcademic All-Big 12 (Second Team)

TERRANCE BULLITTAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)

DARTWAN BUSHSan Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (2nd Team)

RYAN BUSTINAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Third Team)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Placekicker of the Week (9/10)

Le’RAVEN CLARKScout.com Freshman All-America (2nd Team)All-Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year (Honorable Mention)Academic All-Big 12 (Second Team)

CODY DAVISCapital One Academic All-America (First Team)All-Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Honorable Mention)All-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Honorable Mention)All-Big 12 (2nd Team)Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)Midseason College Football News All-America (Third Team)Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Second Team)National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award (1-of-15 in the Nation)Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/15)Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Second Team)Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (Third Team)Preseason Phil Steele No. 8 Strong Safety (Nationally)

SETH DOEGEAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)AT&T All-America Player of the Week (10/25)Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist (Top Quarterback)Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week (10/25)AT&T All-America Player of the Week Nominee (10/22)Manning Ward Stars of the Week (10/22)College Football Performance Award – National Performer of the Week (10/22)College Football Performance Award – National Quarterback of the Week (10/22)Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/15)Davey O’Brien Award National Quarterback of the Week (10/15)AT&T All-America Player of the Week Nominee (10/15)Manning Award Stars of the Week (10/15)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention

National Quarterback of the Week (10/15)College Football Performance Award – National Performer of the Week (9/17)College Football Performance Award – National Quarterback of the Week (9/17)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Quarterback of the Week (9/10)Maxwell Award Watch List (Top Player)Davey O’Brien Award Watch List (Top Quarterback)Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List (National Player of the Year)Manning Award Watch List (Top Quarterback – Including Bowl Performance)Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List (Top Quarter-back)Senior Bowl Watch ListPreseason Phil Steele No. 34 Quarterback (Nationally)

CORNELIUS DOUGLASAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Third Team)Jim Thorpe National Defensive Back of the Week (10/3)Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/1)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Defensive Back of the Week (10/1)

RYAN ERXLEBENAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Punter of the Week (10/22)

KRAMER FYFEAcademic All-Big 12 (First Team)

JAKEEM GRANTCollege Football Performance Award – National Kick Returner of the Week (11/25)

SUMMIT HOGUEAcademic All-Big 12 (First Team)

KERRY HYDERSan Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (1st Team)AP All-Big 12 (1st Team)All-Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (Honorable Mention)All-Big 12 (2nd Team)CBS Sports All-Big 12 (First Team)Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Second Team)Midseason CBS Sports All-Big 12 (First Team)Midseason ESPN All-Big 12 (First Team)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Defensive Lineman of the Week (9/3)

D.J. JOHNSONAll-Big 12 (2nd Team)

LEON MACKEYAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)

BRADLEY MARQUEZ

Academic All-Big 12 (First Team)TERRY McDANIELAcademic All-Big 12 (First Team)

DARRIN MOOREAll-Big 12 (2nd Team)College Football Performance Award – Honorable Mention National Wide Receiver of the Week (11/25)Preseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (Second Team)Preseason College Football News All-Big 12 (Second Team)

EUGENE NEBOHAcademic All-Big 12 (First Team)

TRE’ PORTERAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)WILL SMITHMidseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Third Team)Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (Third Team)Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Fourth Team)

ERIC STEPHENSPreseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (Second Team)Doak Walker Award Watch List (Top Running Back)

ALEX TORRESAcademic All-Big 12 (First Team)

LaADRIAN WADDLESan Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (1st Team)AP All-Big 12 (1st Team)All-Big 12 (1st Team)Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Second Team)Midseason ESPN All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason CBSSports.com All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason Lindy’s All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason Turfburner.com All-Big 12 (First Team)Preseason College Football News All-Big 12 (Second Team)Outland Trophy Watch List (Top Interior Lineman)Lombardi Award Watch List (Top Lineman or Linebacker)Preseason Yahoo! No. 10 Offensive Lineman (Nationally)Preseason Phil Steele No. 16 Offensive Lineman (Nationally)

ERIC WARDSan Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (2nd Team)All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (Second Team)Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (Third Team)Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Top Wide Receiver)Preseason Phil Steele No. 51 Wide Receiver (Nationally)

KENNY WILLIAMSAll-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)

AUSTIN ZOUZALIKAcademic All-Big 12 (First Team)

INDIVIDUAL HONORS/AWARDS

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2011 POSTSEASON HONORSTerrance BullittAll-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... All-Big 12 second team (Dallas Morning News)

Donnie CaronaAcademic All-Big 12 second team

Cody DavisAcademic All-Big 12 first team

Blake DeesBig 12 All-Freshman Team Defense (Rivals.com)

Seth DoegeAcademic All-Big 12 first teamDavey O’Brien Semifinalist

Lonnie EdwardsAll-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... All-Big 12 honor-able mention (AP)... All-Big 12 third team (Phil Steele)... All-Big 12 Midseason second team (Phil Steele)

Sam EguavoenBig 12 All-Freshman Team Defense (Rivals.com)

Ryan ErxlebenAll-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... All-Big 12 second team (Kansas City Star)... Academic All-Big 12 second team

Adam JamesAll-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... All-Big 12 second team (AP)... All-Big 12 second team (Kansas City Star)

D.J. JohnsonAll-Big 12 Midseason second team (Phil Steele)

Darrin MooreBiletnikoff Award Watch List (Nation’s Top WR)

Ben McRoyAll-Big 12 second team (Rivals.com)... All-Big 12 Midseason first team (Phil Steele)

Mickey OkaforAcademic All-Big 12 first team

Delvon SimmonsBig 12 All-Freshman Team Defense (Rivals.com)

Eric StephensAll-Big 12 Midseason first team (Phil Steele)... Paul Hor-nung Award Watch List (Nation’s Most Versatile Player)...

Alex TorresAll-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... Academic All-Big 12 second team...

Eric WardAll-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... All-Big 12 third team (Phil Steele)... All-Big 12 second team (San Antonio Express-News)... All-Big 12 second team (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)... All-Big 12 second team (Waco Tribune-Herald)... Academic All-Big 12 second team... All-Big 12 Midseason second team (Phil Steele)

LaAdrian WaddleAll-Big 12 second team (Coaches)... All-Big 12 second team (AP)... All-Big 12 second team (Phil Steele)... All-Big 12 sec-ond team (Columbia Tribune)... All-Big 12 second team (San Antonio Express-News)... All-Big 12 second team (Kansas City Star)... All-Big 12 second team (Dallas Morning News)... All-Big 12 second team (Waco Tribune-Herald)... All-Big 12 Midseason second team (Phil Steele)

DeAndre WashingtonAll-Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year honorable men-tion (Coaches)

2012 PRESEASON HONORSPreseason All-Big 12 ConferenceS Cody Davis – Phil Steele (Second Team), College Sports Madness (Third Team)

WR Darrin Moore – Athlon Sports (Second Team), College Football News (Second Team)

LB Will Smith – College Sports Madness (Third Team), Phil Steele (Fourth Team)

RB Eric Stephens – Athlon Sports (Second Team)

OL LaAdrian Waddle – Big 12 Media (First Team), CBSSports.com (First Team), Athlon Sports (First Team), Lindy’s (First Team), Phil Steele (First Team), College Sports Madness (First Team), Turfburner.com (First Team), College Football News (Second Team)

WR Eric Ward – Phil Steele (Second Team), College Sports Madness (Third Team)

National Award ListsQB Seth Doege – Maxwell Award (Top Player)QB Seth Doege – Davey O’Brien Award (Top Quarterback)QB Seth Doege – Walter Camp Player of the Year (National Player of the Year)QB Seth Doege – Manning Award (Top Quarterback – Including Bowl Performance)QB Seth Doege – Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (Top Quarterback)QB Seth Doege – Senior Bowl Watch List

OL LaAdrian Waddle – Outland Trophy (Top Interior Lineman)OL LaAdrian Waddle – Lombardi Award (Top Lineman or Linebacker)

WR Eric Ward – Biletnikoff Award (Top Wide Receiver)

RB Eric Stephens – Doak Walker Award (Top Running Back)

National Player RatingsSS Cody Davis (No. 8, Phil Steele)OL LaAdrian Waddle (No. 16, Phil Steele) OL LaAdrian Waddle (No. 10, Yahoo!)RB Eric Stephens (No. 32, Phil Steele)QB Seth Doege (No. 34, Phil Steele)WR Eric Ward (No. 51, Phil Steele)

National Unit RatingsQuarterbacks: No. 9 (Phil Steele)Wide Receivers: No. 9 (Phil Steele)Offensive Line: No. 29 (Phil Steele)

2012 PRESEASON PREDICTIONS2012 Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll1. Oklahoma (32) 3962. West Virginia (7) 3393. Texas 2914. Oklahoma State 2675. TCU (1) 2606. Kansas State (1) 2577. Baylor 1628. Iowa State 1219. Texas Tech 11610. Kansas 46First-place votes in parentheses

Phil Steele’s 2012 College Football Preview1. Oklahoma 2. Texas3. Oklahoma State4. West Virginia5. TCU6. Kansas State7. Texas Tech8. Baylor9. Iowa State10. Kansas

David Ubben, ESPN.com1. Oklahoma 2. West Virginia3. Kansas State4. TCU5. Texas6. Oklahoma State7. Baylor8. Texas Tech9. Iowa State10. Kansas

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine1. West Virginia 2. Oklahoma3. TCU4. Texas5. Kansas State6. (t) Baylor Oklahoma State Texas Tech9. Iowa State10. Kansas

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NUMERICAL ROSTERNO PLAYER POS HT WT YR-EX HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL1 Javon Bell WR 6-0 180 Jr-TR Jacksonville, Fla./Ribault/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC1 Terrance Bullitt LB 6-3 221 Jr-2L Garland, Texas/Naaman Forest2 Reginald Davis WR 6-0 184 Fr-HS Tenaha, Texas/Tenaha2 Cornelius Douglas DB 5-9 198 Sr-3L Lawton, Okla./Lawton3 Tyson Williams WR 5-11 210 Sr-RS Aldine, Texas/Aldine/West Texas A&M 4 Derrick Mays CB 5-11 175 Jr-2L Killeen, Texas/Shoemaker 5 Austin Barr QB 6-4 187 Fr.-HS Southlake, Texas/Colleyville Covenant5 Tre’ Porter CB 6-0 202 Jr-2L Midwest City, Okla./Carl Albert6 Kris Williams LB 6-1 213 Fr-HS Dallas, Texas/Bryan Adams6 AustinZouzalik IR 6-0 187 Sr-3L Lubbock,Texas/Coronado7 Seth Doege QB 6-1 197 Sr-3L Wolfforth, Texas/Frenship7 Will Smith LB 6-3 224 Jr-TR Riverside, Calif./Notre Dame/Riverside CC8 SaDale Foster RB 5-7 187 Jr-TR Riverside, Calif./J.W. North/Riverside CC8 Delvon Simmons DT 6-5 290 So-1L McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport9 Branden Jackson LB 6-4 248 Fr-RS McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport 9 Shawn Corker WR 6-1 193 So-1L Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons10 Pete Robertson DE 6-3 220 Fr-RS Longview, Texas/Longview10 Dustin Walton QB 6-3 229 Fr-TR Raton, N.M./Raton/New Mexico11 Jakeem Grant IR 5-6 163 Fr-RS Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite Horn 11 Leon Mackey DL 6-5 260 Sr-1L Wilmington, Del./Hargrave Military/Hinds CC12 D.J. Johnson S 6-0 190 Sr-3L Austin, Texas/St. Stephen’s Episcopal12 Tucker Tuberville QB 6-0 196 Fr-HS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship13 Brant Costilla QB 6-4 224 Jr-SQ Dallas, Texas/Parish Episcopal/Navarro JC13 Sam Eguavoen LB 6-1 220 So-1L Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial 14 Darrin Moore WR 6-4 216 Sr-2L Irving, Texas/McArthur/Blinn College14 La’Darius Newbold DB 5-11 190 Fr-HS Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster15 Justin Cooper LB 6-0 213 Fr-RS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./University 15 Clayton Nicholas QB 6-3 216 Fr-HS Abilene, Texas/Cooper 16 Michael Brewer QB 6-1 183 Fr-RS Lake Travis, Texas/Lake Travis16 Cody Davis S 6-2 202 Sr-3L Stephenville, Texas/Stephenville18 Micah Awe LB 6-0 205 Fr-HS Arlington, Texas/Summitt18 Eric Ward WR 6-0 204 Jr-2L Wichita Falls, Texas/Rider19 Derreck Edwards WR 6-1 177 Fr-RS Brenham, Texas/Brenham20 Chris Payne LB 5-10 187 So-TR Columbia, S.C./Columbia/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC21 Jarvis Phillips CB 5-10 188 Jr-2L Dallas, Texas/Carter21 DeAndre Washington RB 5-8 182 So-1L Missouri City, Texas/T. Marshall 22 Jace Amaro TE 6-5 257 So-1L San Antonio, Texas/MacArthur22 Dawson Gamble WR/DB 5-11 175 Fr.-HS Austin, Texas/Regent School of Austin23 Jeremy Reynolds CB 5-9 175 Fr-RS Greensboro, N.C./Dudley 23 Emilo Vera WR 5-10 159 Fr.-HS Arlington, Texas/Arlington24 Bruce Jones DB 5-7 171 Jr-TR Eastvale, Calif./Roosevelt/Riverside CC24 Eric Stephens Jr. RB 5-8 201 Sr-3L Mansfield, Texas/Timberview25 Blake Dees LB 6-0 215 So-1L Spanish Fort, Ala./Spanish Fort26 Ryan Erxleben P 6-1 191 Jr-2L Lake Travis, Texas/Lake Travis26 John White S 5-10 200 Fr-RS Bremond, Texas/Bremond27 Brad Pearson WR 6-3 215 Fr-RS Lubbock, Texas/Monterey27 ZachWinbush LB 6-1 219 So-1L Schertz,Texas/Clemens28 Brent Mitcham WR 5-8 183 So-SQ Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek28 Happiness Osunde CB 5-9 188 Sr-1L Dallas, Texas/Seguin/Kilgore College28 Dominique Wheeler WR 6-1 177 Fr-HS Crockett, Texas/Crockett 29 Olaoluwa Falemi DB 5-9 157 Jr-TR Carson, Calif./Banning/LA Harbor College29 Josh Talbott RB 6-0 199 Jr-SQ Trophy Club, Texas/Liberty Christian30 Austin Stewart DB 6-0 206 So-TR Matthews, N.C./Butler/L.A. Pierce JC31 Eugene Neboh CB 5-10 180 Sr-2L Odessa, Texas/Permian32 Brandon Bagley DB 5-10 155 So-TR Los Angeles, Calif./Compton/College of Sequoias32 Casey Parkhill TE 6-4 236 Jr.-HS Lubbock, Texas/Idalou33 Omar Ontiveros FB 6-1 236 Jr-1L Austin, Texas/Westlake 34 Kenny Williams RB 5-9 219 So-1L Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson35 Brandon DeFrance WR 5-11 177 Jr-TR Colleyville, Texas/Heritage/SE Oklahoma St.35 Keenon Ward ATH 5-9 189 Fr-HS Snyder, Texas/Snyder36 Theirry Nguema DB 5-10 168 Fr-HS Corona, Calif./Santiago37 Quinton White RB 5-7 197 Fr-HS College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated37 Chris Yeakey S 6-3 197 Sr-RS St. Helena, Calif./St. Helena/Redlands 38 Summitt Hogue ATH 5-11 184 Fr-RS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship38 Evan Roll RB 6-3 215 So-TR Fort Worth, Texas/Nolan Catholic/Drake39 Seth Mannon K 6-6 252 So-TR Houston, Texas/Episcopal/College of Canyons40 Chase Robison DL 6-4 237 Fr-HS Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers

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41 J.J. Gaines CB 5-10 180 Fr-RS Irving, Texas/Nimitz 42 Daniel Cobb LB 6-0 219 Jr-2L Killeen, Texas/Ellison42 Taylor Symmank K 6-2 173 So-TR McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd/Southern Arkansas43 Jackson Richards DE 6-4 248 So-1L Southlake, Texas/Carroll45 Kramer Fyfe PK 5-8 159 So-SQ Austin, Texas/Lake Travis45 Jordan Vestal DB 6-0 192 So.-TR Lubbock, Texas/Monterey/New Mexico46 Chris Knighton DE 6-1 252 Jr-2L Longview, Texas/Longview48 Ryan Bustin K 5-11 172 So-RS Kilgore, Texas/Kilgore/Kilgore College49 Andrew Bowman K 6-1 217 Sr-SQ Austin, Texas/Westlake50 Parker Bradham WR 6-0 210 Fr.-HS Aledo, Texas/Aledo50 Tyler Scalzi LB 6-4 220 Fr.-HS Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound51 Tony Morales OL 6-3 302 Fr-RS Arlington, Texas/Sam Houston52 Alex Chester DS 5-10 220 So-1L Austin, Texas/Austin53 Kindred Evans DE 6-3 228 Fr-RS Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie 54 Dartwan Bush DE 6-1 256 Jr-2L Clute, Texas/Brazoswood56 Alfredo Morales OL 6-3 302 Fr-RS Arlington, Texas/Sam Houston57 David Brenner DS 6-0 219 Fr-RS Plano, Texas, Canyon Creek Christian Academy58 Trent Williams DS 5-11 183 So-TR Spring, Texas/Westfield/Blinn JC59 Preston Odette LB 6-0 214 So-TR Coppell, Texas/Coppell/Southern Nazarene60 Brad Duru DL 6-2 275 Fr.-TR Addison, Texas/W.T. White/Northwestern State61 Matt Gonzales OL 5-11 255 Fr.-HS Odessa, Texas/Odessa62 Le’Raven Clark OL 6-5 303 Fr-RS Rockdale, Texas/Rockdale63 James Polk OL 6-6 332 So-1L Houston, Texas/Alief Elsik64 Wayne Foster OL 6-3 266 Fr-RS Austin, Texas/Austin65 LaAdrian Waddle OL 6-6 330 Sr-3L Columbus, Texas/Columbus66 Deveric Gallington OL 6-3 319 Sr-3L North Richland Hills, Texas/Richland67 Matt Wilson OL 6-6 268 Fr-RS Coldspring, Texas/Coldspring Oakhurst 68 Terry McDaniel OL 6-7 328 Sr-3L Diana, Texas/New Diana71 Kyle Clark OL 6-5 286 Jr-1L Denton, Texas/Guyer72 Beau Carpenter OL 6-6 284 So-1L Sulphur Springs, Texas/Sulphur Springs73 Rashad Fortenberry OL 6-5 275 Jr-TR Tylertown, Miss./Bowling Green/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC75 Jared Kaster OL 6-3 271 Fr-HS Altair, Texas/Altair Rice76 Conner Grooms OL 6-2 284 Fr-HS Tyler, Texas/Robert E. Lee77 Trey Keenan OL 6-6 280 Fr-HS Argyle, Texas/Argyle79 Bobby Esiaba DE 6-0 230 So.-HS Houston, Texas/Dallastown PA80 Jason Sabolboro WR 6-0 199 Jr-SQ New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon83 Coop Woodyard ATH 6-1 193 Fr-HS The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands84 ZakBritton WR 5-9 170 Fr-HS Lubbock,Texas/Frenship85 Jordan Davis IR 5-9 174 So-RS Arlington, Texas/Arlington/Southwestern Oklahoma State86 Alex Torres WR 6-1 202 Sr-3L El Paso, Texas/Franklin87 Aaron Fisher WR 6-2 188 Jr-2L Keller, Texas/Fossil Ridge88 Marcus Kennard WR 6-3 203 Sr-1L Lawton, Okla./Lawton/Butler CC 89 Cameron Wright TE 6-3 223 Fr-RS Lubbock, Texas/Cooper90 Carson Rice WR 6-4 210 Fr.-HS Austin, Texas/Regent School of Austin91 Kerry Hyder DE 6-2 281 Jr-2L Austin, Texas/Lyndon B. Johnson92 Michael Starts DL 6-4 303 Fr-HS Waco, Texas/La Vega94 Donte Phillips DT 6-2 260 Fr-RS Milwaukee, Wis./Homestead95 Taylor Karrh TE 6-3 227 So.-TR Amarillo, Texas/Amarillo/Blinn College96 Dennell Wesley DT 6-1 286 Jr-1L Hastings, Fla./Menendez/Butler CC 97 Michael Ballard ATH 6-2 217 So.-TR Austin, Texas/Anderson/Concordia98 Anthony Smith DL 5-10 312 Fr-HS Houston, Texas/Spring Westfield

COACHING STAFFInterim Head Coach _______________Chris ThomsenInterim Offensive Coordinator ________Sonny Cumbie Defensive Coordinator _____________Art KaufmanInside Receivers _________________Scott ParrOutside Receivers ________________Tommy MainordDefensive Line __________________Fred TateDefensive Ends __________________Robert PruntyRunning Backs __________________Chad ScottOffensive Line __________________Justin KeownDefensive Backs _________________John LovettStrength and Conditioning __________Joe Walker

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE (For An Audio Version of the pronuncation guide, log on to: http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/text-m-footbl-mtt.html)Micah Awe ____________________AH-wayJace Amaro ____________________uh-MAR-ohDartwan Bush __________________DAR-twanBrant Costilla ___________________coe-STEE-uhSeth Doege ____________________DAY-geeSam Eguavoen __________________uh-GUAV-inRyan Erxleben __________________URX-lay-benOlaoluwa Falemi _________________oh-lao-LOO-uh ---- FAH-lee-meEugene Neboh __________________NEE-bowThierry Nguema _________________Terry nuh-GOO-muhHappiness Osunde ________________oh-SUN-dayDennell Wesley __________________duh-NELLChris Yeakey ___________________YAKE-eeAustin Zouzalik __________________zoo-ZAH-lick

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DRESS ROSTER MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL VS. MINNESOTA

NO PLAYER POS HT WT YR-EX HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL2 Cornelius Douglas DB 5-9 198 Sr-3L Lawton, Okla./Lawton3 Tyson Williams WR 5-11 210 Sr-RS Aldine, Texas/Aldine/West Texas A&M 4 Derrick Mays CB 5-11 175 Jr-2L Killeen, Texas/Shoemaker 5 Tre’ Porter CB 6-0 202 Jr-2L Midwest City, Okla./Carl Albert6 AustinZouzalik IR 6-0 187 Sr-3L Lubbock,Texas/Coronado7 Seth Doege QB 6-1 197 Sr-3L Wolfforth, Texas/Frenship7 Will Smith LB 6-3 224 Jr-TR Riverside, Calif./Notre Dame/Riverside CC8 SaDale Foster RB 5-7 187 Jr-TR Riverside, Calif./J.W. North/Riverside CC8 Delvon Simmons DT 6-5 290 So-1L McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport9 Shawn Corker WR 6-1 193 So-1L Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons9 Branden Jackson LB 6-4 248 Fr-RS McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport 10 Pete Robertson DE 6-3 220 Fr-RS Longview, Texas/Longview11 Jakeem Grant IR 5-6 163 Fr-RS Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite Horn 11 Leon Mackey DL 6-5 260 Sr-1L Wilmington, Del./Hargrave Military/Hinds CC 12 D.J. Johnson S 6-0 190 Sr-3L Austin, Texas/St. Stephen’s Episcopal13 Brant Costilla QB 6-4 224 Jr-SQ Dallas, Texas/Parish Episcopal/Navarro JC13 Sam Eguavoen LB 6-1 220 So-1L Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial 14 Darrin Moore WR 6-4 216 Sr-2L Irving, Texas/McArthur/Blinn College16 Michael Brewer QB 6-1 183 Fr-RS Lake Travis, Texas/Lake Travis16 Cody Davis S 6-2 202 Sr-3L Stephenville, Texas/Stephenville18 Micah Awe LB 6-0 205 Fr-HS Arlington, Texas/Summitt18 Eric Ward WR 6-0 204 Jr-2L Wichita Falls, Texas/Rider19 Derreck Edwards WR 6-1 177 Fr-RS Brenham, Texas/Brenham20 Chris Payne LB 5-10 187 So-TR Columbia, S.C./Columbia/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC21 Jarvis Phillips CB 5-10 188 Jr-2L Dallas, Texas/Carter22 Jace Amaro TE 6-5 257 So-1L San Antonio, Texas/MacArthur24 Bruce Jones DB 5-7 171 Jr-TR Eastvale, Calif./Roosevelt/Riverside CC24 Eric Stephens Jr. RB 5-8 201 Sr-3L Mansfield, Texas/Timberview25 Blake Dees LB 6-0 215 So-1L Spanish Fort, Ala./Spanish Fort26 Ryan Erxleben P 6-1 191 Jr-2L Lake Travis, Texas/Lake Travis27 Brad Pearson WR 6-3 215 Fr-RS Lubbock, Texas/Monterey27 ZachWinbush LB 6-1 219 So-1L Schertz,Texas/Clemens29 Olaoluwa Falemi DB 5-9 157 Jr-TR Carson, Calif./Banning/LA Harbor College31 Eugene Neboh CB 5-10 180 Sr-2L Odessa, Texas/Permian32 Brandon Bagley DB 5-10 155 So-TR Los Angeles, Calif./Compton/College of Sequoias34 Kenny Williams RB 5-9 219 So-1L Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson37 Chris Yeakey S 6-3 197 Sr-RS St. Helena, Calif./St. Helena/Redlands38 Summitt Hogue ATH 5-11 184 Fr-RS Lubbock, Texas/Frenship41 J.J. Gaines CB 5-10 180 Fr-RS Irving, Texas/Nimitz 43 Jackson Richards DE 6-4 248 So-1L Southlake, Texas/Carroll45 Kramer Fyfe PK 5-8 159 So-SQ Austin, Texas/Lake Travis48 Ryan Bustin K 5-11 172 So-RS Kilgore, Texas/Kilgore/Kilgore College49 Andrew Bowman K 6-1 217 Sr-SQ Austin, Texas/Westlake51 Tony Morales OL 6-3 302 Fr-RS Arlington, Texas/Sam Houston52 Alex Chester DS 5-10 220 So-1L Austin, Texas/Austin53 Kindred Evans DE 6-3 228 Fr-RS Grand Prairie, Texas/South Grand Prairie 54 Dartwan Bush DE 6-1 256 Jr-2L Clute, Texas/Brazoswood56 Alfredo Morales OL 6-3 302 Fr-RS Arlington, Texas/Sam Houston57 David Brenner DS 6-0 219 Fr-RS Plano, Texas, Canyon Creek Christian Academy62 Le’Raven Clark OL 6-5 303 Fr-RS Rockdale, Texas/Rockdale63 James Polk OL 6-6 332 So-1L Houston, Texas/Alief Elsik65 LaAdrian Waddle OL 6-6 330 Sr-3L Columbus, Texas/Columbus66 Deveric Gallington OL 6-3 319 Sr-3L North Richland Hills, Texas/Richland68 Terry McDaniel OL 6-7 328 Sr-3L Diana, Texas/New Diana72 Beau Carpenter OL 6-6 284 So-1L Sulphur Springs, Texas/Sulphur Springs73 Rashad Fortenberry OL 6-5 275 Jr-TR Tylertown, Miss./Bowling Green/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC75 Jared Kaster OL 6-3 271 Fr-HS Altair, Texas/Altair Rice85 Jordan Davis IR 5-9 174 So-RS Arlington, Texas/Arlington/Southwestern Oklahoma State86 Alex Torres WR 6-1 202 Sr-3L El Paso, Texas/Franklin87 Aaron Fisher WR 6-2 188 Jr-2L Keller, Texas/Fossil Ridge88 Marcus Kennard WR 6-3 203 Sr-1L Lawton, Okla./Lawton/Butler CC89 Cameron Wright TE 6-3 223 Fr-RS Lubbock, Texas/Cooper91 Kerry Hyder DE 6-2 281 Jr-2L Austin, Texas/Lyndon B. Johnson

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OFFENSELT 65 LaAdrian Waddle ____6-6 _ 330 _ Sr-3L ______________ Columbus, Texas 73 Rashad Fortenberry ___6-5 _ 275 _ Jr-TR ______________ Tylertown, Miss.

LG 72 Beau Carpenter _____6-6 _ 284 _ So-1L __________ Sulphur Springs, Texas 56 Alfredo Morales _____6-3 _ 302 _ Fr-RS ______________ Arlington, Texas C 66 Deveric Gallington ____6-3 _ 319 _ Sr-3L ________ North Richland Hills, Texas 75 Jared Kaster _______6-3 _ 271 _ Fr-RS _________________Altair, Texas

RG 62 Le’Raven Clark ______6-5 _ 303 _ Fr-RS ______________ Rockdale, Texas 63 James Polk ________6-6 _ 332 _ So-1L _______________ Houston, Texas

RT 68 Terry McDaniel ______6-7 _ 328 _ Sr-3L ________________ Diana, Texas 77 Trey Keenan _______6-6 _ 280 _ Fr-HS ________________ Argyle, Texas

QB 7 Seth Doege ________6-1 _ 197 _ Sr-3L ______________ Wolfforth, Texas 16 Michael Brewer _____6-1 _ 183 _ Fr-RS _____________ Lake Travis, Texas

F 34 Kenny Williams _____5-9 _ 219 _ So-1L _____________ Pflugerville, Texas 24 Eric Stephens Jr. _____5-8 _ 201 _ Sr-3L ______________ Mansfield, Texas X 18 Eric Ward _________6-0 _ 204 _ Jr-2L ____________ Wichita Falls, Texas 88 Marcus Kennard _____6-3 _ 203 _ Sr-1L _______________ Lawton, Okla.

H 11 Jakeem Grant_______5-6 _ 163 _ Fr-RS ______________ Mesquite, Texas 6 AustinZouzalik ______6-0 _ 187 _ Sr-3L _______________ Lubbock, Texas

Y 3 Tyson Williams _____ 5-11 _ 210 _ Sr-RS ________________ Aldine, Texas 86 Alex Torres ________6-1 _ 202 _ Sr-3L ________________ El Paso, Texas Z 14 Darrin Moore _______6-4 _ 216 _ Sr-2L ________________ Irving, Texas 88 Marcus Kennard _____6-3 _ 203 _ Sr-1L _______________ Lawton, Okla. TE 22 Jace Amaro ________6-5 _ 257 _ So-1L ____________ San Antonio, Texas

BH 46 Chris Knighton ______6-1 _ 252 _ Jr-2L ______________ Longview, Texas

DEFENSELE 54 Dartwan Bush ______6-1 _ 256 _ Jr-2L _________________ Clute, Texas 9 Branden Jackson _____6-4 _ 248 _ Fr-RS ______________ McKeesport, Pa. T 91 Kerry Hyder ________6-2 _ 281 _ Jr-2L ________________ Austin, Texas 11 Leon Mackey _______6-5 _ 260 _ Sr-1L _____________ Wilmington, Del.

N 8 Delvon Simmons _____6-5 _ 290 _ So-1L ______________ McKeesport, Pa. 96 Dennell Wesley ______6-1 _ 286 _ Jr-1L ________________Hastings, Fla.

RE 43 Jackson Richards _____6-4 _ 248 _ So-1L ______________ Southlake, Texas 10 Pete Robertson ______6-3 _ 220 _ Fr-RS ______________ Longview, Texas SAM 18 Micah Awe ________6-0 _ 205 _ Fr-HS ______________ Arlington, Texas 27 ZachWinbush ______6-1 _ 219 _ So-1L _______________ Schertz, Texas

MIKE 7 Will Smith ________6-3 _ 224 _ Jr-TR _______________Riverside, Calif. 25 Blake Dees ________6-0 _ 215 _ So-1L _____________ Spanish Fort, Ala.

WILL 13 Sam Eguavoen ______6-1 _ 220 _ So-1L _______________ Garland, Texas 27 ZachWinbush ______6-1 _ 219 _ So-1L _______________ Schertz, Texas

LS 12 D.J. Johnson _______6-0 _ 190 _ Sr-3L ________________ Austin, Texas 41 J.J. Gaines ________ 5-10 _ 180 _ Fr-RS ________________ Irving, Texas

RS 16 Cody Davis ________6-2 _ 202 _ Sr-3L ____________ Stephenville, Texas 37 Chris Yeakey _______6-3 _ 197 _ Sr-RS ______________ St. Helena, Calif.

RC 31 Eugene Neboh _____ 5-10 _ 180 _ Sr-2L ________________Odessa, Texas 29 Olaoluwa Falemei ____5-9 _ 157 _ Jr-TR ________________ Carson, Calif.

LC 24 Bruce Jones ________5-7 _ 171 _ Jr-TR _______________ Eastvale, Calif. 2 Cornelius Douglas ____5-9 _ 198 _ Sr-3L _______________ Lawton, Okla. NIKL 5 Tre’ Porter _________6-0 _ 202 _ Jr-2L ____________ Midwest City, Okla. 21 Jarvis Phillips ______ 5-10 _ 188 _ Jr-2L ________________ Dallas, Texas

SPECIAL TEAMSDS 52 Alex Chester 5-10 220 So-1L Austin, Texas 57 David Brenner 6-0 219 Fr-RS Plano, Texas 58 Trent Williams 5-11 183 So-TR Spring, Texas

PK 48 Ryan Bustin 5-11 172 So-RS Kilgore, Texas 49 Andrew Bowman 6-1 217 Sr-SQ Austin, Texas

P 26 Ryan Erxleben 6-1 191 Jr-2L Lake Travis, Texas 48 Ryan Bustin 5-11 172 So-RS Kilgore, Texas

KO 45 Kramer Fyfe 5-8 159 So-SQ Austin, Texas 49 Andrew Bowman 6-1 217 Sr-SQ Austin, Texas

PR 6 AustinZouzalik 6-0 187 Sr-3L Lubbock,Texas 86 Alex Torres 6-1 202 Sr-3L El Paso, Texas 8 SaDale Foster 5-7 187 Jr-TR Riverside, Calif.

DEPTH CHART MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL VS. MINNESOTA

KR 8 SaDale Foster 5-7 187 Jr-TR Riverside, Calif. 85 Jordan Davis 5-9 174 So-RS Arlington, Texas 6 AustinZouzalik 6-0 187 Sr-3L Lubbock,Texas

SAM = Outside Linebacker; MIKE = Inside Linebacker; WILL = Outside Linebacker

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Date Opponent Location Result TV AttendanceSept. 1 Northwestern State Lubbock, Texas W, 44-6 FSSWP 50,236Sept. 8 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas W, 58-10 ESPN3 33,006Sept. 15 New Mexico Lubbock, Texas W, 49-14 FCS 58,955Sept. 22 OPENSept. 29 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa W, 24-13 FCS 54,149Oct. 6 #14 Oklahoma Lubbock, Texas L, 20-41 ABC/ESPN2 60,800Oct. 13 #4 West Virginia Lubbock, Texas W, 49-14 ABC/ESPN 57,328Oct. 20 at #21 TCU Fort Worth, Texas W, 56-53 (3OT) ABC/ESPN2 47,894Oct. 27 at #4 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. L, 24-55 FOX 50,766Nov. 3 #22 Texas Lubbock, Texas L, 22-31 ABC/ESPN2 60,879Nov. 10 Kansas Lubbock, Texas W, 41-34 (2OT) FSN 55,052Nov. 17 at #24 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. L, 21-59 FSN 55,341Nov. 24 vs. Baylor Arlington, Texas L, 45-52 (OT) FOX 44,168Dec. 28 Minnesota (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas) Houston, Texas - - -

CATEGORY TECH OPP

SCORING ........................................................ 453 382 Points Per Game ....................................................... 37.8 31.8

FIRST DOWNS ................................................. 326 240 Rushing ..................................................................... 105 117 Passing ...................................................................... 197 106 Penalty ........................................................................ 24 17

RUSHING YARDAGE ........................................1674 2057 Yards gained rushing ............................................... 1935 2302 Yards lost rushing ...................................................... 261 245 Rushing Attempts ...................................................... 375 468 Average Per Rush ........................................................ 4.5 4.4 Average Per Game .................................................. 139.5 171.4 TDs Rushing ................................................................. 14 18

PASSING YARDAGE .........................................4343 2350 Comp-Att-Int ................................................ 386-548-14 192-347-7 Average Per Pass ......................................................... 7.9 6.8 Average Per Catch ..................................................... 11.3 12.2 Average Per Game .................................................. 361.9 195.8 TDs Passing .................................................................. 42 23

TOTAL OFFENSE .............................................6017 4407 Total Plays.................................................................. 923 815 Average Per Play ......................................................... 6.5 5.4 Average Per Game .................................................. 501.4 367.2

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ...............................32-693 48-1006PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ..............................15-158 10-136INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...................................7-161 14-348KICK RETURN AVERAGE ................................... 21.7 21.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE ................................. 10.5 13.6INT RETURN AVERAGE .................................... 23.0 24.9FUMBLES-LOST .............................................. 13-8 14-3

PENALTIES-YARDS .......................................87-846 65-605 Average Per Game .................................................... 70.5 50.4

PUNTS-YARDS ..........................................39-1556 53-2293 Average Per Punt ...................................................... 39.9 43.3 Net punt average ...................................................... 35.4 39.2

TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME .......................... 30:46 29:13

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS ...........................78/161 67/172 3rd-Down Pct ...........................................................48% 39%

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS .............................. 9/15 10/20 4th-Down Pct ...........................................................60% 50%

SACKS BY-Yards ..........................................16-101 18-137MISC YARDS ....................................................... 0 1TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ...................................... 58 47FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ................................16-22 18-24ON-SIDE KICKS................................................. 3-3 0-1RED-ZONE SCORES .............................. (55-63) 87% (42-49) 86%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS ..................... (43-63) 68% (30-49) 61%PAT-ATTEMPTS ................................. (55-55) 100% (46-47) 98%

ATTENDANCE ............................................. 343251 241156 Games/Avg Per Game .........................................6/57208 5/48231 Neutral Site Games .......................................................... 1/44168

SCORE BY QUARTERS ............................................. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalTexas Tech 105 154 70 90 34 453Opponents 69 119 78 85 31 382

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GWilliams, Kenny ............................................................ 12 136 814 35 779 5.7 5 47 64.9Foster, SaDale ................................................................ 12 87 466 26 440 5.1 3 53 36.7Stephens, Eric ................................................................ 12 84 423 9 414 4.9 5 46 34.5Doege, Seth................................................................... 12 43 165 126 39 0.9 1 23 3.2Grant, Jakeem ............................................................... 12 6 25 3 22 3.7 0 14 1.8Brewer, Michael .............................................................. 8 9 40 20 20 2.2 0 12 2.5Zouzalik,Austin. ............................................................ 12 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.2Ward, Eric ...................................................................... 11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Bell, Javon ....................................................................... 4 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 -1.2TEAM ............................................................................... 4 7 0 37 -37 -5.3 0 0 -9.2Total.......... ..................................................... 12 375 1935 261 1674 4.5 14 53 139.5Opponents...... ................................................ 12 468 2302 245 2057 4.4 18 69 171.4

PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GDoege, Seth.................................................................. 12 156.62 349-496-14 70.4 3934 38 61 327.8Brewer, Michael ............................................................. 8 155.97 33-47-0 70.2 362 3 36 45.2Costilla, Brant. ................................................................ 1 217.60 1-1-0 100.0 14 0 14 14.0Marquez, Bradley ........................................................... 6 108.40 1-1-0 100.0 1 0 1 0.2Stephens, Eric ............................................................... 12 455.20 1-1-0 100.0 3 1 3 0.2Zouzalik,Austin. ........................................................... 12 343.60 1-1-0 100.0 29 0 29 2.4Johnson, D.J. ................................................................ 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total.......... .....................................................12 157.19 386-548-14 70.4 4343 42 61 361.9Opponents...... ................................................12 130.06 192-347-7 55.3 2350 23 75 195.8

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GMoore, Darrin ............................................................................................................. 11 .............. 81 948 11.7 13 57 86.2Ward, Eric ................................................................................................................... 11 .............. 75 974 13.0 11 39 88.5Grant, Jakeem ............................................................................................................ 12 .............. 33 287 8.7 3 42 23.9Williams, Tyson .......................................................................................................... 11 .............. 29 306 10.6 2 35 27.8Amaro, Jace .................................................................................................................. 6 .............. 23 394 17.1 4 61 65.7Torres, Alex ................................................................................................................. 10 .............. 21 228 10.9 3 30 22.8Zouzalik,Austin. ......................................................................................................... 12 .............. 19 223 11.7 0 22 18.6Bell, Javon .................................................................................................................... 4 .............. 17 269 15.8 1 47 67.2Foster, SaDale ............................................................................................................. 12 .............. 17 83 4.9 0 22 6.9Marquez, Bradley ......................................................................................................... 6 .............. 16 172 10.8 0 23 28.7Stephens, Eric ............................................................................................................. 12 .............. 15 71 4.7 1 15 5.9Williams, Kenny ......................................................................................................... 12 .............. 14 135 9.6 1 24 11.2Kennard, Marcus .......................................................................................................... 9 ................ 9 99 11.0 3 18 11.0Davis, Jordan .............................................................................................................. 12 ................ 6 52 8.7 0 14 4.3Edwards, Derreck.......................................................................................................... 5 ................ 5 45 9.0 0 12 9.0Ontiveros, Omar ........................................................................................................... 8 ................ 3 24 8.0 0 19 3.0Doege, Seth................................................................................................................ 12 ................ 2 30 15.0 0 29 2.5McRoy, Javares ............................................................................................................. 1 ................ 1 3 3.0 0 3 3.0Total.......... ...........................................................................................12 ..........386 4343 11.3 42 61 361.9Opponents...... ......................................................................................12 ..........192 2350 12.2 23 75 195.8

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdErxleben, Ryan .................................................................................37 1556 42.1 60 2 15 7 2TEAM ..................................................................................................2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Total.......... .....................................................................39 1556 39.9 60 2 15 7 2Opponents...... ................................................................53 2293 43.3 71 3 17 15 0

TEAM STATISTICS2012 SEASON RESULTS (7-5, 4-5 BIG 12)

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KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLFyfe, Kramer ..................................................................................73 4342 59.5 28 0 Bowman, Andrew .............................................................................4 255 63.8 0 0 Total.......... .....................................................................77 4597 59.7 28 0 1006 37.5 27Opponents...... ................................................................71 4360 61.4 37 0 693 38.6 26

SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsBustin, Ryan .................................................................... 0 15-21 55-55 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 100Moore, Darrin ................................................................ 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 80Ward, Eric ...................................................................... 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66Stephens, Eric .................................................................. 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Williams, Kenny .............................................................. 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Amaro, Jace ..................................................................... 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Grant, Jakeem ................................................................. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Torres, Alex ...................................................................... 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Foster, SaDale .................................................................. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Kennard, Marcus ............................................................. 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Williams, Tyson ............................................................... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Doege, Seth..................................................................... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 6Bell, Javon ....................................................................... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Davis, Cody ...................................................................... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Bowman, Andrew ........................................................... 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 3Total.......... ..................................................... 58 16-22 55-55 0-0 1 1-2 0 0 453Opponents...... ................................................ 47 18-24 46-47 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 382

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GDoege, Seth.............................................................................................................................. 12 539 39 3934 3973 331.1Williams, Kenny ....................................................................................................................... 12 136 779 0 779 64.9Foster, SaDale ........................................................................................................................... 12 87 440 0 440 36.7Stephens, Eric ........................................................................................................................... 12 85 414 3 417 34.8Brewer, Michael ......................................................................................................................... 8 56 20 362 382 47.8Zouzalik,Austin. ....................................................................................................................... 12 2 2 29 31 2.6Grant, Jakeem .......................................................................................................................... 12 6 22 0 22 1.8Costilla, Brant. ............................................................................................................................ 1 1 0 14 14 14.0Marquez, Bradley ....................................................................................................................... 6 1 0 1 1 0.2Bell, Javon .................................................................................................................................. 4 1 -5 0 -5 -1.2TEAM .......................................................................................................................................... 4 7 -37 0 -37 -9.2Total.......... ...................................................................................................... 12 923 1674 4343 6017 501.4Opponents...... ................................................................................................. 12 815 2057 2350 4407 367.2

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkBustin, Ryan 15-21 71.4 0-0 4-5 8-9 2-5 1-2 50 2Bowman, Andrew 1-1 100.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 21 0

FG SEQUENCE Texas Tech OPPONENTSNorthwestern State ............................................................ (31),(36),(37) .....................................................38,(47),(46)Texas State ......................................................................... (38),(50),(21) ................................................................. (38)New Mexico ......................................................................................... 39 ...................................................................... -Iowa State .................................................................................... 41,(39) ....................................................................49Oklahoma ..................................................................................(35),(43) ..........................................................(33),(42)West Virginia ........................................................................................ 41 ...................................................................... -TCU ..........................................................................................................- ........................... (32),(41),(32),(45),(42),(38)Kansas State ................................................................................. (37),50 ..........................................................(34),(19)Texas ............................................................................. (29),(41),(33),23 ................................................................. (42)Kansas ...................................................................................(29),(27),41 ..........................................................(22),(32)Oklahoma State ......................................................................................- ............................................................ (51),42Baylor................................................................................................ (29) .................................................. 42,37,(22),48Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GWard, Eric .........................................................................................11 0 974 0 0 0 974 88.5Moore, Darrin ...................................................................................11 0 948 0 0 0 948 86.2Foster, SaDale ...................................................................................12 440 83 0 392 0 915 76.2Williams, Kenny ...............................................................................12 779 135 0 0 0 914 76.2Stephens, Eric ...................................................................................12 414 71 0 85 0 570 47.5Grant, Jakeem ..................................................................................12 22 287 0 118 0 427 35.6Amaro, Jace ........................................................................................6 0 394 0 0 0 394 65.7Zouzalik,Austin. ...............................................................................12 2 223 158 0 0 383 31.9Bell, Javon ..........................................................................................4 -5 269 0 69 0 333 83.2Williams, Tyson ................................................................................11 0 306 0 0 0 306 27.8Torres, Alex .......................................................................................10 0 228 0 0 0 228 22.8Marquez, Bradley ...............................................................................6 0 172 0 22 0 194 32.3Kennard, Marcus ................................................................................9 0 99 0 0 0 99 11.0Davis, Cody .......................................................................................12 0 0 0 0 88 88 7.3Doege, Seth......................................................................................12 39 30 0 0 0 69 5.8Davis, Jordan ....................................................................................12 0 52 0 0 0 52 4.3Edwards, Derreck ................................................................................5 0 45 0 0 0 45 9.0Douglas, Cornelius..............................................................................6 0 0 0 0 40 40 6.7Ontiveros, Omar .................................................................................8 0 24 0 0 0 24 3.0Brewer, Michael .................................................................................8 20 0 0 0 0 20 2.5Reynolds, Jeremy ...............................................................................3 0 0 0 0 18 18 6.0Johnson, D.J. ....................................................................................12 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.2Wright, Cameron ..............................................................................11 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.6McRoy, Javares ...................................................................................1 0 3 0 0 0 3 3.0TEAM ..................................................................................................4 -37 0 0 0 0 -37 -9.2Total.......... .....................................................................12 1674 4343 158 693 161 7029 585.8Opponents...... ................................................................12 2057 2350 136 1006 348 5897 491.4

PUNT RET No. Yds Avg TD LongZouzalik,Austin. ..........................15 158 10.5 0 27Total.......... .........................15 158 10.5 0 27Opponents...... ....................10 136 13.6 1 30

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongDavis, Cody ....................................3 88 29.3 1 88Douglas, Cornelius.........................2 40 20.0 0 40Reynolds, Jeremy ..........................1 18 18.0 0 18Johnson, D.J. .................................1 15 15.0 0 15Total.......... .......................... 7 161 23.0 1 88Opponents...... ....................14 348 24.9 4 87

KICK RET No. Yds Avg TD LongFoster, SaDale ..............................18 392 21.8 0 40Stephens, Eric ................................6 85 14.2 0 21Grant, Jakeem ...............................3 118 39.3 1 97Bell, Javon .....................................3 69 23.0 0 29Wright, Cameron ...........................1 7 7.0 0 7Marquez, Bradley ..........................1 22 22.0 0 22Total.......... .........................32 693 21.7 1 97Opponents...... ....................48 1006 21.0 1 98

FUMBLE RET No. Yds Avg TD LongHyder, Kerry ..................................1 2 2.0 0 2Total.......... .......................... 1 2 2.0 0 2Opponents...... ..................... 3 82 27.3 0 56

CONVERSIONSThird Down 1 2 3 4 TotalTexas Tech 23-38 24-40 7-26 19-41 74-147Opponents 14-39 19-43 15-38 13-38 62-161

Fourth Down 1 2 3 4 OT TotalTexas Tech 3-4 1-1 0-1 3-5 0-1 7-12Opponents 1-2 2-3 3-7 2-4 0-1 8-17

TURNOVERSTakeaways – 9 (7 Ints, 2 Fumble Recoveries)Turnovers – 22Points Off Turnovers – Tech: 34 Opponents: 79Points Off Turnovers/Game – Texas Tech: 2.8 Opponents: 6.6

RED ZONETexasTechRedZoneEntries–50of57(87.7%) Scores – 50 (41 TDs, 10 Rush TDs, 31 Pass TDs 9 FGs) Non-Scores – 7 (1 HALF, 3 DOWNS, 2 FUMBLE, 0 MFG, 1 INT)

OpponentRedZoneEntries–39of46(84.8%) Scores – 39 (28 TDs, 16 Rush TDs 12 Pass TDs 11 FGs) Non-Scores – 7 (0 FUM. 4 DOWNS, 3 MFG)

KICKOFFSKickoffs – 71 Touchbacks – 23Opponent Kickoff Returns – 47 for 979 yards (20.8)Out of Bounds – 0

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|-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSE GP UA AS Tot TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rv-Yds FF Kk Saf16 Davis, Cody.................................................................................................... 12 82 9 91 3.5-8 . 3-88 7 1 . . . .12 Johnson, D.J. ................................................................................................. 12 62 14 76 2.0-13 1-8 1-15 5 . . . . .91 Hyder, Kerry .................................................................................................. 12 41 11 52 13.5-43 5-25 . 4 . 1-2 . . .7A Smith, Will .................................................................................................... 12 32 15 47 1.5-6 . . . 3 . . . .13 Eguavoen, Sam ............................................................................................. 12 35 10 45 1.5-1 . . . . . . . .31 Neboh, Eugene ............................................................................................. 12 33 6 39 . . . 12 . . . . .25 Dees, Blake ................................................................................................... 12 27 3 30 2.0-6 . . . . . . . .54 Bush, Dartwan .............................................................................................. 12 28 2 30 10.5-42 5-34 . . 4 . . . .2D Jones, Bruce .................................................................................................. 12 26 3 29 2.0-10 . . 7 . . . . .43 Richards, Jackson .......................................................................................... 12 23 5 28 3.5-8 . . 2 . . . . .5 Porter, Tre’ ..................................................................................................... 10 22 6 28 1.0-1 . . 2 . . . . .8A Simmons, Delvon .......................................................................................... 12 11 10 21 6.0-16 2-9 . 2 1 . . . .1A Bullitt, Terrance ............................................................................................. 10 14 5 19 2.0-5 1-2 . 2 3 . . . .10 Robertson, Pete ............................................................................................ 11 16 3 19 1.0-11 1-11 . . . . 1 . .9 Jackson, Brandon .......................................................................................... 12 16 2 18 . . . 1 . . 1 . .2 Douglas, Cornelius .......................................................................................... 6 16 1 17 4.0-14 . 2-40 . . . . . .96 Wesley, Dennell ............................................................................................ 11 12 2 14 4.0-7 . . . . . . . .27 Winbush,Zach .............................................................................................. 11 10 3 13 1.5-4 . . . 1 . . . .2E Phillips, Jarvis. ................................................................................................ 9 11 1 12 . . . 2 . . . . .8B Awe, Micah ................................................................................................... 12 8 1 9 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .41 Gaines, J.J. .................................................................................................... 12 7 2 9 . . . . . . . . .29 Falemi, Ola .................................................................................................... 11 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .11 Mackey, Leon ................................................................................................ 11 5 1 6 1.0-5 . . . 1 . . . .2A Mays, Derrick ................................................................................................ 10 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .32 Bagley, Brandon ............................................................................................. 9 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .38 Hogue, Summitt ............................................................................................. 8 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .94 Phillips, Donte................................................................................................. 4 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .37 Yeakey, Chris ................................................................................................. 10 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .92 Starts, Michael ................................................................................................ 1 3 . 3 1.0-12 1-12 . . . . . . .20 Payne, Chris .................................................................................................... 9 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .7 Doege, Seth .................................................................................................. 12 3 . 3 . . . . . . 1 . .23 Reynolds, Jeremy ............................................................................................ 3 1 1 2 . . 1-18 . . . . . .30 Stewart, Austin ............................................................................................... 3 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .6 Zouzalik,Austin ............................................................................................ 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .34 Williams, Kenny ............................................................................................ 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .53 Evans, Kindred ................................................................................................ 6 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .45 Fyfe, Kramer ................................................................................................. 12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .18 Ward, Eric ...................................................................................................... 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .62 Clark, Le’Raven.............................................................................................. 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .68 McDaniel, Terry ............................................................................................. 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .26 Erxleben, Ryan .............................................................................................. 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .15 Cooper, Justin ................................................................................................. 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .3 Williams, Tyson ............................................................................................. 11 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . Total.......... ................................................................................ 12 587 122 709 62-214 16-101 7-161 46 14 2-2 3 . . Opponents...... ........................................................................... 12 - - - - 18-137 14-348 46 16 8-82 7 4 .

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

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OFFENSIVE STARTERSGAME LT LG C RG RT QB RB RB F IR TE H X Y ZNORTHWESTERN ST. Waddle Morales A. Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - - Torres Ward Amaro Marquez TEXAS STATE Waddle Morales A. Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - - Amaro Bell Williams MooreNEW MEXICO Waddle Morales A. Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - Amaro - Ward Williams Moore IOWA STATE Waddle Morales A. Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - - Torres Ward Grant Bell OKLAHOMA Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - Amaro - Ward Moore T. WilliamsWEST VIRGINA Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - Amaro - Ward Moore T. Williams TCU Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K.Williams - - Zouzalik Ward Moore TorresKANSAS STATE Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - Davis - Grant Ward Moore Torres -TEXAS Waddle Carpenter Gallingotn Clark McDaniel Doege Stephens K. Williams - - - - - - -KANSAS Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - - Foster - Zouzalik Ward Moore TorresOKLAHOMASTATE Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K.Williams - - Zouzalik Ward Moore T.WilliamsBAYLOR Waddle Carpenter Gallington Clark McDaniel Doege - - K. Williams - - Grant Ward Moore T. Williams

DEFENSIVE STARTERSGAME LE NT DT RE SAM MIKE WILL NICKEL CB WS SS CB NORTHWESTERN ST. Bush Hyder Simmons Richards Eguaveon Smith Bullitt - Douglas Johnson Davis Neboh TEXAS STATE Jackson Hyder Simmons Richards Eguaveon Smith Bullitt - Douglas Johnson Davis NebohNEW MEXICO Bush Hyder Simmons Richards Winbush Smith Bullitt Jones - Johnson Davis Neboh IOWA STATE Bush Hyder Simmons Richards Smith Bullitt Porter Douglas Johnson Davis NebohOKLAHOMA Bush Hyder Simmons Richards - Smith Eguaveon Porter Douglas Johnson Davis NebohWEST VIRGINIA Bush Hyder Simmons Richards - Dees Bullitt Porter Douglas Johnson Davis NebohTCU Jackson Hyder Simmons Richards - Dees Bullitt Porter Jones Johnson Davis Neboh KANSAS STATE Bush Hyder Simmons Richards Equaveon Smith Bullitt Jones Johnson Davis NebohTEXAS Bush Hyder Simmons Richards Eguavoen Smith - Mays Jones Johnson Davis Neboh KANSAS Bush Hyder Simmons Richards Eguavoen Smith - Porter Jones Johnson Davis NebohOKLAHOMA STATE Bush Hyder Simmons Richards - Smith Eguavoen Porter Jones Johnson Davis NebohBAYLOR Bush Hyder Simmons Richards - Smith Eguavoen Porter Mays Johnson Davis Neboh

FIRST DNS FIRST DOWNS RUSHING PASSING TOT OFF PUNTS FUM PENALTIES 3RD TIMEOFGAME SCORE TOT RU-PA-PE NO-YDS-TD C-A-I YDS TD PL-YDS NO-AVG F-L NO-YDS DNS POSS

Texas Tech 44 37 10-20-7 46-179-2 33-47-1 321 3 93-500 1-41 2-1 6-45 10-16 36:04 vs.Northwestern St. 3 6 0-4-2 28-13-0 11-21-0 71 0 49-84 7-43.4 2-0 8-88 3-14 23:56

Texas Tech 58 32 9-19-4 23-186-1 33-44-0 405 5 68-591 0-0.0 1-1 7-90 7-11 27:48 at Texas State 10 16 7-8-1 30-129-0 13-31-2 141 1 61-270 5-45.6 0-0 8-94 6-15 32:03

Texas Tech 49 38 16-20-2 45-325-1 33-45-0 377 6 90-702 1-35 2-1 8-90 8-13 34:17 vs. New Mexico 14 8 5-3-0 35-84-1 6-12-0 43 0 47-127 7-47.0 0-0 4-37 2-11 25:43

Texas Tech 24 20 8-11-1 30-63-0 31-47-2 332 3 77-395 5-45.0 2-0 11-80 7-16 34:37at Iowa State 13 13 9-3-1 38-116-0 10-20-3 73 1 58-189 6-44.3 1-1 3-32 5-14 25:23

Texas Tech 20 21 7-12-2 32-89-2 26-41-3 271 0 73-360 4-41.0 1-0 4-33 9-15 30:22 vs. Oklahoma 41 22 7-15-0 29-121-2 25-40-0 259 2 69-380 4-45.2 2-1 5-42 8-14 29:38

Texas Tech 49 30 12-18-0 29-168-1 33-43-1 508 6 72-676 1-54 1-1 5-41 5-10 29:42vs. West Virginia 14 25 10-14-1 36-133 29-55-0 275 1 91-408 4-155 2-0 2-10 9-21 30:18

Texas Tech 56 21 5-14-2 27-71-1 30-42-0 318 7 69-389 8-47.4 0-0 9-90 5-13 27:43 at TCU 53 28 11-15-2 42-184-1 26-47-2 332 4 89-516 3-45.0 2-1 8-62 5-17 32:17

Texas Tech 24 26 7-18-1 27-111-1 35-50-1 331 2 77-442 3-26.3 2-2 6-80 6-13 29:26 at Kansas State 55 30 13-13-4 36-193-4 19-27-0 233 2 63-426 2-32.5 1-0 5-45 6-11 30:34

Texas Tech 22 25 7-16-2 28-112-1 26-44-0 329 1 72-441 3-41.3 0-0 9-85 4-14 25.:31vs. Texas 31 18 16-6-0 39-163-1 11-19-0 264 3 58-427 4-45.8 0-0 8-64 5-11 34:29

Texas Tech 41 29 6-23-0 22-63-1 47-61-1 508 4 83-571 4-43.8 0-0 7-74 6-14 28:05vs. Kansas 34 19 15-1-3 57-390-2 6-15-0 29 2 72-419 7-36.9 0-0 3-25 3-14 31:55

Texas Tech 21 20 9-11-0 34-99-1 29-42-2 284 2 76-383 8-30.6 1-1 8-70 5-15 34:18 at Oklahoma State 59 23 14-8-1 42-256-3 12-22-0 231 4 64-487 2-38.0 0-0 5-35 6-12 25:42

Texas Tech 45 27 9-15-3 32-208-2 30-41-3 359 3 73-567 1-36.0 1-1 7-68 6-11 27:22vs. Baylor 52 32 14-16-2 57-278-3 22-37-0 396 3 94-674 2-41.5 3-0 6-71 9-18 32:38

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PASSINGC-A-I-Yds/TD ........................#7 Doege #16 Brewer #13 Costilla #4 Marquez #24 Stephens #6 ZouzalikNWSU .................................23-34-1-199/1 10-13-0-122/2 - - - -TXST ...................................25-32-0-319/5 7-11-0-72/0 1-1-0-14/0 - - -NM .....................................27-35-0-340/6 6-10-0-37/0 - - - -ISU .....................................30-46-2-331/3 0-0-0-0/0 0-0-0-0/0 1-1-0-0/0 - -OU ......................................22-36-3-203/0 4-5-0-68/0 - - - -WVU ...................................32-43-1-499/6 1-1-0-9/0 - - - -TCU .....................................30-42-0-318/7 - - - - -KSU ....................................35-50-1-331/2 - - - - -UT ......................................26-44-0-329/0 - - - - -KU ......................................45-59-1-476/3 - - - 1-1-0-3/1 1-1-0-29/0OKST...................................24-36-2-230/1 5-6-0-54/1 - - - -BU ......................................30-40-3-359/3 0-1-0-0/0 - - - -

FIELD GOALS Made, Missed, Blocked #48 Bustin #49 Bowman NWSU 31,36,37 - TXST 38,50 21 NM 39 - ISU 41, 39 - OU 35, 43 - WVU 41 - TCU - - KSU 37, 50 UT 29, 41, 33, 23 - KU 29, 27, 41 - OKST - - BU 29

PUNTING Number-Avg./I20 ................... #26 Erxleben NWSU ........................................................ 1-40/0 TXST ............................................................ 0-0/0 NM .......................................................... 1-35.0/0 ISU .......................................................... 5-45.0/1 OU .......................................................... 4-41.0/0 WVU ..................................................1-54-54.0/0 TCU ......................................................... 8-47.4/2 KSU ......................................................... 3-26.3/1 UT ........................................................... 3-41.3/1 KU ........................................................... 4-43.8/1 OKST ....................................................... 6-40.8/1 BU.............................................................. 1-36/0

RUSHINGRush-Yds/TD NWSU TXST NM ISU OU WVU TCU KSU UT KU OKST BU Bell............................................................0-0/0 1-(-5)/0 0-0/0 - - - - - - - - - Brewer ..................................................1-(-7)/0 0-0/0 5-23/0 - - - - - - 1-7/0 2-(-3)/0 -Doege .......................................................2-7/0 1-15/0 2-4/0 3-(-35)/0 2-(-18)/0 5-28/0 5-(-20) 3-(-5)/0 3-1/0 3-9/0 5-(-5)/0 9-58/1Foster ....................................................11-44/0 10-52/0 10-64/0 3-5/0 11-44/1 10-82/1 7-24/0 4-15/1 4-28/0 5-15/0 4-18/0 8-54/0Grant .........................................................1-3/0 0-0/0 2-11/0 1-3/0 - - 0-0/0 1-1/0 - - 1-4/0 -Stephens ...............................................16-58/2 6-62/0 12-118/1 5-15/0 11-39/0 8-27/0 7-22/0 3-17/0 3-12/0 3-1/1 7-31/1 3-12/0Ward ............................................................... - - - - 1-0/0 - - - - - - -K. Williams ............................................15-74/0 5-62/1 14-105/0 15-80/0 7-24/1 6-31/0 6-47/1 15-81/0 18-71/1 9-37/0 14-78/0 12-89/1Zouzalik............................................................ - - - - - - - 1-2/0 - - - -

RECEIVINGRec-Yds/TD NWSU TXST NM ISU OU WVU TCU KSU UT KU OKST BUAmaro .....................................................4-49/0 3-55/1 4-57/2 4-48/0 3-29/0 5-156/1 - - - - - -Bell................................................................... - 5-81/1 4-53/0 5-80/0 3-55/0 - - - - - - -Davis .......................................................2-23/0 2-10/0 1-10/0 - - - - - - - - 1-9/0Doege .............................................................. - - - 1-1/0 - - - - - 1-29/0 - -Edwards ..................................................1-11/0 2-17/0 2-17/0 - - - - - - - - -Foster ........................................................1-7/0 1-3/0 - - 3-26/0 - 1-1/0 2-6/0 - 6-36/0 3-4/0 -Grant .......................................................3-25/0 5-78/0 2-3/0 2-23/1 - 4-37/0 3-45/1 3-5/0 - 6-32/1 3-31/0 2-8/0Kennard ..................................................4-40/2 - - - - 3-43/1 - 1-10/0 - - - 1-6/0Marquez ..................................................7-92/0 3-19/0 2-24/0 2-23/0 1-7/0 1-7/0 - - - - - -McRoy .......................................................1-3/0 - - - - - - - - - - -Moore .............................................................. - 5-73/2 5-49/1 5-20/1 5-80/0 9-92/3 5-63/1 9-63/0 7-108/0 9-74/2 9-140/1 13-186/2Ontiveros .......................................................... - - 1-3/0 - 1-19/0 - - 1-2/0 - - - -Stephens .................................................3-11/0 - 1-3/0 1-0/0 3-6/0 1-6/0 2-9/0 - 3-29/1 1-7/0 - -Torres ........................................................1-4/0 2-33/1 1-9/0 1-7/0 1-4/0 2-46/0 5-53/2 3-33/0 1-6/0 4-33/0 - -Ward .......................................................3-26/0 0-0/0 5-90/3 9-122/1 3-20/0 4-37/1 6-61/3 11-161/2 8-126/0 12-180/0 5/38/0 9-113/1Williams, K. .............................................2-23/1 2-2/0 1-7/0 - 1-10/0 2-33/0 - 1-7/0 3-22/0 1-20/0 - 1-11/0Williams, T...............................................2/22/0 - 4-52/0 1-8/0 2-15/0 1-35/0 3-31/0 1-7/0 3-33/0 4-52/1 7-47/1 1-4/0Zouzalik.....................................................1-7/0 1-12/0 - - - 1-16/0 5-55/0 3-37/0 1-5/0 4-45/0 2-24/0 2-22/0

TACKLESUT-AT-TT NWSU TXST NM ISU OU WVU TCU KSU UT KU OKST BU Awe .................................................. 0-0-0 1-1-2 3-0-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1Bagley .............................................. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0Bullitt ............................................... 4-0-4 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-2-4 2-0-2 2-1-3 0-2-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Bush ................................................. 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 3-0-3 1-0-1 2-0-2 4-1-5 1-0-1 1-0-1 5-0-5 4-0-4 5-0-5Clark ................................................. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0Cooper .............................................. 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Davis ................................................ 8-1-9 4-0-4 4-1-5 4-1-5 9-0-9 13-0-13 7-4-11 8-0-8 6-1-7 8-0-8 4-1-5 7-0-7Dees ................................................. 1-0-1 2-0-2 5-0-5 2-1-3 1-0-1 5-0-5 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 1-0-1 5-1-6Doege .............................................. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0Douglas ............................................ 1-1-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 3-0-3 7-0-7 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-3Eguavoen ......................................... 3-1-4 2-0-2 1-0-1 3-0-3 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-2-4 4-4-8 3-0-3 4-0-4 3-2-5 7-1-8Erxleben ........................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Evans ................................................ 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Falemi .............................................. 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Fyfe .................................................. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2Gaines .............................................. 1-0-1 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Hougue ............................................ 2-0-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1Hyder ............................................... 3-0-3 0-0-0 2-0-2 4-1-5 2-0-2 6-0-6 4-1-5 3-1-4 4-0-4 6-2-8 2-0-2 5-6-11Jackson ............................................ 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 1-0-1 7-0-7 1-0-1 1-0-1Johnson............................................ 3-0-3 6-0-6 5-0-5 2-2-4 9-1-10 5-1-6 4-4-8 4-1-5 4-2-6 9-1-10 7-2-9 4-0-4Jones ................................................ 0-1-1 1-0-1 4-0-4 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 4-1-5 5-0-5 4-1-5 1-0-1 1-0-1 3-0-3Mays ................................................ 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1Mackey ............................................. 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1McDaniel .......................................... 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Neboh .............................................. 3-0-3 3-0-3 2-0-2 1-2-3 2-0-2 2-0-2 6-1-7 2-2-2 5-0-5 1-0-1 1-3-4 5-0-5Payne ............................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Phillips ............................................. 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-0 2-0-2 2-0-2 4-0-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Porter ............................................... 0-1-1 3-1-4 0-0-0 3-1-4 2-0-2 1-1-2 2-2-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 4-0-4 5-0-5Reynolds .......................................... 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Richards ........................................... 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 3-2-5 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 3-0-3 3-0-3 5-0-5 1-2-3 2-1-3Robertson ........................................ 1-0-1 0-0-0 3-0-3 2-1-3 0-0-0 2-1-3 2-0-2 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-1-1 3-0-3Simmons .......................................... 1-0-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-3-3 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-3-4 2-2-2 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-1-1 3-1-4Smith ............................................... 3-0-3 3-0-3 2-1-3 3-4-7 1-2-3 1-0-1 5-1-6 3-0-3 4-2-6 3-1-4 3-0-3 1-1-2Starts ............................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Stewart ............................................ 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Ward ................................................ 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1Wesley ............................................. 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-0-2 2-0-2 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2Williams, K ....................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Winbush ........................................... 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 3-0-3 1-1-2Yeakey .............................................. 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0Zouzalik............................................ 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0

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INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes .........................................18 ...........................................................................Williams, Kenny vs Texas (Nov 03, 2012)Yards Rushing ...............................118 ................................................................. Stephens, Eric vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)TD Rushes.....................................2..........................................................Stephens, Eric vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)Long Rush ....................................53 ...................................................................Foster, SaDale vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Pass attempts ...............................59 .............................................................................. Doege, Seth vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Pass completions..........................45 .............................................................................. Doege, Seth vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Yards Passing ................................499 ....................................................................Doege, Seth vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)TD Passes......................................7...................................................................................... Doege, Seth at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Long Pass .....................................61 ......................................................................Doege, Seth vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Receptions ...................................13 ............................................................................ Moore, Darrin vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Yards Receiving ............................186 .......................................................................... Moore, Darrin vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)TD Receptions ..............................3............................................................................Ward, Eric vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)............................................................................................................................Moore, Darrin vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012).................................................................................................................................................Ward, Eric at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Long Reception ............................61 ......................................................................Amaro, Jace vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Field Goals ....................................3............................................................Bustin, Ryan vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)......................................................................................................................................... Bustin, Ryan vs Texas (Nov 03, 2012)Long Field Goal ............................50 ........................................................................Bustin, Ryan at Texas State (Sep 08, 2012)Punts ............................................8..................................................................................Erxleben, Ryan at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Punting Avg .................................54.0 .............................................................. Erxleben, Ryan vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Long Punt.....................................60 ................................................................................Erxleben, Ryan at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Punts inside 20 .............................2..................................................................................Erxleben, Ryan at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Long Punt Return .........................27 .....................................................................Zouzalik,Aust.atIowaState(Sep29,2012)Long Kickoff Return ......................97 ............................................................................Grant, Jakeem vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Tackles .........................................13 .......................................................................Davis, Cody vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Sacks ............................................2.0 ........................................................................Hyder, Kerry at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)Tackles For Loss ............................3.0 ......................................................... Hyder, Kerry vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)............................................................................................................................. Douglas, Corne. vs Oklahoma (Oct 06, 2012)Interceptions ................................2..................................................................... Douglas, Corne. at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)

TEAM GAME HIGHSRushes .........................................46 .............................................................................. vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)Yards Rushing ...............................325 ........................................................................................ vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)Yards Per Rush ..............................8.1 ........................................................................................... at Texas State (Sep 08, 2012)TD Rushes.....................................2................................................................................ vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012).......................................................................................................................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 06, 2012)............................................................................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Pass attempts ...............................61 ..................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Pass completions..........................47 ..................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Yards Passing ................................508 ....................................................................................... vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)...........................................................................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Yards Per Pass ...............................11.5 ...................................................................................... vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)TD Passes......................................7.......................................................................................................... at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Total Plays ....................................93 .............................................................................. vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)Total Offense ................................702 ........................................................................................ vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)Yards Per Play ...............................9.3 ........................................................................................ vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Points ...........................................58 ............................................................................................ at Texas State (Sep 08, 2012)Sacks By .......................................4...............................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)First Downs ..................................38 .......................................................................................... vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)Penalties ......................................11 .............................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)Penalty Yards ................................90 ............................................................................................ at Texas State (Sep 08, 2012)................................................................................................................................................... vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)................................................................................................................................................................. at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Turnovers .....................................4.....................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Interceptions By ...........................3...............................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)Punts ............................................8.......................................................................................................... at TCU (Oct 20, 2012).............................................................................................................................................at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Punting Avg .................................54.0 ...................................................................................... vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Long Punt.....................................60 ........................................................................................................ at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Punts inside 20 .............................2.......................................................................................................... at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Long Punt Return .........................27 .............................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes .........................................30 ............................................................................. Sims, James, vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Yards Rushing ...............................202 ..........................................................................Pierson, Tony, vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)TD Rushes.....................................2.............................................................................. Bell,Blake, vs Oklahoma (Oct 06, 2012)...............................................................................................................................Klein, Collin, at Kansas State (Oct 27, 2012).............................................................................................................................Hubert, John, at Kansas State (Oct 27, 2012)...................................................................................................................................... Sims, James, vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)....................................................................................................................................Martin, Glasco, vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Long Rush ....................................69 ............................................................................Pierson, Tony, vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Pass attempts ...............................56 .................................................................... Smith, Geno, vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Pass completions..........................31 .................................................................... Smith, Geno, vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Yards Passing ................................396 ......................................................................... Florence, Nick, vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)TD Passes......................................4................................................................................Boykin, Trevone, at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Long Pass .....................................75 .................................................................................. Ash, David, vs Texas (Nov 03, 2012)Receptions ...................................11 ...................................................................Austin, Tavon, vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Yards Receiving ............................175 ............................................................................. Williams, T., vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)TD Receptions ..............................3................................................................. Anderson, I., at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Long Reception ............................75 ................................................................................. Davis, Mike, vs Texas (Nov 03, 2012)Field Goals ....................................6..............................................................................Oberkrom, Jaden, at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Long Field Goal ............................51 ..............................................................Sharp, Quinn, at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Punts ............................................7...............................................................Russo, Nic, vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)............................................................................................................................... SKAER, Ben, vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012).....................................................................................................................................Doherty, Ron, vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Punting Avg .................................49.3 ..............................................................Van Der Kamp,K., at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)Long Punt.....................................71 .............................................................................Way,Tress, vs Oklahoma (Oct 06, 2012)Punts inside 20 .............................3...............................................................Russo, Nic, vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)Long Punt Return .........................30 ................................................................. Craig,Zack,atOklahomaState(Nov17,2012)Long Kickoff Return ......................98 ............................................................... CLAYTON, Chase, vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)Tackles .........................................14 ..............................................................BOLLEMA, Dallas, vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)Sacks ............................................2.0 ........................................................................ Maggitt, R., at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012).......................................................................................................................................Pierson, Davion, at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)....................................................................................................................................... Fields, Devonte, at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)Tackles For Loss ............................3.0 ................................................................................... Hasley, Joel, at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)...................................................................................................................Simmons, Ryan, at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Interceptions ................................2.............................................................................. Lackey, Eddie, vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHSRushes .........................................57 ..................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)............................................................................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Yards Rushing ...............................390 ................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Yards Per Rush ..............................6.8 .................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)TD Rushes.....................................4............................................................................................ at Kansas State (Oct 27, 2012)Pass attempts ...............................56 ......................................................................................... vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Pass completions..........................31 ......................................................................................... vs West Virginia (Oct 13, 2012)Yards Passing ................................396 .................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Yards Per Pass ...............................13.9 ..................................................................................................vs Texas (Nov 03, 2012)TD Passes......................................4.......................................................................................................... at TCU (Oct 20, 2012).............................................................................................................................................at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Total Plays ....................................94 ...................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Total Offense ................................674 .................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Yards Per Play ...............................7.6 ...................................................................................at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Points ...........................................59 ....................................................................................at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)Sacks By .......................................3...............................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)................................................................................................................................................................. at TCU (Oct 20, 2012).............................................................................................................................................at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)First Downs ..................................32 ...................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Penalties ......................................8................................................................................ vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)..................................................................................................................................................... at Texas State (Sep 08, 2012)................................................................................................................................................................. at TCU (Oct 20, 2012)..............................................................................................................................................................vs Texas (Nov 03, 2012)Penalty Yards ................................94 ............................................................................................ at Texas State (Sep 08, 2012)Turnovers .....................................4...............................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)Interceptions By ...........................3................................................................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 06, 2012)............................................................................................................................................................vs Baylor (Nov 24, 2012)Punts ............................................7................................................................................ vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)................................................................................................................................................... vs New Mexico (Sep 15, 2012)...........................................................................................................................................................vs Kansas (Nov 10, 2012)Punting Avg .................................49.3 ..........................................................................................at Iowa State (Sep 29, 2012)Long Punt.....................................71 ..............................................................................................vs Oklahoma (Oct 06, 2012)Punts inside 20 .............................3................................................................................ vs Northwestern State (Sep 01, 2012)Long Punt Return .........................30 ....................................................................................at Oklahoma State (Nov 17, 2012)

SUPERLATIVES (GAME-HIGHS)

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YARDS OPPONENT PLAY/SITUATION/RESULT97 ......................... BU ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jakeem Grant 97-yard kickoff return/Touchdown88 ......................... TXST.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Cody Davis 88-yard interception return/Touchdown61 ......................... WVU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jace Amaro 61-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down57 ......................... OSU ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Darrin Moore 57-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down57 ......................... UNM ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jakeem Grant 57-yard reception from Michael Brewer/1st Down53 ......................... WVU ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................SaDale Foster 53-yard run/Touchdown47 ......................... TCU ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Kenny Williams 47-yard rush/Touchdown47 ......................... ISU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Javon Bell 47-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down46 ......................... BU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Darrin Moore 46-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down46 ......................... TXST.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Eric Stephens 46-yard run/1st Down42 ......................... TXST......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Jakeem Grant 42-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down40 ......................... UT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. SaDale Foster 40-yard kickoff return/1st Down40 ......................... ISU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Cornelius Douglas 40-yard interception return/1st Down40 ......................... TXST...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................SeDale Foster 40-yard kickoff return39 ......................... BU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Kenny Williams 39-yard run/1st Down39 ......................... WVU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jace Amaro 39-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down39 ......................... UNM ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Eric Ward 39-yard reception from Seth Doege/Touchdown36 ......................... OU .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Javon Bell 36-yard reception from Michael Brewer/1st Down35 ......................... WVU ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tyson Williams 35-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down35 ......................... OU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Darrin Moore 35-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down33 ......................... TCU ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Darrin Moore 33-yard reception from Seth Doege/Touchdown32 ......................... BU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Darrin Moore 32-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down32 ......................... KSU ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Eric Ward 32-yard reception from Seth Doege/Touchdown 32 ......................... ISU ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Eric Ward 32-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down31 ......................... KU ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Eric Ward 31-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down31 ......................... UNM ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Kenny Williams 31-yard run/Fumble31 ......................... TXST...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Javon Bell 31-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down30 ......................... WVU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Alex Torres 30-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down29 ......................... KU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... SethDoege29-yardreceptionfromAustinZouzalik/1stDown29 ......................... TCU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Eric Ward 2-yard reception from Seth Doege/Touchdown29 ......................... WVU .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Darrin Moore 29-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down29 ......................... OU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ SaDale Foster 29-yard kickoff return/1st Down29 ......................... ISU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Javon Bell 29-yard kickoff return/1st Down29 ......................... UNM ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Sadale Foster 29-yard kickoff return/1st Down27 ......................... WVU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Jace Amaro 27-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down27 ......................... ISU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................AustinZouzalik27-yardpuntreturn/1stDown27 ......................... TXST.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. SaDale Foster 27-yard kickoff return/1st Down26 ......................... BU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Darrin Moore 26-yard reception from Seth Doege/1st Down26 ......................... ISU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Javon Bell 26-yard kickoff return/1st Down25 ......................... OSU ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Darrin Morre 25-yard reception from Michael Brewer/1st Down25 ......................... UT .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Kenny Williams 25-yard run/1st Down25 ......................... KSU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... SaDale Foster 25-yard kickoff return/1st Down 25 ......................... TCU ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Jakeem Grant 25-yard reception from Seth Doege/Touchdown25 ......................... OU ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Darrin Moore 25-yard reception from Michael Brewer/1st Down25 ......................... NWST ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Jace Amaro 25-yard reception from Michael Brewer/1st Down

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YARDS OPPONENT .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... PLAY/SITUATION/RESULT98 UNM ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Chase Clayton 98-yard kickoff return/Touchdown87 ISU ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ A.J. Klein 87-yard interception return/Touchdown75 UT .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Mike Davis 75-yard reception from David Ash/Touchdown69 KU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tony Pierson 69-yard run/1st Down60 OSU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Isaiah Anderson 57-yard reception from Clint Chelf/Touchdown66 OSU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Isaiah Anderson 66-yard reception from Clint Chelf/Touchdown60 TCU ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................LaDarius Brown 60-yard reception from Trevone Boykin/Touchdown55 BU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Eddie Lackey 55-yard interception return/Touchdown54 UT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Mike Davis 54-yard reception from David Ash/1st Down49 NWST .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Cortez Paige 49-yard interception return/1st Down46 KSU ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Chris Harper 46-yard reception from Collin Klein/1st Down46 OU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Javon Harris 46-yard interception return/Touchdown44 BU ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Lache Seastrunk 44-yard run/1st Down44 KU ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Micha Cummings 44-yard run/1st Down42 BU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Antwan Goodley 42-yard kickoff return/1st Down41 BU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Terrance Williams 41-yard reception from Nick Florence/1st Down39 BU ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Levi Norwood 39-yard reception from Nick Florence/Touchdown38 WVU ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tavon Austin 38-yard reception from Geno Smith/1st Down37 BU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Terrance Williams 37-yard reception from Nick Florence/1st Down37 TCU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Aundre Dean 37-yard run/1st Down37 NWST .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Phillip Harvey 37-yard kickoff return/1st Down38 OU ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Damie Williams 38-yard reception from Landry Jones/1st Down36 BU ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Terrance Williams 36-yard reception from Nick Florence/1st Down36 TCU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Skye Dawson 36-yard reception from Trevone Boykin/1st Down36 ISU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. James White 36-yard run/1st Down34 BU ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Glasco Martin 34-yard run/1st Down34 UT ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Johnathan Gray 34-yard reception from David Ash/1st Down33 OSU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Isaiah Anderson 33-yard reception from Clint Chelf/Touchdown32 BU ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Lanear Sampson 32-yard reception from Nick Florence/1st Down32 BU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Antwan Goodley 32-yard kickoff return/1st Down32 KU ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Brad McDougland 32-yard interception return/1st Down31 KU ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Taylor Cox 31-yard kickoff return/1st Down30 BU ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Lache Seastrunk 30-yard run/1st Down30 OSU .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ZackCraig30-yardblockedpuntreturn/Touchdown30 TXST............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Jafus Gaines 30-yard kickoff return/1st Down29 BU ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Antwan Goodley 29-yard kickoff return/1st Down29 OSU .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Justin Gilbert 29-yard kickoff return/1st29 TXST............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Isaiah Battle 29-yard kickoff return28 TCU ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... B.J. Catalon 28-yard run/1st Down27 BU .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Lanear Sampson 27-yard reception from Nick Florence/Touchdown27 UT ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Marquise Goodwin 27-yard kickoff return/1st Down27 TCU ................................................................................................................................................................... Sky Dawson 27-yard reception from Trevone Boykin/1st DownSky Dawson 27-yard reception from Trevone Boykin/1st Down26 OSU ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Isaiah Anderson 26-yard run/1st Down26 UT ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Johnathan Gray 26-yard run/1st Down25 UT .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Mike Davis 25-yard reception from David Ash/Touchdown25 OU ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Neal Durron 25-yard reception from Landry Jones/1st Down25 TXST........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Terrance Franks 25-yard reception/Touchdown

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TEXAS TECH’S QUICKEST DRIVES OF THE YEAR

No. of Total Drive Type of Score Drive ScoringOpponent Plays Yards Time Score Qtr/Time Start PlayWVU 3 67 0:21 TD 2nd/0:35 T33 SaDale Foster 53-yard runUNM 5 23 0:29 TD 2nd/:05 N23 Seth Doege 11-yard pass to Darrin MooreISU 1 9 0:33 TD 4th/10:36 I9 Seth Doege 19-yard pass to E. WardTXST 3 40 0:48 TD 1st/10:34 B40 Seth Doege 23-yard pass to D. MooreWVU 3 82 0:52 TD 2nd/9:02 T18 Seth Doege 16-yard pass to M. KennardKU 4 57 1:03 TD 2nd/12:20 T43 Seth Doege 6-yard pass to D. MooreTXST 4 65 1:21 TD 2nd/9:24 T35 Seth Doege 19-yard pass to J. AmaroTCU 4 62 1:27 TD 4th/4:06 TT38 Kenny Williams 47-yard run

TEXAS TECH’S LONGEST (BY YARDAGE) DRIVES OF THE YEAR

No. of Total Drive Type of Score Drive ScoringOpponent Plays Yards Time Score Qtr/Time Start PlayTXST 6 99 2:46 TD 2nd/14:08 T1 Seth Doege 23-yard pass to A. TorresWVU 15 98 8:22 TD 4th/5:37 T2 Seth Doege 7-yard pass to D. MooreOSU 13 95 6:03 TD 2nd/0:15 T05 Seth Doege 2-yard pass to T. WilliamsUNM 11 90 4:03 TD 2nd/2:19 T10 Seth Doege 7-yard pass to E. WardTXST 6 87 2:25 TD 3rd/10:03 T13 Seth Doege 8-yard pass to Javon BellWVU 9 86 3:44 TD 2nd/2:04 T14 Seth Doege 2-yard pass to D. MooreOU 10 86 4:29 TD 4th/:56 T14 SaDale Foster 3-yard runWVU 3 82 0:52 TD 2nd/9:02 T18 Seth Doege 16-yard pass to M. KennardOSU 6 81 2:13 TD 2nd/14:57 T19 Eric Stephens 1-yard run

TEXAS TECH No. of Total Drive Type of Score Drive ScoringOpponent Plays Yards Time Score Qtr/Time Start PlayNWST 16 79 6:35 TD 1st/2:50 T21 Eric Stephens 4-yard runNWST 10 75 3:32 TD 2nd/11:16 T25 Eric Stephens 2-yard runNWST 12 49 4:06 TD 2nd/6:16 N49 Seth Doege 2-yard pass to K. WilliamsNWST 11 68 3:00 FG 2nd/1:15 T18 Ryan Bustin 31-yard FGNWST 11 65 4:05 FG 3rd/6:16 T16 Ryan Bustin 36-yard FGNWST 7 55 2:24 FG 4th/12:14 T25 Ryan Bustin 37-yard FGNWST 12 63 4:52 TD 4th/5:46 T37 Michael Brewer 12-yard pass to M. KennardNWST 7 53 2:59 TD 4th/1:25 T47 Michael Brewer 3-yard pass to M. KennardTXST 3 40 0:48 TD 1st/10:34 B40 Seth Doege 23-yard pass to D. MooreTXST 7 75 2:08 TD 1st/5:56 T25 Seth Doege 4-yard pass to D. MooreTXST 6 99 2:46 TD 2nd/14:08 T1 Seth Doege 23-yard pass to A. TorresTXST 4 65 1:21 TD 2nd/9:24 T35 Seth Doege 19-yard pass to J. AmaroTXST 8 31 3:15 FG 3rd/15:00 T38 Ryan Bustin 38-yard FGTXST 6 87 2:25 TD 3rd/10:03 T13 Seth Doege 8-yard pass to Javon BellTXST 8 73 3:05 TD 3rd/4:59 T27 Kenny Williams 16-yard runTXST 7 1 2:37 FG 3rd/0:00 B34 Ryan Bustin 50-yard FGTXST 9 58 3:39 FG 4th/8:32 T38 Andrew Bowman 21-yard FGUNM 8 57 2:40 TD 1st/11:05 T43 Seth Doege 20-yard pass to E. WardUNM 9 75 2:27 TD 1st/6:22 T25 Eric Stephens 21-yard runUNM 7 63 2:20 TD 2nd/7:57 T37 Seth Doege 39-yard pass to E. WardUNM 11 90 4:03 TD 2nd/2:19 T10 Seth Doege 7-yard pass to E. WardUNM 7 79 1:32 TD 2nd/:34 T21 Seth Doege 9-yard pass to J. AmaroUNM 5 23 0:29 TD 2nd/:05 N23 Seth Doege 11-yard pass to Darrin MooreUNM 6 71 2:25 TD 3rd/12:35 T29 Seth Doege 14-yard pass to J. AmaroISU 9 46 4:30 TD 2nd/1:32 I46 Seth Doege 11-yard pass to J. GrantISU 8 71 3:19 TD 3rd/1:01 T29 Seth Doege 4-yard pass to D. MooreISU 1 9 0:33 TD 4th/10:36 I9 Seth Doege 19-yard pass to E. Ward ISU 10 29 4:30 FG 4th/2:20 T49 Ryan Bustin 39-yard FG OU 9 71 3:48 TD 1st/7:11 T29 Kenny Williams 7-yard runOU 13 78 4:56 FG 2nd/14:22 T04 Ryan Bustin 35-yard FGOU 9 54 4:10 FG 2nd/6:58 T20 Ryan Bustin 43-yard FGOU 10 86 4:29 TD 4th/:56 T14 SaDale Foster 3-yard runWVU 6 75 1:56 TD 1st/13:04 T25 Seth Doege 39-yard pass to J. AmaroWVU 12 69 3:27 TD 1st/6:00 T31 Seth Doege 19-yard pass to E. WardWVU 3 82 0:52 TD 2nd/9:02 T18 Seth Doege 16-yard pass to M. KennardWVU 9 86 3:44 TD 2nd/2:04 T14 Seth Doege 2-yard pass to D. MooreWVU 3 67 0:21 TD 2nd/0:35 T33 SaDale Foster 53-yard runWVU 4 69 1:31 TD 3rd/3:30 T31 Seth Doege 29-yard pass to D. MooreWVU 15 98 8:22 TD 4th/5:37 T2 Seth Doege 7-yard pass to D. MooreTCU 6 33 2:47 TD 1st/4:55 TC33 Seth Doege 5-yard pass to E. WardTCU 4 70 1:36 TD 2nd/6:37 TT30 Seth Doege 33-yard pass to D. MooreTCU 7 51 3:04 TD 2nd/3:38 TT49 Seth Doege 29-yard pass to E. WardTCU 10 80 3:51 TD 4th/6:40 TT20 Seth Doege 6-yard pass to E. WardTCU 4 62 1:27 TD 4th/4:06 TT38 Kenny Williams 47-yard runTCU 4 25 OT TD OT TC25 Seth Doege 6-yard pass to E. WardTCU 1 25 OT TD OT TC25 Seth Doege 25-yard pass to J. GrantTCU 4 25 OT TD OT TC25 Seth Doege 8-yard pass to Alex TorresKSU 9 75 3:14 TD 1st/11:46 T25 Seth Doege 32-yard pass to E.WardKSU 9 58 2:38 FG 2nd/12:37 T14 Ryan Bustin 37-yard fieldKSU 11 75 4:14 TD 3rd/6:18 T25 SaDale Foster 8-yard runKSU 12 80 5:04 TD 4th/2:33 T20 Seth Doege 4-yard pass to E. WardUT 9 75 3:10 TD 1st/5:52 TT25 Kenny Williams 1-yard runUT 12 63 4:31 FG 2nd/13:56 TT25 Ryan Bustin 29-yard FGUT 8 23 4:46 FG 2nd/5:03 UT46 Ryan Bustin 41-yard FGUT 12 76 4:03 FG 3rd/6:39 TT8 Ryan Bustin 33-yard FGUT 8 56 3:28 TD 3rd/1:35 TT44 Seth Doege 10-yard pass to E. StephensKU 11 75 3:20 TD 1st/11:40 T25 Seth Doege 9-yard pass to J. GrantKU 5 54 1:53 TD 2nd/14:55 T46 Seth Doege 16-yard to T. WilliamsKU 4 57 1:03 TD 2nd/12:20 T43 Seth Doege 6-yard pass to D. MooreKU 9 71 3:03 FG 3rd/0:28 T18 Ryan Bustin 29-yard FGKU 12 59 3:49 FG 4th/10:12 T31 Ryan Bustin 27-yard FGKU 4 25 OT TD OT K25 Eric Stephens 1 -yard runKU 4 25 OT TD OT K25 Eric Stephens 3-yard pass to D. MooreOSU 6 81 2:13 TD 2nd/14:57 T19 Eric Stephens 1-yard runOSU 13 95 6:03 TD 2nd/0:15 T05 Seth Doege 2-yard pass to T. WilliamsOSU 12 75 5:33 TD 4th/2:51 T25 Michael Brewer 7-yard pass to D. MooreBU 7 75 2:02 TD 1st/10:37 T25 Seth Doege 19-yard runBU 10 80 3:34 TD 1st/3:02 T20 Kenny Williams 5-yard runBU 3 75 0:55 TD 2nd/14:17 T25 Seth Doege 23-yard pass to E. WardBU 11 63 4:15 FG 3rd/10:45 T25 Ryan Bustin 29-yard FGBU 5 71 2:20 TD 4/12:24 T29 Seth Doege 15-yard pass to D. MooreBU 6 63 2:39 TD 4/6:19 T37 Seth Doege 6-yard pass to D. Moore

OPPONENTS No. of Total Drive Type of Score Drive ScoringOpponent Plays Yards Time Score Qtr/Time Start PlayNWST 10 45 3:02 FG 2nd/14:48 N25 Jo Shaughnessy 47-yard FGNWST 4 -10 1:02 FG 4th/14:56 T19 Jo Shaughnessy 46-yard FGTXST 7 80 3:08 TD 2nd/10:54 B20 Tyler Arndt 25-yard passTXST 12 53 5:52 FG 2nd/3:25 B26 Will Johnson 38-yard FGUNM 17 79 7:41 TD 2nd/13:41 N21 Demarcus Rogers 2-yard runISU 15 74 6:36 TD 3rd/4:26 I26 Steele Jantz 5-yard pass to E. BrunOU 12 75 4:01 TD 1st/10:59 O25 Justin Brown 13-yard pass from L. JonesOU 9 66 3:14 TD 2nd/11:08 O34 Blake Bell 1-yard runOU 8 75 3:31 TD 2nd/3:27 O25 Kenny Stills 13-yard pass from L. JonesOU 6 25 1:07 FG 2nd/:31 T41 Mike Hunnicutt 33-yard FGOU 6 54 3:08 TD 3rd/9:13 046 Blake Bell 1-yard runOU 10 32 5:59 FG 3rd/:47 O43 Mike Hunnicutt 42-yard FGWVU 5 54 1:39 TD 1st/4:21 W46 Geno Smith 7-yard pass to S. BaileyWVU 9 73 2:56 TD 4th/2:41 W27 D. Garrison 2-yard runTCU 5 75 2:23 TD 1st/12:37 TC25 Trevone Boykin 19-yard pass to S. DawsonTCU 8 31 4:43 TD 2nd/8:13 TT31 Mathew Tucker 4-yard runTCU 11 52 2:57 FG 2nd/:22 TC24 Jaden Oberkrom 41-yard FGTCU 7 45 3:41 FG 3rd/4:09 TC40 Jaden Oberkrom 32-yard FGTCU 8 27 2:39 FG 4th/14:49 TC45 Jaden Oberkrom 45-yard FGTCU 6 74 1:36 TD 4th/2:25 TC26 Trevone Boykin 60-yard pass to L. BrownTCU 9 56 1:02 FG 4th/:18 TC19 Jaden Oberkrom 42-yard FGTCU 4 25 OT TD OT TT25 Trebone Boykin 8-yard pass to J. BoyceTCU 4 25 OT TD OT TT25 Trebone Boykin 7-yard pass to B.J. CatalonTCU 4 4 OT FG OT TT25 Jaden Oberkrom 38-yard FGKSU 4 (-3) 1:34 FG 1st/0:15 T14 Anthony Cantele 34-yard FGKSU 8 59 3:52 TD 2nd/8:45 K41 John Hubert 4-yard runKSU 8 65 3:24 FG 2nd/1:35 K33 Anthony Cantele 19-yard FGKSU 7 75 3:29 TD 3rd/11:31 K25 Collin Klein 21-yard pass to T. ThompsonKSU 5 74 1:49 TD 3rd/10:32 K26 Collin Klein 22,-yard runKSU 11 70 5:04 TD 3rd/4:29 K30 John Hubert 15-yard runKSU 5 35 2:08 TD 4th/7:37 T35 Collin Klein 7-yard pass to Angelo PeaseUT 9 71 4:55 TD 1st/13:57 UT29 David Ash 6-yard pass to J. ShipleyUT 5 75 2:25 TD 1st/3:27 UT25 Joe Bergeron 2-yard runUT 1 75 0:10 TD 2nd/13:46 UT25 David Ash 75-yard pass to M. DavisUT 9 50 3:54 FG 2nd/1:09 UT25 Anthony Fera 42-yard FGUT 8 59 4:23 TD 4th/9:14 UT41 David Ash 25-yard pass to M. DavisKU 8 63 3:52 TD 1st/7:48 K37 James Sims 6-yard runKU 5 39 1:57 TD 2nd/5:30 T39 Micha Cummings 10-yard pass to B. BourbonKU 11 74 3:41 FG 2nd/0:03 K21 Nick Prolago 22-yard FGKU 3 72 1:13 TD 4th/8:59 K28 James Sims 3-yard runKU 9 75 4:11 FG 4th/0:41 K11 Nick Prolago 32-yard FGKU 4 25 OT TD OT T25 James Sims 5-yard runOSU 12 75 4:30 TD 1st/10:30 O25 J.W. Walsh 2-yard pass to K StaleyOSU 4 70 1:35 TD 2nd/13:22 O30 Clint Chelf 60-yard pass to I. AndersonOSU 2 40 0:36 TD 2nd/13:22 T40 Clint Chelf 33-yard pass to I. AndersonOSU 4 24 1:17 TD 2nd/8:34 T24 J.W. Walsh 2-yard runOSU 1 66 0:07 TD 2nd/6:18 O34 Clint 66-yard pass to I. AndersonOSU 7 38 2:58 TD 3rd/9:54 T38 Jeremy Smith 17-yard runOSU 7 38 2:13 FG 3rd/6:22 O28 Quinn Sharp 51-yard FGOSU 5 22 1:56 TD 3rd/0:17 T22 Joseph Randle 1-yard runBU 7 53 2:50 TD 1st/3:02 B47 Glasco Martin 1-yard runBU 8 93 1:27 TD 2nd/0:05 B07 Nick Florence 39-yard pass to L. NorwoodBU 9 68 2:41 TD 3rd/4:50 B32 Nick Florence 4-yard runBU 7 57 2:20 TD 3rd/2:16 B43 Nick Florence 27-yard pass to L. SampsonBU 10 75 3:26 TD 4th/8:58 B25 Nick Florence 4-yard pass to T. WilliamsBU 11 65 3:31 FG 4th/2:48 B30 Aaron Jones 22-yard FGBU 4 25 - TD OT B25 Glasco Martin 4-yard run

SCORING DRIVES

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BY THE NUMBERS - GAME 13

2: Wins over No. 1 nationally-ranked teams since 2008 (vs. Texas - 2008, @ Oklahoma - 2011).

2: Wins over top-5 ranked teams since 2011 (at #1 Oklahoma - 2011, vs. #4 West Virginia - 2012).

2: 100-yard rushers for Texas Tech (Stephens - 118, Williams - 105) vs. New Mexico.

2: 100-yard receivers for Texas Tech twice this season against Texas & Baylor (Ward & Moore).

3: Individuals were inducted into Tech’s Ring of Honor: Donny Anderson, EJ Holub & Dave Parks.

3: Tackles for a loss by Cornelius Douglas vs. No. 14 Oklahoma - most by a Tech CB in over 12 years

3: Touchdown receptions by Eric Ward in the first-half against New Mexico.

4: Career multiple rushing touchdown games by senior RB Eric Stephens Jr.

5: Career 400-yard passing games by senior QB Seth Doege.

6: First downs allowed by the Red Raiders in the season opener against Northwestern State.

7: TD passes by Seth Doege at #21 TCU (most by a Red Raider since 2009).

7: Texas Tech players have finished in the top-10 in voting for the Heisman Trophy Award.

9: Current Texas Tech players have earned degrees from TTU entering the season.

10: Straight years Texas Tech has won its season opener.

13: All-time bowl victories for Texas Tech (has won 7 of the last 9 bowl games).

13: Consecutive years a Texas Tech quarterback has passed for at least 3,000 yards in a season.

17: Bowl appearances for Texas Tech since 1993.

18: Career 300-yard passing games for QB Seth Doege.

21: Career rushing touchdowns for senior Eric Stephens (most among active Red Raiders).

22: Career receiving touchdowns for both junior Eric Ward and senior Darrin Moore.

23: Newcomers saw action in the season opener for the Red Raiders (14 freshmen).

24: Consecutive non-conference home wins for Texas Tech since 2002.

29: Texas Tech football players have earned All-America honors.

29: Passing yards allowed to Kansas - fewest allowed since 1974 (vs. Arkansas - 0 yards).

35: Bowl games Texas Tech has appeared in all-time.

37: Consecutive starts by OL Deveric Gallington & LaAdrian Waddle lead all active Red Raiders.

39: Consecutive home win streak by Oklahoma that Tech snapped on Oct. 22, 2011 (41-38).

43: Alex Torres has caught at least one pass in 43-of-45 career games.

48: Career starts by senior Cody Davis marks the most by any active Red Raider.

48: Consecutive home games played in front of at least 45,000 fans at Jones AT&T Stadium.

53: Victories for Texas Tech at home (53-15, .779) since 2002.

53: Wins over non-ranked opponents at home (53-4, .930) since 2000.

58: Yards rushing by QB Seth Doege against Baylor marked a season-high.

68: Career touchdown passes for senior QB Seth Doege.

84: Total yards allowed by Tech in its season opener against Northwestern State.

88: Years of Texas Tech Football.

94: Degrees at kickoff in Texas Tech’s season opener in Lubbock against Northwestern State.

98: Total points allowed by Tech in the first six games (fewest since 2000).

105: All-time wins for Texas Tech in televised games.

156: Receiving yards by Jace Amaro against No. 4 West Virginia.

180: Receiving yards by Eric Ward against Kansas marked a career-high.

186: Receiving yards by Darrin Moore vs. Baylor marked second most in Cowboys Stadium history (college player).

325: Rushing yards vs. New Mexico marked Tech’s most since 1997 (UL Lafayette).

499: Yards passing by QB Seth Doege against #4 West Virginia marked a career-high.

531: All-time wins for the Texas Tech football program.

702: Yards of total offense vs. New Mexico marked Tech’s most since 2009 (vs. K-State).

973: All-time games played by the Red Raiders following regular season finale vs. Baylor.

1,901: Career rushing yards for senior Eric Stephens Jr. (leads active Red Raiders).

2,131: Career receiving yards for senior Alex Torres (leads active Red Raiders).

4,375: Career all-purpose yards for Eric Stephens (7th in Tech history).

5,604: Combined career receiving yards (486 catches) by Alex Torres, Eric Ward & Darrin Moore.

8,365: Career passing yards for quarterback Seth Doege in 28 career games at Tech.

60,879: Record attendance at Jones AT&T Stadium against No. 22 Texas (Nov. 3, 2012).

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2: Bowl MVP awards for Taylor Potts (Alamo Bowl - 2009; TicketCity Bowl - 2010).

4: Rushing TDs by Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force in 1995 Copper Bowl tied a school bowl game record.

4: Texas Tech quarterbacks have a school bowl game record four passing touchdowns.

4: Passing touchdowns by Taylor Potts in 2010 TicketCity Bowl (tied school bow game record).

7: PATs by Tony Rogers in 1995 Copper Bowl is a school bowl game record.

11: Receptions by Joel Filani vs. Minnesota in 2006 InSight Bowl is a school bowl game record.

11: Straight bowl appearances for Texas Tech (2000-2010).

11: Different Tech receivers caught a pass in TicketCity Bowl against Northwestern.

13: All-time bowl victories for Texas Tech (has won 7 of the last 9).

17: Bowl appearances for Texas Tech since 1993.

18: Consecutive seasons Tech was bowl eligible (1993-2010).

24: Red Raiders recorded a tackle against Northwestern in TicketCity Bowl.

31: Point deficit erased by Tech in the 2006 Insight Bowl vs. Minnesota is the largest comeback

in NCAA bowl history. Tech won 44-41 in overtime. Tech trailed 38-7 in the third quarter. 31: First

downs by Texas Tech marked a new Alamo Bowl record in 2010.

33: Degrees at kickoff on New Year’s Day during the TicketCity Bowl - the first football game of 2011.

34: Points scored in a half vs. Clemson in 2002 Tangerine Bowl marked a school bowl game record.

34: First downs by Texas Tech in TicketCity Bowl marked a new school all-time bowl record.

35: Bowl games Texas Tech has appeared in all-time.

52: Yard game-winning field goal by Alex Trilica vs. Minnesota in 2006 Insight Bowl is a school bowl record.

69: Pass attempts from Graham Harrell vs. Virginia in 2007 Gator Bowl is a school bowl game record.

77.4: Completion % (41-of-53) by B.J. Symons vs. Navy in 2003 Houston Bowl is a Tech bowl game record.

86: Yard TD run by Eric Stephens marked second longest run in Cotton Bowl Stadium history.

162: Receiving yards by Joel Filani vs. Minnesota in 2006 InSight Bowl is a school bowl game record.

227: All-purpose yards for Eric Stephens against Northwestern in TicketCity Bowl.

280: Rushing yards by James Gray vs. Duke in 1989 All-American Bowl is a school bowl game record.

361: Rushing yards by Tech in 1989 All-American Bowl is a school bowl game record.

369: Passing yards by Taylor Potts in TicketCity Bowl vs. Northwestern are eighth most by a

Tech QB on a neutral field.

520: Yards of total offense by QB Sonny Cumbie vs. California in 2004 Holiday Bowl is a school bowl game record.

606: Yards of total offense by Tech vs. Air Force in 1995 Copper Bowl is a school bowl game record.

1937: Sun Bowl marked the first-ever bowl appearance for Texas Tech (lost to West Virginia, 6-7).

1951: Sun Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 25, Pacific 14) - Tech’s first-ever bowl victory.

1953: Gator Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 35, Auburn 13).

1973: Gator Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 28, Tennessee 19).

1989: All-American Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 49, Duke 21).

1995: Copper Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 55, Air Force 41).

2002: Tangerine Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 55, Clemson 15).

2003: Houston Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 38, Navy 14).

2004: Holiday Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 45, California 31).

2006: Insight Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 44, Minnesota 41 - OT).

2007: Gator Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 31, Virginia 28).

2010: Alamo Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31).

2011: TicketCity Bowl Champions (Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38).

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OFFENSESCORING (All Games)Scored 40 or more points ______________________________ 45, vs. Baylor (2012)Scored 50 or more points _____________________________ 56, at #21 TCU (2012)Scored 60 or more points __________________________ 64, vs. Weber State (2010)Scored 70 or more points ______________________ 75, vs. Northwestern State (2007)Scored 80 or more points ______________________ 80, vs. Sam Houston State (2005)

Was held to 10 or fewer points ____________________ 6, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held to 7 or fewer points _____________________ 6, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held to 3 or fewer points ____________________________ 3, at #20 TCU (2006)Was shutout ___________________________________ 0, at #2 Nebraska (1997) Was shutout in back-to-back games _______________ vs. SMU, 0-14, at Rice, 0-14 (1962)Was held without an offensive touchdown ______________ vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held without a touchdown ____________________________at #20 TCU (2006)

Allowed 40 or more points _____________________________ 52, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 50 or more points _____________________________ 52, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 60 or more points __________________________ 66, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Shutout opponent ______________________ vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 62-0 (2006)Shutout opponent in back-to-back games ______ at Texas Wesleyan, 13-0, at New Mexico, 27-0 (1949)Held opponent without an offensive touchdown _______vs. Northwestern State, 44-6 (2012)

SCORING (Home Games)Scored 40 or more points ______________________________41, vs. Kansas (2012)Scored 50 or more points ___________________________ 50, vs. Texas State (2011)Scored 60 or more points __________________________ 64, vs. Weber State (2010)Scored 70 or more points ______________________ 75, vs. Northwestern State (2007)Scored 80 or more points ______________________ 80, vs. Sam Houston State (2005)

Was held to 10 or fewer points ____________________ 6, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held to 7 or fewer points _____________________ 6, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held to 3 or fewer points _________________________ 3, vs. #1 Nebraska (2000)Was shutout __________________________________ 0, vs. #20 Arkansas (1987)Was held without an offensive touchdown ______________ vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held without a touchdown ________________________ vs. #1 Nebraska (2000)

Allowed 40 or more points ________________________ 41, vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Allowed 50 or more points _____________________ 66, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Allowed 60 or more points _____________________ 66, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)

Shutout opponent ______________________ vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 62-0 (2006)Held opponent without an offensive touchdown _______vs. Northwestern State, 44-6 (2012)

SCORING (Away Games)Scored 40 or more points _____________________________ 56, at #21 TCU (2012)Scored 50 or more points _____________________________ 56, at #21 TCU (2012)Scored 60 or more points ___________________________ 63, at #19 Kansas (2008)Scored 70 or more points ________________________________________ N/A

Was held to 10 or fewer points _______________________ 7, at #16 Oklahoma (2010)Was held to 7 or fewer points ________________________ 7, at #16 Oklahoma (2010)Was held to 3 or fewer points ____________________________ 3, at #20 TCU (2006)Was shutout ___________________________________ 0, at #2 Nebraska (1997) Was held without an offensive touchdown ______________________at #20 TCU (2006)Was held without a touchdown ____________________________at #20 TCU (2006)

Allowed 40 or more points _____________________ 59, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Allowed 50 or more points _____________________ 59, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Allowed 60 or more points _________________________ 65, at #5 Oklahoma (2008)

Shutout opponent _________________________________ at Baylor, 28-0 (2005)Held opponent without an offensive touchdown ______________ at #20 TCU, 3-12 (2006)

TOTAL OFFENSEHad 500 or more total yards ____________________________ 567, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 600 or more total yards ______________________ 676, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 650 or more total yards ______________________ 676, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 700 or more total yards _________________________702, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 750 or more total yards ____________________ 770, vs. Sam Houston State (2007)

Was held to 300 or fewer total yards _______________ 270, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held to 250 or fewer total yards ______________________ 144, vs. #4 Texas (2010)Was held to 200 or fewer total yards ______________________ 144, vs. #4 Texas (2010)Was held to 150 or fewer total yards ______________________ 144, vs. #4 Texas (2010)Was held to 100 or fewer total yards ___________________90, vs. #8 Miami (Fla.) (1990)

RUSHING ATTEMPTSHad 40 or more rushing attempts _____________________ 45, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 45 or more rushing attempts _____________________ 45, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 50 or more rushing attempts _____________________ 51, vs. #14 Missouri (2010)Had 55 or more rushing attempts _________________________ 55, at Baylor (1999)Had 60 or more rushing attempts ______________________ 61, vs. North Texas (1998)Had 64 or more rushing attempts ____________________64, vs. #20 Texas A&M (1997)

Was held to 20 or fewer rushing attempts _________________ 17, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Was held to 15 or fewer rushing attempts ____________ 14, at #17 Oklahoma State (2009)Was held to 10 or fewer rushing attempts ___________________ 7, at #15 Texas (2007)

RUSHING OFFENSEHad 150 or more rushing yards __________________________ 208, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 200 or more rushing yards __________________________ 208, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 250 or more rushing yards _______________________325, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 300 or more rushing yards _______________________325, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 350 or more rushing yards __________________ 453, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (1997)Had 400 or more rushing yards __________________ 453, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (1997)Had 450 or more rushing yards __________________________ 482, vs. Baylor (1996)

Was held to 50 or fewer rushing yards _______________________ 46, vs. Baylor (2011)Was held to 40 or fewer rushing yards _____________________ 30, at #25 Texas (2011)Was held to 30 or fewer rushing yards _____________________ 30, at #25 Texas (2011)Was held to 20 or fewer rushing yards ____________________ -14, vs. #25 Texas (2010)Was held to 10 or fewer rushing yards ____________________ -14, vs. #25 Texas (2010)Was held to negative rushing yards _____________________ -14, vs. #25 Texas (2010)

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSHad 4 or more rushing touchdowns _____________________ 4, vs. Weber State (2010)Had 5 or more rushing touchdowns ________________ 5, vs. Eastern Washington (2008)

Was held without a rushing TD in back-to-back games _____ at #25 Texas/vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held without a rushing TD in 3 consecutive games _______________5 games (2006)

PASSING ATTEMPTSHad 60 or more passing attempts _________________________61, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 65 or more passing attempts ____________________66, vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)Had 70 or more passing attempts _____________________72, vs. #3 Oklahoma (2007)Had 75 or more passing attempts ______________________ 78, vs. Iowa State (2003)

Was held to 35 or fewer passing attempts ________________ 32, at #15 Nebraska (2009)Was held to 30 or fewer passing attempts __________________ 25, vs. Nebraska (2008)Was held to 25 or fewer passing attempts __________________ 25, vs. Nebraska (2008)Was held to 20 or fewer passing attempts __________________17, vs. Oklahoma (1999)Was held to 15 or fewer passing attempts _________________ 14, vs. Iowa State (1999)Was held to 10 or fewer passing attempts _____________________ 10, at Texas (1997)

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PASSING COMPLETIONSHad 45 or more passing completions _________________________47, Kansas (2012)Had 46 or more passing completions _________________________47, Kansas (2012)Had 47 or more passing completions _________________________47, Kansas (2012)Had 48 or more passing completions ________________________48, vs. UTEP (2007)Had 49 or more passing completions ________________________ 50, vs. SMU (2007)Had 50 or more passing completions ________________________ 50, vs. SMU (2007)Had 51 or more passing completions ____________________ 52, vs. Iowa State (2003)Had 52 or more passing completions ____________________ 52, vs. Iowa State (2003)

Was held to 20 or fewer passing completions _______________ 18, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 16 or fewer passing completions ______________ 16, vs. #13 Alabama (2005)Was held to 10 or fewer passing completions ________________ 9, vs. Oklahoma (1999)Was held to 8 or fewer passing completions _________________ 8, vs. Iowa State (1999)Was held to 5 or fewer passing completions _____________________ 3, at Texas (1997)

PASSING OFFENSEHad 400 or more passing yards __________________________ 508, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 450 or more passing yards __________________________ 508, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 500 or more passing yards __________________________ 508, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 550 or more passing yards ______________________ 554, vs. Kansas State (2009)Had 600 or more passing yards _____________________ 646, at Oklahoma State (2007)Had 650 or more passing yards ______________________ 669, vs. Kansas State (2005)

Was held to 200 or fewer passing yards _____________ 169, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Was held to 150 or fewer passing yards _________________144, at #16 Oklahoma (2010)Was held to 100 or fewer passing yards ________________ 74, vs. Oklahoma State (1998)Was held to 50 or fewer passing yards ________________________ 42, vs. Rice (1989)

PASSING TOUCHDOWNSHad 5 or more passing touchdowns ________________________ 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Had 6 or more passing touchdowns ________________________ 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Had 7 or more passing touchdowns ________________________ 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Had 8 or more passing touchdowns _____________________ 8, vs. Kansas State (2009)

Was held without a passing TD ________________________ vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Was held without a passing TD in back-to-back games ______vs. Oklahoma/at #24 OSU (1997)Was held without a passing TD in 3 consecutive games _______________ 7 games (1997)

PASSING INTERCEPTIONSHad 3 or more passing interceptions _________________________3, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 4 or more passing interceptions _______________________ 4, vs. Colorado (2007)Had 5 or more passing interceptions ____________________ 5, vs. #1 Oklahoma (2003)

Went 3 consecutive games without a passing INT ___________________ 3 games (2011)Went 4 consecutive games without a passing INT ___________________ 5 games (1997)Went 5 consecutive games without a passing INT ___________________ 5 games (1997)

FUMBLES ALLOWEDHad 3 or more fumbles _________________________ 3 (lost 1), vs. Iowa State (2011)Had 4 or more fumbles _________________________ 4 (lost 1), vs. Texas State (2011)Had 5 or more fumbles ___________________________ 5 (lost 2), at #2 Texas (2009)Had 6 or more fumbles ________________________ 6 (lost 3), vs. #16 NC State (2002)Had 7 or more fumbles ______________________ 7 (lost 2), at #21 Kansas State (1996)

Went back-to-back games without a fumble ______________________ 2 games (2008)

TURNOVERS ALLOWEDHad 4 or more turnovers ________________________________4, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 5 or more turnovers _____________________________ 5, vs. Texas A&M (2009)Had 6 or more turnovers ______________________________ 6, vs. Colorado (2003)

Went back-to-back games without a turnover _____________________ 2 games (2005)

DEFENSE

SCORING DEFENSEShutout its opponent _______________________ 0, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)Allowed 3 or fewer points ____________________ 0, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)Allowed 7 or fewer points _______________________6, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 10 or fewer points ___________________________10, at Texas State (2012)

Didn’t allow an offensive touchdown _________________ vs. Northwestern State (2012)Didn’t allow a touchdown ________________________ vs. Northwestern State (2012)

SCORING DEFENSE (Home Games)Allowed 10 or fewer points ______________________6, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 7 or fewer points _______________________6, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 3 or fewer points ____________________ 0, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)Shutout its opponent _________________________ vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)Held its opponent without an offensive touchdown ____ 0, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)Held its opponent without a touchdown ___________ 0, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)

Allowed 40 or more points _____________________ 59, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Allowed 50 or more points _____________________ 59, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Allowed 60 or more points _____________________ 66, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)

SCORING DEFENSE (Away Games)Allowed 10 or fewer points ___________________________10, at Texas State (2012)Allowed 7 or fewer points _______________________________ 7, at Baylor (2007)Allowed 3 or fewer points _______________________________ 0, at Baylor (2005)Shutout its opponent __________________________________ 0, at Baylor (2005)Held its opponent without an offensive touchdown __________________at SMU (2007)Held its opponent without a touchdown _________________________at SMU (2007)

Allowed 40 or more points ________________________55, at #3 Kansas State (2012)Allowed 50 or more points ________________________55, at #3 Kansas State (2012)Allowed 60 or more points _______________________________________ N/A

TOTAL DEFENSEAllowed 250 or fewer total yards _______________________ 189, at Iowa State (2012)Allowed 200 or fewer total yards _______________________ 189, at Iowa State (2012)Allowed 150 or fewer total yards ______________________127, vs. New Mexico (2012)Allowed 125 or fewer total yards __________________ 84, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 100 or fewer total yards __________________ 84, vs. Northwestern State (2012)

Allowed 500 or more total yards _________________________ 674, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 550 or more total yards _________________________ 674, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 600 or more total yards _________________________ 674, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 650 or more total yards _________________________ 674, vs. Baylor (2012)

DEFENSIVE FIRST DOWNS ALLOWEDAllowed 15 or fewer first downs ________________________ 13, at Iowa State (2012)Allowed 14 or fewer first downs ________________________ 13, at Iowa State (2012)Allowed 10 or fewer first downs _______________________ 8, vs. New Mexico (2012)Allowed 9 or fewer first downs ________________________ 8, vs. New Mexico (2012)Allowed 7 or fewer first downs ____________________6, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 5 or fewer first downs ________________________ 5, vs. North Texas (1998)

Allowed 30 or more first downs __________________________ 32, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 35 or more first downs _______________________ 38, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

TACKLES FOR A LOSSRecorded 10 or more tackles for a loss _____________________10.0, vs. #4 Texas (2010)Recorded 11 or more tackles for a loss ________________________ 14, vs. Rice (2009)Recorded 12 or more tackles for a loss ________________________ 14, vs. Rice (2009)Recorded 13 or more tackles for a loss ________________________ 14, vs. Rice (2009)Recorded 14 or more tackles for a loss ________________________ 14, vs. Rice (2009)Recorded 15 or more tackles for a loss _______________________ 15, vs. Baylor (2002)

Was held without a tackle for a loss ______________________ 0.0, vs. Houston (2010)

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RUSHING DEFENSEAllowed 100 or fewer rushing yards ____________________ 84, vs. New Mexico (2012)Allowed 90 or fewer rushing yards _____________________ 84, vs. New Mexico (2012)Allowed 80 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 70 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 60 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 50 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 40 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 30 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 20 or fewer rushing yards _________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Allowed 10 or fewer rushing yards ______________________ 9, vs. Fresno State (1998)Allowed 0 or fewer rushing yards___________________ -12, at #21 Kansas State (1996)Allowed -10 or fewer rushing yards _________________ -12, at #21 Kansas State (1996)

Allowed 250 or more rushing yards _______________________ 278, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 300 or more rushing yards _______________________ 390, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 350 or more rushing yards _______________________ 390, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 400 or more rushing yards ______________________439, at #25 Texas (2011)Allowed 450 or more rushing yards ______________________ 469, at Missouri (2003)

DEFENSIVE SACKSHad 3 or more sacks ________________________________4, at Iowa State (2012)Had 4 or more sacks ________________________________4, at Iowa State (2012)Had 5 or more sacks ___________________________________ 5, vs. SMU (2010)Had 6 or more sacks _________________________________ 6, vs. Kansas (2009)

Was held without a sack in back-to-back games ___ 2, vs. #14 Oklahoma/vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)

QUARTERBACK HURRIESHad 5 or more quarterback hurries ____________________ 9, vs. Michigan State (2009)Had 10 or more quarterback hurries _______________________10, vs. Missouri (2002)Had 13 or more quarterback hurries _____________________ 13, at New Mexico (2002)Had 15 or more quarterback hurries ______________________16, vs. Oklahoma (2001)Had 18 or more quarterback hurries __________________ 18, vs. Oklahoma State (2000)

Was held without a quarterback hurry in back-to-back games ___________ 2 games (2012)Was held without a quarterback hurry in 5 consecutive games ___________ 5 games (2008)

PASSING DEFENSEAllowed 150 or fewer passing yards ________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 100 or fewer passing yards ________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 75 or fewer passing yards _________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 60 or fewer passing yards _________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 50 or fewer passing yards _________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 45 or fewer passing yards _________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 40 or fewer passing yards _________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 30 or fewer passing yards _________________________29, vs. Kansas (2012)Allowed 25 or fewer passing yards ________________________ 0, vs. Arkansas (1974)

Allowed 350 or more passing yards _______________________ 396, vs. Baylor (2012)Allowed 400 or more passing yards _______________ 454, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Allowed 450 or more passing yards _______________ 454, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)

DEFENSIVE INTERCEPTIONSHad 3 or more interceptions ____________________________3, at Iowa State (2012)Had 4 or more interceptions _______________________________ 5, vs. SMU (2008)Had 5 or more interceptions _______________________________ 5, vs. SMU (2008)Had 6 or more interceptions ____________________________ 6, vs. Houston (1993)

Was held without an interception in 4 consecutive games ______________ 5 games (2012)Was held without an interception in 5 consecutive games ______________ 5 games (2012)Was held without an interception in 6 consecutive games __________ 6 games (2011-2012)

PASS BREAKUPSHad 10 or more pass breakups __________________________11, vs. Houston (2010)Had 15 or more pass breakups _____________________ 16, vs. Oklahoma State (2002)

Was held without a pass breakup ________________________ 0, at #25 Texas (2011)

FORCED TURNOVERSForced 3 or more turnovers ____________________________4, at Iowa State (2012)Forced 4 or more turnovers ____________________________4, at Iowa State (2012)Forced 5 or more turnovers ___________________________ 5, at #19 Kansas (2008)Forced 6 or more turnovers ____________________________ 7, vs. Nebraska (2004)Forced 7 or more turnovers ____________________________ 7, vs. Nebraska (2004)

Was held without a forced turnover in back-to-back games _____________ 5 games (2012)Was held without a forced turnover in 3 consecutive games _____________ 5 games (2012)Was held without a forced turnover in 3 consecutive games _____________ 5 games (2012)

FORCED FUMBLESForced 4 or more fumbles _______________________ 4 (lost 4), vs. Texas State (2011)Forced 5 or more fumbles _________________________5 (lost 4), vs. Colorado (1999)Forced 6 or more fumbles ______________________ 7 (lost 4), vs. #5 Nebraska (1996)Forced 7 or more fumbles ______________________ 7 (lost 4), vs. #5 Nebraska (1996)

Was held without a forced fumble in back-to-back games ______________ 4 games (2012)Was held without a forced fumble in 3 or more consecutive games ________ 4 games (2012)Was held without a forced fumble in 4 or more consecutive games ________ 4 games (2012)Was held without a forced fumble in 7 or more consecutive games ________ 7 games (2004)

RECOVERED FUMBLES Recovered 3 or more fumbles __________________________ 4, vs. Texas State (2011)Recovered 4 or more fumbles __________________________ 4, vs. Texas State (2011)

Was held without a recovered fumble in 3 or more consecutive games ______ 7 games (2012)Was held without a recovered fumble in 4 or more consecutive games ______ 7 games (2012)Was held without a recovered fumble in 5 or more consecutive games ______ 7 games (2012)Was held without a recovered fumble in 6 or more consecutive games ______ 7 games (2012)Was held without a recovered fumble in 7 or more consecutive games ______ 7 games (2012)

DEFENSIVE MISC.Returned an interception for a touchdown ____________________ at Texas State (2012)Returned 2 interceptions for touchdowns _________________ vs. Oklahoma State (2000)Returned a fumble for a touchdown __________________ vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Returned a fumble for a TD to win the game with under 1:00 ____ 0:48, vs. Fresno State (1998)Recorded a safety __________________________________ vs. Texas State (2011)

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SPECIAL TEAMS PUNT RETURNHad 100 or more punt return yards _______________________ 113, at Nevada (2008)Had 150 or more punt return yards __________________ 166, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)Returned a punt for a touchdown _______________ at Nevada (2008) - Eric Morris, 86 ydsBlocked a punt _______________________ at New Mexico (2010) - Jonathan BrydonBlocked 2 punts ____________ at New Mexico (2010) - Aaron Crawford & Jonathan BrydonReturned a blocked punt for a touchdown __ vs. Indiana State (2005) - Brandon Douglas, 2 yds

KICKOFF RETURNHad 200 or more kick return yards ________________ 256 (10 att.), vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Returned a kickoff for a touchdown ____________ vs. Baylor (2012) - Jakeem Grant, 97 ydsReturned an opening kickoff for a TD ____ vs. New Mexico (1973) - Lawrence Williams, 95 ydsReturned a kickoff for a TD in season opener ___ vs. New Mexico (2001) - Ivory McCann, 100 yds

PUNTINGHad a punt blocked ____________________________ at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had a punt blocked and returned for a TD __________ at #24 Oklahoma State (2012) - 30 yds

Did not punt ______________________________________ at Texas State (2012)Had 10 or more punts _________________________ 14, vs. #13 Kansas State (1997)Forced 10 or more punts _______________________ 10, vs. Northwestern State (2007)

FIELD GOALS & PATBlocked a PAT attempt ________________________ at Kansas (2011) - Terrance BullittBlocked a field goal attempt _________ vs. Michigan State (2009) - Daniel Howard, 52 yd FGReturned a blocked field goal for a TD ___ vs. Oklahoma State (2000) - Aaron Hunt... Lawrence Flugence - 79 Yds

Had a PAT blocked___________________________________ vs. Nebraska (2008)Missed a PAT attempt ____________________________________vs. Rice (2009)Had a field goal blocked _______________________________ vs. #22 Texas (2012)Had a field goal blocked and returned for a TD __ vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011) - Dustin Harris... Terrance Frederick - 65 Yds

MISCELLANEOUSRecovered an on-sides kick _______________________________at #21 TCU (2012)

MISCELLANEOUS

vs. NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTSDefeated a ranked opponent ______________________________at #21 TCU (2012)Defeated a ranked opponent at home ___________________ vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Defeated a ranked opponent on the road _______________________at #21 TCU (2012)Defeated a ranked opponent at a neutral site _________________ vs. #20 Virginia (2007)Defeated a ranked opponent in back-to-back games _________________ 2 games (2012)Defeated a ranked opponent in 3 consecutive games _________________ 3 games (2008)

Lost to a ranked opponent ________________________ at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Lost to a ranked opponent at home ________________________ vs. # 22 Texas (2012)Lost to a ranked opponent on the road ________________ at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Lost to a ranked opponent at a neutral site ____________________vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Lost to an unranked opponent at home ______________________vs. Iowa State (2011)Lost to an unranked team on the road ________________________ at Missouri (2011)

Shutout a ranked opponent ______________________________vs. #18 SMU (1980)Shutout a ranked opponent at home ________________________vs. #18 SMU (1980)Shutout a ranked opponent on the road _______________________ Never Happened

Played to a tie ____________________________________ 39-39, vs. TCU (1981)Played to a 0-0 tie ___________________________ 0-0, vs. Hardin-Simmons (1942)Played in an overtime game ___________________ vs. Kansas (2012) - W, 41-34 (2OT)Played in an overtime game vs. ranked opponent _______ at #21 TCU (2012) - W, 56-53 (3OT)

Lost a game and didn’t commit a turnover ____________________ vs. #22 Texas (2012)

MARGIN OF VICTORY/DEFEATWon by 40 or more points __________________ 48, Texas Tech 58, Texas State 10 (2012)Won by 50 or more points _________________ 52, Texas Tech 66, Kansas State 14 (2009)Won by 60 or more points __________ 68 points, Texas Tech 75, Northwestern State 7 (2007)

Lost by 30 or more points __________ 38, #24 Oklahoma State 59, #23 Texas Tech 21 (2012)Lost by 40 or more points ______________ 60, #2 Oklahoma State 66, Texas Tech 6 (2011)Lost by 50 or more points ______________ 60, #2 Oklahoma State 66, Texas Tech 6 (2011)Lost by 60 or more points ______________ 60, #2 Oklahoma State 66, Texas Tech 6 (2011)

TOTAL PLAYSHad 90 or more total plays _________________________ 90, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 100 or more total plays _______________________ 105, vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)Had 110 or more total plays __________________________111, vs. Iowa State (2003)

Was held to 65 or fewer total plays _____________________ 64, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 60 or fewer total plays _______________________ 54, vs. #4 Texas (2010)Was held to 50 or fewer total plays ______________________ 48, vs. Nebraska (2008)

FIRST DOWNSHad 30 or more first downs _______________________ 30, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 35 or more first downs _________________________ 38, vs. New Mexico (2012)Had 40 or more first downs _____________________ 40, vs. Sam Houston State (2005)Had 45 or more first downs __________________________ 45, vs. Iowa State (2003)

Was held to 20 or fewer first downs ________________ 20, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Was held to 15 or fewer first downs _____________________ 15, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 10 or fewer first downs ____________________ 10, at #4 Oklahoma (2002)Was held to 9 or fewer first downs _______________________ 9, vs. Oklahoma (2001)Was held to 8 or fewer first downs ___________________ 6, vs. #13 Kansas State (1997)

TIME OF POSSESSIONHad 35:00 or more time of possession _____________ 36:04, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Had 36:00 or more time of possession _____________ 36:04, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Had 37:00 or more time of possession _________________ 39:41, vs. #14 Missouri (2010)Had 38:00 or more time of possession _________________ 39:41, vs. #14 Missouri (2010)Had 39:00 or more time of possession _________________ 39:41, vs. #14 Missouri (2010)

Was held to 23:00 or fewer time of possession _____________ 23:12, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Was held to 22:00 or fewer time of possession _____________ 19:00, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 21:00 or fewer time of possession _____________ 19:00, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 21:00 or fewer time of possession _____________ 19:00, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 20:00 or fewer time of possession _____________ 19:00, vs. Iowa State (2011)Was held to 19:00 or fewer time of possession _____________ 19:00, vs. Iowa State (2011)

PENALTIESHad 10 or more penalties ____________________________ 11, at Iowa State (2012)Had 15 or more penalties ______________________________ 17, at Kansas (2011)

Had 5 or fewer penalties __________________________ 5, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 4 or fewer penalties ___________________________4, vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Had 3 or fewer penalties _____________________________ 2, vs. Texas State (2011)Had 2 or fewer penalties _____________________________ 2, vs. Texas State (2011)Had 1 or fewer penalties ____________________________1, at #5 Texas A&M (1992)

PENALTY YARDSHad 100 or more penalty yards __________________________ 154, at Kansas (2011)Had 125 or more penalty yards __________________________ 154, at Kansas (2011)Had 150 or more penalty yards __________________________ 154, at Kansas (2011)Had 175 or more penalty yards ____________________________ 183, at Rice (2007)

Had 40 or fewer penalty yards ______________________ 33, vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Had 30 or fewer penalty yards ________________________ 30, vs. Texas State (2011)Had 20 or fewer penalty yards ___________________________ 20, vs. Baylor (2009)

TWO-POINT CONVERSIONSScored an offensive two-point conversion _______ at #21 TCU (2012), PASS: Doege-to-MooreBlocked a PAT & returned for a 2-point score ___ vs. #15 Oklahoma (1992) - Ben Kirkpatrick - 84 ydsWon by going for 2-pt conversion ____vs. Texas (1988) - Tolliver-to-Price with 2:36 left in the game

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OFFENSERUSHINGRushed for 100 or more yards __ Eric Stephens, 118 yds/Kenny Williams, 105 yds, vs. New Mexico (2012)Rushed for 150 or more yards ___________ Taurean Henderson, 169 yards, at Kansas (2004)Rushed for 200 or more yards ____________ Shaud Williams, 230 yards, vs. Colorado (1999)Quarterback rushed for 100 or more yards ___ Rodney Allison, 106 yards, vs. #18 Baylor (1976)

Had 2 100-yard rushers ___Eric Stephens - 118 yards, Kenny Williams - 105 yards, vs. New Mexico (2012)

Had a run of 50 or more yards __________SaDale Foster, 53 yards, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had a run of 60 or more yards ___________ Eric Stephens, 86 yards, vs. Northwestern (2010)Had a run of 70 or more yards ___________ Eric Stephens, 86 yards, vs. Northwestern (2010)Had a run of 80 or more yards ___________ Eric Stephens, 86 yards, vs. Northwestern (2010)Had a run of 90 or more yards ________________Donny Anderson, 90 yards, at TCU (1964)

Made 30 or more attempts ________________ Sammy Morris, 33, vs. Texas A&M (1999)Made 40 or more attempts ________________ Ricky Williams, 42, vs. Fresno State (1998)

Rushed for 3 or more touchdowns _________________ Baron Batch, 4, vs. Kansas (2009)Rushed for 4 or more touchdowns _________________ Baron Batch, 4, vs. Kansas (2010)Rushed for 5 or more touchdowns ____________________James Gray, 5, vs. Rice (1989)Had 2 players rush for 2 touchdowns ___Taurean Henderson (2) & Johnnie Mack (2), vs. Nebraska (2004)

Had 2 or more fumbles _____________________ Eric Stephens, 2, vs. Texas State (2011)Had 3 or more fumbles ________________ Taurean Henderson, 3, vs. #16 NC State (2002)

PASSINGHad 60 or more passing attempts ___________ Seth Doege, 63, vs. #17 Kansas State (2011)Had 65 or more passing attempts ____________ Seth Doege, 66, vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)Had 70 or more passing attempts ___________ Graham Harrell, 72, vs. #3 Oklahoma (2007)

Had 40 or more completions ____________________ Seth Doege, 45, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 45 or more completions ____________________ Seth Doege, 45, vs. Kansas (2012)

Completed 15 or more consecutive passes _________ Seth Doege, 15, at New Mexico (2011)Completed a pass to 14 or more difference receivers ___ Seth Doege, 14, at New Mexico (2011)

Completed a pass of 50 or more yards _______ Seth Doege, 57, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Completed a pass of 60 or more yards _________ Seth Doege, 61, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Completed a pass of 70 or more yards _________Steven Sheffield, 72, vs. Kansas State (2009)Completed a pass of 80 or more yards _____________Graham Harrell, 82, at Nevada (2008)Completed a pass of 90 or more yards _______________Robert Hall, 95, at Houston (1991)

Passed for 350 or more yards ___________________ Seth Doege, 359, vs. Baylor (2012)Passed for 400 or more yards ___________________ Seth Doege, 476, vs. Kansas (2012)Passed for 450 or more yards ___________________ Seth Doege, 476, vs. Kansas (2012)Passed for 500 or more yards _________ Graham Harrell, 536, vs. Eastern Washington (2008)Passed for 550 or more yards ___________ Graham Harrell, 646, at Oklahoma State (2007)Passed for 600 or more yards ____________ Graham Harrell, 646, at Oklahoma State (2007)

Had 2 QBs pass for 200 or more yards ___ Steven Sheffield (238) & Taylor Potts (215), vs. New Mexico (2009)

Non-QB threw for a touchdown pass ______ RB Eric Stephens, vs. Kansas (2012) - 3 yds to Darrin Moore

Passed for 4 or more touchdowns _________________ Seth Doege, 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Passed for 5 or more touchdowns _________________ Seth Doege, 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Passed for 6 or more touchdowns _________________ Seth Doege, 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Passed for 7 or more touchdowns _________________ Seth Doege, 7, at #21 TCU (2012)Passed for 8 or more touchdowns _______________ B.J. Symons, 8, vs. Texas A&M (2003)

Threw 3 or more interceptions ____________________ Seth Doege, 3, vs. Baylor (2012)Threw 4 or more interceptions ________________ Graham Harrell, 4, vs. Colorado (2007)Threw 5 or more interceptions ________________B.J. Symons, 5, vs. #1 Oklahoma (2003)

RECEIVINGCaught 10 or more passes _____________________ Darrin Moore, 13, vs. Baylor (2012)Caught 11 or more passes _____________________ Darrin Moore, 13, vs. Baylor (2012)Caught 12 or more passes _____________________ Darrin Moore, 13, vs. Baylor (2012)Caught 13 or more passes _____________________ Darrin Moore, 13, vs. Baylor (2012)Caught 14 or more passes _____________________ Eric Ward, 16, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Caught 15 or more passes _____________________ Eric Ward, 16, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Caught 16 or more passes _____________________ Eric Ward, 16, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Had 100 or more receiving yards ________________ Darrin Moore, 186, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 150 or more receiving yards ________________ Darrin Moore, 186, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 175 or more receiving yards ________________ Darrin Moore, 186, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 200 or more receiving yards ______________Darrin Moore, 221, vs. Texas State (2011)Had 225 or more receiving yards _________ Michael Crabtree, 237, at Oklahoma State (2007)Had 250 or more receiving yards _______________Joel Filani, 255, vs. Kansas State (2005)

Had a reception of 50 or more yards ____Darrin Moore, 57 yards, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had a reception of 60 or more yards _______ Jace Amaro, 61 yards, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had a reception of 70 or more yards _______ Jacoby Franks, 72 yards, vs. Kansas State (2009)Had a reception of 80 or more yards _________ Michael Crabtree, 82 yards, at Nevada (2008)Had a reception of 90 or more yards ___________ Rodney Blackshear, 95, at Houston (1991)

Had 3 or more receiving touchdowns _________________ Eric Ward, 3, at #21 TCU (2012)Had 4 or more receiving touchdowns ________________Derek Dorris, 4, at Kansas (2000)

Had 2 or more fumbles ______________________ Detron Lewis, 2, at Texas A&M (2010)

Had 2 or more 100-yard receivers _____ 2, Darrin Moore (186) & Eric Ward (113), vs. Baylor (2012)Had 3 or more 100-yd REC ___ 4, J. Filani (255), T. Henderson (118), R. Johnson (107), Jarrett Hicks (105), vs. K-State (2005)Had 4 or more 100-yd REC ___ 4, J. Filani (255), T. Henderson (118), R. Johnson (107), Jarrett Hicks (105), vs. K-State (2005)Had 2 or more 200-yd REC ____2, Michael Crabtree (237), Danny Amendola (233), at Oklahoma State (2007)Had 6 different WR with a TD catch ___ Lewis (2), Torres (2), Swindall, Franks, Leong, Brinkler, vs. K-State (2009)

ALL-PURPOSEScored 4 or more touchdowns ________________Baron Batch, 4 RUSH, vs. Kansas (2009)Scored 5 or more touchdowns ____Taurean Henderson, 3 RUSH, 2 REC, vs. Kansas State (2005)

Had 200 or more all-purpose yards _______________ Ben McRoy, 203, vs. Nevada (2011)Had 225 or more all-purpose yards __________ Eric Stephens, 227, vs. Northwestern (2010)Had 250 or more all-purpose yards ___________ Eric Stephens, 264, at New Mexico (2010)Had 275 or more all-purpose yards ___________Wes Welker, 327, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)Had 300 or more all-purpose yards ___________Wes Welker, 327, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)Had 325 or more all-purpose yards ___________Wes Welker, 327, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)

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DEFENSEINTERCEPTIONSHad 2 or more interceptions ________________ Cornelius Douglas, 2, at Iowa State (2012)Had 3 or more interceptions __________________Darcel McBath, 3, at #19 Kansas (2008)Defensive Lineman had an interception ______________ Scott Smith, 1, vs. #4 Texas (2010)

TACKLESHad 15 or more tackles _______________ Brian Duncan/Cody Davis, 15, at Houston (2009)Had 16 or more tackles ________________________ Dwayne Slay, 18, at Baylor (2005)Had 17 or more tackles ________________________ Dwayne Slay, 18, at Baylor (2005)Had 18 or more tackles ________________________ Dwayne Slay, 18, at Baylor (2005)Had 20 or more tackles _______________ Lawrence Flugence, 23, at #12 Ohio State (2002)

SACKSHad 2 or more sacks ________________________ Kerry Hyder, 2, at Iowa State (2012)Had 3 or more sacks __________________________ Brian Duncan, 3, vs. SMU (2010)Had 4 or more sacks ___________________ Brandon Sharpe, 4, at #15 Nebraska (2009)

TACKLES FOR A LOSSHad 3 or more tackles for a loss ___________ Cornelius Douglas, 3, vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Had 4 or more tackles for a loss _____________ Brandon Sharpe, 4, at #15 Nebraska (2009)Had 5 or more tackles for a loss ______________ Dorian Pitts, 5, vs. Oklahoma State (2000)

QUARTERBACK HURRIESHad 2 or more quarterback hurries ________ Dartwan Bush 2 & Will Smith 2, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 3 or more quarterback hurries __ Rajon Henley (4) & Brandon Sharpe (4), vs. Michigan State (2009)Had 4 or more quarterback hurries __ Rajon Henley (4) & Brandon Sharpe (4), vs. Michigan State (2009)Had 5 or more quarterback hurries _________________ Aaron Hunt, 5, vs. Missouri (2002)

PASS BREAKUPSHad 4 or more pass breakups _____________ Eugene Neboh, 4, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 5 or more pass breakups _____________ Joselio Hanson, 8, vs. Oklahoma State (2002)Had 6 or more pass breakups _____________ Joselio Hanson, 8, vs. Oklahoma State (2002)Had 7 or more pass breakups _____________ Joselio Hanson, 8, vs. Oklahoma State (2002)Had 8 or more pass breakups _____________ Joselio Hanson, 8, vs. Oklahoma State (2002)

FORCED FUMBLESHad 2 or more forced fumbles _________________ D.J. Johnson, 2, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

FUMBLE RECOVERIESHad 2 or more fumble recoveries ___________ Sylvester Brinkley, 2, vs. Kansas State (2005)

SAFETYRecorded a safety (individual tackle) ______ Colby Whitlock (tackled RB), vs. #1 Texas (2008)

MISCELLANEOUSReturned an interception for a touchdown _______ Cody Davis (88 yds), at Texas State (2012)Returned a fumble for a touchdown __Cornelius Douglas (37 yds), vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)

SPECIAL TEAMS PUNT RETURNHad 100 or more punt return yards ________________ Eric Morris, 105, at Nevada (2008)Had 125 or more punt return yards _ Danny Amendola, 133, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2006)Had 150 or more punt return yards ___________Wes Welker, 166, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)Had a punt return for a touchdown ______________Eric Morris (86 yds), at Nevada (2008)Blocked a punt ________________________ Jonathan Brydon, at New Mexico (2010)Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown __ Brandon Douglas (2 yds), vs. Indiana State (2005)

KICKOFF RETURNHad 175 or more kick return yards ________________ Ben McRoy, 203, vs. Nevada (2011)Had 200 or more kick return yards ________________ Ben McRoy, 203, vs. Nevada (2011)Had a kick return for a touchdown _____________ Jakeem Grant (97 yds), vs. Baylor (2012)Returned an opening kickoff for a TD ____ Lawrence Williams (95 yds), vs. New Mexico (1973)Returned a kickoff for a TD in season opener ___Ivory McCann (100 yds), vs. New Mexico (2001)

PUNTINGMade 9 or more punts _____________________ Ryan Erxleben, 9, vs. Iowa State (2011)Averaged 50 or more yards (min. 5 att.) ______ Ryan Erxleben, 51.4 (5 att.), at Missouri (2011)Had 4 or more 50-yard punts __________________ Ryan Erxleben, 4, at Missouri (2011)Had a 60-yard punt or longer __________________ Ryan Erxleben, 60, at #21 TCU (2012)Had a 70-yard punt or longer _______________Robert King, 77, vs. #14 Texas A&M (1993)Had 5 or more punts land inside the 20 _____________ Ryan Erxleben, 5, vs. Kansas (2009)

FIELD GOALS & PATMade a 48-yard field goal or longer ___________ Ryan Bustin, 50 yds, at Texas State (2012)Made a 49-yard field goal or longer ___________ Ryan Bustin, 50 yds, at Texas State (2012)Made a 50-yard field goal or longer ___________ Ryan Bustin, 50 yds, at Texas State (2012)Made a 51-yard field goal or longer ________ Donnie Carona, 52 yds, vs. Weber State (2010)Made a 52-yard field goal or longer ________ Donnie Carona, 52 yds, vs. Weber State (2010)Made a 53-yard field goal or longer ___________Chris Birkholz, 53 yds, vs. #18 Texas (1998)Made a 54-yard field goal or longer ______________ Jaret Greaser, 55 yds, vs. Texas (1996)Made a 55-yard field goal or longer ______________ Jaret Greaser, 55 yds, vs. Texas (1996)Made a 56-yard field goal or longer __________ Bill Adams, 57 yds, vs. #6 Texas A&M (1977)Made a 57-yard field goal or longer __________ Bill Adams, 57 yds, vs. #6 Texas A&M (1977)

Made 3 or more field goals _________________Ryan Bustin, 3-of-4, vs. #22 Texas (2012)Made 4 or more field goals ____________Donnie Carona, 4-of-5, vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)

Made a game-winning FG in last minute ____ Tony Rogers, 47 yds (0:19), vs. #20 Texas A&M (1997)

Made 100 consecutive PAT attempts __________________Matt Williams, 106, 2009-2010Made 150 consecutive PAT attempts ____________________Alex Trilica, 233, 2004-2007Made 200 consecutive PAT attempts ____________________Alex Trilica, 233, 2004-2007

Made 10 consecutive field goals _________________________ Scott Segrist, 10, 1988

Blocked a PAT attempt ________________________ Terrance Bullitt, at Kansas (2011)Blocked a field goal attempt ___________Daniel Howard, 52 yds, vs. Michigan State (2009)Returned a blocked FG for a TD ____ Aaron Hunt... Lawrence Flugence, 79 yds, vs. Oklahoma State (2000)

MISCELLANEOUSRecovered an on-sides kick _____________________ Summit Hogue, at #21 TCU (2012)

MISCELLANEOUS Game-winning TD with less than a minute ____ Seth Doege-to-Eric Ward (0:36), vs. Nevada (2011)Game-winning TD in overtime ____ RB Eric Stephens-to-WR Darrin Moore (2OT), vs. Kansas (2012)100 YD Rusher/100 YD Receiver ___ Eric Stephens (102 RUSH), Alex Torres (111 REC), vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)300 YD Passer/100 YD Rusher/100 YD Receiver ____________________________________ QB Seth Doege (391), RB Eric Stephens (102), WR Alex Torres (111), vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)

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OFFENSERUSHING ATTEMPTSHad 40 or more rushing attempts _________________________ 57, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 50 or more rushing attempts _________________________ 57, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 60 or more rushing attempts ______________________ 79, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Had 70 or more rushing attempts ______________________ 79, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Was held to 25 or fewer rushing attempts ________________ 25, at #1 Oklahoma (2011)Was held to 24 or fewer rushing attempts __________________23, at Texas A&M (2008)Was held to 23 or fewer rushing attempts __________________23, at Texas A&M (2008)Was held to 22 or fewer rushing attempts ____________22, vs. Eastern Washington (2008)

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSHad 4 or more rushing touchdowns ___________________ 4, at #3 Kansas State (2012)Had 5 or more rushing touchdowns ______________________ 5, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Had 6 or more rushing touchdowns _______________________ 6, at #25 Texas (2011)Had 7 or more rushing touchdowns ________________________ 8, at Missouri (2003)Had 8 or more rushing touchdowns ________________________ 8, at Missouri (2003)

Was held without a rushing TD in back-to-back games ____ vs. Northwestern State/at Texas State (2012)Was held without a rushing TD in 3 consecutive games _______________4 games (2000)

PASSING ATTEMPTSHad 55 or more passing attempts ___________________ 55, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 60 or more passing attempts ________________________61, vs. Houston (2010)

Was held to 30 or fewer passing attempts ____________ 22, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Was held to 25 or fewer passing attempts ____________ 22, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Was held to 20 or fewer passing attempts __________________ 19, vs. #22 Texas (2012)Was held to 15 or fewer passing attempts ________________ 12, vs. New Mexico (2012)Was held to 10 or fewer passing attempts ___________________ 9, at #25 Texas (2011)

PASSING COMPLETIONSHad 35 or more passing completions _____________________36, at Texas A&M (2010)Had 36 or more passing completions _____________________36, at Texas A&M (2010)Had 37 or more passing completions ___________________ 38, at #17 Houston (2009)Had 38 or more passing completions ___________________ 38, at #17 Houston (2009)

Was held to 15 or fewer passing completions __________ 12, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Was held to 10 or fewer passing completions ________________ 10, at Iowa State (2012)Was held to 5 or fewer passing completions __________________ 5, at #25 Texas (2011)Was held to 3 or fewer passing completions ____________________ 3, vs. Navy (2003)

PASSING TOUCHDOWNSHad 5 or more passing touchdowns _________________ 5, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Had 6 or more passing touchdowns ____________________ 7, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)Had 7 or more passing touchdowns ____________________ 7, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)

Was held without a passing TD in back-to-back games ___ vs. Texas State/at New Mexico (2001)Was held without a passing TD in 3 consecutive games _______________ 3 games (2006)

DEFENSE

TACKLES FOR A LOSSRecorded 10 or more tackles for a loss ______________ 11.0, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Recorded 11 or more tackles for a loss ______________ 11.0, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Recorded 12 or more tackles for a loss __________________ 13.0, at #15 Nebraska (2009)Recorded 13 or more tackles for a loss __________________ 13.0, at #15 Nebraska (2009)Recorded 15 or more tackles for a loss ___________________ 18.0, at Texas A&M (2000)

Was held without a tackle for a loss _______________________ 0.0, vs. UMass (2008)

DEFENSIVE SACKSHad 3 or more sacks __________________________3, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had 4 or more sacks ________________________________ 4, at #25 Texas (2011)Had 5 or more sacks _________________________________ 5, vs. Kansas (2009)Had 6 or more sacks _________________________________ 6, at #2 Texas (2005)

Was held without a sack in back-to-back games _____ 2, vs. Houston/vs. Northwestern (2010)Was held without a sack in 3 consecutive games or more ______________ 4 games (2008)

QUARTERBACK HURRIESHad 5 or more quarterback hurries ________________________ 8, at #25 Texas (2011)Had 10 or more quarterback hurries ______________________ 12, at #15 Texas (2007)Had 13 or more quarterback hurries _____________________ 13, at New Mexico (2002)Had 14 or more quarterback hurries _______________________ 14, at #2 Texas (2005)Had 16 or more quarterback hurries _____________________ 16, at New Mexico (2004)

Was held without a quarterback hurry in back-to-back games ___________ 3 games (2012)Was held without a quarterback hurry in 3 consecutive games ___________ 3 games (2012)

PASS BREAKUPSHad 10 or more pass breakups _______________________ 11, vs. Kansas State (2005)Had 11 or more pass breakups ____________________________ 12, at SMU (2004)Had 12 or more pass breakups ____________________________ 12, at SMU (2004)

Was held without a pass breakup _________________________0, at Colorado (2010)

DEFENSIVE MISC.Returned an interception for a touchdown ______________________ vs. Baylor (2012)Returned a fumble for a touchdown __________________________ vs. Kansas (2009)Recorded a safety __________________________________ at Kansas State (2004)

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SPECIAL TEAMS PUNT RETURNHad 100 or more punt return yards ______________________ 123, at #2 Texas (2005)Returned a punt for a touchdown ____________ at #2 Texas (2009) - Jordan Shipley, 46 ydsBlocked a punt _______________________at#24OklahomaState(2012)-ZackCraigReturned a blocked punt for a touchdown __ at#24OklahomaState(2012)-ZackCraig,30yds

KICKOFF RETURNHad 200 or more kick return yards ________________ 204 (6 att.), vs. Kansas State (2005)Returned a kickoff for a touchdown ________ vs. New Mexico (2012) - Chase Clayton, 98 yds

PUNTINGDid not punt _______________________________________at #25 Texas (2011)

FIELD GOALS & PATBlocked a field goal attempt ________vs. #22 Texas (2012) - Carring Byndom, 23 yd FG attemptReturned a blocked field goal for a TD ___ vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011) - Dustin Harris... Terrance Frederick - 65 YdsMissed a PAT attempt ____________________________ vs. #17 Kansas State (2011)

MISCELLANEOUS

TOTAL PLAYSHad 90 or more total plays _____________________________ 94, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 100 or more total plays __________________________102, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Was held to 65 or fewer total plays ________________ 64, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Was held to 60 or fewer total plays ______________________ 58, vs. #22 Texas (2012)Was held to 50 or fewer total plays ____________________ 47, vs. New Mexico (2012)Was held to 46 or fewer total plays _____________________ 46, vs. North Texas (2000)

FIRST DOWNSHad 30 or more first downs _____________________________ 32, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 35 or more first downs __________________________ 38, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Was held to 15 or fewer first downs ______________________ 13, at Iowa State (2012)Was held to 10 or fewer first downs _____________________ 8, vs. New Mexico (2012)Was held to 9 or fewer first downs ______________________ 8, vs. New Mexico (2012)Was held to 8 or fewer first downs ______________________ 8, vs. New Mexico (2012)Was held to 7 or fewer first downs __________________6, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Was held to 6 or fewer first downs __________________6, vs. Northwestern State (2012)

PENALTIESHad 10 or more penalties ___________________________ 11, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Had 15 or more penalties ___________________________ 16, at New Mexico (2010)

Had 3 or fewer penalties _______________________________ 3, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 2 or fewer penalties __________________________ 2, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 0 penalties ____________________________________0, at Colorado (2006)

PENALTY YARDSHad 100 or more penalty yards ________________________110, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)Had 125 or more penalty yards _______________________ 145, at New Mexico (2010)

Had 30 or fewer penalty yards ___________________________25, vs. Kansas (2012)Had 20 or fewer penalty yards _____________________ 10, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 10 or fewer penalty yards _____________________ 10, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 0 penalty yards _________________________________0, at Colorado (2006)

TWO-POINT CONVERSIONSScored an offensive two-point conversion ____ vs. Northwestern State (2010), PASS: Colter-to-RooksWon by going for 2-pt conversion __ at SMU (1961) - Rhome-to-Gannon with 2:12 left in the game

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OFFENSERUSHINGRushed for 100 or more yards _______________ Lache Seastrunk - 136 yards, vs. Baylor (2012)Rushed for 150 or more yards _______________ Tony Pierson, 202 yards, vs. Kansas (2012)Rushed for 200 or more yards _______________ Tony Pierson, 202 yards, vs. Kansas (2012)Quarterback rushed for 100 or more yards _____ James Franklin, 152 yards, at Missouri (2011)

Had 2 100-yard rushers ___ Tony Pierson - 202 yards, James Sims - 127 yards, vs. Kansas (2012)

Had a run of 50 or more yards ________________ Tony Pierson, 69 yards, vs. Kansas (2012)Had a run of 60 or more yards ________________ Tony Pierson, 69 yards, vs. Kansas (2012)Had a run of 70 or more yards ______________ Duran Hollis, 71 yards, vs. Iowa State (2011)Had a run of 80 or more yards ______________ Mikel Simpson, 96 yards, vs. Virginia (2007)Had a run of 90 or more yards ______________ Mikel Simpson, 96 yards, vs. Virginia (2007)

Made 30 or more attempts ____________________ Tony Pierson, 30, vs. Kansas (2012)Made 40 or more attempts _______________Terrance Ganaway, 42, vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Rushed for 3 or more touchdowns ________ Joseph Randall, 3, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Rushed for 4 or more touchdowns ________________ Vince Young, 4, vs. #5 Texas (2004)Rushed for 5 or more touchdowns _________________ Brad Smith, 5, at Missouri (2003)Had 2 players rush for 2 touchdowns ___ Robert Griffin III (2) & Terrance Ganaway (2), vs. #20 Baylor (2011)

Had 2 fumbles or more _______________ Joseph Randle, 2, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)

PASSINGHad 55 or more passing attempts ___________ Geno Smith, 55, vs. #4 West Virginia (2012)Had 60 or more passing attempts _______________ David Piland, 61, vs. Houston (2010)

Had 30 or more completions _________ Brandon Weeden, 31, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Had 35 or more completions ________________ Ryan Tannehill, 36, at Texas A&M (2010)

Completed a pass of 50 or more yards ________ Clint Chelf, 66, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Completed a pass of 60 or more yards ________ Clint Chelf, 66, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Completed a pass of 70 or more yards ______________ David Ash, 75, vs. #22 Texas (2012)Completed a pass of 80 or more yards ______________ Colt McCoy, 91, vs. #1 Texas (2008)Completed a pass of 90 or more yards ______________ Colt McCoy, 91, vs. #1 Texas (2008)

Passed for 350 or more yards __________________ Nick Florence, 396, vs. Baylor (2012)Passed for 400 or more yards ________ Brandon Weeden, 423, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Passed for 500 or more yards _________________ David Klingler, 533, vs. Houston (1991)

Non-QB threw for a touchdown pass ___ Keshawn Martin (WR), vs. Michigan State (2009) - 8 yds to Blair White

Passed for 4 or more touchdows ________________ Trevone Boykin, 4, at #21 TCU (2012)Passed for 5 or more touchdows ________ Brandon Weeden, 5, vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Passed for 6 or more touchdows ______________ Dustin Long, 7, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)Passed for 6 or more touchdows ______________ Dustin Long, 7, at #23 Texas A&M (2002)

Threw 3 or more interceptions __________________Steele Jantz, 3, at Iowa State (2012)Threw 4 or more interceptions _____________________B.L. Mitchell, 5, vs. SMU (2008)Threw 5 or more interceptions _____________________B.L. Mitchell, 5, vs. SMU (2008)

RECEIVINGCaught 10 or more passes _____________________Skye Dawson, 10, at #21 TCU (2012)Caught 11 or more passes _____________________ Jeff Fuller, 11, at Texas A&M(2010)Caught 12 or more passes _______________ Troy Davis, 13, vs. Eastern Washington (2008)Caught 13 or more passes _______________ Troy Davis, 13, vs. Eastern Washington (2008)

Had 100 or more receiving yards ______________ Terrance Williams, 175, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 150 or more receiving yards ______________ Terrance Williams, 175, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 175 or more receiving yards ______________ Terrance Williams, 175, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 200 or more receiving yards ______ Justin Blackmon 207, vs. #18 Oklahoma State (2010)

Had a reception of 50 or more yards _____ Isaiah Anderson, 66, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had a reception of 60 or more yards _____ Isaiah Anderson, 66, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had a reception of 70 or more yards _______________ Mike Davis, 75, vs. #22 Texas (2012)Had a reception of 80 or more yards _________ Malco Williams, 91 yards, vs. #1 Texas (2008)Had a reception of 90 or more yards _________ Malco Williams, 91 yards, vs. #1 Texas (2008)

Had 2 or more 100-yard receivers ___ 2, Josh Cooper (106) & Justin Blackmon (103), vs. #2 Oklahoma State (2011)Had 3 or more 100-yard receivers ____ 3, Gilbert (156), J. Brown (136), Grant (133), vs. Houston (1991)

Had 3 or more receiving touchdowns _____ Isaiah Anderson, 3, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had 4 or more receiving touchdowns ___________Wayne McGarrity, 4, vs. #18 Texas (1998)

ALL-PURPOSEScored 4 or more touchdowns __________________ Vince Young, 4, vs. #5 Texas (2004)

Had 200 or more all-purpose yards _____Isaiah Anderson, 200, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Had 225 or more all-purpose yards ______________ Skye Dawson, 249, at #21 TCU (2012)Had 250 or more all-purpose yards _____________ Deon Long, 258, at New Mexico (2011)

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DEFENSEINTERCEPTIONSHad 2 or more interceptions _____________________ Eddie Lackey, 2, vs. Baylor (2012)Had 3 or more interceptions ______________ Joel Schwenzfeier, 3, vs. North Dakota (2009)

TACKLESHad 15 or more tackles __________________ Quinton Carter, 17, at #16 Oklahoma (2010)Had 16 or more tackles __________________ Quinton Carter, 17, at #16 Oklahoma (2010)Had 17 or more tackles __________________ Quinton Carter, 17, at #16 Oklahoma (2010)Had 18 or more tackles __________________ Marcus McGraw, 19, at #17 Houston (2009)Had 19 or more tackles __________________ Marcus McGraw, 19, at #17 Houston (2009)

SACKSHad 2 or more sacks ____________________ Roosevelt Maggitt, 2, at Iowa State (2012)Had 3 or more sacks ________________________ Brian Robison, 3, at #2 Texas (2005)

TACKLES FOR A LOSSHad 4 or more tackles for a loss _______________ Phillip Dillard, 4, at #15 Nebraska (2009)Had 5 or more tackles for a loss __________________ Ty Warren, 5, vs. Texas A&M (2001)

QUARTERBACK HURRIESHad 4 or more quarterback hurries ________________Howard Matthew, 4, vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)

PASS BREAKUPSHad 4 or more pass breakups ______________ Patrick Lavine, 4, at Oklahoma State (2007)

FORCED FUMBLESHad 2 or more forced fumbles __________________ Von Miller, 2, vs. Texas A&M (2009)

FUMBLE RECOVERIESHad 2 or more fumble recoveries ________________Efrem Oliphant, 2, vs. Houston (2010)

SAFETYRecorded a safety (individual tackle) __ Jimmy Wilkerson (tackled QB), at #4 Oklahoma (2002)

MISCELLANEOUSReturned an INT for a touchdown ________________ Eddie Lackey (55 yds), vs. Baylor (2012)Returned a fumble for a touchdown ___________ Max Onyegbule (3 yds), vs. Kansas (2009)

SPECIAL TEAMS PUNT RETURNHad 65 or more punt return yards ________________ Quan Crosby, 68, at #2 Texas (2005)Had a punt return for a touchdown ___________Jordan Shipley (46 yds), at #2 Texas (2009)Blocked a punt _______________________ ZackCraig,at#24OklahomaState(2012)Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown __ ZackCraig(30yds),at#24OklahomaState(2012)Blocked a punt for a safety ______________________ Team Block, vs. Clemson (2002)

KICKOFF RETURNHad 175 or more kick return yards ______________ Robert Quiroga, 178, vs. Baylor (2003)Had 200 or more kick return yards __________ Chris Massey, 208, at Oklahoma State (2001)Had a kick return for a touchdown ______ Tyler Lockett (100 yds), vs. #17 Kansas State (2011)

PUNTINGMade 9 or more punts ______________ Marshal Burton, 9, vs. Northwestern State (2007)Averaged 50 or more yards (min. 5 att.) ____ Matt Graber, 53.9 (8 att.), vs. #14 Missouri (2010)Had 5 or more 50-yard punts _________________ Matt Graber, 5, vs. #14 Missouri (2010)Had a 60-yard punt or longer _________________ Tress Way 71, vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Had a 70-yard punt or longer _________________ Tress Way 71, vs. #14 Oklahoma (2012)Had 5 or more punts land inside the 20 ___________ David Lonie, 5, vs. #4 California (2004)

FIELD GOALS & PATMade a 48-yard field goal or longer _____ Quinn Sharp, 51 yds, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Made a 49-yard field goal or longer _____ Quinn Sharp, 51 yds, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Made a 50-yard field goal or longer _____ Quinn Sharp, 51 yds, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Made a 51-yard field goal or longer _____ Quinn Sharp, 51 yds, at #24 Oklahoma State (2012)Made a 52-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 53-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 54-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 55-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 56-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 57-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 58-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 59-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 60-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)Made a 61-yard field goal or longer ____________ Matt Szymanski, 61 yds, vs. SMU (2010)

Made 3 or more field goals _______________ Jaden Oberkrom, 6-of-6, at #21 TCU (2012)Made 4 or more field goals _______________ Jaden Oberkrom, 6-of-6, at #21 TCU (2012)Made 5 or more field goals _______________ Jaden Oberkrom, 6-of-6, at #21 TCU (2012)Made 6 or more field goals _______________ Jaden Oberkrom, 6-of-6, at #21 TCU (2012)

Made a game-winning FG in last minute _______WesZunker,43yds(0:00),atNewMexico(2004)

Blocked a field goal attempt _______Carring Byndom, 23-yard FG attempt, vs. #22 Texas (2012)Returned a blocked FG for a TD ____ Dustin Harris... Terrance Frederick, 65 yds, vs. #23 Texas A&M (2011)

MISCELLANEOUS Game-winning TD with less than a minute ___ Case Keenum 4-yd run (0:49), at #17 Houston (2009)Game-winning TD in overtime _________________ Glasco Martin 4-yd run, vs. Baylor (2012)Game-winning field goal in overtime _______Johnny Beck 37-yd field goal, vs. Kansas (2001)

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GAME RECAPSGAME ONE • Texas Tech 44, Northwestern State 6

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALNorthwestern State 0 3 0 3 6Texas Tech 7 17 3 17 44

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Eric Stephens ran for two touchdowns to lead Texas Tech over Northwestern State 44-6 on Saturday night. Stephens, back after a season-ending knee injury last year, fin-ished with 58 yards on 16 carries. The Red Raiders did what they wanted against Northwestern State. The defense succeeded in shutting down the Demons rushing game and quarterback Seth Doege led Texas Tech on scoring drives on five of eight possessions. Doege completed 23 of 34 passes for one touchdown and 199 yards. He threw one interception and completed passes to at least 10 receivers. Bradley Marquez led Texas Tech with 92 yards on seven receptions. Demons quarterback Brad Henderson completed 10 of 19 passes for 70 yards. They got only 84 total yards. It was the first win for the Red Raiders since Oct. 22, when they stunned then-No. 3 Oklahoma to break the Sooners 39-game win streak in Norman.

Texas Tech lost its final five games last season when the defense gave up a school-record 471 points and the Red Raiders were outscored in those final five games by an average of 51-20. Twice in three weeks, the defense allowed opponents a school-record 66 points and the season ended with a 5-7 record, failing to make a bowl game for the first time in 11 seasons. With their third coordinator in as many years since coach Tommy Tuberville took over in 2010, the Red Raiders defense have switched to a 4-3 scheme this season and the change proved effective against the FCS team. Texas Tech’s defense, which last season gave up an average of 259 rushing yards and finished last in the nation, kept the Demons running game in check, allowing just 13 yards on 28 carries. Texas Tech got on the board first when Stephens scored on a 4-yard run. He got the Red Raiders second TD from 2 yards out to put them up 14-3 early in the second quarter. On their next possession, Doege, the nation’s leading passer last season, found Kenny Williams for a 2-yard touchdown to give Texas Tech a 24-3 lead at halftime. Doege played just three quarters before backup Michael Brewer came in. Brewer completed 10 of 13 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns after the Red Raiders had the game sealed. In all, the Red Raiders quarterbacks completed passes to 13 different receivers. Tuberville wants a balance attack on offense, but Saturday’s win had the Red Raiders running more than passing. They finished with 500 total yards, with 179 of those coming on the ground. They ran the ball 46 times and passed it 33. Tech was able to keep the Demons off the field by putting together long drives. At one point, the Red Raiders were eight for eight on third downs and had five possessions with at least 10 plays. The Demons failed to sustain drives. A new wrinkle in their offense, the option, proved ineffective. They were forced to punt on seven of their 12 possessions. Kenny Williams led all Texas Tech rushers with 74 yards on 15 carries.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 02:50 Stephens, Eric 4 yd run 16-79 6:35NWLA 2nd 14:48 Shaughnessy, Jo 47 yd field goal 10-45 3:02TTU 2nd 11:16 Stephens, Eric 2 yd run 10-75 3:32TTU 2nd 06:16 Williams, Kenny 2 yd pass from Doege, Seth 12-49 4:06TTU 2nd 01:15 Bustin, Ryan 31 yd field goal 11-68 3:00TTU 3rd 06:16 Bustin, Ryan 36 yd field goal 11-65 4:05NWLA 4th 14:56 Shaughnessy, Jo 46 yd field goal 4--10 1:02TTU 4th 12:14 Bustin, Ryan 37 yd field goal 7-55 2:42TTU 4th 05:46 Kennard, Marcus 12 yd pass from Brewer, Michael 12-63 4:52TTU 4th 01:25 Kennard, Marcus 3 yd pass from Brewer, Michael 7-53 2:59

TEAM STATISTICS NSU TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 6 37Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 13 179Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 71 321Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 11-21-0 33-47-1Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 84 500Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 2-0 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 8-88 6-45Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 3-195 9-567Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 2-37-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 6-137-0 0-0-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 1-49-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 23:56 36:04Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 3 of 14 10 of 16Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 0 of 0 1 of 1Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 1-1 8-8Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-7 3-14

Jones AT&T Stadium (50,236 Attendance)September 1, 2012

GAME TWO • Texas Tech 58, Texas State 10

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALTexas Tech 21 17 17 3 58Texas State 0 10 0 0 10

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - Texas Tech scored a pair of touchdowns in a 51-second span of the opening four and a half minutes of the game, and the Red Raiders coasted to a 58-10 victory over Texas State on Saturday night. Seth Doege passed for 319 yards and a career-tying five touch-downs by completing 25 of 32 for Tech (2-0) in less than three quarters of work. He threw two TDs in the first quarter, his first coming less than a minute after the Tech defense opened the scoring on Cody Davis’ 88-yard interception return. Facing a Big 12 school on home turf for the first time, the Bobcats (1-1) were showing off an expanded, 30,000-seat stadium in front of an overflow crowd of 33,006 a week after pulling off a shocking 30-13 win at Houston. But they fell behind 28-0 and didn’t score until starting quarterback Shaun Rutherford was pulled and backup Tyler Arndt threw a 25-yard TD pass to Terrence Franks with just less than 11 minutes left in the first half. But the damage already had been done, mostly by Doege. His first

two scoring passes of 23 yards and 4 yards were completed to Darrin Moore. His third came on a drive that ended the first quarter and opened the second, a 99-yard march that took all of six plays and less than three minutes. It finished when Doege found Alex Torres over the middle of the field for a 23-yard TD. At that point, Doege had completed 11 of 14 for 142 yards and three TDs. Texas State had zero passing yards, with Ruth-erford 0 for 7 plus the interception that was returned for a touchdown. So Bobcats coach Dennis Franchione, who has returned to San Marcos after coaching at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M, subbed for Arndt. He went 7 of 11 in the second quarter without being sacked or intercepted. It’s the sort of work that might fare well as the Bobcats play this season in the Western Athletic Conference after spending their first campaign as the Football Bowl Subdivision member as an independent a year ago. But it wasn’t enough against the Big 12’s Tech. Doege answered Arndt’s score a minute and a half later with a 19-yard pass to Jace Amaro. Texas State cut it to 35-10 with Will Johnson’s 38-yard kick with 3:25 to go in the half, but Tech answered that with a field goal, as the first-half horn sounded. Doege directed two more scoring drives before he was done for the night. He hit Javon Bell for an 8-yard scoring pass and finished up after Kenny Williams ran in from 16 yards to give Tech a 52-10 advantage with 4:59 to go in the third quarter.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 11:25 Davis, Cody 88 yd interception return TTU 1st 10:34 Moore, Darrin 23 yd pass from Doege, Seth 3-40 0:48TTU 1st 05:56 Moore, Darrin 4 yd pass from Doege, Seth 7-75 2:08TTU 2nd 14:08 Torres, Alex 23 yd pass from Doege, Seth 6-99 2:46TXST 2nd 10:54 Franks, T 25 yd pass from Arndt, Tyler 7-80 3:08TTU 2nd 09:24 Amaro, Jace 19 yd pass from Doege, Seth 4-65 1:21TXST 2nd 03:25 Johnson, Will 38 yd field goal 12-53 5:52TTU 2nd 00:00 Bustin, Ryan 38 yd field goal 8-31 3:15TTU 3rd 10:03 Bell, Javon 8 yd pass from Doege, Seth 6-87 2:25TTU 3rd 04:59 Williams, Kenny 16 yd run 8-73 3:05TTU 3rd 00:00 Bustin, Ryan 50 yd field goal 7-1 2:37TTU 4th 08:32 Bowman, Andrew 21 yd field goal 9-58 3:39

TEAM STATISTICS TTU TXSTFirst Downs .......................................................................... 32 16Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 186 129Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 405 141Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 33-44-0 13-31-2Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 591 270Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 7-90 8-94Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 9-561 3-174Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 2-7-0 0-0-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 3-89-0 9-193-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 2-106-1 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 27:48 32:03Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 7 of 11 6 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 0 of 1 1 of 2Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 5-5 0-0Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 0-0 0-0

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GAME RECAPSGAME THREE • Texas Tech 49, New Mexico 14

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALNew Mexico 0 14 0 0 14Texas Tech 14 28 7 0 49

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Seth Doege threw for six touchdowns and 340 yards to lead Texas Tech past New Mexico 49-14 on Saturday night. Doege threw touchdown passes of 20, 39, 7, 12, 11 and 14 yards and completed 27 of 35 passes before being replaced by backup Mi-chael Brewer early in the third quarter. Eric Ward caught three of Doege’s touchdown passes and Jace Amaro got two of them as the senior quarterback made it look easy for Texas Tech (3-0). The Red Raiders finished with 702 total yards, 325 on the ground. New Mexico (1-2) struggled on offense and alternated starter B.R. Holbrook and backup Cole Gautsche at quarterback throughout the game. The Lobos finished with just 127 yards of offense. The lone bright spot for New Mexico, shut out in the second half, came when Chase Clayton returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to pull the Lobos within 28-14. Doege, who is in his second year as starter, became the ninth Red Raiders quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards when he found Bradley

Marquez for an 18-yard completion in the first quarter. He got his 500th completion, the seventh Texas Tech quarterback to do so, when Marquez caught a 4-yard pass from him in the second quarter. Eric Stephens lead Texas Tech’s rushers with 118 yards on 12 carries and Kenny Williams had 105 yards on 14 carries. Texas Tech’s defense showed why it was in the top 10 nationally coming into the game. The Red Raiders contained the pistol option the Lobos tried to use to keep Texas Tech’s potent offense off the field. Only once did New Mexico consume substantial time off the clock. The Lobos had a 17-play drive that took 7:41 bridging the first and second quarters and led to their first score when Demarcus Rogers ran for a 2-yard TD to make it 14-7. It was the Lobos’ first score in five quarters after they were shut out by Texas 45-0 last week, but it showed how they hoped to slow the Red Raiders’ offense. Doege was sharp all night. On the drive that led to his third touchdown pass to Ward that made it 28-7, he completed 7 of 8 passes during an 11-play drive. Clayton muted most of the 58,955 Red Raiders fans on the next play when he took the kickoff and went nearly untouched along the sideline for a touchdown. It was Clayton’s second kickoff return for a touchdown this season. He got the first one, also for 98 yards, in the season opener during a 66-21 win over Southern. New Mexico’s offense sputtered early, crossing into Texas Tech territory only once in the first quarter. Early in that drive Holbrook, who started the game, went out and Gautsche came in and together they took the Lobos down the field.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 11:05 Ward, Eric 20 yd pass from Doege, Seth 8-57 2:40TTU 1st 06:22 Stephens, Eric 21 yd run 9-75 2:27NM 2nd 13:41 ROGERS, D. 2 yd run 17-79 7:41TTU 2nd 07:57 Ward, Eric 39 yd pass from Doege, Seth 7-63 2:20TTU 2nd 02:19 Ward, Eric 7 yd pass from Doege, Seth 11-90 4:03NM 2nd 02:06 CLAYTON, Chase 98 yd kickoff return TTU 2nd 00:34 Amaro, Jace 9 yd pass from Doege, Seth 7-79 1:32TTU 2nd 00:05 Moore, Darrin 11 yd pass from Doege, Seth 5-23 0:29TTU 3rd 12:35 Amaro, Jace 14 yd pass from Doege, Seth 6-71 2:25

TEAM STATISTICS UNM TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 8 38Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 84 325Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 43 377Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 6-12-0 33-45-0Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 127 702Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 0-0 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 4-37 8-90Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 3-195 7-442Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 2-8-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 6-177-1 2-50-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 0-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 25:43 34:17Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 2 of 11 8 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 1 of 2 1 of 2Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 1-1 5-7Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-9 2-14

Jones AT&T Stadium (58,955 Attendance)September 15, 2012

GAME FOUR • Texas Tech 24, Iowa State 13

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALTexas Tech 0 7 7 10 24Iowa State 7 0 6 0 13

AMES, Iowa (AP) - Seth Doege tossed three touchdown passes and Texas Tech held off host Iowa State 24-13 on Saturday night in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Doege threw for 331 yards to lead the unbeaten Red Raiders (4-0, 1-0), who held Iowa State to just 189 yards of offense. Doege’s 19-yard TD pass to Eric Ward put Tech up 21-13 with 10:36 left, and Ryan Bustin added a 39-yard field goal with 2:20 to go. James White had 57 yards rushing for the Cyclones (3-1, 0-1). Iowa State’s Steele Jantz had one of the worst nights of his career, throwing for just 73 yards on 10 of 20 passing to go with three interceptions and a fumble. The pick that Tech turned into the go-ahead touchdown wasn’t his fault. But the fumble that sealed Iowa State’s fate was all on him. Ernst Brun caught the ball near midfield, but the ball popped out after he was drilled by D.J. Johnson. Cornelius Douglas brought the ball back to Iowa State’s 9-yard line, and after a holding penalty, Doege

found Ward for the score. The Cyclones then got into Red Raiders territory with just under seven minutes left when the ball slipped out of Jantz’s hands on a scramble. Texas Tech recovered near midfield and ran down the clock before Bustin’s decisive field goal. Jantz also gained just 14 yards on 19 rushes, and his final interception came in the Tech end zone with 57 seconds left. Jantz threw for just three measly yards on seven passes in the first half. But he picked up 21 yards on a crucial 3rd-down-and-20 and found Brun in the back corner of the end zone to put the Cyclones ahead 13-7. It all went downhill from there for the Cyclones. Tech answered right back on Doege’s 4-yard TD pass to Darrin Moore that made it 14-13 Red Raiders with 1:01 left in the third quarter. The Cyclones forced Texas Tech into a 41-yard field goal try by Bustin that was wide right early in the fourth quarter, but a relatively solid night defensively for Iowa State went unrewarded. The Cyclones held the Red Raiders to just 63 yards rushing and a season-low 24 points. Texas Tech rolled over its first three opponents -Northwestern State, Texas State and New Mexico - with such ease that the Red Raiders entered play ranked first in the nation in total defense and second in total offense. Tech, which lost to Iowa State 41-7 in 2011, realized this wouldn’t be another easy romp. The Red Raiders punted as many times in the first seven minutes, twice, as it had all season. The Cyclones also kept getting in Doege’s face, and on a key third down Doege threw it right to Klein, who took it back 87 yards for the touchdown. But Klein missed a tackle on Texas Tech’s Jakeem Grant on an 11-yard TD reception that tied the game at 7 with 1:32 left in the first half. Texas Tech’s defense would prove worthy of its ranking in the national standings, holding Iowa State to 3.3 yards per play and making it pay for Jantz’s mistakes.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMEISU 1st 01:42 Klein, A.J. 87 yd interception return TTU 2nd 01:32 Grant, Jakeem 11 yd pass from Doege, Seth 9-46 4:30ISU 3rd 04:26 Brun, Ernst 5 yd pass from Jantz, Steele 15-74 6:36TTU 3rd 01:01 Moore, Darrin 4 yd pass from Doege, Seth 8-71 3:19TTU 4th 10:36 Ward, Eric 19 yd pass from Doege, Seth 1-9 0:33TTU 4th 02:20 Bustin, Ryan 39 yd field goal 10-29 4:30

TEAM STATISTICS TTU ISUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 20 13Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 63 116Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 332 73Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 31-47-2 10-20-3Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 395 189Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 2-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 11-80 3-32Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 5-272 3-187Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 2-31-0 2-19-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 3-69-0 3-25-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 3-40-0 2-87-1Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 1-2-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 34:37 25:23Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 7 of 16 5 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 0 of 0 1 of 1Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 3-4 1-1Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 4-24 3-35

Jack Trice Stadium (54,195 Attendance)September 29, 2012

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GAME RECAPSGAME FIVE • Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 20

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALOklahoma 7 17 17 0 41Texas Tech 7 6 0 7 20

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Landry Jones passed for two touchdowns, Blake Bell ran for two more and No. 17 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 41-20 on Saturday, avenging the Sooners’ home loss to the Red Raiders last season. The win was crucial for Oklahoma to remain in the conversation for the Big 12 title. Both of Jones’ touchdown passes went for 13 yards - one each to Justin Brown and Kenny Stills. Bell, in at quarterback, scored his touch-downs from a yard out. Javon Harris put the game out of reach midway through the third quarter when he returned an interception 46 yards for a TD to put the Sooners (3-1, 1-1) up 38-13. The Red Raiders had their worst defensive performance this year, giving up 380 total yards after coming in ranked No. 1 in the nation. Seth Doege was 22 of 36 for 203 yards and had three interceptions for Texas Tech (4-1, 1-1). The win was sweet for the Sooners, who lost 41-38 to the Red

Raiders last season - a defeat that broke Oklahoma’s 39-game win streak in Norman. t was the first time the Sooners won in Lubbock since 2003. It also upped the Sooners’ record to 19-0 in games following a loss going back to 2004. They lost two weeks ago at home 24-19 to Kansas State. OU also avoided having back-to-back Big 12 losses under coach Bob Stoops. Harris got his second interception of the season and a touchdown in the third quarter when Doege threw his third pick of the day. The ball was tipped in the secondary and Harris ran 46 yards for the score to put the Sooners up 38-13. OU went up 31-13 early in the third quarter on a 1-yard run by Bell. The Sooners got the ball after Texas Tech failed to get a first down on a fourth-and-5 play from the OU 36. Doege got sacked for a 10-yard loss by Frank Shannon and the Sooners took over from their own 46. In the first half Oklahoma’s offensive line gave Jones ample time to pass. He completed 10 of 14 passes for 121 yards in the second quarter after completing just six passes for 54 yards in the first. Oklahoma extended its lead to 24-13 off Doege’s second interception. Safety Aaron Colvin grabbed the ball out of the air near the line of scrimmage and returned it to Texas Tech’s 41. The Sooners drive stalled at the 16 and the Sooners had to settle for a field goal. Jones got his 100th career touchdown pass on OU’s previous possession when he found Kenny Stills in far corner of the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown that put the Sooners up 21-13 OU missed out a scoring opportunity in the first quarter when a pass from Doege was tipped and intercepted by Jamarkus McFarland at the Red Raiders’ 17. McFarland, a tackle, ran 13 yards to the 4 before Doege hit him and he fumbled. Texas Tech receiver Tyson Williams recovered the ball and the Red Raiders resumed their drive. Texas Tech got only a 35-yard field goal out of that possession to take a 10-7 early in the second quarter.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMEOU 1st 10:59 Brown, Justin 13 yd pass from Jones,Landry 12-75 4:01TTU 1st 07:11 Williams, Kenny 7 yd run 9-71 3:48TTU 2nd 14:22 Bustin, Ryan 35 yd field goal 13-78 4:56OU 2nd 11:08 Bell,Blake 1 yd run 9-66 3:14TTU 2nd 06:58 Bustin, Ryan 43 yd field goal 9-54 4:10OU 2nd 03:27 Stills,Kenny 13 yd pass from Jones,Landry 8-75 3:31OU 2nd 00:31 Hunnicutt,Mike 33 yd field goal 6-25 1:07OU 3rd 09:13 Bell,Blake 1 yd run 6-54 3:08OU 3rd 08:40 Harris,Javon 46 yd interception return OU 3rd 00:47 Hunnicutt,Mike 42 yd field goal 10-32 5:59TTU 4th 00:56 Foster, SaDale 3 yd run 10-86 4:29

TEAM STATISTICS OU TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 22 21Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 121 89Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 259 271Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 25-40-0 26-41-3Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 380 360Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 2-1 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 5-42 4-33Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 8-511 5-304Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 1--3-0 0-0-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 2-28-0 3-63-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 3-65-1 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 29:38 30:22Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 8 of 14 9 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 0 of 0 0 of 1Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 6-6 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 2-18 0-0

Jones AT&T Stadium (60,800 Attendance)October 6, 2012

GAME SIX • Texas Tech 49, West Virginia 14

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALWest Virginia 7 0 0 7 14Texas Tech 14 21 7 7 49

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Seth Doege passed for six touchdowns and a career-high 499 yards while Texas Tech’s defense shut down Geno Smith and No. 5 West Virginia as the Red Raiders upset the Mountain-eers 49-14 on Saturday. Red Raider fans stormed the field after the win, the most lopsided Texas Tech victory ever over a team ranked in the top five. Texas Tech’s defense consistently stymied West Virginia’s offense. Heisman Trophy hopeful Smith completed 29 of 55 passes for 275 yards but couldn’t get the ball in the end zone. The Red Raiders offense had no such trouble. “When you don’t have a pass rush it’s a lot easier to make your reads,” said Doege, who threw TD passes of 39, 19, 16, 2, 29 and 7 yards. He completed 32 of 42 passes and the six touchdowns matched his career-high. Darrin Moore caught three touchdown passes, which tied his career-high. Texas Tech (5-1, 2-1) had 18 plays of 15 yards or more, including a 61-yard pass to Jace Amaro and a 53-yard touchdown run by SaDale

Foster. Amaro finished with five receptions for 156 yards. The Mountaineers (5-1, 2-1) last week converted all five fourth-down tries in their 48-45 win at Texas, but against the Red Raiders they made just two of seven. Doege had one interception, an improvement over the five he’d thrown in the previous two games. The win for Texas Tech was the second over a top 10 team in as many seasons. The Red Raiders beat then-No. 3 Oklahoma 41-38 to break the Sooners’ 39-game win streak in Norman. On seven first-half possessions the Red Raiders scored touchdowns on five. Texas Tech wasn’t as efficient in the second half but by then they were so far ahead it didn’t matter. The Mountaineers fell short of their scoring average (52) by 38 points and got just one touchdown in the second half and that came when the game was already out of reach.Dustin Garrison scored on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter to make it 49-14. The Mountaineers had the third-worst pass defense coming into the game (336 yards) and didn’t do anything to improve on that. The Red Raiders, meanwhile, started fast and kept the Mountaineers off balance. By the time it was all over, they had 168 rushing yards on 29 carries and passed the ball 43 times. After the Mountaineers failed to convert on fourth-and-3 deep in Texas Tech territory, Doege needed just three plays to get his third touchdown of the game. The senior quarterback first connected with Amaro on a short pass along the near sideline and the receiver turned it into a 61-yard gain - Texas Tech’s longest play from scrimmage this season - to the Moun-taineers 21. Two plays later, Doege hit Marcus Kennard for 16-yard touchdown pass to put the Red Raiders up 21-7. Texas Tech’s offense already was in rhythm by then, going up 14-0 in the first quarter. Doege hit a wide-open Amaro over the middle at about the 20-yard line and he ran it in for a 39-yard touchdown on the Red Raiders first possession. Doege then found Eric Ward on a fade route on the far corner of the end zone to put Texas Tech up 14-0. The Mountaineers answered, momentarily. Smith started with a short field after the Red Raiders squibbed the kickoff. Five plays later Stedman Bailey dived to pull in a 7-yard touchdown pass from Smith and pull West Virginia within 14-7. The drive included a 38-yard pass from Smith to Tavon Austin.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 13:04 Amaro, Jace 39 yd pass from Doege, Seth 6-75 1:56TTU 1st 06:00 Ward, Eric 19 yd pass from Doege, Seth 12-69 3:27WVU 1st 04:21 Bailey, Stedman 7 yd pass from Smith, Geno 5-54 1:39TTU 2nd 09:02 Kennard, Marcus 16 yd pass from Doege, Seth 3-82 0:52TTU 2nd 02:04 Moore, Darrin 2 yd pass from Doege, Seth 9-86 3:44TTU 2nd 00:35 Foster, SaDale 53 yd run 3-67 0:21TTU 3rd 03:30 Moore, Darrin 29 yd pass from Doege, Seth 4-69 1:31TTU 4th 05:37 Moore, Darrin 7 yd pass from Doege, Seth 15-98 8:22WVU 4th 02:41 Garrison, D. 2 yd run 9-73 2:56

TEAM STATISTICS WVU TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 25 30Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 133 168Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 275 508Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 29-55-0 33-43-1Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 408 676Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 2-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 2-10 5-41Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 3-195 8-421Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 1-0-0 1-0-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 4-59-0 1-30-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 1-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 30:18 29:42Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 9 of 21 5 of 10Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 2 of 7 2 of 2Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 2-4 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-7 0-0

Jones AT&T Stadium (57,328 Attendance)October 13, 2012

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GAME RECAPSGAME SEVEN • Texas Tech 56, TCU 53 (3OT)

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT OT OT FINALTexas Tech 7 14 0 15 7 7 6 56TCU 10 10 3 13 7 7 3 53

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Seth Doege stood in the pocket and completed the pass to Alex Torres like he has so many times in prac-tice. There was another throw in the second overtime that was pretty sweet, too. Doege’s career-best seven touchdowns passes came in a variety of ways, and No. 18 Texas Tech needed every one of them on Saturday. Doege found Torres for an 8-yard score in the third overtime after tossing a 25-yard TD to Jakeem Grant on an unconventional play in the second extra period, helping the Red Raiders top TCU 56-53 in the first league meeting between the teams since 1995. After the Red Raiders (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) blew a 10-point lead late in regulation, Doege threw for a touchdown in each of the three over-times. The last one came after TCU had to settle for freshman Jaden Oberkrom’s Big 12-record sixth field goal to start the final extra period. Texas Tech began the second overtime in a wildcat formation, with Doege lined up wide. Two other players touched the ball before it got to Doege in the backfield on a play they had practiced for three weeks.

TCU (5-2, 2-2), the Big 12 newcomer, has lost consecutive home games in a single season for the first time since it dropped its final two home games of 1998. Two weeks ago, the Horned Frogs lost their first Big 12 home game to Iowa State. It was the most combined points ever for Texas Tech, and the second-most for TCU. Doege completed 30 of 42 passes for 318 yards, including a 6-yard TD pass to Eric Ward in the first overtime, and Texas Tech quickly became bowl eligible a year after its first losing season since 1992. The Red Raiders were coming off an impres-sive 49-14 victory over then-No. 5 West Virginia. And the Red Raiders almost let this game slip away. Tech led 36-26 when Kenny Williams busted loose for a 47-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in regulation. That came after TCU was held to a three-and-out following Doege’s 8-yard TD pass to Torres and 2-point conversion. Trevone Boykin threw a 60-yard TD pass to LaDarius Brown with 2:25 left before the Frogs failed to recover an onside kick. But they held to Tech to 1 yard before a punt, setting up a nine-play, 56-yard drive capped by Oberkrom’s 42-yard field goal with 18 seconds left. Boykin, the redshirt freshman who this month replaced second-year starter Casey Pachall, was 26 of 44 for 332 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions. TCU had the first shot in overtime, and Boykin threw an 8-yard TD pass to Josh Boyce on the fourth play. Ward’s third TD catch tied it again. He finished with six catches for 61 yards. After the wildcat score to start the second overtime, Boykin responded with a 7-yard TD pass to B.J. Catalon. Skye Dawson had 10 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown for TCU, a 19-yarder less than 2 1/2 minutes into the game. The Red Raiders were down 17-7 before two touchdowns in a span of just over 3 minutes in the second quarter. They surprised TCU with an onside kick that led to the second score in that span after a replay review overturned an official’s ruling of incomplete pass. Moore had a 33-yard touchdown catch even with defender Kevin White right with him. That was only three plays after Moore was called for offensive pass interference when he pushed off the same cornerback to make a catch, the penalty wip-ing out a nearly 25-yard gain to the TCU 22. Ward was initially ruled out of bounds after making a leaping 29-yard grab and then falling down on the far side of the end zone. But officials reviewed the play, which showed Ward’s right elbow had landed in the end zone before the rest of his body came down on the line for a score that made it 21-17.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETCU 1st 12:37 Dawson, Skye 19 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone 5-75 2:23TTU 1st 04:55 Ward, Eric 5 yd pass from Doege, Seth 6-33 2:47TCU 1st 00:49 Oberkrom, Jaden 32 yd field goal 8-60 4:06TCU 2nd 08:13 Tucker, Matthew 4 yd run 8-31 4:43TTU 2nd 06:37 Moore, Darrin 33 yd pass from Doege, Seth 4-70 1:36TTU 2nd 03:28 Ward, Eric 29 yd pass from Doege, Seth 7-51 3:04TCU 2nd 00:22 Oberkrom, Jaden 41 yd field goal 11-52 2:57TCU 3rd 04:09 Oberkrom, Jaden 32 yd field goal 7-45 3:41TCU 4th 14:49 Oberkrom, Jaden 45 yd field goal 8-27 2:39TTU 4th 06:40 Torres, Alex 8 yd pass from Doege, Seth 10-80 3:51TTU 4th 04:06 Williams, Kenny 47 yd run 4-62 1:27TCU 4th 02:25 Brown, LaDarius 60 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone 6-74 1:36TCU 4th 00:18 Oberkrom, Jaden 42 yd field goal 9-56 1:02TCU OT 15:00 Boyce, Josh 8 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone 4-25 0:00TTU OT 15:00 Ward, Eric 6 yd pass from Doege, Seth 4-25 0:00TTU OT 15:00 Grant, Jakeem 25 yd pass from Doege, Seth 1-25 0:00TCU OT 15:00 Catalon, B.J. 7 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone 4-25 0:00TCU OT 15:00 Oberkrom, Jaden 38 yd field goal 4-4 0:00TTU OT 15:00 Torres, Alex 8 yd pass from Doege, Seth 4-25 0:00

TEAM STATISTICS TTU TCUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 21 28Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 71 184Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 318 332Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 30-42-0 26-47-2Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 389 516Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 0-0 2-1Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 9-90 8-62Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 5-299 8-512Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 5-61-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 2-26-0 4-50-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 2-15-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 27:43 32:17Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 5 of 13 5 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 0 of 0 1 of 1Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 4-4 7-7Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 2-12 3-21

Amon G. Carter Stadium (47,879 Attendance)October 20, 2012

GAME EIGHT • Kansas State 55, Texas Tech 24

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALTexas Tech 7 3 7 7 24Texas Tech 3 10 21 21 55

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Texas Tech fell 55-24 to the No. 4 Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday. Colin Klein led the Wildcats as he completed 19 of 26 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns, and had 83 yards and two more scores on the ground. John Hubert added 64 yards and two rushing TDs, and Angelo Pease also scored for Kansas State, which came into the game trailing only Alabama and Florida in the BCS standings. Seth Doege threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders (6-2, 3-2) Texas Tech jumped out of the gates quickly in the first half. Doege took advantage of soft coverage on the opening series of the game, completing six of his first eight passes. An encroachment penalty on third down kept the drive alive, and Doege finished it off with a 32-yard touchdown toss to Eric Ward. The Wildcats, meanwhile, couldn’t get anything going. Klein was sacked to end their first series, and had a pass tipped on third down to end their second. By the end of the quarter, Kansas State

had just 19 yards of offense. The defense provided a jolt late in the quarter when Meshak Williams delivered a crushing blindside hit on Doege, pop-ping the ball loose. Jarrel Childs went the other way for what appeared to be a 74-yard TD return, but an illegal block brought the ball back to the Texas Tech 14. Kansas State had to settle for Anthony Cantele’s 34-yard field goal. Ryan Bustin matched it with a 37-yarder to cap the Red Raiders’ next possession, but Kansas State started moving the ball. Hubert capped off its ensuing drive by winning a race to the pylon after getting stood up at the line of scrimmage to make it 10-all. “When it came down to making plays to finish,” Doege said, “we just didn’t make them.” Near the end of the half, Kansas State’s quick-strike offense set up a 19-yarder by Cantele for the halftime lead. Ward had a big day for the Red Raiders as picked up 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. “We moved the ball, made a lot of yardage, but you can’t turn it over,” Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. “I think we gave up 17, 20 points on offense and our kicking game today.”

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 11:46 Ward, Eric 32 yd pass from Doege, Seth 9-75 3:14KS 1st 00:15 Cantele, A. 34 yd field goal 4--3 1:34TTU 2nd 12:37 Bustin, Ryan 37 yd field goal 9-58 2:38KS 2nd 08:45 Hubert, John 4 yd run 8-59 3:52KS 2nd 01:35 Cantele, A. 19 yd field goal 8-65 3:24KS 3rd 11:31 Thompson, T. 21 yd pass from Klein, Collin 7-75 3:29KS 3rd 10:32 Klein, Collin 16 yd run 2-20 0:43TTU 3rd 06:18 Foster, SaDale 8 yd run 11-75 4:14KS 3rd 04:29 Klein, Collin 22 yd run 5-74 1:49KS 4th 12:48 Hubert, John 15 yd run 11-70 5:04KS 4th 11:47 Brown, Arthur 37 yd interception return KS 4th 07:37 Pease, Angelo 7 yd pass from Klein, Collin 5-35 2:08TTU 4th 02:33 Ward, Eric 4 yd pass from Doege, Seth 12-80 5:04

TEAM STATISTICS TTU KSUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 26 30Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 111 193Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 331 233Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 35-50-1 19-27-0Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 442 426Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 2-2 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 6-80 5-45Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 5-260 10-614Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 7-116-0 4-59-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 0-0-0 1-37-1Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 2-75-0Possession Time ................................................................... 29:26 30:34Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 6 of 13 6 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 1 of 1 0 of 0Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 3-3 6-6Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-7 2-8

Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,766 Attendance)October 27, 2012

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GAME RECAPSGAME NINE • Texas 31, Texas Tech 22

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALTexas 14 10 0 7 31Texas Tech 7 6 9 0 22

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Seth Doege led Texas Tech into the red zone numerous times against Texas on Saturday. Problem was the No. 20 Red Raiders didn’t get much out of those visits, and Doege had a simple explanation after the Longhorns’ 31-22 victory. “Penalties,” said the senior quarterback, who got just one touch-down against the Longhorns. “I don’t think I have to explain much of it. Every time that we didn’t get points, the majority of the time it was penalties that kept us from it.” Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said the timing of those penal-ties didn’t work in the Red Raiders’ favor. “It absolutely took us out of it,” he said. “Hopefully we can play bet-ter for the next three games and get into a good bowl game. It’s just hard to play so well at times and then play so poorly at times and have inopportune penalties. It absolutely took us out of it.” David Ash threw for three touchdowns and 264 yards to lead Texas and freshman Johnathan Gray got his second straight 100-yard rush-

ing game with 106 yards on 20 carries. Texas Tech was down three defensive backs to injuries - Cornelius Douglas, Tre’ Porter and Jarvis Phillips. Mike Davis picked up 165 yards and two touchdowns on four catches, one a 75-yarder from Ash in the second quarter for the Longhorns (7-2, 4-2 Big 12). It was the third straight win for Texas, which remains alive in the Big 12 race. Doege completed 26 of 44 passes for 329 yards for Texas Tech (6-3, 3-3). Penalties hurt Texas Tech, including a touchdown being called back in the fourth quarter for holding. Once in the red zone, the Red Raiders had trouble getting touchdowns and settled for field goals four times. Ash found Davis twice for big gains in the first half, once on a deep post route for a 54-yard gain to the Red Raiders 2. Joe Bergeron scored on the next play from 2 yards out to put the Longhorns up 14-7. On the first play of Texas’ next possession, Ash hit Davis again on a deep route over the middle and he ran it in for a 75-yard touchdown to put the Longhorns up 21-10. Down 31-22 the Red Raiders looked like they scored a touchdown when Kenny Williams ran it in from the 2. A penalty negated the touchdown. The Longhorns kept Texas Tech from getting a first down and Carrington Byndom blocked a 23-yard field goal try to seal the win for Texas. Texas Tech scored late in the third quarter to make it 24-22 after going for it on fourth-and-1 from UT’s 32. Eric Stephens took the snap as the wildcat and ran toward the near side of the field and handed the ball off to SaDale Foster who went around end on the other side of the line, picking up 15 yards to the Texas 17. The Red Raiders went for 2 but Byndom broke up Doege’s fade pass to the corner of the end zone intended for Marcus Kennard.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMEUT 1st 09:02 Shipley, Jaxon 6 yd pass from Ash, David 9-71 4:55TTU 1st 05:52 Williams, Kenny 1 yd run 9-75 3:10UT 1st 03:27 Bergeron, Joe 2 yd run 5-75 2:25TTU 2nd 13:56 Bustin, Ryan 29 yd field goal 12-63 4:31UT 2nd 13:46 Davis, Mike 75 yd pass from Ash, David 1-75 0:10TTU 2nd 05:03 Bustin, Ryan 41 yd field goal 8-23 4:46UT 2nd 01:09 Fera, Anthony 42 yd field goal 9-50 3:54TTU 3rd 06:39 Bustin, Ryan 33 yd field goal 12-76 4:03TTU 3rd 01:35 Stephens, Eric 10 yd pass from Doege, Seth 8-56 3:28UT 4th 09:14 Davis, Mike 25 yd pass from Ash, David 8-59 4:23

TEAM STATISTICS UT TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 18 25Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 163 112Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 264 329Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 11-19-0 26-44-0Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 427 441Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 1-0 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 8-64 9-85Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 6-404 6-390Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 2-41-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 1-27-0 1-40-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 0-0-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 30:30 29:30Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 5 of 11 4 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 1 of 1 2 of 3Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 3-3 5-6Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-8 0-0

Jones AT&T Stadium (60,879 Attendance)November 3, 2012

GAME TEN • Texas Tech 41, Kansas 34 (2OT)

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT OT FINALKansas 7 10 0 10 7 0 34Texas Tech 7 14 3 3 7 7 41

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - No. 25 Texas Tech has practiced the play that gave the Red Raiders a 41-34 double overtime win over Kansas on Sat-urday - not always with the best results. Eric Stephens took the snap out of the wildcat formation, rolled to his right and threw a 3-yard jump pass to Darrin Moore for the winning touchdown. ‘’It’s been hit or miss in practice, but I just had a really good feeling about it,’’ quarterback Seth Doege said. ‘’I think Eric’s one of those guys when you call his number, he’s going to get the job done.’’ Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings couldn’t connect with Tre’ Parmalee in the end zone on fourth-and-9 for Kansas to end the Jay-hawks’ chances. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime. Cum-mings found James Sims for a 5-yard score to put Kansas up 34-27. Stephens tied it at 34 on a 1-yard run. The Jayhawks (1-9, 0-7 Big 12) came from behind in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime on a 32-yard field goal by

Nick Prolago with under a minute remaining in regulation. Those points were set up by a 44-yard run by Cummings on fourth-and-3 from the Jayhawks 36 that took the ball down to the Texas Tech 20. ‘’Michael runs down there and keeps the ball and almost takes it to the house,’’ Kansas coach Charlie Weis said. ‘’With my luck, he would have taken it to the house too quickly because, as it was, they came down the field and had a chance to win right there.’’ Doege completed 45 of 59 passes for three touchdowns and 476 yards for Texas Tech (7-3, 4-3). He had one interception in the second quarter that seemed to give the Jayhawks belief they could upset the Red Raiders. The Jayhawks outscored the Red Raiders 20-6 in regulation after the interception. Tony Pierson had a career-high 202 rushing yards on 16 carries for Kansas, which lost its ninth in a row and 19th straight Big 12 game. Pierson also got the longest run from scrimmage this season for the Jayhawks when he scampered 69 yards to set up Sims’ 3-yard run that pulled Kansas within 27-24 with about nine minutes remaining in the game. Sims, the junior from Irving, Texas, got his sixth game with more than 100 yards, becoming the first Jayhawk to do so since 1961. He finished with 127 yards on 30 carries. The win ended a two-game skid for the Red Raiders, following losses to Texas and Kansas State. Doege’s completion to Tyson Williams at the Kansas 20 with six seconds remaining in regulation was called back after a review because Doege’s knee hit the ground after he fumbled the snap. Then Ryan Bustin missed to the left by about a yard on a 41-yard field goal attempt in high winds that would have won the game at the end of regulation. Texas Tech was 18th in the country in total defense coming into the game, giving up an average of 314 yards per game. Against the Jayhawks they gave up 419 yards. Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said his team played well in spurts in the second half. ‘’We weren’t able to make big plays like we thought we could,’’ he said. ‘’They made us earn it. There were times we were on the edge of breaking that thing open. We just weren’t able to do that.’’ For a second straight week, the Red Raiders had some trouble when they got into the red zone. Last week, in the loss to Texas, they went for field goals four times after they stalled inside the 20. This week they got two field goals after failing to get into the end zone.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 11:40 Grant, Jakeem 9 yd pass from Doege, Seth 11-75 3:20KU 1st 07:48 Sims, James 6 yd run 8-63 3:52TTU 2nd 14:55 Williams, Tyson 16 yd pass from Doege, Seth 5-54 1:53TTU 2nd 12:20 Moore, Darrin 6 yd pass from Doege, Seth 4-57 1:03KU 2nd 05:30 Bourbon, Brando 10 yd pass from Cummings, Micha 5-39 1:57KU 2nd 00:03 Prolago, Nick 22 yd field goal 11-74 3:41TTU 3rd 00:28 Bustin, Ryan 29 yd field goal 9-71 3:03TTU 4th 10:12 Bustin, Ryan 27 yd field goal 12-59 3:45KU 4th 08:59 Sims, James 3 yd run 3-72 1:13KU 4th 00:41 Prolago, Nick 32 yd field goal 9-75 4:11KU OT 15:00 Sims, James 5 yd pass from Cummings, Micha 4-25 0:00TTU OT 15:00 Stephens, Eric 1 yd run 4-25 0:00TTU OT 15:00 Moore, Darrin 3 yd pass from Stephens, Eric 4-25 0:00

TEAM STATISTICS KU TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 19 29Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 390 63Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 29 508Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 6-15-0 47-61-1Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 419 571Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 0-0 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 3-25 7-74Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 6-362 6-378Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 3-31-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 2-53-0 2-32-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 1-32-0 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 31:55 28:05Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 3 of 14 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 1 of 2 1 of 2Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 6-7 7-8Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-5 2-16

Jones AT&T Stadium (55,052 Attendance)November 10, 2012

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GAME RECAPSGAME ELEVEN • Oklahoma State 59, Texas Tech 21

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINALTexas Tech 0 14 0 7 21Oklahoma State 7 28 17 7 59

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Isaiah Anderson had a career-best 174 yards receiving and caught three long touchdown passes from Clint Chelf in his final home game, leading Oklahoma State to a 59-21 win against No. 23 Texas Tech on Saturday. ZackCraigblockedapairofpunts,returningoneforatouchdown,as the Cowboys (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) won their fourth straight in the series and the second in a row in decisive fashion. The Red Raiders’ 66-6 loss in last season’s game was the most lopsided defeat in the program’s history. Chelf passed for 229 yards in his second career start. J.W. Walsh, who had what coach Mike Gundy called a season-ending injury four weeks ago, ran for one touchdown and threw for another out of a short-yardage package. Seth Doege threw for 230 yards with two interceptions and a single touchdown pass for Texas Tech (7-4, 4-4). He started the day leading the Bowl Subdivision with 34 touchdown passes this season. The Red Raiders had a chance to pass the defending conference

champions in the Big 12 standings, and perhaps secure a better bowl destination, but instead dropped their fifth straight game in Stillwater. During a pregame ceremony, Oklahoma State observed a moment of silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke, assistant Miranda Serna and two others. The Cowboys had expected big things out of Anderson after a strong training camp, but he had been limited so far this season by an injury. He was one of the team’s most experienced receivers, with the departure of first-round NFL draft pick Justin Blackmon and Josh Cooper - who also ended up in the NFL. Anderson was on the receiving end of scoring passes of 60, 33 and 66 yards from Chelf and ended up with nearly three times his previous career-best of 64 yards receiving in a game. Sparked by a series of big plays on defense and special teams, Oklahoma State’s offense got clicking to break the game open with 28 consecutive points in the second quarter. The Cowboys sacked Doege three times in the first half and Tyler Johnson was pressuring him again to force an ill-advised throw that Shamiel Gary intercepted. Just two plays later, Chelf connected with Anderson on a 33-yard flea flicker pass to push the Oklahoma State advantage to 21-7. Tech couldn’t respond and followed that by going three-and-out, with Craig rushing in to block Ryan Erxleben’s punt and keep Oklahoma State’s roll going. Walsh finished the ensuing drive with a 2-yard TD run on a quarterback keeper, and Chelf threw his 66-yard touchdown pass to Anderson on the first play after another Red Raiders three-and-out. Doege threw a 2-yard TD pass to Tyson Williams with 15 seconds left before halftime, and the Red Raiders got the ball to start the second half. But Doege’s second interception - directly into the arms of retreating defensive tackle James Castleman - ended that drive and any momentum for Tech. Joseph Randle and Jeremy Smith each tacked on touchdown runs for Oklahoma State in the second half, and Quinn Sharp matched his career-long with a 51-yard field goal. Craig’s punt block extended the lead to 59-14 early in the fourth quarter. Darrin Moore caught a late 7-yard touchdown pass from backup Michael Brewer and finished with 140 yards receiving for Texas Tech.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMEOSU 1st 10:30 Staley, Kye 2 yd pass from Walsh, J.W. 12-75 4:30TTU 2nd 14:57 Stephens, Eric 1 yd run 6-81 2:13OSU 2nd 13:22 Anderson, I. 60 yd pass from Chelf, Clint 4-70 1:35OSU 2nd 11:15 Anderson, I. 33 yd pass from Chelf, Clint 2-40 0:36OSU 2nd 08:34 Walsh, J.W. 2 yd run 4-24 1:17OSU 2nd 06:18 Anderson, I. 66 yd pass from Chelf, Clint 1-66 0:07TTU 2nd 00:15 Williams, Tyson 2 yd pass from Doege, Seth 13-95 6:03OSU 3rd 09:54 Smith, Jeremy 17 yd run 7-38 2:58OSU 3rd 06:22 Sharp, Quinn 51 yd field goal 7-38 2:13OSU 3rd 00:17 Randle, Joseph 1 yd run 5-22 1:56OSU 4th 12:35 Craig,Zack30ydblockedpuntreturn TTU 4th 02:51 Moore, Darrin 7 yd pass from Brewer, Michael 12-75 5:33

TEAM STATISTICS TTU OSUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 20 23Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 99 256Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 284 231Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 29-42-2 12-22-0Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 383 487Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 1-1 0-0Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 8-70 5-35Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 4-211 10-633Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 1-3-0 2-60-1Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 4-53-0 2-38-0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 0-0-0 2-17-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 1-7-0Possession Time ................................................................... 34:18 25:42Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 5 of 15 6 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 1 of 1 1 of 2Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 3-3 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 1-7 3-19

Boone Pickens Stadium (60,218Attendance)November 17, 2012

GAME TWELVE • Baylor 52, Texas Tech 45 (OT)

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINALBaylor 7 7 14 17 7 52Texas Tech 14 7 10 14 0 45

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Glasco Martin scored on a 4-yard run in overtime and Baylor overcame three missed field goals, including one on the last play of regulation, to become bowl eligible with a 52-45 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday. Nick Florence threw for 396 yards and three touchdowns for the Bears (6-5, 3-5 Big 12), who didn’t lead until Eddie Lackey’s 55-yard interception return for a touchdown on the first play of a wild fourth quarter. Lackey’s second pick, with 1:46 left, set up Baylor at the Red Raid-ers 32. But Aaron Jones missed wide left on a 48-yard field-goal at-tempt. After Martin’s second TD run, Texas Tech (7-5, 4-5) started overtime with a holding call and two incompletions. After a 15-yard pass set up fourth-and-5, Seth Doege’s pass to a well-defended Eric Ward was incomplete, ending the game. Doege completed 30 of 40 passes for 359 yards with three touch-downs and three interceptions. Ward had nine catches for 113 yards,

and Darrin Moore had 13 catches for 186 yards and two touchdowns. With Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III watching from the Bears sideline at Cowboys Stadium, two days after the rookie led the Washington Redskins to a victory there over the Dallas Cowboys, Baylor got bowl eligible for the third consecutive season. That is a first in school history. Baylor was coming off a Bowl Championship Series-shaking 52-24 victory over Kansas State, then the No. 1 team in the BCS standings. The teams combined for 1,241 total yards (674 for Baylor and 567 for Tech). There were 167 plays run in the game. Jones kicked a 22-yard field goal with 2:48 left in regulation to tie the game at 45. The Red Raiders got the ball back and already had picked up a first down when Doege threw a short pass that deflected off the helmet of offensive lineman Terry McDaniel and into the hands of Lackey. Both of Moore’s TD catches came in the fourth quarter, including a 6-yard fade route with 6:19 left that put Tech up 45-42. That came after a 4-yard touchdown catch by Terrance Williams, who had seven receptions for 175 yards while setting a Baylor single-season record for receiving yards (1,693). Lache Seastrunk ran for 136 yards on 19 carries, and Martin had 23 carries for 98 yards. It was the third overtime game this season for the Red Raiders. They won in triple overtime at TCU on Oct. 20, and have won only one of their five games since - that victory being a double-overtime win over Kansas two weeks ago. After Florence had a 4-yard run with 5 minutes left in the third quarter to get Baylor within 24-21, Jakeem Grant returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. Florence then threw a 27-yard TD to Lanear Sampson, who reached over the defender to make the catch. Texas Tech was up 21-7 at the Baylor 7 late in the first half when a scrambling Doege was hit from behind and fumbled the ball. Baylor recovered and went 93 yards in eight plays, scoring on Florence’s 39-yard pass to a wide-open Levi Norwood with 5 seconds left. Along with two missed kicks by Jones before the half, Martin was stuffed for a 3-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 from the 2. Doege went 19 yards on his first rushing TD of the season, and Kenny Williams had a 5-yard run to put Tech up 14-0 in the first quarter.

SCORING SUMMARYTEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY PLAYS-YARDS DRIVE TIMETTU 1st 10:37 Doege, Seth 19 yd run 7-75 2:05TTU 1st 03:02 Williams, Kenny 5 yd run 10-80 3:34BU 1st 00:12 Martin, Glasco 1 yd run 7-53 2:50TTU 2nd 14:17 Ward, Eric 23 yd pass from Doege, Seth 3-75 0:55BU 2nd 00:05 Norwood, Levi 39 yd pass from Florence, Nick 8-93 1:27TTU 3rd 10:45 Bustin, Ryan 29 yd field goal 11-63 4:15BU 3rd 04:50 Florence, Nick 4 yd run 9-68 2:41TTU 3rd 04:36 Grant, Jakeem 97 yd kickoff return BU 3rd 02:16 Sampson, Lanear 27 yd pass from Florence, Nick 7-57 2:20BU 4th 14:44 Lackey, Eddie 55 yd interception return TTU 4th 12:24 Moore, Darrin 15 yd pass from Doege, Seth 5-71 2:20BU 4th 08:58 Williams, T. 4 yd pass from Florence, Nick 10-75 3:26TTU 4th 06:19 Moore, Darrin 6 yd pass from Doege, Seth 6-63 2:39BU 4th 02:48 Jones, Aaron 22 yd field goal 11-65 3:31BU OT 15:00 Martin, Glasco 4 yd run 4-25 0:00

TEAM STATISTICS BU TTUFirst Downs .......................................................................... 32 27Net Yards Rushing ................................................................ 278 208Net Yards Passing ................................................................. 396 359Completions-Attempts-Int ................................................... 22-37-0 30-41-3Total Offense Yards ............................................................... 674 567Fumbles: Number-Lost ......................................................... 3-0 1-1Penalties: Number-Yards ...................................................... 6-71 7-68Kickoffs-Yards ....................................................................... 8-378 8-497Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD ........................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD ........................................... 6-165-0 4-125-1Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD ............................................. 3-61-1 0-0-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD ......................................... 0-0-0 0-0-0Possession Time ................................................................... 32:38 27:22Third-Down Conversions ...................................................... 9 of 18 6 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions .................................................... 1 of 2 0 of 1Red-ZoneScores-Chances .................................................... 5-8 5-7Sacks By: Number-Yards ....................................................... 0-0 1-7

Cowboys Stadium (44,168 Attendance)November 24, 2012

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JACEAMARO

22TE•6-5•257•Sophomore/1L

San Antonio, Texas/MacArthur

2012All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Midseason College Football News All-America (2nd Team)... Mid-season Phil Steele All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Midseason CBS Sports All-Big 12 (1st Team)... College Football Performance Award - National Tight End of the Week (10/15)... College Football Performance Award - Hon. Mention National Tight End of the Week (9/17)... caught five passes for 156 yards with a touchdown, including a catch of 61 yards from QB Seth Doege against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... 156 yards receiving marked the most by a Red Raider in Big 12 play since 2009 (Alex Torres - 163, vs. OU)... marked first career 100-yard receiving game... 61-yard catch marked the longest by a Red Raider since 2009 (Jacoby Franks - 72 yards - vs. K-State)... made three catches for 29 yards (long 18) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... tallied four receptions for 48 yards (long 19) at Iowa State (9/29)... caught four passes for 57 yards with two touchdowns against New Mexico (9/15)... marked first career multiple touchdown perfor-mance... made three catches for 55 yards with a touchdown at Texas State (9/8)... caught four passes for 49 yards in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 12 games (0 starts) while catching seven passes for 57 yards with two touchdowns... av-eraged 8.1 yards per catch and 4.8 yards per contest... one of six freshmen to make a reception... caught two passes for 21 yards at Missouri (11/19)... recorded two catches for 16 yards at Kansas (10/1)... made two catches for 18 yards with one receiving touchdown against Nevada (9/25)... first career reception went for a two-yard touchdown at New Mexico (9/17)... made career debut in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

HIGH SCHOOLMacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas… four-star prospect by both Rivals and Scout ... ranks No. 52 in the Rivals Top 100 ... named to USA Today's First-Team All-American squad ... member of Dave Campbell's Top 300 and ranked in the Top five for tight ends ... PrepStar All-American ... No. 23 on Superprep Texas 120 ... No. 12 Superprep All-America Tight End ... ranked as the No. 3 tight end in the country by Rivals ... Prep Star All-American ... Honorable Mention All-State selection ... First-Team All-Area ... First-Team District 26-5A ... as a senior he hauled in 56 receptions for 887 yards along with 11 touchdowns… helped high school basketball team to state quarterfinals appearance… High School Coach: Ben Cook

PERSONALJace Jordan Amaro… born June 26, 1992, in Plano, Texas… son of Robert and Rosemary Ama-ro… has an older sibling, Manae, and a younger sibling, Madison… undeclared major at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions ___________________________________ 5, vs. West Virginia (2012)Yards ____________________________________ 156, vs. West Virginia (2012)Touchdowns __________________________________ 2, vs. New Mexico (2010)Longest Reception _____________________________ 61, vs. West Virginia (2012)All-Purpose Yards _____________________________ 156, vs. West Virginia (2012)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2011 12 7 57 2 12 0.6 8.1 4.82012 6 23 394 4 61 3.8 17.1 65.7TOTAL 18 30 451 6 61 1.7 15.0 25.1

MICAHAWE

18LB•6-0•205•Freshman/HS

Arlington, Texas/Summitt

2012Recorded a tackle (solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... made two tackles (both solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... made one tackle (solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... posted three tackles against New Mexico (9/15)... recorded first career tackle while making one solo and one assisted tackle for a loss at Texas State (9/8)... made career debut in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

HIGH SCHOOLSummit High School in Mansfield, Texas… consensus three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and ESPN.com ... helped lead his team to the second round of the state playoffs in 2011 ... named to the 2011 DFW Class 4A All-Area Team ... Second-Team Class 4A All-State selection by OldCoach.com ... First-Team Class 4A District 7 ... Class 4A District 7 Defensive Most Valuable Player… High School Coach: Travis Pride.

PERSONALMicah Awe… born January 4, 1994 in Lagos, Nigeria… son of Charles and Abigail Awe… father graduated from UT Arlington while his mother is a graduate of Texas Tech… has three younger siblings, brothers Paul and Andrew, and sister, Ann… hobbies include creating things on the computer, making beats and playing videos… petroleum engineering major at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSTackles _____________________________________ 3, vs. New Mexico (2012)Tackles For Loss ________________________________ 0.5, at Texas State (2012)Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2012 12 8 1 9 0.5 2 0 0 0 0TOTAL 12 8 1 9 0.5 2 0 0 0 0

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BRANDONBAGLEY

32DB•5-10•155•Sophomore/TR

Los Angeles, Calif./Compton/College of Sequoias

2012Collected two tackles (both solo) against Kansas (11/10)... made one tackle against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... tallied one tackle (solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... recorded first career tackles with two (both solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... made career debut on special teams in Big 12 opener at Iowa State (9/29).

COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIASCollege of the Sequoias in Visalia, Calif… played one season for College of the Sequoias helping lead the team to a 4-6 record while facing five ranked opponents, including four top-10 ranked teams… made nine tackles and led the team with three interceptions.

HIGH SCHOOLCompton High School in Compton, Calif… made 18 tackles during his senior season… averaged 18 yards per punt return… ranked among the top 500 prep players in the state of California… also competed in track and field, basketball and wrestling… High School Coaches: Calvin Bryant, Curtis Seymoure, Randy Harrel, Derrick Anderson and Ricky Carrigan.

PERSONALBrandon Bagley… born February 24, 1993 in Compton, Calif… son of Leon Bagley and Margaret Flovrnoy… has six brothers, Roderick, Antoine, Darrel, Tyrese, Marcus and Leon and three sisters, Tisha, Sonika and Kierya… undeclared major at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSTackles ______________________________________ 2 2x, vs. Kansas (2012)*Tackles For Loss ____________________________________________ NoneSacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2012 9 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0TOTAL 9 4 1 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

MICHAELBREWER

16QB•6-1•183•Freshman/RS

Lake Travis, Texas/Lake Travis

2012Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... took one snap on a trick play in the first quarter against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... pass was incomplete... entered the game with 8:24 left to play against No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... went 5-of-6 for 54 yards with one touchdown pass in half a quarter of work... entered the game and rushed once for seven yards against Kan-sas (11/10)... entered the game in the final series and went 1-of-1 for nine yards against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... entered in the fourth quarter with 5:25 remaining and went 4-of-5 with 68 yards (long 36) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... entered in the third quarter in a backup role and finished the game 6-of-10 for 37 yards passing against New Mexico (9/15)... entered in a backup role in the third quarter and finished going 7-of-11 for 72 yards (long 24) at Texas State (9/8)... made career debut in season opener going 10-for-13 for 122 yards with two passing touchdowns against Northwestern State (9/1)... became the first Red Raider in over 18 years to pass for two touchdowns in career debut... both touchdown passes in debut went to Marcus Ken-nard (12 yards, 3 yards) in the fourth quarter against the Demons.

2011Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOLLake Travis High School in Austin, Texas… three-star prospect by Rivals.com and ranked as the No. 43 best player (12th ranked dual-threat quarterback) in Texas ... member of Texas Football Top 300 ...PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team ... No. 54 on Superprep Texas 120 ... a dual-threat quarter-back with good speed and an excellent arm .... was part of four consecutive state championship teams at Lake Travis High School... as a senior he threw for 2,865 yards despite missing games due to an injury ... named All-State as a senior… averaged 220 yards-per-game and tossed 26 touchdown passes ... as a junior the threw for 4,437 yards along with 41 touchdown passes ... a dual-threat player, he rushed for 593 yards as a junior and 743 yards his senior season… only lost one game as a starting quarterback… High School Coach: Chad Morris.

PERSONALRobert Michael Brewer… born November 13, 1992, in Austin, Texas… son of Robert and Laura Brewer… has a younger sister, Katie, and a younger brother, Charlie… bloodlines are full of Big 12 football talent, including father, Robert, who played quarterback at Texas, grandfather, Char-lie, who played quarterback at Texas, uncle, who played quarterback at Texas, great uncle, Robert, who played quarterback at Texas Tech and great uncle, George, who played running back at Okla-homa… enjoys hunting and fishing… majoring in personal financial planning at Texas Tech.

PASSING G Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic2012 8 47 33 0 362 3 36 70.2 7.7 45.2 156.0TOTAL 8 47 33 0 362 3 36 70.2 7.7 45.2 156.0

RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G2012 8 9 20 0 12 2.2 2.5TOTAL 8 9 20 0 12 2.2 2.5

CAREER HIGHSPass Attempts ____________________________ 13, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Pass Completions __________________________ 10, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Passing Yards ___________________________ 122, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Passing Touchdowns _________________________ 2, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Longest Pass ___________________________________36, vs. Oklahoma (2012)Rushing Yards _________________________________23, vs. New Mexico (2012)* Indicates most recent high

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DARTWANBUSH

54DE•6-1•256•Junior/2L

Clute, Texas/Brazoswood

2012San Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (1st Team)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: fifth in sacks (5.0)... notched five tackles (all solo) with two quarterback hurries against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... eighth in tackles for a loss (10.5)... posted one sack and tackle for a loss with four tackles (all solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... recorded five tackles (all solo) with two tackles for a loss of 13 yards and one sack against Kansas (11/10)... tallied one tackle (for a loss of two) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... had a sack for a loss of seven yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... collected five tackles (four solo), including one for a loss of six and tallied a sack at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... made two tackles, including one for a loss against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... collected one tackle for a loss (solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... made three tackles (all solo) at Iowa State (9/29)... tallied two tackles for a loss, including a sack for a loss of two yards against New Mexico (9/15)... marked fourth career sack... had one quarterback hurry at Texas State (9/8)... opened the season with one tackle (assisted) with 0.5 tackles for a loss against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011NCAA RANKINGS: tied for 19th in forced fumbles (4)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for first in forced fumbles (4)... Played in 12 games (7 starts) and made 28 tackles (23 solo) with two sacks, three quarterback hurries, broke up two passes, recovered two fumbles and led the team forcing four fumbles... matches the most forced fumbles by a Red Raider since 2005 (Dwayne Slay - 8)... Brandon Williams also forced four fumbles in 2008... broke up one pass at Missouri (11/19)... tallied three tackles (all solo) against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... had one sack (loss of 4 yards) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... made three tackles (all solo) with one forced fumble against Iowa State (10/29)... collected two tackles (one solo) at No. 1 Oklahoma... had five tackles (all solo), including one for a loss of five yards against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made two tackles (both solo) and tallied two quarterback hurries against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... had two tackles (both assisted) at Kansas (10/1)... posted three tackles (all solo), one for a loss of three yards and forced a fumble against Nevada (9/24)... notched three tackles (one solo), including one sack for a loss of five yards with a quarterback hurry and one fumble recovery at New Mexico (9/17)... led team with two forced fumbles and collected four tackles (all solo), including one for a loss in first career start during season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Played in seven games (0 starts) making nine tackles (seven solo) with one sack, three tackles for a loss of seven yards and broke up one pass on the season… made a season-high five tackles (all solo), including two tackles for a loss against Weber State (11/20)… notched two tackles (one solo) and recorded first career sack at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)… made first career tackle (assisted) at Texas A&M (10/30)… made career debut at Colorado (10/23).

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2010 7 7 2 9 3.0 7 1 0 0 02011 12 23 5 28 5.0 18 2 4 2 02012 12 28 2 30 10.5 42 0 0 0 0TOTAL 31 58 9 67 18.5 67 3 4 2 0

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2010 7 1 0 1.0 52011 12 2 0 2.0 92012 12 5 0 5.0 34TOTAL 31 8 0 8.0 48

CAREER HIGHSTackles ______________________________________ 5 5x, vs. Baylor (2012)*Tackles For Loss _________________________________ 2 3x, vs. Kansas (2012)*Sacks __________________________________ 1 9x, at Oklahoma State (2012)*Interceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered ____________________________ 1 2x, at New Mexico (2011)** Indicates most recent high

HIGH SCHOOLAll-District 24-5A performer and unanimous district MVP … 2009 Brazoria County MVP … Associated Press Second Team All-State … BHS Team MVP … one of Texas Football’s Top 300 players … No. 10-rated defen-sive end in the state (Texas Football) … credited with 81 tackles, 30 tackles for loss and 15 sacks as a senior … helped lead Brazoswood to a 10-4 mark and the Class 5A Division I state quarterfinals … led the team in sacks the last three seasons … No. 49 nationally among strongside defensive ends (Rivals).

PERSONALDartwan Bush … born on August 17, 1991 in Angleton, Texas … son of Darrell Bush and Debra Pipkins … has three older siblings, Mary and Darryll Pipkins and Darresha Bush… undecided on major.

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RYANBUSTIN

48PK•5-11•172•Sophomore/RS

Kilgore, Texas/Kilgore

- One of four Big 12 Conference kickers to be perfect in PAT attempts this season (55-55).- Tied for 9th in Texas Tech single-season history with 14 field goals.- Most field goals by a Red Raider (8) through first 5 games of the year in over 12 years.

2012All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... College Football Per-formance Award - Hon. Mention National Placekicker of the Week (9/10)... NCAA RANKINGS: 41st in scoring (100)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: fourth in field goals attempted (21)... fifth in field goals made (15)... sixth in PATs made (55)... fifth in field goal percentage (71.4)... eighth in points scoring (100)... 10th in scor-ing points/game (8.3)... made a 29-yard field goal and was 6-of-6 in PAT attempts against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... perfect 3-of-3 in PATs at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... made 5-of-5 PAT attempts and connected on 2-of-3 field goal tries (29, 27, missed 41) against Kansas (11/10)... made 3-of-4 field goal attempts (29, 41, 33 - missed 23, blocked) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... connected on 3-of-3 PAT attempts, made a 37-yard field goal and had a 50-yard attempt blocked at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made 6-of-6 PAT attempts at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... perfect of 7-of-7 PAT attempts and missed only field goal attempt from 41 yards (3rd quarter, 6:33) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... connected on both field goals attempted (35 & 43 yards) and made both PAT attempts against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... made a 39-yard field goal and missed a 41-yard field goal in the fourth quarter at Iowa State (9/29) while connecting on all three PATs... connected on seven PATs and missed only field goal attempt from 39 yards... snapped a streak of five consecu-tive field goals during the first two games... made both field goal attempts (38, 50) and was a perfect 7-of-7 in PAT attempts at Texas State (9/8)... 50-yard field goal marked the first by a Red Raider since 2010 (Donnie Carona - 52 yards - vs. Weber State)... went 3-for-3 in field goal attempts (31, 36, 37) and a perfect 5-for-5 in PAT attempts in career debut in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1)... became the first Red Raider in over 12 years to connect on three field goals in a career debut.

2011Redshirt season.

KILGORE COLLEGEKilgore College (NJCAA) in Kilgore, Texas… doubled as the place kicker and punter… was a perfect 19-of-19 in PAT attempts… connected on 13 field goals, ranking tied for third in the nation… posted a season-long 49-yard field goal… also averaged 41.4 yards per punt (7 punts, 290 yards)… perhaps top performance came against Arkansas Baptist while hitting six extra points and making field goals of 49-yards, 46-yards and 45-yards in 51-7 victory… Head Coach: J.J. Eckert.

HIGH SCHOOLKilgore High School in Kilgore, Texas… a four-year varsity starter, making 45 career varsity starts (school record)… one of the all-time leading scorers in school history… four-time all-district selection… High School Coach: Mike Vallery.

PERSONALRyan Christopher Bustin… born June 28, 1991… son of Bobby and Sherry Bustin.h.

FIELD GOALS G ATT MADE LG PCT PAT2012 12 21 15 50 71.4 55-55TOTAL 12 21 15 50 71.4 55-55

CAREER HIGHSField Goals Attempts _________________________________ 4, vs. Texas (2012)Field Goals Made _________________________________ 3 2x, vs. Texas (2012)*Longest Field Goal Made ____________________________50, at Texas State (2012)Field Goals Blocked __________________________________ 1, vs. Texas (2012)PATs Attempted _________________________________ 7, at Texas State (2012)PATs Made ____________________________________ 7, at Texas State (2012)* Indicates most recent high

CODYDAVIS

16S•6-2•202•Senior/3L

Stephenville, Texas/Stephenville

- Ranks 8th all-time at Texas Tech with 352 career tackles.- Has the most career tackles by a Red Raider since Lawrence Flugence (1999-02, 500).- Has the most solo tackles (82) by a Red Raider (through 12 games) since 2002.- Leads all Red Raiders over the past decade with 280 career solo tackles.- Recorded his 300th career tackle (42 career games) against No. 4 West Virginia.- National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award (1-of-15 in the country).

2012Capital One Academic All-America First Team ... All-Big 12 (2nd Team) ... All-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (Honorable Mention)... All-Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Honorable Mention)...Na-tional Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award (1-of-15 in the nation)... Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Midseason College Football News All-America (3rd Team)... Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/15)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele No. 8 Nationally-Ranked SS... Preseason College Sports Mad-ness All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: fourth in solo tackles (82)... fourth in solo tackles/game (6.83)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: second in solo tackles (82)... ninth in total tackles (91)... ninth in tackles/game (7.6)... 12th in pass breakups (10)... has led the team in tackles in 7-of-12 games this season... posted seven tackles (all solo) with one tackle for a loss of three and broke up one pass against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... joined senior teammates Seth Doege, D.J. Johnson and Eric Stephens Jr. as a team captain against the Bears...tallied five tackles (four solo) with a tackle for a loss of three yards and broke up two passes at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... posted eight tackles (all solo) with a quarterback hurry against Kansas (11/10)... led the team with seven tackles (six solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... led team with seven tackles (six solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... led team with eight tackles (all solo) and added a pass breakup at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... led team with 11 tackles (seven solo) with an interception and a pass breakup at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... 49 solo tackles are the most by a Red Raider through the first seven games of the season since 2002 (Lawrence Flugence - 78)... led all players with 13 tackles (all solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... his seventh tackle against WVU marked the 300th of his career... joined teammate RB Eric Stephens Jr. as a team captain against the Mountaineers... collected nine tackles (all solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... posted second interception of the season and notched five tackles (four solo) with one tackle for a loss at Iowa State (9/29)... tied for the team lead with five tackles (four solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... made four tackles and intercepted a pass in the first quarter and returned the INT 88 yards for a touchdown at Texas State (9/8)... marked second career interception and first INT for a touchdown... marked the longest INT return for a touchdown by a Red Raider in over 16 years... 88-yard INT return for a touchdown was the longest by a Big 12 player this season... was Tech’s first INT returned for a touchdown since Sept. 18, 2010 when Jarvis Phillips returned an interception 87 yards for a touchdown against No. 4 Texas in Lubbock... joined senior offensive lineman LaAdrian Waddle as a team captain against the Bobcats... led the team with nine tackles (eight solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Preseason Phil Steele No. 12 Strong Safety... Preseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason College Football News All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 third team... NCAA RANKINGS: fourth in solo tackles/game (6.55)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: led the conference averaging 6.55 solo tackles per game... fifth in tackles/game (8.5)... fifth in solo tackles (93)... led team in tackles (93) while mak-ing 72 solo tackles and 21 assisted tackles... became just the third Red Raider over the last 12 years to record at least 80 tackles in three consecutive seasons (Ryan Aycock, 2000-03; Lawrence Flugence, 1999-2002)... led team in solo tackles in back-to-back seasons... first Red Raider to lead team in solo tackles in back-to-back seasons since Brian Duncan (2008, 2009)... led the team in both tackles and pass breakups (5)... became the first Red Raider in over 11 years to lead the team in both statistical categories in the same season... ended the season with four consecutive games with at least 10 tackles marking the first time for a Red Raider with 10+ tackles in at least four straight games since 2005 (Dwayne Slay - 5 consecutive games)... finished the season making at least 10 tackles in five games... second on the team with 12 tackles (nine solo) against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... led team making 10 tackles, including one for a loss, with one forced fumble and broke up one pass at Missouri (11/19)... led team making 12 tackles (10 solo), including one for a loss of two yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... led team with 11 tackles (seven solo) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... second on the team with seven tackles (six solo) and broke up two passes against Iowa State (10/29)... recorded four tackles (two solo) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... posted five tackles (all solo) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made eight tackles (all solo) and broke up one pass against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... led team with 14 tackles (12 solo), including one tackle for a loss of two yards, and broke up a pass at Kansas (10/1)... 14 tackles matched the most by a Red Raider during the season (Daniel

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Cobb, 14 vs. Baylor)... led team making nine tackles (six solo) at New Mexico (9/17)... made one tackle (solo) in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: 20th in tackles/game (6.7)... tied for 17th in total tackles (87)... played in 13 games (13 starts) and was second on the team with 87 total tackles while tying for the team lead (Bront Bird) with 68 solo tackles... notched 19 assisted tackles, 6.5 tackles for a loss of 30 yards, posted one sack, broke up four passes, had two quarterback hurries, forced three fumbles, recovered one fumble and made one interception on the season... 68 solo tackles are the most by a Red Raider since 2005 (Dwayne Slay, 75)... had eight tackles (five solo) and one quarterback hurry while forcing one fumble against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1/) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... made six tackles (all solo), had one quarterback hurry and posted first career interception against Houston quarterback David Piland in the third quarter with 9:08 on the clock (11/27)... had two tackles (both solo) against Weber State (11/20)... made six tackles (five solo) with one tackle for a loss of six yards at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... had four tackles (all solo) against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)... led team with 11 tackles (four solo) with 1.5 tackles for a loss of eight yards, forced two fumbles, had one fumble recovery for four yards and collected first career sack at Texas A&M (10/30)... second on the team with 10 tackles (eight solo), including two tackles for a loss of five yards at Colorado (10/23)... second on the team with nine tackles (seven solo) with one tackle for a loss of three yards and broke up a pass against No. 18 Oklahoma State (10/16)... made eight tackles (all solo) against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... had six tackles (five solo) at Iowa State (10/2)... tallied five tackles (all solo) and one tackle for a loss of eight yards against No. 4 Texas (9/18)... had seven tackles (four solo) and one pass breakup against New Mexico (9/11)... tallied five tackles (all solo) with one pass breakup in season opener against SMU (9/5).

2009 Phil Steele Freshman All-America (1st Team) … College Football News Freshman All-America (2nd Team)... tied for the team lead with nine tackles against Michigan State ... two tackles and a pass breakup against Baylor … five tackles, including four solo stops, against Oklahoma ... team leader at OSU with eight solo tackles and a pass breakup ... led the Red Raiders with 10 tackles in the win over Kansas ... also broke up three passes ... totaled six tackles against Texas A&M ... made one tackle for loss ... recorded five stops at Nebraska ... broke a pass up ... recorded three solo tackles in the win versus New Mexico ... led the team with 15 tackles at Houston ... made nine stops, eight solo, against Texas ... had five tackles in the win against Rice ... made his first career start versus North Dakota ... recorded four tackles on the night.

CAREER HIGHSTackles _______________________________________ 15, at Houston (2009)Tackles For Loss ___________________________________ 6, at Houston (2009)Sacks ________________________________________1, at Texas A&M (2010)Interceptions ____________________________________ 1 4x, at TCU (2012)*Fumbles Recovered ________________________________1, at Texas A&M (2010)* Indicates most recent high

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2009 12 58 23 81 1.5 3 6 0 0 02010 13 68 19 87 6.5 30 5 3 1 02011 11 72 21 93 3.0 5 5 1 0 02012 12 82 9 91 3.5 8 10 0 0 0TOTAL 48 280 72 352 14.5 46 26 4 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2009 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02010 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.02011 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02012 12 3 88 1 88 29.3 7.3TOTAL 48 4 88 1 88 22.0 1.8

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2009 12 0 0 0.0 02010 13 1 0 1.0 72011 11 0 0 0.0 02012 12 0 0 0.0 0TOTAL 48 1 0 1.0 7

2008Scout team member ... redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOLStephenville High School in Stephenville, Texas … an extremely productive high school player, he helped lead Stephenville to a combined 33-5 record during his three years as a starter in the defensive backfield ... named an Associated Press Class 4A second-team all-state selection, and was voted the District 8-4A Defen-sive MVP after a senior season that saw him total 109 tackles, five tackles for a loss, 11 pass breakups and four forced fumbles ... chosen to the Abilene Reporter-News’ Class 4A/5A All-Big Country Team following his final prep campaign ... 2007 team finished the season with a 10-2 record, an average margin of victory of 29.2 points, and a berth in the area round of the Class 4A playoffs ... noted for having scored a touchdown five different ways during his high school career ... one of 11 defensive backs in the state to be named to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal’s `Top 100 for 2008’ ... a first-team Class 4A All-State pick by both the AP and the Texas Sports Writers’ Association as a junior in 2007, after racking up 99 tackles, 21 pass break-ups, nine interceptions, seven forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries for the Yellow Jackets ... rated a three-star prospect and the No. 58 safety in the nation by Scout.com ... the No. 86 safety in the country according to ESPN Scouts Inc ... also a member of the varsity basketball team at Stephenville ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Baylor, Duke, Houston, Oklahoma State, Mississippi and Vanderbilt.

PERSONALCody Davis ... born on June 6, 1989 in Stephenville, Texas ... son of David and Cindy Davis ... his father David is a graduate of Tarleton State while his mother Cindy is a graduate of the University of Texas ... has one older brother, Brent, who played football at Tarleton State ... enjoys sports, the outdoors and technology … major-ing in business administration.

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JORDANDAVIS

85IR•5-9•174•Sophomore/RS

Arlington, Texas/Arlington/SW Okla. State

2012Caught one pass for nine yards against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium (11/24)... one of 13 Tech receivers to make a catch against New Mexico (9/15) while tallying one reception for 10 yards... caught two passes for 10 yards at Texas State (9/8)... made career debut with two catches for 23 yards (long 14) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Redshirt season.

SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITYPlayed in 11 games and made 20 receptions for 225 yards (11.2 avg.) with a team-leading three touchdowns… Head Coach: Dan Cocannouer.

HIGH SCHOOLArlington High School in Arlington, Texas… helped lead high school to the fourth round of the state playoffs… named all-district twice during his prep career… High School Coach: Scott Peach

PERSONALJordan Alexander Davis… born June 9, 1992, in Arlington, Texas… son of Clint and Mary Da-vis… has two older brothers, Danny and Bryan… enjoys golfing and playing ping-pong… undeclared major at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions __________________________________ 2 2x, at Texas State (2012)*Yards _________________________________ 23, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Touchdowns ______________________________________________ NoneLongest Reception _________________________ 14, vs. Northwestern State (2012)All-Purpose Yards __________________________ 23, vs. Northwestern State (2012)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2012 12 6 52 0 14 0.5 8.7 4.3TOTAL 12 6 52 0 14 0.5 8.7 4.3

BLAKEDEES

25LB•6-0•215•Sophomore/1L

Spanish Fort, Ala./Spanish Fort

2012Made six tackles (five solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss of two against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... had one tackle (solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... posted two tackles (both solo) with a tackle for a loss of one yards against Kansas (11/10)... had a tackle (solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... had two tackles (one solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... tallied five tackles (all solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... had one tackle (solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... posted three tackles (two solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss at Iowa State (9/29)... tied for the team high with five tackles (all solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... had two tackles (both solo) at Texas State (9/8)... tallied one tackle (solo) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Rivals.com Big 12 All-Freshman Team Defense... played in eight games (5 starts) and made 32 tackles (28 solo) with 4.0 tackles for a loss (loss of 7 yards) with one interception, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery... led all Tech freshmen in tackles (32) and solo tackles (28)... was the only Tech freshman with an interception... made one tackle (solo) against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... made one tackle (solo) against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... led the team with nine tackles (all solo) with one tackle for a loss of two yards against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... recorded three tackles (all solo) against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... forced a fumble and collected three tackles (all solo) at Kansas (10/1)... posted four tackles (all solo), including two for a loss of four yards against Nevada (9/24)... collected three tackles (all assisted) and intercepted - first career - Lobos quarterback Tarean Austin at the 2:10 mark in the first quarter at New Mexico (9/17)... made career debut starting at middle linebacker and finished second on the team with eight tackles (seven solo), including one tackle for a loss with one forced fumble and recovered a fumble in season opener against Texas State (9/3)... became the first Texas Tech true freshman to start season opener at linebacker since 2003 (Brock Strat-ton)... most tackles (8) by a Tech true freshman in a season opener in more than 11 years... eight tackles in season opener were the most by a freshman in the Big 12 Conference during Week 1 (no other freshman had more than 4)... only two true freshmen in the country had more tackles during Week 1.

HIGH SCHOOLSpanish Fort High School in Spanish Fort, Ala… three-star linebacker (Rivals.com) from Spanish Fort High School in Spanish Fort, Alabama ... No. 39 prospect in the state of Alabama ... PrepStar All-Southeast team ... selected to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game ... helped lead his high school to its first state championship with a win over Briarwood Christian ... in the championship game, he led the defense with seven tackles.

PERSONALWilliam Blake Dees… born August 29, 1992, in Spanish Fort, Ala… son of Jonathan and Donna Dees… has two older brothers, Josh and Kory… enjoys hunting and working out… majoring in exercise and sports sciences at Texas Tech.TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2011 8 28 4 32 4.0 7 1 2 1 02012 12 26 3 29 2.0 6 0 0 0 0TOTAL 20 54 7 61 6.0 13 1 2 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2011 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.02012 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0TOTAL 20 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

CAREER HIGHSTackles _____________________________________ 9, vs. Kansas State (2011)Tackles For Loss ___________________________________ 2, vs. Nevada (2011)Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions __________________________________ 1, at New Mexico (2011)Fumbles Recovered _______________________________ 1, vs. Texas State (2011)* Indicates most recent high

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SETHDOEGE

7QB•6-1•197•Senior/3L

Wolfforth, Texas/Frenship

- Ranks 2nd in the NCAA with 38 touchdown passes.- Ranks 4th in the NCAA in passing (29.1 completions/game).- Ranks 5th all-time in Big 12 career history with a 69.0 completion percentage.- Led the Big 12 with 9 300-yard passing performances.- Had a career-high 45 completions against Kansas in a double-overtime victory.- Threw for a career-high 7 touchdowns at No. 21 TCU.- Threw for a career-high 499 yards against No. 4 West Virginia.- 3-of-5 career 400-yard passing games have come against a ranked opponent.- Became the 3rd QB in school history to throw for over 8,000 yards in a career.- Became 4th QB in school history to throw for over 3,000 yards in consecutive seasons.- Became the 4th QB in school history to throw for at least 60 career touchdown passes.- Became the 6th QB in school history to throw 1,000 passing attempts in a career.- Has 3 games this season with 6+ TD passes (ties a school-record) which leads the NCAA.

2012 AWARDS & HONORS:- All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)- Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)- AT&T All-America Player of the Week (10/25)- Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist (Top Quarterback)- Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week (10/25)- AT&T All-America Player of the Week Nominee (10/22)- Manning Award Stars of the Week (10/22)- College Football Performance Award - National Performer of the Week (10/22)- College Football Performance Award - National Quarterback of the Week (10/22)- Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/15)- Davey O’Brian Award National Quarterback of the Week (10/15)- AT&T All-America Player of the Week Nominee (10/15)- Manning Award Stars of the Week (10/15)- College Football Performance Award - Hon. Mention National Quarterback of the Week (10/15)- College Football Performance Award - National Performer of the Week (9/17)- College Football Performance Award - National Quarterback of the Week (9/17)- College Football Performance Award - Hon. Mention National Quarterback of the Week (9/10)- Maxwell Award Watch List (Top Player)- Davey O’Brien Award Watch List (Top Quarterback)- Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List (National Player of the Year)- Manning Award Watch List (Top QB - Including Bowl Game Performance)- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List (Top Quarterback)- Senior Bowl Watch List - Phil Steele Preseason No. 34 Nationally-Ranked QB

2012 NCAA STATISTICS RANKINGS- Passing Touchdowns (2nd - 38)- Completion Percentage (3rd - 70.4%)- Passing (4th - 29.1)- Passing Yards (6th - 3,943)- Passing Yards/Game (6th - 327.8)- Total Offense (9th - 331.1)- Passing Efficiency (15th - 156.6)

2012 BIG 12 STATISTICS RANKINGS- Passing Touchdowns (2nd - 38)- Passing Completions (2nd - 349)- Passing Attempts (2nd - 496)- Passing (2nd - 29.1)- Completion Percentage (2nd - 70.4%)- Passing Efficiency (3rd - 156.6)

- Total Offense (3rd - 331.1)- Passing Yards (4th - 3,943)- Passing Yards/Game (4th - 327.8)

2012Has thrown multiple touchdowns in 8-of-12 games this season and in 16-of-24 games since be-coming Tech’s starter in 2011... has nine 300-yard passing efforts this season (18 career)... has two 400-yard passing performances this season (5 career)... became the first Red Raider to pass for over 300 yards in five consecutive Big 12 games since 2008 (Graham Harrell - 6)... became the third quarterback in school history to pass for 8,000 career yards (Harrell, Kingsbury)... became the fourth player in school history to pass for at least 3,000 yards in back-to-back seasons (Potts, Harrell, Kingsbury)... completed 30-of-40 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns with three interceptions against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... also ran for a 19-yard touchdown, his first rushing score of the season... joined senior teammates Cody Davis, D.J. Johnson and Eric Stephens Jr. as a team captain against the Bears... went 24-of-36 with 230 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... went 45-of-59 for 476 yards with three touchdowns and one interception against Kansas (11/10)... 476 yards passing marked the most passing yards ever by a Red Raider against the Jayhawks... 476 yards marked the 17th most in school history... performance against Kansas moved him past 3,000 passing yards for the season, which marked the 13th consecutive season a Tech QB passed for at least 3,000yards...alsocaughtapassfromWRAustinZouzalikfor29yardsagainsttheJayhawks...went 26-of-44 for 329 yards with a touchdown against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... passed for 331 yards on 35-of-50 passing with two touchdowns and one interception at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... threw a career-high seven touchdown passes while going 30-of-42 for 318 yards without throw-ing an interception at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... marked the third time this season throwing six-plus touchdowns... had a career-game going 32-of-42 for 499 yards with six touchdown passes with just one INT against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... recorded his first 400-yard passing effort of the season against West Virginia... became the first Tech QB to throw for a pair of 6 TD games in the same season since 2008 (Harrell - 2)... completed 22-of-36 for 203 yards with three interceptions and zero touchdowns against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... went 30-of-46 for 331 yards passing with three touchdowns and two interceptions at Iowa State (9/29)... also caught a pass from WR Bradley Marquez for a gain of one yard... marked first reception of the season (2nd career)... completed 27-of-35 passes for 340 yards with six touchdowns with zero interceptions against New Mexico (9/15)... set a new career-high with six touchdown passes... tossed five touchdown passes in the first half becoming the first Red Raider with five TD passes in the first half since 2009 (Steven Sheffield, 6 - vs. K-State)... notched 500th career completion becoming just the seventh Tech QB to reach the career milestone... marked his second straight game with at least five TD passes and the fourth time during his career with at least four touchdown passes... finished the first half with 302 yards passing to become the first Red Raider to pass for at least 300 yards in the first half since 2010 (Taylor Potts, 306 - vs. Baylor - Cotton Bowl Stadium)... went 25-of-32 for 319 passing yards with five touchdowns and zero interceptions at Texas State (9/8)... marked third career four-plus passing touchdown performance, including this second career game with five passing TDs (at New Mexico - 2011)... career stats vs. Texas State (2 games): 49-of-66 (74%), 650 yards, 8 TD, 0 INT... marked his first 300-yard passing performance of the season (10th career)... opened the season going 23-of-34 for 199 yards with one passing touchdown and one intercep-tion against Northwestern State (9/1)... joined senior safety D.J. Johnson as a team captain for season opener against the Demons.

2011Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... AT&T All-America Player of the Week (10/27)... Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (10/24)... Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist (Nation’s Top Quarterback)... Manning Award “Stars of the Week” (10/30)... Walter Camp National Player of the Week (10/23)... Manning Award “Stars of the Week” (9/25)... AT&T All-Amer-ica Player of the Week (9/22)... Big 12 Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week (9/19)... Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week (9/19) Honorable Mention... Capital One Cup Im-pact Performance Nominee... Manning Award “Stars of the Week” (9/18)... NCAA RANK-INGS: led the NCAA (FBS) in passing (33.17 completions/game)... ranked fifth in passing yards per game (333.7)... ranked fifth in passing yardage (4,004 yards)... tied for 12th in passing touch-downs (28)... ranked 20th in points responsible for per game (16.00)... ranked 43rd in passing efficiency (138.9)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: ranked third in passing yardage per game (333.7)... ranked fourth in total offense (337.5)... ranked fifth in passing efficiency (138.9)... tied for the conference lead with nine 300-yard passing performances... (Baylor’s Robert Griffin III)... led all Big 12 first-year starting QB’s in numerous statistical categories, including completions, attempts, touchdowns, passing yards per game and passing yardage... TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOK: ranks ninth in Tech career passing completions list (439)... ranks 10th in Tech career passing attempts list (646)... ranks 10th in Tech career passing yardage list (4,431)... ranks seventh in Tech single-season passing completions list (398)... ranks eighth in Tech single-season passing attempts list (581)... ranks eighth in Tech single-season passing yardage list (4,004)... ranks eighth on Tech single-season passing yardage per game list (333.7)... ranks 10th in Tech single-season passing

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touchdowns list (28)... played in 12 games (12 starts) and went 398-of-581 (68.5%) for 4,004 yards passing and 28 touchdowns with 10 interceptions while averaging 333.7 yards passing per game... rushed for 46 yards marking the most rushing yards by a Tech QB since 2005 (Cody Hodg-es - 191)... accounted for a total of 32 touchdowns with 28 passing TDs and four rushing TDs... became the eighth quarterback in school history to pass for over 4,000 yards in a season and the first since 2008 (Graham Harrell, 5,111)... passed for over 300 yards in nine games... passed for over 400 yards on three occasions... most 300-yard passing games by a Tech QB since 2008 (Har-rell - 11)... 68.5 completion percentage marked the highest by a Tech QB since 2008... only Gra-ham Harrell in 2007 and 2008 had a higher completion percentage in a season since 2000... col-lected eight multiple passing touchdown performances... went 41-of-52 for 355 yards passing with three touchdowns and two interceptions against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Ar-lington (11/26)... went 37-of-53 for 315 yards and one touchdown with an interception at Mis-souri (11/19)... went 25-of-43 for 169 yards with an interception against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... reached the 3,000-yard passing mark for the season at Texas which marked the ninth straight season the Red Raiders have had a QB pass for at least 3,000 yards... went 40-of-55 for 381 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... 381-yards passing marked the most against the Longhorns this season... 381-yards passing at Texas marked the 68th most by a Red Raider QB in a single-game... 381-yards passing marked the 23rd most by a Red Raider QB in a road game... went 16-of-32 for 171 passing yards with zero touchdowns and threw two interceptions against Iowa State (10/29)... scored Tech’s only touchdown of the game on an eight-yard rushing touchdown... went 33-of-52 for 441 yards with four passing touch-downs and a rushing touchdown without throwing an interception at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... most passing yards ever by a Red Raider QB against Oklahoma... tied for the 32nd most passing yards ever by a Tech QB... 11th most passing yards by a Tech QB in a road game... 7th most passing yards by a Tech QB in a Big 12 road contest... passed for over 400 yards in back-to-back Big 12 games... became first Tech QB to throw for over 400 yards in consecutive Big 12 games since 2008 (Graham Harrell - vs. Texas; vs. Oklahoma State)... went 43-of-63 for 461 yards passing with one touchdown, three interceptions and notched first career rushing touchdown against No. 17 Kan-sas State (10/15)... at halftime, was 25-of-34 for 296 yards with a touchdown against the Wild-cats... 461 yards passing marks the 22nd most all-time for a Red Raider quarterback in a game... 461 passing yards are the 12th most for a Tech QB in a game played in Lubbock... 461 passing yards are the 15th most by a Red Raider QB against a league opponent... 461 yards passing are fifth most by a Big 12 quarterback in a game this season... went 44-of-66 for 391 yards passing with three touchdowns without tossing an interception against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... 44 completions are the most by a Red Raider QB since Taylor Potts threw 46 completions at Texas in 2009... 66 attempts are the most by a Red Raider QB since Graham Harrell threw 72 times against No. 3 Oklahoma in 2007... 66 passing attempts are the most by a Big 12 quarterback in a single-game this season... 391-yards passing against the Aggies marked the fourth most ever by a Red Raider QB against A&M in Lubbock... 391-yards passing are the 61st most in a single-game in school history... 391-yards passing are the 37th most by a Red Raider QB in a game played in Lubbock... 75 total offensive plays against the Aggies marked the most by a player in the Big 12 this season... went 29-of-46 for 366 yards with three touchdowns with one interception at Kansas (10/1)... led game-winning drive in the fourth quarter to defeat Nevada 35-34 with a touchdown pass to WR Eric Ward with 36 seconds left to play... went 26-of-38 passing for 222 yards with three touchdowns without tossing an interception against the Wolf Pack (9/24)... marked the first time since 2008 Texas Tech had gone three consecutive games (vs. Texas State, at New Mexico, vs. Ne-vada) without throwing an INT... also ran for 83 yards on nine carries against Nevada... 83 yards rushingmarkedthemostbyaTexasTechQBsinceSept.13,1997(ZebbieLethridge,88yardsvs.Southwest Louisiana)... posted a 48-yard run in the third quarter that marked the longest run by a Tech QB since the 1999 season opener at Arizona State (Rob Peters, 55-yard run)... had a career performance going 40-for-44 (90.1%) with 401 yards passing and five touchdowns at New Mexico (9/17)... 90.1 percent completion percentage marked a new NCAA all-time record for highest percentage of passes completed in a game (min. 40 completions)... previous record was held by former Red Raider QB Kliff Kingsbury (83.3%, 49-of-59 passing, at No. 23 Texas A&M on Oct. 5, 2002)... helped Texas Tech break the NCAA all-time team record for highest percentage of passescompleted(min.35completions)withthreeTechpassers(JacobKaram,AustinZouzalik)combined going 45-of-50 for a 90 percent completion percentage against the Lobos... previous record held by South Carolina (vs. Mississippi State, 87%, 40-of-46 passing - Oct. 14, 1995)... completed 15 consecutive passes (first half) against New Mexico to tie an all-time school record (Taylor Potts, vs. Baylor in Cotton Bowl Stadium in 2010)... became the first Tech QB to pass for at least five touchdowns without tossing an interception since Graham Harrell (6 TD/0 INT) in 2008 against Oklahoma State (11/08) in Lubbock... became the sixth Texas Tech player to be awarded the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award (joined QB Taylor Potts, 2010; QB Graham Harrell, 2008; WR Michael Crabtree, 2008; PK Matt Williams, 2008; QB Sonny Cumbie, 2004)... made sea-son debut passing for 326 yards on 23-of-33 passing with three touchdowns without throwing an interception in season opener against Texas State (9/3)... marked eighth consecutive year a Texas Tech QB has thrown for over 300 yards in season opener... marked first career 300-yard passing game... marked first career multi-passing touchdown performance.

2010Played in two games (back-up role) while going 3-of-4 for 58 yards passing on the season... passed for 58 yards on 3-of-4 passing (long of 21 yards) in the fourth quarter against Weber State (11/20)... made season debut off the bench at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13) in the fourth quarter... did not attempt a pass in first appearance of the season.

2009Made first career start against Kansas ... completed 14-of-28 passes for 159 yards and a touch-down in one half of play ... connected with Detron Lewis on a 61-yard scoring strike ... played in the second half against Texas A&M ... finished the night 18-of-25 for 146 yards ... threw first career touchdown versus Kansas State.

2008Redshirt season … scout team member.

HIGH SCHOOLFrenship High School in Wolfforth, Texas … one of the most promising prep quarterbacks in the state despite missing each of the last two seasons with injuries … displayed his abilities in 7-on-7 competitions for the Tigers, leading the team to the state tournament in College Station during the summer of 2007 … noted for his leadership, decision making and quick release, he appears to possess a number of qualities that will make him effective in operating the Tech offense … rated as a three-star prospect, the No. 4 quarterback and the No. 71 overall player in the state on Rivals.com’s Texas Top 100 for 2008 … also listed as the No. 18 overall pro-style passer in the nation by Rivals … a three-star player according to Scout.com … a member of the Lub-bock Avalanche-Journal’s ‘Top 100’ for 2008 … ranked the No. 4 quarterback and No. 43 overall player in the state on SuperPrep’s ‘Texas 110 for 2008’ … saw action as a sophomore, complet-ing 115-of-171 attempts (67.2%) for 2,439 yards and 27 touchdowns at Crane High School in 2005 … also carried the ball 78 times, gaining 526 yards and adding three touchdowns on the ground during sophomore year … attended Texas Tech Football Camp prior to junior year … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Purdue … High School Coaches: Bobby Davis and Randy Doege.

PERSONALSeth Doege … born December 18, 1988, in San Angelo, Texas … son of Melinda and Randy Doege … has a younger brother, Jarrett … cousin, Kyle Herm, is a quarterback at Rice … father was head coach at Crane High School and is now an assistant at Frenship … enjoys fishing and playing competitive sports … career aspiration is to be a leader in whatever he does … major-ing in exercise and sports sciences.

CAREER HIGHSPass Attempts _________________________________ 66, vs. Texas A&M (2011)Pass Completions __________________________________ 45, vs. Kansas (2012)Passing Yards _______________________________ 499, vs. West Virginia (2012)Passing Touchdowns ___________________________________ 7, at TCU (2012)Longest Pass ______________________________ 61 2x, vs. West Virginia (2012)*Rushing Yards ___________________________________ 83, vs. Nevada (2011)* Indicates most recent high

PASSING G Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic2009 4 61 38 0 369 2 61 62.3 6.0 92.2 123.92010 2 4 3 0 58 0 21 75.0 14.5 29.0 196.82011 12 581 398 10 4004 28 56 68.5 6.9 333.7 138.92012 12 496 349 14 3934 38 61 70.4 7.9 327.8 156.6TOTAL 30 1142 788 24 8365 68 61 69.0 7.3 278.8 146.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G2009 4 -51 369 318 79.52010 2 0 58 58 29.02011 12 46 4004 4050 337.52012 12 39 3934 3973 331.1TOTAL 30 34 8365 8399 280.0

RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G2009 4 11 -51 0 5 -4.6 -12.82010 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02011 12 54 46 4 48 0.9 3.82012 12 43 39 1 23 0.9 3.2TOTAL 30 108 34 5 48 0.3 1.1

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CORNELIUSDOUGLAS

2DB•5-9•198•Senior/3L

Lawton, Okla./Lawton

2012All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... Jim Thorpe National Defensive Back of the Week (10/3)... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/1)... College Football Performance Award - Hon. Mention National Defensive Back of the Week (10/1)... made three tackles (all solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... joined seniorWRAustin Zouzalik as a team captain at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... tal-lied seven tackles (all solo) and three tackles for a loss of eight yards against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... became the first Red Raider cornerback to have three tackles for a loss in a game in over 12 years... had a career game at Iowa State (9/29) with first two career interceptions and three tackles (all solo)... second interception led to Tech’s third touchdown of the game to give the Red Raiders a 21-13 lead... became the first Red Raider with a pair of interceptions in a game since D.J. Johnson also picked off two passes in Tech’s 2011 Big 12 opener at Kansas... joined teammate Alex Torres as a team captain against the Cyclones... collected two tackles (both solo) at Texas State (9/8)... made two tackles (one solo) with a tackle for a loss of six yards in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 12 games (10 starts) on both sides of the ball making 29 receptions for 329 yards (11.3 avg.) with one receiving touchdown... tallied 18 tackles (13 solo), broke up two passes, forced two fumbles and recovered one fumble for a touchdown... became first Red Raider in over 11 years to make at least 15 tackles (18) and also make at least 25 receptions (29)... notched four tackles (all solo) and broke up one pass against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... made seven tackles (two solo) and forced one fumble that resulted in a safety (ball rolled out the back of the end zone) at Missouri (11/19)... scored Texas Tech’s only touchdown with a 37-yard fumble recovery for a TD while also making three tackles (two solo) and breaking up one pass as a DB against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... joined teammate Tramain Swindall as a captain for game against the Cowboys... caught two passes for 11 yards against Iowa State (10/29)... made six catches for 45 yards (long 25) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... caught five passes for 99 yards with first receiving touchdown of the season against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... tallied a 40-yard touchdown reception which marked a career-long catch... made six catches for 24 yards against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... led team with 98 receiving yards on four catches at Kansas (10/1)... made four catches for 37 yards at New Mexico (9/17)... caught two passes for 15 yards in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Played in 13 games (0 starts) while making 20 receptions for 215 yards (10.8 avg.) with one touchdown and made four receptions for 29 yards... also made 11 tackles (nine solo) with one tackle for a loss of 23 yards and forced one fumble... caught two passes for 29 yards and made one tackle against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... made two tackles against Houston (11/27)... rushed once for three yards and caught two passes for 32 yards against Weber State (11/20)... made one tackle (solo) at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... caught one pass for five yards and threw one pass (incomplete) against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)... made one catch for 11 yards and tallied two tackles (both assisted) at Texas A&M (10/30)... had a career game with four catches and 53 yards while catching first career touchdown pass against No. 18 Oklahoma State (10/16)... made one tackle (solo) against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... played on both sides of the ball at Iowa State (10/2) with one reception and one solo tackle for a loss of yardage... made two receptions for eight yards against No. 4 Texas (9/18)... caught three passes for 49 yards in season opener against SMU (9/5).

2009Had a reception for 12 yards against Kansas ... caught two passes for 11 yards versus North Da-kota.

2008Redshirt season … scout team member.

HIGH SCHOOLLawton High School in Lawton, Okla. … a gifted athlete with a dynamic skill set, appeared at quarterback, defensive back and as a return man... chosen as an honorable mention all-state selection on offense by the Tulsa World following his senior season ...first-team Class 6A All-State choice on defense by OKPrepXtra.com ... completed 62-of-121 pass attempts for 828 yards and nine touchdowns at quarterback and rushed for 413 yards and 14 scores during senior season en route to being named the District 1-6A Offensive Player of the Year ... engineered the No. 4 ranked rush offense in Class 6A in 2007, a group that averaged 234.4 yards per contest ... led Wolverines to a 7-4 record and a berth in the Class 6A state playoffs during senior year... also av-eraged a reported 42.5 yards per attempt on 10 punts in 2007 ... completed 67-of-131 attempts as a junior, netting 1,033 passing yards and 10 touchdowns while also picking up 612 yards and adding 11 scores on the ground ... a three-star prospect and listed as the No. 3 athlete and No. 9 overall player in the state on Rivals.com’s Oklahoma Top 25 for 2008 ... ranked the No. 53 overall player in SuperPrep Magazine’s `Midlands 86 for 2008’ a list that features the top players from a region encompassing 11 states ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Iowa State, Kansas State, New Mexico and Tulsa.

PERSONALCornelius Douglas ... born on September 20, 1989 in Lawton, Okla. ... son of Alvin Douglas and Debra Martin ... his father is a graduate of East Central University and his mother is a gradu-ate of Cameron University and the University of Oklahoma ... has five siblings ... his uncle, John Douglas, played baseball at Oklahoma ... enjoys hunting, fishing and riding horses … majoring in psychology.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions __________________________________ 6 2x, at Oklahoma (2011)*Yards _____________________________________ 99, vs. Kansas State (2011)Touchdowns _____________________________ 1 3x, vs. Oklahoma State (2011)*Longest Reception _____________________________ 40, vs. Kansas State (2011)All-Purpose Yards ______________________________ 99, vs. Kansas State (2011)Tackles ____________________________________ 7 2x, vs. Oklahoma (2012)*Tackles For Loss _________________________________ 3, vs. Oklahoma (2012)Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions ___________________________________2, at Iowa State (2012)Fumbles Recovered ____________________________ 1, vs. Oklahoma State (2011)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2009 9 4 28 0 12 0.4 7.0 3.12010 13 20 215 1 28 1.5 10.8 16.52011 12 29 329 1 40 2.4 11.3 27.42012 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0TOTAL 40 53 572 2 40 1.3 10.8 14.3ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G2009 9 2 28 0 0 0 30 3.32010 13 3 215 0 0 0 218 16.82011 12 0 329 0 7 0 336 28.02012 6 0 0 0 0 40 40 6.7TOTAL 40 5 572 0 7 40 624 15.6

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2009 9 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 02010 13 9 2 11 1.0 23 0 1 0 02011 12 13 5 18 0.0 0 2 2 1 02012 6 16 1 17 4.0 14 2 0 0 0TOTAL 40 39 8 47 5.0 37 4 3 1 0INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2009 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02010 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02011 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02012 6 2 40 0 40 20.0 6.7TOTAL 40 2 40 0 40 20.0 1.0

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SAMEGUAVOEN

13LB•6-1•220•Sophomore/1L

Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial

2012Second on the team with eight tackles (seven solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... had five tackles (three solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... tallied four tackles (all solo) with a tackle for a loss against Kansas (11/10)... had three tackles (all solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... tied for the team lead with eight tackles (four solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made four tackles (all solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... had two tackles (both solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... notched one tackle (solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... had three tackles (all solo) at Iowa State (9/29)... posted a tackle (solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... recorded two tackles (both solo) at Texas State (9/8)... tied for second on the team with four tackles (three solo) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Rivals.com Big 12 All-Freshman Team Defense... played in 12 games (5 starts) making 30 tackles (25 solo) with one tackle for a loss of a yard... second on the team among all freshmen in tackles (LB Blake Dees, 32)... made 11 tackles (nine solo) against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Sta-dium in Arlington (11/26)... posted one tackle (solo) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... collected one tackle (solo) against Iowa State (10/29)... made three tackles (two solo) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... assisted on one tackle at Kansas (10/1)... second on the team with eight tackles (all solo), includ-ing one tackle for a loss of a yard against Nevada (9/24)... made first career start at linebacker and made two tackles (one solo) at New Mexico (9/17)... made collegiate debut with three tackles (all solo) in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

HIGH SCHOOLLakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas… three-star prospect by Rivals and ESPN.com ... Second-Team District 10-5A ... posted 118 total tackles as a senior with 64 solo and 55 assisted ... logged four sacks, one interception, two pass deflections, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries… also played basketball as a prep… High School Coach: Don Willis.

PERSONALSam Ehi Eguavoen… born February 22, 1993, in Dallas, Texas… son of Esosa and Patience Egua-voen… has an older sister, LaTricia, an older brother, Andre, and a younger brother, Owen… enjoys drawing and singing… majoring in art at Texas Tech.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2011 12 25 5 30 1.0 1 0 0 0 02012 12 35 10 45 1.5 1 0 0 0 0TOTAL 24 60 15 75 2.5 2 0 0 0 0

CAREER HIGHSTackles ________________________________________ 11, vs. Baylor (2011)Tackles For Loss _________________________________ 1 2x, vs. Kansas (2012)*Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

RYANERXLEBEN

26P•6-1•191•Junior/2L

Lake Travis, Texas/Lake Travis

- Ranks 4th all-time in Texas Tech career history in punting average (41.6).

2012All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)...Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... College Football Per-formance Award - Hon. Mention National Punter of the Week (10/22)... BIG 12 RANK-INGS: sixth in yards/punt (42.1)... punted once for 36 yards against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... punted six times with an average of 40.8 yards/punt with one going inside the 20-yard line at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... notched four punts averaging 43.8/punt with a long of 57 and with one punt going inside the 20-yard line... punted three times while averaging 41.3 yards/punt with one going inside the 20-yard line against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... tallied three punts for an average of 26.3 yards/punt with a long of 36 at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made eight punts - averaging 47.4 - with a long of 60 yards and with two coming inside the 20-yard line at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... made just one punt for 54 yards against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... tallied four punts for 164 yards - averaging 41.0 - with a long of 47 against No. 14 Oklahoma (10.6)... punted five times for 225 yards - averaging 45.0 - with a long of 50, two touchbacks and one punt going inside the 20-yard line at Iowa State (9/29)... punted once (35 yards) against New Mexico (9/15)... did not record a punt at Texas State (9/8)... marked the first time Tech did not punt in a game since 2008 (vs. Baylor)... punted only once (41 yards) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011 All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Kansas City Star All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: ranked 42nd in yards per punt (41.7)... BIG 12 RANK-INGS: ranked fifth in yards per punt (41.7)... TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOK: ranks fourth on Tech career yards per punt average (41.3)... played in all 12 games while making 57 punts for 2,376 yards (41.7 avg.) with five touchbacks, 15 fair catches and with 19 punts going inside the 20-yard line... 14 punts went for at least 50 yards... made six punts for 238 yards (39.7 avg.) with one punt inside the 20-yard line and with one touchback against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... notched five punts for an average of 51.4 yards (257 yards) with three punts going inside the 20-yard line at Missouri (11/19)... averaged 44.4 yards per punt on seven tries (311 yards) with one touchback and two punts inside the 20-yard line against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... averaged 46.2 yards per punt on four tries (185 yards) with a long of 55 yards while tallying one touchback and one punt going inside the 20-yard line at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... recorded nine punts for 385 yards (42.8 avg.) with a long of 55 yards with two punts inside the 20-yard line and one touchback against Iowa State (10/29)... marked the first time Texas Tech made nine punts in a game since 2000 (at Kansas State)... made six punts and averaged 37.3 yards per punt with a long of 52 yards and with three punts going inside the 20-yard line at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... punted twice for 92 yards (46.0 avg.) with one punt going inside the 20-yard line against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... notched three punts for 124 yards (41.3 avg) with one punt going inside the 20-yard line against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... punted five times for 186 yards (37.2 avg.) with a long of 52 yards at Kansas (10/1)... recorded three punts for an average of 41.3 yards per punt (124 total yards) with three going inside the 20-yard line against Nevada (9/24)... tallied just one punt for 38 yards at New Mexico (9/17)... made five punts - two going inside the 20-yard line - for an average of 29.8 yards per punt against Texas State (9/3) in the season opener.

2010Redshirted

2009Averaged 44.5 yards per punt on two punts against Michigan State ... pinned Baylor inside their 10 on one of three punts … best game since Houston earlier in the year with 46.0 average on four punts in win over Oklahoma ... two touchbacks ... had a career long of 55 ... averaged 43.0 yards on four punts ... third game over 40.0 yard average (UH, A&M) ... placed one inside the 20

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... pinned Kansas deep all day with five of seven punts fielded inside the 20 ... averaged 39.7 yards per punt, but kicked from short field much of the day ... punted three times for an average of 43.3 versus Texas A&M... averaged 36 yards per punt in the win at Nebraska ... had a long of 47 ... had one punt in the win over Kansas State, a 35-yard effort that pinned the Wildcats inside their own 20 ... punted four times against New Mexico for a 39.0 average, but was punting to a short field much of the time ... placed three punts inside the 20, including two inside UNM’s 5-yard line ... averaged 46.4 yards per punt in first full game at punter at Houston ... also recorded long punts of 50 and 54 yards ... placed four inside the 20 to pin Houston back ... punted four times in debut at Texas, placing one inside the 20.

HIGH SCHOOLLake Travis High School in Austin, Texas … named all-state as a punter and defensive end … member of the two-time state champions going 15-1 in 2007 and 16-0 in 2008 … named team captain senior year and defensive most valuable player … averaged 42.8 yards per punt and totaled 96 tackles his senior year … coached by Chad Morris … also involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. PERSONALRyan Erxleben … born May 3, 1991, in Dallas, Texas … son of Russell and Kim Erxleben … father played for the University of Texas and later for the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions … has two sisters, Erin and Lauren … participated in football during high school … hobbies in-clude playing golf, exercising, wake surfing and sky diving … majoring in exercise sports science.

CAREER HIGHSPunts _______________________________________ 9, vs. Iowa State (2011)Punt Average __________________________________ 51.4, at Missouri (2011)Inside the 20 _____________________________________ 5, vs. Kansas (2009)Long Punt ________________________________________ 60, at TCU (2012)* Indicates most recent high

PUNTING G No. Yards Lg Avg2009 11 43 1756 55 40.82011 12 57 2376 59 41.72012 12 37 1556 60 42.1TOTAL 35 137 5688 60 41.5

SaDALEFOSTER

8RB•5-7•187•Junior/TR

Riverside, Calif./J.W. North/Riverside CC

2012BIG 12 RANKINGS: sixth in kick-return average (21.8)... made eight carries for 49 yards (long 20) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... rushed four times for 18 yards (4.5 avg.) and caught three passes for four yards at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... carried five times for 15 yards with six receptions and 36 yards (long 13) against Kansas (11/10)... carried four times for 28 yards (long 15) with one kick return for 40 yards against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... rushed four times for 15 yards with a rushing touchdown and caught two passes for six yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made seven carries for 24 yards (long 12) and caught one pass for a yard at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... rushed 10 times for 82 yards (8.2 AVG) with a touchdown against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... averaged the most yards (8.2) by a Red Raider (min. 10 carries) since 2010 (Baron Batch - 8.3, 11 carries - at Oklahoma)... led all players with 133 all-purpose yards with 11 rushes for 46 yards, three catches for 26 yards and 63 kick-return yards while scoring first career touchdown (rushing - 3 yards) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... made three carries for five yards at Iowa State (9/29)... rushed 10 times for 64 yards (6.4 avg.) and returned two kickoffs for 50 yards against New Mexico (9/15)... led the team with 122 all-purpose yards with 10 rushes for 56 yards (long 15), one catch for three yards and returned two kickoffs for 67 yards (long 40) at Texas State (9/8)... made 11 carries for 44 yards on the ground with one catch for seven yards in career debut against Northwestern State (9/1) in season opener.

HIGH SCHOOLJohn W. North High School in Riverside, Calif… also competed in track while in high school.

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGERiverside Community College in Riverside, Calif... unanimous First-Team All-National Division East Conference selection as a punt returner in 2011 ... SUPERPREP JUCO team ... helped lead his team to a perfect 11-0 season and a win over Saddleback in the Golden State Bowl ... ended his career at Riverside with a 21-1 record in two seasons ... as a punt returner, he compiled 24 returns for a 13.4 average and scored one touchdown ... also added 22 kick returns for a 28.5 return aver-age ... as a wide receiver he caught 56 passes for 750 yards and scored 12 touchdowns ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Sacramento State and Texas-San Antonio.

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PERSONALSaDale Foster… born September 2, 1992 in Long Beach, Calif… son of Cedric and Ritza Foster… has three siblings, Cedric, Jr., Denzel and Tiffany… undeclared major at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSRushes ___________________________________ 11 2x, vs. Oklahoma (2012)*Rushing Yards ________________________________ 82, vs. West Virginia (2012)Rushing Touchdowns ___________________________ 1 3x, at Kansas State (2012)*Longest Rush ________________________________ 53, vs. West Virginia (2012)Receptions ______________________________________ 6, vs. Kansas (2012)Receiving Yards ___________________________________ 36, vs. Kansas (2012)Receiving Touchdowns ________________________________________ NoneLongest Reception _______________________________22, vs. Oklahoma (2012)Total Touchdowns ____________________________ 1 2x, vs. West Virginia (2012)*Kickoff Returns ________________________________ 7, at Kansas State (2012)Kickoff Return Yards ____________________________ 116, at Kansas State (2012)Longest Kickoff Return _____________________________ 40 2x, vs. Texas (2012)*All-Purpose Yards ______________________________ 137, at Kansas State (2012)* Indicates most recent high

RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G2012 12 87 440 3 53 5.1 36.7TOTAL 12 87 440 3 53 5.1 36.7

KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2012 12 18 392 0 40 21.8 32.7TOTAL 12 18 392 0 40 21.8 32.7

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G2012 12 440 83 0 392 0 915 76.2TOTAL 12 440 83 0 392 0 915 76.2

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2012 12 17 83 0 22 1.4 4.9 6.9TOTAL 12 17 83 0 22 1.4 4.9 6.9

JAKEEMGRANT

11IR•5-6•163•Freshman/RS

Mesquite, Texas/Mesquite Horn

2012College Football Performance Award - National Kick Returner of the Week (11/25)...caught two passes for eight yards and took a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... it marked the first Red Raider to return a kickoff for a touchdown since 2002 (Vincent Meeks, 98 yards, at No. 4 Oklahoma)... recorded three passes for 31 yards (long 22) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... had six catches for 32 yards with a receiving touch-down against Kansas (11/10)... caught three passes for five yards and carried once for a yard at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... caught a touchdown in the second overtime and made three catches for 45 yards at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... caught four passes for 37 yards (long 19) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... made two catches for 23 yards (long 12) at Iowa State (9/29)... caught two passes for three yards against New Mexico (9/15)... made five catches for 78 yards (long 42) at Texas State (9/8)... caught three passes for 25 yards and rushed once for three yards in career debut in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2010Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOLMesquite Horn High School in Mesquite, Texas… three-star prospect by Rivals and ESPN.com ... was a First-Team Dallas Morning News SportsDay All-Area selection ... PrepStar All-Midlands team ... as a senior he posted 516 rushing yards on 66 carries and nine touchdowns ... logged 1,306 receiving yards on 79 receptions and hauled in 13 touchdown catches… earned all-state honors in both football and track and field… High School Coach: Rodney Webb.

PERSONALJakeem Grant… born October 30, 1992, in Athens, Texas… son of Keith Grant and Sylvia Whit-taker… has two brothers… enjoys working out and playing basketball… majoring in exercise and sports sciences.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions ______________________________________ 6, vs. Kansas (2012)Yards _______________________________________78, at Texas State (2012)Touchdowns ___________________________________ 1 3x, vs. Kansas (2012)*Longest Reception _______________________________42, at Texas State (2012)All-Purpose Yards ________________________________78, at Texas State (2012)Kickoff Returns ____________________________________ 2, vs. Baylor (2012)Kickoff Return Yards _______________________________ 103, vs. Baylor (2012)Longest Kickoff Return _______________________________ 97, vs. Baylor (2012)Kickoff Return for a Touchdown ___________________________ 1, vs. Baylor (2012)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2012 12 33 287 3 42 2.8 8.7 23.9TOTAL 12 33 287 3 42 2.8 8.7 23.9

KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2012 12 3 118 1 97 39.3 9.8TOTAL 12 3 118 1 97 39.3 9.8

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KERRYHYDER

91DE•6-2•281•Junior/2L

Austin, Texas/Lyndon B. Johnson

2012San Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (1st Team)... AP All-Big 12 (1st Team)... All-Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year (Honorable Mention)...All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... CBS Sports All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Midseason CBS Sports All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Midseason ESPN All-Big 12 (1st Team)... College Football Performance Award - Hon. Mention National Defensive Lineman of the Week (9/3)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: third in tackles for a loss (13.5)... fifth in sacks (5.0)... 49th in tackles/game (4.3)... leads the Big 12 with 10.5 tackles for a loss in league play... most tackles for a loss by a Red Raider in Big 12 play since Brandon Sharpe had 14.0 in 2009... led the team with 11 tackles (five solo), including two tackles for a loss of three yards against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... had two tackles (both solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... made eight tackles (six solo) with two tackles for a loss and a sack against Kansas (11/10)... notched four tackles (all solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... collected four tackles (three solo), including one for a loss of three and broke up a pass at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made five tackles (four solo) with 2.5 tackles for a loss of nine yards and had a sack (loss of 6) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... collected six tackles (all solo), including one for a loss of two, against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... had two tackles (both solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... tallied five tackles (four solo) with two sacks (loss of 11) and recovered first career fumble at Iowa State (9/29)... became the first Red Raider with two sacks in a game since 2010 (Pearlie Graves, 2 - at Colorado)... notched two tackles (both solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... broke up one pass at Texas State (9/8)... made three tackles - all for a loss - with two pass breakups and one sack (loss of 4) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 12 games (12 starts) with 42 tackles (29 solo) while making 5.0 tackles for a loss (loss of 10 yards), 1.5 sacks, forced one fumble, broke up three passes and had three quarterback hur-ries... fifth on the team in tackles... had six games making at least five tackles... made five tackles (three solo) against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... had six tackles (two solo) with 0.5 credited with a sack at Missouri (11/19)... posted two tackles (both solo) with one tackle for a loss with a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... notched five tackles (one solo) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... joined teammate Alex Torres as a captain for game against the Longhorns... tallied five tackles (all solo) with 1.0 tackles for a loss against Iowa State (10/29)... made two tackles (both solo) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... collected two tackles (both solo) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made one tackle (solo) against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... tallied seven tackles (four solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss at Kansas (10/1)... made five tackles (all solo) with two tackles for a loss of seven yards, including one sack against Nevada (9/24)... notched two tackles (both solo), broke up one pass and forced one fumble at New Mexico (9/17)... made season debut with one quarterback hurry in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Played in 11 games (3 starts) making 13 tackles (six solo) with 3.5 tackles for a loss of 17 yards, two sacks and broke up two passes, forced two fumbles and had two quarterback hurries on the season... made two tackles (one solo) and posted 1.5 tackles for a loss with one quarterback hurry against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... broke up one pass against Houston (11/27)... collected two tackles (both solo) with one sack for a loss of 10 yards, broke up one pass and forced a fumble against Weber State (11/20)... made three tackles (one solo) and forced one fumble at Texas A&M (10/30)... recorded first career sack (six-yard loss) and had four tackles (one solo) at New Mexico (9/11)...made career debut with a tackle (solo) on SMU’s (9/5) second drive of the game during the season opener.

2009Redshirt season

HIGH SCHOOLThree-star (Rivals.com, Scout.com) defensive end from Lyndon B. Johnson High School in Austin, Texas ... PrepStar All-Midlands Region ... No. 40 defensive end nationally, per Scout.com ... No. 52 defensive end nationally, according to Rivals.com ... tough, imposing presence ... good short area quickness and explodes to the ball ... Class 4A All-State second team ... possesses good size, athleticism and plays aggressive ... senior season was first at defensive end ... totaled over 100 tackles for the second-straight season ... had 153 tackles and five sacks as a junior and showed his athleticism with two interceptions ... clocked at 4.6 in the 40 ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Utah, Toledo, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Minnesota and New Mexico ... High School Coach: Demo Odems.

PERSONAL Kerry Hyder Jr. ... born May 2, 1991, in Austin, Texas ... Kerry Hyder and Jacqueline Nash ... has five siblings ... cousin, Chris Houston, plays for the Detroit Lions ... majoring in restaurant, hotel and institutional management.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2010 11 6 7 13 3.5 17 2 2 0 02011 12 29 13 42 5.0 10 3 1 0 02012 12 41 11 52 13.5 43 4 0 1 0TOTAL 35 76 31 107 22.0 70 9 3 1 0

CAREER HIGHSTackles ________________________________________ 11, vs. Baylor (2012)Tackles For Loss _____________________________________ 2.5, at TCU (2012)Sacks ________________________________________2, at Iowa State (2012)Interceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered ________________________________1, at Iowa State (2012)* Indicates most recent high

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2010 11 2 0 2.0 162011 12 1 1 1.5 42012 12 5 0 5.0 25TOTAL 35 8 1 8.5 45

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D.J.JOHNSON

12S•6-0•190•Senior/3L

Austin, Texas/St. Stephen’s Episcopal

2012All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: ninth in solo tackles (62)... 21st in tackles/game (6.3)... posted four tackles (all solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... joined senior teammates Cody Davis, Seth Doege and Eric Stephens Jr. as a team captain against the Bears...has led the team in tackles in back-to-back games... led team with nine tackles (seven solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... led the team with 10 tackles (nine solo) with one pass breakup against Kansas (11/10)... posted six tackles (four solo) and broke up a pass against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... joined senior WR Alex Torres as a team captain against the Longhorns... made five tackles (four solo) and broke up a pass at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... collected an interception, broke up a pass and made eight tackles (four solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... posted six tackles (five solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... led the team with 10 tackles (nine solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... became the first Red Raider with 10 tackles in a game this season... among team leaders with four tackles (two solo) at Iowa State (9/29)... led the team in tackles for the second straight week with five (all solo) and broke up one pass against New Mexico (9/15)... led the team with six tackles (all solo) at Texas State (9/8)... among team leaders with three tackles (all solo) with two tackles for a loss of 13 yards and tallied first career sack (loss of 8) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1)... joined senior quarterback Seth Doege as a team cap-tain for season opener against the Demons.

2011Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: tied for 34th in solo tackles (83)... tied for 37th in solo tackles per game (5.1)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for fourth in forced fumbles (3)... tied for eighth in solo tackles (61)... tied for 16th in tackles per game (6.9)... played in 12 games (12 starts) with 83 tackles (61 solo), led the team with two interceptions (40 yards of INT return), made 0.5 tackles for a loss, broke up three passes, forced three fumbles and recovered one fumble... second on the team in tackles... made double-figure tackles on three occasions... made at least eight tackles in a game six times... became first Red Raider since 2008 (Darcel McBath) to lead the team in interceptions and rank in the top two on the team in tackles... made 12 tackles (eight solo) and forced two fumbles against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Ar-lington (11/26)... collected six tackles (one solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss at Missouri (11/19)... made eight tackles (seven solo) against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... second on the team with 10 tackles (six solo) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... notched four tackles (two solo) against Iowa State (10/29)... recorded five tackles (three solo) and forced one fumble at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... made three tackles (all solo) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... led team with nine tackles (all solo) and broke up three passes against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... made three tackles (one solo) with two interceptions (40 return yards) at Kansas (10/1)... interceptions came on back-to-back Kansas possessions in the second quarter... first Red Raider with two interceptions in a game since Jarvis Phillips posted two against No. 4 Texas in 2010... tied with four other league players with the most interceptions in a single-game by a Big 12 player... led team making 13 tackles (11 solo) against Nevada (9/24)... posted 10 tackles during the first half marking the most tackles by a Red Raider in the first half since Marlon Williams also made 10 at Texas A&M on Oct. 10, 2008... marked the most tackles by a Red Raider since Bront Bird tallied 14 (13 solo) against Oklahoma State on Oct. 16, 2010... recovered one fumble and made a tackle (solo) at New Mexico (9/17)... made season debut leading team with nine tackles (all solo) against Texas State (9/3).

2010All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... NCAA RANKINGS: tied for 87th in interceptions (3)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for 10th in interceptions (3)... played in 12 games (8 starts) making 43 tackles (37 solo) with three interceptions, two tackles for a loss of four yards and broke up four passes on the season... broke up one pass against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... made three tackles (all solo) and intercepted Houston quarterback David Piland in the fourth quarter with 1:49 on the clock and returned the interception 33 yards (11/27)... tallied two tackles (both solo) against Weber State (11/20)... made three tackles (all solo) at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... posted four tackles (two solo) at Texas A&M (10/30)... col-

lected six tackles (all solo) at Colorado (10/23)... finished with five tackles (all solo), broke up two passes and intercepted Oklahoma State (10/16) quarterback Brandon Weeden in the third quar-ter with 3:55 on the clock... had two tackles (both solo) and made one tackle for a loss of one yard against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... made two tackles (one solo) at Iowa State (10/2)... had a career-high seven tackles (six solo) and marked first career tackle for a loss against No. 4 Texas (9/18)... made six tackles (four solo) at New Mexico (9/11)...intercepted SMU quarterback Kyle Padron in the third quarter with 7:42 on the clock during season opener (9/5)... recorded three tackles (all solo) and broke up one pass.

2009Played in 12 games on the season … posted five tackles twice … tallied 14 total tackles on the year … first career interception came at Texas … posted six pass breakups.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-star (Rivals.com, Scout.com) athlete from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas ... No. 69 cornerback nationally, per Scout.com ... PrepStar All-Midlands Region ... clocked at 4.4 in the 40 ... rushed for 1,445 yards and 18 touchdowns on 174 carries as a senior and also threw for 1,053 yards and eight touchdowns ... multi-talented player also rushed for 20 touchdowns as a junior and threw for 10 more ... finished high school career with more than 4,000 rushing yards and 46 scores, while passing for more than 2,100 yards and 25 touchdowns ... averaged over 9.0 yards per carry in high school ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Marshall ... High School Coach: George Kirk.

PERSONALD.J. Johnson ... born April 7, 1990, in Austin, Texas ... son of Darnell Johnson and Keisha Mitchell ... has two siblings... majoring in arts and sciences.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2009 12 22 2 24 0.0 0 7 1 0 02010 12 37 6 43 2.0 4 7 0 0 02011 12 61 22 83 0.5 1 5 3 1 02012 12 62 14 76 2.0 13 6 0 0 0TOTAL 48 182 44 226 4.5 18 25 4 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2009 12 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.62010 12 3 44 0 33 14.7 3.72011 12 2 40 0 24 20.0 3.32012 12 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.2TOTAL 48 7 106 0 33 15.1 2.2CAREER HIGHSTackles _______________________________________ 13, vs. Nevada (2011)Tackles For Loss _________________________________ 1 2x, vs. Baylor (2010)*Sacks __________________________________ 1, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Interceptions _____________________________________ 2, at Kansas (2011)Fumbles Recovered _______________________________ 1, at New Mexico (2011)* Indicates most recent high

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BRUCEJONES

24DB•5-7•171•Junior/TR

Eastvale, Calif./Roosevelt/Riverside CC

2012Tallied three tackles (all solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... collected a tackle (solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... had one tackle (solo) with two pass breakups against Kansas (10/11)... made five tackles (four solo) with two tackles for a loss of 10 yards against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... posted five tackles (all solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... notched five tackles (four solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... collected two tackles (both solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... had one tackle (solo) and broke up one pass against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... made four tackles (all solo) and broke up a pass against New Mexico (9/15)... tallied one tackle (solo) at Texas State (9/8)... made career debut making one tackle (assisted) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGERoosevelt High School in Eastvale, Calif… three-star prospect by Rivals and a two-star prospect by Scout ... collected all-conference honors during both freshman and sophomore seasons… registered 31 total tackles at Riverside in 2011, including 17 solo and two tackles for loss ... notched four interceptions for 158 yards ... 12 pass breakups ... one forced fumble… CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: New Mexico State.

HIGH SCHOOLRoosevelt High School in Eastvale, Calif… received first team all-league at two positions (MLB and SS)… earned defensive MVP honors as a junior and senior… notched 109 tackles, five inter-ceptions, three sacks and forced three fumbles… High School Coach: Bill Stayce.

PERSONALBruce Jones… born August 5, 1992 in Inglewood, Calif… son of Beejay Jones and Lashuntia Tay-lor… has three siblings, De’channe Lane, Gregory Sanders and Tejon Jones… hobbies include playing video board games, snowboarding and miniature golf… psychology major at Texas Tech.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2012 12 26 3 29 2.0 10 7 0 0 0TOTAL 12 26 3 29 2.0 10 7 0 0 0

CAREER HIGHSTackles _______________________________________ 5 3x, vs. Texas (2012)*Tackles For Loss ___________________________________ 2.0, vs. Texas (2012)Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions _____________________________________________ NonePass Breakups _________________________________ 3, vs. West Virginia (2012)* Indicates most recent high

MARCUSKENNARD

88WR•6-3•203•Senior/TR

Lawton, Okla./Lawton/Butler CC

2012Made one reception for six yards against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... caught a pass for 10 yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made three catches for 43 yards with a touchdown against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... caught four passes for 40 yards and recorded first career touchdowns with a 12-yard and three-yard catch in the end zone - both from backup QB Michael Brewer - in the fourth quarter of season opener against Northwestern State (9/1)... becomes the seventh Red Raider in the Tommy Tuberville era to record a multiple receiving touchdown performance.

2011Played in 11 games (zero starts) with 12 receptions for 182 yards... averaged 15.2 yards per catch and 16.5 yards per contest... 15.2 yards per catch is the best by a Texas Tech player (with at least 10 REC) since 2008 (Edward Britton, 16.5 avg. - 35 catches/577 yards)... posted one catch for five yards against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... made one catch for six yards at Missouri (11/19)... caught one pass for 35 yards against Iowa State (10/29)... tallied three catches for 75 yards at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... made three catches for 25 yards against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... caught one pass for 17 yards against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... made one catch for 12 yards at Kansas (10/1)... caught first career pass for seven yards against Nevada (9/24)... made career debut in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

BUTLER COMMUNITY COLLEGEButler Community College in El Dorado, Kan… four-star prospect by Rivals ... one of the top junior college wide receivers in the country with an excellent vertical leap ... led team with 45 receptions and 893 receiving yards ... averaged 74.4 yards per-game and 19.8 yards per-catch ... piled up 13 touchdown receptions and led the team in scoring with 80 points ... was a First-Team All-Jayhawk Conference selection ... Second-Team NJCAA All-America… No. 12 on the Super-prep JUCO Top 100… Head Coach: Troy Morrell.

HIGH SCHOOLLawton High School in Lawton, Okla… named Old Spice Player of the Year… caught the most touchdowns in Class 6A as a senior with 13… also recorded 638 receiving yards… tabbed all-state as a senior… participated in the Oil Bowl (Oklahoma vs. Texas)… earned academic honor roll status… also participated in basketball as a prep… High School Coach: Randy Breeze.

PERSONALMarcus Terrill Kennard… born October 16, 1990, in Leesville, La… son of Anthony Kennard and Tammie Kennard, step mom is Erin Kennard… has two older brothers, Brandon and Antony, and a younger sister, Taneka… brother, Brandon, played college football at Langston University… enjoys hanging out with friends… majoring in psychology at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions _______________________________ 4, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Yards _______________________________________75, vs. Oklahoma (2011)Touchdowns ______________________________ 2, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Longest Reception _______________________________40, vs. Oklahoma (2011)All-Purpose Yards ________________________________75, vs. Oklahoma (2011)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2011 11 12 182 0 40 1.1 15.2 16.52012 9 9 99 3 18 1.0 11.0 11.0TOTAL 20 21 281 3 40 1.0 13.4 14.1

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DARRINMOORE

14WR•6-4•216•Senior/2L

Irving, Texas/McArthur/Blinn College

- Moved into a tie for 4th place in Tech single-season history with 13 touchdown receptions.- Moved into a tie for 5th place in Tech career history with 22 touchdown receptions.- Has 16 touchdown receptions over his last 13 games played (dates back to 2011).- Has caught at least one touchdown pass in 10 of his last 13 games played.- Has at least 5 receptions in all 11 games played this year - 13 straight games with at least 5 receptions dating back to 2011.

2012All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Col-lege Football News All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason College Football News All-Big 12 (2nd team)... NCAA RANKINGS: fourth in receiving touchdowns (13)... 15th in receptions/game (7.36)... 18th in receptions (81)... 31st in receiving yards/game (86.2)... 37th in receiv-ing yards (948)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: second in receiving touchdowns (13)... fifth in receptions (81)... fifth in receptions/game (7.4)... sixth in receiving yards (948)... sixth in receiving yards/game (86.2)... sixth in touchdowns scored (13)... one of only three Red Raiders over the past 12 years with at least 10 receiving touchdowns in Big 12 play (Michael Crabtree - 2007 & 2008, Lyle Leong - 2010)... has three 100-yard receiving performances this season (5 career)... has caught multiple touchdown receptions four times this season (6 career)... went over 100-yards receiving for the second straight game with 13 catches for 186 yards and two touchdown catches against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... had 146 receiving yards at halftime marking the most by a Red Raider in the first half since 2007 (Michael Crabtree - 152 - at Oklahoma State on Sept. 22, 2007)... 186 yards marks the most receiving yards by a Red Raider in Big 12 play since 2007 (Michael Crabtree - 9 catches, 195 yards, 2 TD - at Texas on Nov. 10, 2007)... tallied nine receptions for 140 yards with a touchdown at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... marked second 100-yard receiving performance this season (4th career)... recorded nine catches for 74 yards with two touchdown catches against Kansas (11/10)... joined senior teammate DL Leon Mackey as a team captain against the Jayhawks... caught seven passes for 108 yards (long 24) against No. 22 Texas (11/3) - marking his first 100-yard game of the season (3rd career) and first since Sept. 17, 2011 (at New Mexico - 118)... also marked first career Big 12 100-yard receiving performance... tallied nine catches for 63 yards (long 14) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made five receptions for 63 yards with one touchdown catch at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... caught nine passes for 92 yards with three touchdowns against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... marked second multiple touchdown performance this season (4th career)... marked first three-touchdown effort of the season (2nd career)... made five catches for 80 yards (long 35) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... caught five passes for 20 yards with a touchdown at Iowa State (9/29)... marked fourth touchdown catch of the season (13th career)... caught one touchdown pass and had five receptions for 49 yards against New Mexico (9/15)... made season debut recording five catches for 73 yards with two touchdowns at Texas State (9/8)... marked first multiple receiving touchdown performance of the season (third career).

2011Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Nation’s Top WR)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: ninth in receptions/game (5.2)... tied for ninth in 100-yard receiving games (2)... 10th in receiving yards per game (63.4)... played in 9 games (6 starts) with 47 receptions for 571 yards with eight receiving touch-downs... averaged 12.1 yards per catch and 63.4 yards per contest... ranked second on the team in receiving touchdowns, third in receptions and third in receiving yards... posted two 100-yard performances... tallied two multiple receiving touchdown games... made six catches for 74 yards and caught two touchdown passes against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... led team with nine catches and also with 88 yards receiving with a touchdown catch at Missouri (11/19)... caught three passes for 21 yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... made six receptions for 34 yards with a touchdown at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... first touchdown reception since Week 2 at New Mexico... caught one pass for 11 yards against Iowa State (10/29)... returned from an ankle injury making one catch for four yards at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... caught nine passes for 118 yards and scored three touchdowns at New Mexico (9/17)... marked first career

multiple touchdown game... marked the first time a Tech player caught three touchdowns in the first half since Sept. 22, 2007 (Michael Crabtree, at Oklahoma State)... became the first Red Raider with at least 100 yards receiving in the first half since the 2010 season opener (Lyle Leong, 8 catches, 100 yards vs. SMU)... made season debut with a career performance with 12 receptions for 221 yards and one touchdown in season opener against Texas State (9/3)... marked the most receiving yards ever by a Texas Tech receiver in a season opener... most receiving yards by a Big 12 receiver during the season... 12 catches ranks tied for ninth all-time in school single-game his-tory... most receptions in a game by a Red Raider since Michael Crabtree caught 12 passes against Oklahoma on Nov. 17, 2007, in Lubbock... 221 yards receiving ranks 10th all-time in school single-game history... most receiving yards in a game by a Red Raider since Michael Crabtree (237 yards) and Danny Amendola (233) both entered the record books against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla., on Sept. 22, 2007... 221 yards were the most by any receiver in NCAA College Football (FBS or FCS) during Week 1.

2010Played in 12 games (1 start) making 15 receptions for 117 yards receiving (7.8 avg.) with one touchdown on the season… was one of 10 Tech receivers with double-figure receptions… caught two passes for two yards against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas… marked season-highs with four catches for 51 yards receiving against Weber State (11/20)… made two receptions for eight yards, including first career touchdown catch for three yards from WR Detron Lewis at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)… marked the first passing touchdown by non-Texas Tech quarterback in over 15 years… notched one catch for seven yards against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)… made two catches for 26 yards at Texas A&M (10/30)… made first career start at wide receiver and caught a one-yard pass at Colorado (10/23)… made one catch for two yards at Iowa State (10/2)… made first career catch at New Mexico (9/11) while finishing with two grabs for 10 yards… made career debut in season-opener against SMU (9/5).

BLINN COLLEGEBlinn College… helped lead team to NJCAA National Championship in 2009… made 35 catches for 537 yards with five touchdowns as a freshman… teammates with Heisman Trophy winner QB Cam Newton.

HIGH SCHOOLMacArthur High School in Irving, Texas… played for head coach Brian Basil and assistant coach David Beaty… recorded 1,012 receiving yards and caught 10 touchdown passes as a senior… named first team all-conference as a senior.

PERSONALDarrin Moore… born January 20, 1990, in Kokomo, Ind… son of Darrin Moore and Stacey Moore… has an older brother, Chris, and a younger sister, Kandace… enjoys playing video games, eating and hanging out with friends… majoring in human science.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions ______________________________________ 13, vs. Baylor (2011)Yards _____________________________________ 221, vs. Texas State (2011)Touchdowns ________________________________ 3 2x, vs. West Virginia (2012)Longest Reception ____________________________57, at Oklahoma State (2012)All-Purpose Yards ______________________________ 221, vs. Texas State (2011)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2010 12 15 117 1 19 1.2 7.8 9.82011 9 47 571 8 56 5.2 12.1 63.42012 11 81 948 13 57 7.4 11.7 86.2TOTAL 32 143 1636 22 57 4.5 11.4 51.1

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EUGENENEBOH

31CB•5-10•180•Senior/2L

Odessa, Texas/Permian

- Became only the 3rd Red Raider since 2002 (Jamar Wall - 2009, Joselio Hanson - 2002) with four pass breakups in a single game with four against No. 4 West Virginia.

2012Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: 38th in pass breakups (13)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: sixth in pass breakups (13)... made five tackles (all solo) with three pass breaksups against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... collected four tackles (one solo) with one pass breakup at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... made one tackle (solo) against Kansas (11/10)... collected five tackles (all solo) and broke up a pass against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... made two tackles (both solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... joined senior teammate WR Tyson Williams as a team captain against the Wildcats... third on the team with seven tackles (six solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... recorded two tackles (both solo) and broke up four passes against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... four pass breakups is the most by a Red Raider since 2009 (Jamar Wall, 4 - vs. Oklahoma)... became the third Red Raider since 2002 to post at least four pass breakups in a single-game (Wall - 2009, Hanson - 2002)... collected two tackles (both solo) with two pass breakups against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... had three tackles (one solo) at Iowa State (9/29)... made two tackles (both solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... joined senior OL Deveric Gallington as a team captain against the Lobos... tallied three tackles (all solo) and led the team with two pass breakups at Texas State (9/8)... among team leaders with three tackles (all solo) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 10 games (5 starts) with 11 tackles (all solo) with one quarterback hurry… made one tackle (solo) against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)… recorded two tackles (both solo) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)… made two tackles (both solo) at Kansas (10/1)… collected a season-high four tackles (all solo) against Nevada (9/24)… notched one tackle (solo) at New Mexico (9/17)… made season debut with one tackle (solo) in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Played in nine games (4 starts) making 25 tackles (16 solo) with one tackle for a loss of two yards and broke up two passes on the season... made six tackles (three solo) and broke up one pass against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... had four tackles (all solo) against Houston (11/27)... made one tackle (solo) against Weber State (11/20)... tallied one tackle (assisted) at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... made first career start against No. 14 Missouri (11/6) and finished game with four tackles (all solo) and broke up one pass... tallied four tackles (all solo) against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)... recorded first career tackle against Texas A&M (10/30) while finishing with nine tackles (four solo).

2009Scout team member.

HIGH SCHOOLPermian High School in Odessa, Texas

PERSONAL Eugene Neboh ... born June 13, 1990, in Weatherford, Okla.... son of Eugene and Stella Neboh... has three younger brothers, Felix, Richard and Dexter… enjoys playing video games, sleeping and spending time with family... majoring in physical therapy.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2010 9 16 9 25 1.0 2 2 0 0 02011 10 11 0 11 0.0 0 0 0 0 02012 12 33 6 39 0.0 0 13 0 0 0TOTAL 31 60 15 75 1.0 2 15 0 0 0

CAREER HIGHSTackles _______________________________________9, at Texas A&M (2010)Tackles For Loss __________________________________1, at Texas A&M (2010)Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions _____________________________________________ NonePass Breakups _________________________________ 4, vs. West Virginia (2012)* Indicates most recent high

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TRE’PORTER

5CB•6-0•202•Junior/2L

Midwest City, Okla./Carl Albert

2012All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)...Made five tackles (all solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cow-boys Stadium... had four tackles (all solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... made two tackles (both solo) against Kansas (11/10)... collected four tackles (two solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... notched two tackles (one solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... collected two tackles (both solo) - one for a loss - with a pass breakup against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... made four tackles (three solo) and broke up one pass at Iowa State (9/29)... third on the team with four tackles (three solo) at Texas State (9/8)... made one tackle (assisted) in season opener against North-western State (9/1).

2011Preseason Lindy’s All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Played in 7 games (6 starts) with 24 tackles (21 solo) with one interception, one recovered fumble and broke up two passes... suffered season-ending injury during Iowa State game which forced him to miss final four games of the season... collected five tackles (four solo) with one pass breakup and a fumble recovery against Iowa State (10/29)... made five tackles (four solo) and intercepted Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones in the third quarter with 45 seconds on the clock at the Oklahoma 44-yard line (10/22)... col-lected two tackles (both solo) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made four tackles (all solo) at Kansas (10/1)... tallied four tackles (three solo) at New Mexico (9/17)... made season debut collecting four tackles (all solo) and broke up one pass in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010BIG 12 RANKINGS: led all Big 12 freshmen with 76 total tackles and averaging 5.8 tackles per game... 29th in tackles/game (5.8)... led team making nine tackles (all solo) against Houston (11/27)... made four tackles (all solo) against Weber State (11/20)... second on the team with 10 tackles (five solo) and broke up one pass at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... had five tackles (all solo) with one tackle for a loss of one yard against Missouri (11/6)... finished with six tackles (two solo) and broke up three passes at Texas A&M (10/30)... notched three tackles (two solo) at Colorado (10/23)... made eight tackles (all solo) with one tackle for a loss and broke up a pass against No. 18 Oklahoma State (10/16)... led team with 12 tackles (10 solo) against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... made first career start against Iowa State (10/2)... had four tackles against Cyclones (three solo)... had five tackles (four solo) - including one for a loss of three yards - against No. 4 Texas (9/18)... collected four solo tackles at New Mexico (9/11)... made career debut in season opener against SMU (9/5) with one interception, which he returned for 13 yards... intercepted SMU quarterback Kyle Padron in the second quarter with 8:22 on the clock.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2010 13 61 15 76 4.0 8 7 0 0 02011 7 21 3 24 0.0 0 3 0 1 02012 10 22 6 28 1.0 1 2 0 0 0TOTAL 30 104 24 128 5.0 9 12 0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2010 13 1 13 0 13 13.0 1.02011 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.02012 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0TOTAL 30 2 13 0 13 6.5 0.4CAREER HIGHSTackles ________________________________________ 12, vs. Baylor (2010)Tackles For Loss _______________________________ 1 5x, vs. Oklahoma (2012)*Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions ________________________________ 1 2x, at Oklahoma (2011)*Fumbles Recovered _______________________________ 1, vs. Iowa State (2011)* Indicates most recent high

HIGH SCHOOLHelped lead Carl Albert to the Class 5A State Championship after posting 115 tackles and two interceptions during senior season … also produced offensively with 652 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on the ground and 665 yards and 11 scores receiving … four-star defensive back and rated the No. 21 corner in the country (Rivals) … ranked No. 8 in the SuperPrep Mid-lands region, covering nine states, and No. 8 on the Oklahoma Postseason Top 35 list (Rivals) … logged 96 tackles, a sack and four picks as a junior … standout on the track in sprints and relays.

PERSONALTre’vante Porter … born December 11, 1991 in Midwest City, Oklahoma … son of Felicia Porter … has a younger sister, Trenae … majoring in pre-physical therapy.

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JACKSONRICHARDS

43DE•6-4•248•Sophomore/1L

Southlake, Texas/Carroll

2012Made three tackles (two solo) and had 0.5 tackles for a loss of one yard against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... tallied three tackles (one solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... made five tackles (all solo) against Kansas (11/10)... tallied three tackles (all solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... collected three tackles (all solo) and made one tackle for a loss of three yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made two tackles (two solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... had one tackle (solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... did not post a tackle but broke up one pass against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... posted five tackles (three solo) while notching 1.5 tackles for a loss of three yards at Iowa State (9/29)... collected one tackle (solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... made one tackle (solo) at Texas State (9/8)... tallied one tackle (solo) with a pass breakup in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 12 games (4 starts) with 17 tackles (13 solo) with 2.5 tackles for a loss (loss of 11 yards), recorded one sack, broke up one pass, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble... made at least one tackle in 10 of 12 games played... made one tackle (assisted) against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... made one tackle (solo- for a loss of five yards) at Mis-souri (11/19)... collected two tackles (both solo) against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... recorded one tackle (solo) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... collected one tackle (solo) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22) while also making one rush for three yards on a fake punt attempt that resulted in loss of downs (10/22)... made one tackle (solo) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... had one tackle (solo) against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... made four tackles (one solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss at Kansas (10/1)... had one tackle (solo) against Nevada (9/24)... posted four tackles (all solo) while making first career sack and forced fumble at New Mexico (9/17)... made career debut breaking up one pass in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Redshirt season

HIGH SCHOOLAll-District 6-5A selection … four-star defensive end (Rivals) … third-rated defensive end in the state (Texas Football) … No. 23 rated defensive end nationally and No. 45 overall player in Texas (Rivals) … No. 34 player in Texas (Superprep) … named to the Texas Football Reebok Super Team … one of Texas Football’s Top 300 players … Under Armour All-American game participant … helped lead Southlake Carroll to an 11-2 record during senior season … posted nine sacks on the season and 53 total tackles … also forced five fumbles … had 40 tackles and 14 sacks during junior season.

PERSONALJackson Richards … born September 14, 1991 in Lubbock, Texas … son of Jack and Susan Rich-ards … has one older sister, Kali … majoring in arts and sciences.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2011 12 13 4 17 2.5 11 1 1 0 02012 12 23 5 28 3.5 8 2 0 0 0TOTAL 24 36 9 45 6.0 19 3 1 0 0

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2011 12 1 0 1.0 62012 12 0 0 0.0 0TOTAL 24 1 0 1.0 6CAREER HIGHSTackles ______________________________________ 5 2x, vs. Kansas (2012)*Tackles For Loss _________________________________1.5, at Iowa State (2012)Sacks _______________________________________ 1, at New Mexico (2011)Interceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

PETEROBERTSON

10DE•6-3•220•Freshman/RS

Longview, Texas/Longview

2012Collected three tackles (all solo) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... made one tackle (assisted) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... collected one tackle (solo) against Kansas (11/10)... notched two tackles (both solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made two tackles (both solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... tallied three tackles (two solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... col-lected three tackles (two solo) with his first career sack (loss of 11) at Iowa State (9/29)... made three tackles (all solo) against New Mexico (9/15)... forced one fumble and collected a tackle (solo) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in three games (0 starts) with one fumble recovery… made career debut in season opener against Texas State (9/3) while making a fumble recovery.

HIGH SCHOOLLongview High School in Longview, Texas... three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout and ESPN.com ... earned both All-State and District 11-5A accolades in 2010 ... passed for 1,559 yards and touch-downs while rushing for 1,159 yards and 13 TD’s... High School Coach: John King.

PERSONALPete Robertson... born December 12, 1992, in Longview, Texas... son of Darrin Robertson and Tammy Allen... has two siblings, Allen and Roderick... god-brother is former Oklahoma receiver and current Washington Redskin Malcolm Kelly... majoring in business marketing at Texas Tech.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2011 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 02012 11 16 3 19 1.0 11 0 1 0 0TOTAL 14 16 3 19 1.0 11 0 1 1 0

CAREER HIGHSTackles ______________________________________ 3 4x, vs. Baylor (2012)*Tackles For Loss _________________________________1.0, at Iowa State (2012)Sacks _______________________________________1.0, at Iowa State (2012)Forced Fumbles ____________________________ 1, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Fumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2011 3 0 0 0.0 02012 11 1 0 1.0 11TOTAL 14 1 0 1.0 11

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DELVONSIMMONS

8DT•6-5•290•Sophomore/1L

McKeesport, Pa./McKeesport

2012Made four tackles (three solo) with two tackles for a loss of eight yards and with one sack against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... tallied one tackle (assisted) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... had two tackles (both solo) against Kansas (11/10)... recorded two tackles (both solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made four tackles (one solo) with 1.5 tackles for a loss and broke up one pass at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... had one tackle (solo) and a quarterback hurry against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... made two tackles (one solo) and had 1.5 tackles for a loss of four yards while breaking up one pass against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... had three tackles (all assisted) at Iowa State (9/29)... made one tackle (assisted) at Texas State (9/8)... recorded second career sack (loss of 2) in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Rivals.com Big 12 All-Freshman Team Defense... played in 10 games (zero starts) with 13 tackles (10 solo), 1.5 tackles for a loss (loss of 8 yards) with one sack (loss of 7 yards)... made two tackles (both solo) against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... recorded one tackle (solo) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... made two tackles (both solo) against Iowa State (10/29)... recorded one tackle (solo) at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... made one tackle (solo) against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... collected one tackle (solo) at Kansas (10/1)... made career debut with five tackles (two solo) and first career sack with 1.5 tackles for a loss at New Mexico (9/17).

HIGH SCHOOLMcKeesport High School in McKeesport, Pa... five-star prospect by Scout ... four-star by Rivals and ESPN.com ... ranked as the No. 3 defensive tackle in the nation by Scout, No. 5 by Rivals and No. 25 by ESPN.com ... the No. 80 overall prospect by Rivals ... PrepStar All-East team ... No. 2 on Su-perprep Pennsylvania 32 ... No. 49 Superprep Elite 50 ... No. 11 Superprep All-America Defensive Lineman ... one of the highest rated defensive players to sign with Texas Tech in school history ... registered two sacks and a fumble recovery in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Pennsylvania Class 4A First-Team All-State selection... High School Coach: James Ward.

PERSONALDelvon Simmons... born November 30, 1992, in McKeesport, Pa... son of Delroy Simmons and Bernadet Robinson and guardian, aunt, Ella Watkins... undeclared on a major at Texas Tech.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2011 10 10 3 13 1.5 8 0 0 0 02012 12 11 10 21 6.0 16 2 0 0 0TOTAL 22 21 13 34 7.5 24 2 0 0 0

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2011 10 1 0 1.0 72012 12 2 0 2.0 9TOTAL 22 3 0 3.0 16

CAREER HIGHSTackles ______________________________________ 5, at New Mexico (2011)Tackles For Loss __________________________________ 1.5 2x, at TCU (2012)*Sacks _______________________________ 1, 2x, vs. Northwestern State (2012)*Interceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

WILLSMITH

7LB•6-3•224•Junior/TR

Riverside, Calif./Notre Dame/Riverside CC

2012Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (4th Team)... Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... made two tackles (one solo) and tallied two quarterback hurries against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... collected three tackles (all solo) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... made four tackles (three solo) against Kansas (11/10)... posted six tackles (four solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... tallied four tackles (all solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made six tackles (five solo) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... had one tackle (solo) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... made three tackles (one solo) with 0.5 tackles for a loss against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... led the team with seven tackles (three solo) at Iowa State (9/29)... posted three tackles with 0.5 tackles for a loss of four yards against New Mexico (9/15)... led the team with six tackles (three solo) and made 0.5 tackles for a loss at Texas State (9/8)... made career debut with three tackles (all solo) in season opener against Northwest-ern State (9/1).

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGERiverside Community College in Riverside, Calif… SUPERPREP JUCO team ... helped team to a perfect 11-0 record and a No. 5 national ranking by JC Gridwire...finished the 2011 season second on the team with 36 solo tackles and 13 tackles for loss during sophomore season... recorded three interceptions and returned one 75-yards for a touchdown... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Ne-vada, New Mexico, New Mexico State and San Jose State… Junior College Head Coach: Tom Craft.

NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITYNorthwood University in Midland, Mich… recorded 22 tackles during freshman season… played for head coach Mike Sullivan.

HIGH SCHOOLNotre Dame High School in Riverside, Calif… named team and league most valuable player in football and basketball… also selected team MVP in track… received all-county honorable mention in football and basketball… also competed in basketball and track and field… High School Coach: Bob Burt.

PERSONALWilliam “Will” Smith… born January 13, 1992 in Riverside, Calif… son of Wade and Gina Smith… has a twin brother, Wade, Jr., and a younger brother, Wesley… father, Wade, played football at New Mexico, mother, Gina, played college basketball at California Baptist University, and brother, Wade, Jr., plays football at Northwood University (Mich.)… a university studies ma-jor at Texas Tech.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2012 12 32 15 47 1.5 6 0 0 0 0TOTAL 12 32 15 47 1.5 6 0 0 0 0

CAREER HIGHSTackles _______________________________________7, at Iowa State (2012)Tackles For Loss ________________________________ 0.5, at Texas State (2012)Sacks __________________________________________________ NoneInterceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

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ERICSTEPHENS JR.

24RB•5-8•201•Senior/3L

Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield

- Became the 7th player in Texas Tech history with 4,000 career all-purpose yards. Ste-phens (4,409) joined Wes Welker (5,730), Taurean Henderson (5,308), Donny Anderson (5,156), Byron Hanspard (5,115), Ricky Williams (5,024) and James Gray (4,796).

2012Doak Walker Award Watch List (Nation’s Top Running Back)... Preseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele No. 32 Nationally-Ranked RB... one of 21 Big 12 players with a 100-yard rushing performance... rushed three times for 12 yards against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... joined senior teammates Seth Doege, D.J. Johnson and Cody Davis as a team captain against the Bears...carried seven times for 31 yards with a rushing touchdown at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... carried three times for one yard with a rushing touchdown against Kansas (11/10)... also returned two kickoffs for 32 yards (long 17) and threw a three-yard touchdown pass to WR Darrin Moore in overtime against the Jayhawks... became the first non-quarterback for the Red Raiders to throw a touchdown pass since 2010 (Detron Lewis-to-Darrin Moore - at Oklahoma)... rushed three times for 12 yards and caught three passes for 29 yards with his first receiving touchdown of the season against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... carried three times for 17 yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... rushed seven times for 22 yards and caught two passes for nine yards at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... carried eight times for 27 yards (long 6) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... joined teammate S Cody Davis as a team captain against the Mountaineers... rushed 11 times for 39 yards (long 13 - 3.5 avg.) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... carried five times for 15 yards at Iowa State (9/29)... averaged 9.8 yards per rush with 12 carries for 118 yards and a rushing touchdown against New Mexico (9/15)... marked his first 100-yard rushing per-formance of the season (sixth career)... joined teammate Kenny Williams as the first set of Tech RBs to each rush for over 100-yards in the same game since 1998 (Ricky Williams/Rob Peters - vs. Baylor)... rushing TD vs. New Mexico marked the 19th of his career... posted 85 first-half rushing yards - marking the most rushing yards for a Red Raider in the first half since 2005 (Taurean Henderson, 141 - vs. Indiana State)... became the seventh player in Texas Tech history to collect 4,000 career all-purpose yards... rushed six times for 62 yards (long 46) at Texas State (9/8)... returned from a season-ending knee surgery (2011) in the Red Raiders season opener with 16 rushes for 58 yards and two rushing touchdowns while also making three catches for 11 yards against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Paul Hornung Award Watch List (Nation’s Most Versatile Player)... Preseason Phil Steele No. 37 Running Back... Preseason Athlon Sports All-Big 12 (1st Team)... Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Lindy’s All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... Preseason Rivals.com All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... suffered a season-ending injury with a dislo-cated left knee against Texas A&M (10/8)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for sixth with four 100-yard rushing performances... TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOK: owns Tech career kickoff return record (76)... owns Tech career kickoff return yardage record (1,894 - 76 returns)... tied for seventh on Tech career yardage list (3,839)... played in 5 games (5 starts) with 108 rushes for 565 yard with eight rushing touchdowns... averaged 5.2 yards per rush and 113 yards rushing per game... led team in rushes, rushing yards and rushing touchdowns... made 16 receptions for 133 yards... aver-aged 8.3 yards per catch and 26.6 yards receiving per game... finished fourth on the team in scor-ing (48 points)... averaged a team-high 139.6 all-purpose yards per game... averaged most yards per game on the ground by a Tech RB since 1998 (Ricky Williams, 143.8)... five career 100-yard rushing performances (four this season)... four multiple rushing touchdown games (three this season)... tallied more yards rushing (570) and more attempts (109) during the first five games than any Texas Tech RB since 1998 (Ricky Williams, 169 att./929 yards in 1998)... eight rushing touchdowns during first five games are more than Red Raiders as a team scored in 2010 (7)... has scored at least one touchdown in seven consecutive games dating back to 2010... first Texas Tech RB to run for at least one TD in seven consecutive games since Shannon Woods finished the 2006 season with rushing TDs in final two games and then started 2007 season with a rushing

touchdown in each of the first five games... suffered a left-knee injury against No. 24 Texas A&M with less than two minutes to play in the third quarter on an incomplete pass from QB Seth Doege on the Aggies 5-yard line (10/8)... carried 22 times for 102 yards with a rushing touchdown and caught two passes for 12 yards against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... rushed 26 times for 124 yards with two rushing touchdowns at Kansas (10/1)... carried 26 times for 134 yards (5.2 avg) with two rushing touchdowns against Nevada (9/24)... also caught three passes for 30 yards against the Wolf Pack... averaged 6.6 yards on 14 carries for 92 yards (28 long) with one rushing touch-down at New Mexico (9/17)... tallied 77 yards rushing on 11 carries in the first half alone, mark-ing the most rushing yards by a Red Raider at halftime since Sept. 20, 2008 (Shannon Woods, 6 carries-80 yards vs UMass)... made season debut rushing 21 times for 118 yards (5.6 avg.) with two rushing touchdowns in season opener against Texas State (9/3)... became the first Red Raider to rush for 100 yards in a season opener since 2006 (Shannon Woods, vs. SMU - 15 carries, 104 yards)... marked back-to-back games (vs. Northwestern - TicketCity Bowl) rushing for at least 100 yards... became the first Texas Tech player to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games since 2005 (Taurean Henderson)... marked second career 100-yard rushing performance.

2010AP All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Fort Worth Star-Telegram All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Columbia Tribune All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... NCAA RANKINGS: 16th in all-purpose yards per game (150.08)... 55th in kickoff return yards per game (24.3)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: second in all-purpose yards per game (150.1)... third in kickoff return average (24.3)... TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOK: owns Tech career kickoff return record (76)... owns Tech career kickoff return yardage record (1,894 - 76 returns)... owns Tech single-season kickoff return record (44)... owns Tech single-season kickoff return yardage record (1,071 - 44 returns)... owns Tech single-season kickoff return yards by a sophomore (1,071)... owns Tech single-game kickoff return yardage record by a sophomore (175, at New Mexico)... ranks fifth on Tech single-season all-purpose yardage list (1,951)... BIG 12 RECORD BOOK: ranks seventh on Big 12 career kick re-turns list (76)... ranks eighth on Big 12 career kickoff return average list (24.9 avg.)... played in 13 games (4 starts) with 127 carries and 668 rushing yards (5.3 avg.) and led team with six rushing touchdowns on the season... averaged 51.4 yards rushing per game... led all Tech running backs with 33 receptions with 212 receiving yards (6.4 avg.) and set school records with 44 kick returns and 1,071 kickoff return yards (24.3 avg.)... led team with 1,951 all-purpose yards and with an average of 150.1 all-purpose yards per game... had 10 games with at least 100 all-purpose yards - 16 during career... finished with over 100 all-purpose yards in 12 of last 15 games played dating back to 2009... made 14 carries for a career-high 126 yards, including an 86-yard touchdown in the third quarter... also caught five passes for 19 yards and returned four kickoffs for 82 yards while tallying 227 all-purpose yards against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cot-ton Bowl in Dallas... 86-yard TD run marked the seventh longest touchdown run in Texas Tech his-tory and the longest TD run by a Red Raider since Ansel Cole ran for an 87-yard TD against Tulsa in 1983... TD run is the second longest run in Cotton Bowl Stadium history and is the longest TD run for a Red Raider in a bowl game in school history... 86-yard TD run is the longest touchdown run by a Big 12 player this season... 126 rushing yards are the most by a Red Raider in a bowl game since 1995 (Byron Hanspard, 260 - vs. Air Force - Copper Bowl)... 9.0 yards per rush in the TicketC-ity Bowl is the highest average by a Red Raider in a bowl game since 1995 (Byron Hanspard, 10.8 avg - vs. Air Force - Copper Bowl)... 227 all-purpose yards against Northwestern are the most by a Red Raider in a bowl game since 1995 (Byron Hanspard, 278 - vs. Air Force - Copper Bowl)... made six carries for 29 yards with one rushing touchdown against Houston (11/27)... finished with 101 all-purpose yards (23 rushing, 4 receiving, 74 kick return) against Cougars... rushed seven times for 31 yards and made one kick return for 25 yards against Weber State (11/20)... on first kick return at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13) broke school’s single-season kick return record with 33rd kick return of the season... rushed 11 times for 40 yards, caught one pass for five yards and returned four kickoffs for 65 yards against the Sooners... on third kick return against No. 14 Missouri (11/6), broke school’s all-time single-season kick-return yardage record with 825 yards... the record was set the previous season by Stephens on the same amount of returns (32) with 823 yards dur-ing freshman season... rushed twice for 11 yards, caught one pass for two yards and returned three kicks for 85 yards to break single-season record... led team with 47 yards rushing on 10 carries, added 22 yards receiving with four catches and had 94 yards on three kick returns for a team-leading 163 all-purpose yards at Texas A&M (10/30)... broke school’s all-time career kick return record at Colorado (10/23) on second kick return... broke College Football Hall of Famer Donny Anderson’s all-time record of 56 career kick-off returns (1963-65)... finished with 94 yards rushing on 15 carries at Colorado (10/23)... made three kick returns for 50 yards at Colorado... finished with 144 all-purpose yards against Buffaloes... tallied 15 carries with 99 yards rushing and posted 200 all-purpose yards with 24 yards receiving (four catches) and 77 kick-return yards against No. 18 Oklahoma State (10/16)... broke school’s all-time career kick-off return yardage record after posting 37 kick-return yards against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl, moving past college football hall of famer Donny Anderson (1,309 - 1963-65, 56 returns)... Needed only 52 career returns to break all-time kick-return yardage mark... led team with 143 all-purpose yards against

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Baylor, including 52 rushing yards (14 rushes), 54 yards receiving (seven catches) and 37 kick-re-turn yards (2 returns)... owns 10 career games with at least 100 all-purpose yards... had 59 yards rushing on 10 carries, 27 yards receiving on four catches and had 111 yards on five kick returns for 195 all-purpose yards at Iowa State (10/2)... had streak of four consecutive games with at least 100 all-purpose yards snapped against No. 4 Texas (9/18) with 74 kick-return yards, 12 receiving yards and seven rushing yards for 93 total all-purpose yards... had 175 kick return yards, 46 yards rushing (10 carries), including one rushing touchdown, and 43 yards receiving (three catches) for 264 all-purpose yards at New Mexico (9/11)... 175 kick-return yards are second most during career (school-record 182 at Texas - 2009)... return yards at New Mexico break school record for a sophomore in a single-game... posted a career-long 93-yard kick return midway through the first quarter to the Lobos 7-yard line... named a Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (special teams) following week two... marks eighth career and fourth consecutive game (dating back to 2009) with at least 100 all-purpose yards... carried nine times for 35 yards with one rushing touchdown and returned five kickoffs for 122 yards (24.4 avg) for a team-leading 157 all-purpose yards in the season opener against SMU (9/5).

2009Totaled 136 all-purpose yards in the Alamo Bowl win over Michigan State ... rushed four times for 31 yards and caught three passes for 33 yards ... also returned three kickoffs 72 yards ... set the single-season school kick return yardage record against Baylor … finished the game with 179 all-purpose yards, including 137 kick return yards … rushed five times for 37 yards and a 7.4 yard average … also caught two passes … broke the Tech freshman record for kick returns against Oklahoma ... broke the old mark of 606, set by Ivory McCann in 2001 ... carried the ball eight times for 46 yards and a touchdown in the win over the Sooners ... caught an 11-yard reception and rushed twice for 18 yards at Oklahoma State ... also returned two kickoffs 42 yards ... rushed six times for 17 yards in the win over Kansas ... returned two kickoffs 41 yards ... had a 37 yard kickoff return against Texas A&M ... returned a kickoff 40 yards in the fourth quarter to set up Tech’s final score at Nebraska ... had 101 all-purpose yards in the win over Kansas State ... rushed five times for 34 yards and returned two kickoffs 49 yards ... also had three receptions for 18 yards ... returned one kickoff 20 yards in the win over New Mexico ... rolled up 124 all-purpose yards at Houston, including 93 on five kick returns ... rushed five times for 20 yards and caught an 11-yard pass ... made his first career start against Texas and set a new school record with 182 kickoff return yards … scored first touchdown on a 34 yard reception against the Owls … rushed for 17 yards and had a kick return of 54 yards against Rice.

HIGH SCHOOLFour-star (Rivals.com) all-purpose back from Timberview High School in Mansfield, Texas … PrepStar Top 250 All-American … ranked among Rivals.com Rivals250 … No. 4 Best-in-Space running back nationally, per Rivals.com … No. 6 all-purpose back nationally, according to Rivals.com … No. 21 on the Rivals.com Texas Postseason Top 100 list … No. 50 player on the Super-prep Texas 111 … slippery, elusive back … clocked at 4.5 in the 40 … 3.9 shuttle time … rushed for 1,000+ yards each of the last three seasons, including a 1,906-yard effort as a junior … accounted for 52 rushing scores in four years, including 19 during senior season … caught 28 passes for 297 yards in 2008 … Class 4A All-State honorable mention … District 8-4A first team … elusive, shifty runner … possesses tremendous strength with a 355-pound bench and 650-pound squat … solid hands out of the backfield … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Vanderbilt, Buffalo, Boise State, Duke, Houston and Minnesota … High School Coach: Terry Cron.

PERSONALEric Stephens Jr. ... born February 20, 1991 in Marshall, Texas ... son of Eric Stephens Sr. and Tonia Cleaver ... has three siblings … majoring in human sciences.

KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2009 13 32 823 0 64 25.7 63.32010 13 44 1071 0 93 24.3 82.42011 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02012 12 6 85 0 21 14.2 7.1TOTAL 43 82 1979 0 93 24.1 46.0

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G2009 13 254 113 0 823 0 1190 91.52010 13 668 212 0 1071 0 1951 150.12011 5 565 133 0 0 0 698 139.62012 12 414 71 0 85 0 570 47.5TOTAL 43 1901 529 0 1979 0 4409 102.5

CAREER HIGHSRushes ______________________________________26 2x, at Kansas (2011)*Rushing Yards ___________________________________134, vs. Nevada (2011)Rushing Touchdowns ______________________ 2 4x, vs. Northwestern State (2012)*Receptions _________________________________ 7 2x, at New Mexico (2011)*Receiving Yards ________________________________ 63, at New Mexico (2011)Receiving Touchdowns ______________________________2, at Iowa State (2010)Total Touchdowns ________________________ 2 5x, vs. Northwestern State (2012)*Longest Rush _______________________________ 86, vs. Northwestern (2010)Longest Reception __________________________________ 34, vs. Rice (2009)Kickoff Returns _____________________________________ 7, at Texas (2009)Kickoff Return Yards ________________________________ 182, at Texas (2009)Longest Kickoff Return ____________________________ 93, at New Mexico (2010)All-Purpose Yards ______________________________ 264, at New Mexico (2010)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2009 13 14 113 1 34 1.1 8.1 8.72010 13 33 212 2 19 2.5 6.4 16.32011 5 16 133 0 18 3.2 8.3 26.62012 12 15 71 1 15 1.2 4.7 5.9TOTAL 43 78 529 4 34 1.8 6.8 12.3

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G2009 13 254 0 254 19.52010 13 668 0 668 51.42011 5 565 0 565 113.02012 12 414 3 417 34.8TOTAL 43 1901 3 1904 44.3

RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G2009 13 49 254 2 30 5.2 19.52010 13 127 668 6 86 5.3 51.42011 5 108 565 8 46 5.2 113.02012 12 84 414 5 46 4.9 34.5TOTAL 43 368 1901 21 86 5.2 44.2

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ALEXTORRES

86WR•6-1•202•Senior/3L

El Paso, Texas/Franklin

- Has caught at least one pass in 43-of-45 career games played.- Reached the 2,000 career yards receiving milestone against No. 4 West Virginia.

2012Tallied four catches for 33 yards against Kansas (11/10)... made one catch for six yards against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... joined senior teammate S D.J. Johnson as a team captain against the Long-horns... collected three catches for 33 yards (long 15) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made five catches for 53 yards and caught two touchdowns - including the game-winning TD in triple-overtime - at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... caught two passes for 46 yards (long 30) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... second catch against the Mountaineers gave him 2,000 career yards receiving during his 41st career game... made one catch for four yards against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... had one catch for seven yards at Iowa State (9/29)... joined senior cornerback Cornelius Douglas as a team captain at the Cyclones... made one catch for nine yards against New Mexico (9/15)... made two catches for 33 yards and a touchdown (14th career) at Texas State (9/8)... has caught at least one touchdown in four consecutive seasons... made season debut with one catch for four yards in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Nation’s Top WR)... Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (4th Team)... suffered season-ending left knee injury at Mis-souri (11/19)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for ninth in 100-yard receiving games (2)... ranked 10th in receptions/game (4.6)... played in 11 games (10 starts) with 51 receptions and 616 receiving yards with four touchdowns... averaged 12.1 yards per catch and averaged 56.0 yards receiving per contest... second on the team in receptions and receiving yards... third on the team in receiv-ing touchdowns... fourth on the team in all-purpose yards (624)... caught at least five passes in four games... left game with a right knee injury during first drive of the game at Missouri (11/19)... didn’t make a reception snapping streak of 22 consecutive Big 12 Conference games with at least one catch - which spanned entire career (2009-2011)... made four catches for 31 yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... caught six passes for 75 yards (long 20 yards) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... joined teammate Kerry Hyder as a captain for game against the Longhorns... notched two catches for 35 yards against Iowa State (10/29)... caught four passes for 94 yards and scored three touchdowns at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... longest reception against the Sooners went for 44 yards... became the first Texas Tech WR with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games in Big 12 play since 2009 (Detron Lewis, vs. Kansas State/@ Nebraska)... caught 12 passes for 104 yard against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... marked fifth career 100-yard receiving performance (second this season)... first time during career with back-to-back 100-yard receiving performanc-es... made eight catches for 111 yards with a receiving touchdown against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... collected three catches for 30 yards at Kansas (10/1)... made five catches for 40 yards (18 long) against Nevada (9/24)... marked 12th career game catching at least five passes... caught three passes for 38 yards at New Mexico (9/17)... made season debut catching four passes for 58 yards in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Academic All-Big 12 second team... played in 11 games (6 starts) and was third on the team catching 39 passes for 481 yards (12.3 avg.) with three touchdowns on the season... averaged 43.7 yards receiving per game... has at least one reception in 15 consecutive Big 12 Conference games, spanning all of 2009 and 2010… caught three passes for 42 yards against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... made two catches for 30 yards against Weber State (11/20)... became the fastest active Red Raider to 100 career receptions (21 games) - and the fastest since Michael Crabtree (seven games - 2007) - after making two catches for 17 yards at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... became the fifth active Tech player with 100 career recep-tions... made five catches for 66 yards at Texas A&M (10/30)... led team with 133 yards receiving with six catches and one touchdown at Colorado (10/23)... one of 28 players in the Big 12 to

tally 100-yards receiving in a game... marked first 100-yard receiving performance of the season and third career... hauled in four catches for 44 yards against No. 18 Oklahoma State (10/16)... posted season-highs with seven catches and 82 yards with two receiving touchdowns against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... second career multi-touchdown performance... first career two-touchdown game came against Kansas State (10/10/09)... had five catches for 43 yards at Iowa State (10/2)... notched three catches for 17 yards against No. 4 Texas (9/18)... made season debut with two catches for seven yards at New Mexico (9/11)... made first appearance of the season with just over 10 minutes to play in the second quarter after missing season opener with a lower back strain.

2009College Football News Freshman All-America (3rd Team) … grabbed two receptions for 15 yards in the Alamo Bowl ... caught seven passes for 63 yards in the win over Baylor … led the Red Raiders with 11 receptions for 163 yards and a touchdown against Oklahoma ... also set up Tech’s first score with a 65-yard grab to the OU 4 in the first half ... caught Tech’s first touchdown of the game at Oklahoma State ... finished with four receptions for 39 yards ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American District VI ... grabbed two receptions for 45 yards in the win over Kansas ... tallied 128 yards against Texas A&M ... scored Tech’s first touchdown on a 56-yard reception ... grabbed two receptions for 18 yards at Nebraska ... scored two touchdowns on two receptions in the win over Kansas State ... had 34 receiving yards and scored on catches of 28 and six yards ... had 102 all-purpose yards against New Mexico ... caught a team-high seven passes for 61 yards and a touchdown ... fell a yard short of another touchdown after returning a UNM onside attempt to the UNM 1 ... led the Red Raiders with six receptions for 90 yards at Houston ... hauled in a 31-yard reception on Tech’s first scoring drive ... caught seven balls for 59 yards against Texas … made four receptions for 40 yards versus Rice … in first career start snagged five receptions for 51 yards versus North Dakota.

AIR FORCE ACADEMYEnrolled at the Air Force Academy following high school ... transferred to Texas Tech in 2008 ... did not play at Air Force.

HIGH SCHOOLFranklin High School in El Paso, Texas ... lettered in football, basketball and baseball ... helped lead his team to back-to-back district championships in 2004 and 2005 and advanced to the Elite 8 in 2005 ... was a First-Team All-District wide receiver three straight years (2003-05) ... First-Team All-City (2003-04) ... Second-Team All-State (2004-05) ... named the MVP of all city schools in El Paso in 2005 ... High School Coaches: Tony Grajalva, Robert Anderson, Mike Garcia and Mike Marlin.

PERSONALAlexander Joshua Torres ... born on Sept. 12, 1987, in El Paso, Texas ... son of Robert and Lydia Torres ... has two siblings, Robert and Jessica ... enjoys playing golf and basketball and is learning to play the guitar … majoring in business.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions __________________________________ 12, vs. Kansas State (2011)Yards ______________________________________ 163, vs. Oklahoma (2009)Touchdowns ____________________________________ 3, at Oklahoma (2011)Longest Reception _______________________________65, vs. Oklahoma (2009)All-Purpose Yards _______________________________ 163, vs. Oklahoma (2009)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2009 13 67 806 6 65 5.2 12.0 62.02010 11 39 481 3 45 3.5 12.3 43.72011 11 51 616 4 44 4.6 12.1 56.02012 10 21 228 3 30 2.1 10.9 22.8TOTAL 45 178 2131 16 65 4.0 12.0 47.4

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ERICWARD

18WR•6-0•204•Junior/2L

Wichita Falls, Texas/Ryder

- Has caught 11 touchdowns in back-to-back seasons.- Dating back to last year, has 13 touchdown receptions during last 12 games played.- Career-high 180 yards receiving against Kansas (11/10).- Moved into a tie for 5th place in Tech career history with 22 touchdown receptions.

2012San Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (1st Team)... All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Bi-letnikoff Award Watch List (Nation’s Top Receiver)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele No. 51 Nationally-Ranked WR... Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: 10th in receiving touchdowns (11)... 21st in receptions/game (6.82)... 23rd in receptions (81)... 26th in receiving yards/game (88.55)... 34th in receiving yards (974)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: fourth in 100-yard receiving games (5)... fifth in receiving touchdowns (11)... fifth in receiving yards (974)... fifth in receiving yards/game (88.5)... sixth in receptions (75)... sixth in receptions/game (6.8)... joins Michael Crabtree as the only players in school history to catch 11 touchdowns in back-to-back seasons... has five 100-yard performances this season (7 career)... caught multiple touchdowns in three games this season (7 career)... had nine receptions for 113 yards with a touchdown against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... made five catches for 38 yards (long 13) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... recorded third straight 100-yard receiving performance with 12 catches for 180 yards against Kansas (11/10)... became the first Red Raider since 2007 (Michael Crabtree) to have three consecutive 100-yard performances... 180 receiving yards marked the most by a Red Raider in Big 12 play since 2007 (Michael Crabtree - 9 REC, 195 YDS, 2 TD - at Texas)... tallied second straight 100-yard receiving performance with eight catches for 126 yards (long 22) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... became the first Red Raider with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games since 2011 (Alex Torres - vs. Texas A&M/K-State)... recorded 161 yards receiving on 11 catches with two touchdowns at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... marked the most receiving yards in a Big 12 game by a Red Raider since 2009 (Alex Torres - 163 vs. Oklahoma)... led the team with six catches for 61 yards (long 29) and tied a career high with three touchdown receptions at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... caught one touch-down and made four receptions for 37 yards against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... caught three passes for 20 yards (long 8) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... led the team with nine catches for 122 yards receiving with one touchdown at Iowa State (9/29)... marked first 100-yard receiv-ing performance of the season (2nd career)... touchdown marked the fourth of the season (15th career)... Iowa State performance reached two career milestones of 1,000 career receiving yards and 100 career receptions... caught three touchdown passes - all in the first half - with five catches for 90 yards (long 39) against New Mexico (9/15)... became the first Tech player to catch three touchdown passes in a game since Alex Torres caught three at No. 1 Oklahoma in 2011... became the first Red Raider with three receiving touchdowns in the first half since 2007 (Michael Crabtree, 3 - at Oklahoma State)... made season debut with three catches for 26 yards in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011 All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Phil Steele All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... San Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Fort Worth Star-Telegram All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Waco Tribune-Herald All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Midseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: tied for 11th in receiving touchdowns... tied for 18th in receptions per game (7.0)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for third in receiving touchdowns (11)... ranked fourth in receptions per game (7.0)... ranked ninth in receiving yards per game (66.7)... one of 26 players in the conference with a 100-yard receiving game... played in 12 games (11 starts) leading the team with 84 receptions, 800 receiving yards, 11 receiving touchdowns and averaging 66.7 yards receiving per game... averaged 9.5 yards per catch... marked the ninth time during the last 16 years that a Texas Tech player made at least 80 catches with at least 800 yards receiving (Detron Lewis, 2010; Michael Crabtree, 2008, Michael Crabtree, 2007; Danny Amendola, 2007; Joel Filani, 2006; Robert Johnson, 2006; Wes Welker, 2003; Wes Welker, 2002)... second on the team in scoring (66 points)... second on the team in all-purpose yards (807)...

recorded four multiple touchdown performances... scored at least one touchdown in seven of 12 games played... broke school single-game record with 16 receptions against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... also tallied 151 receiving yards with two touchdowns against the Bears... 16 receptions marked the most by a Big 12 player during the season and was two shy of the league’s all-time record for receptions in a single-game (18, Albert Connell, Texas A&M - 1996)... 16 catches in a single-game tied for the second most by a player in the nation... caught seven passes for 46 yards at Missouri (11/19)... made four catches for 36 yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... has caught at least five passes in five consecutive games... led team with eight catches for 75 yards with a touchdown at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... led team catching five passes for 62 yards (long 19) against Iowa State (10/29)... caught six passes for 78 yards at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... recorded eight catches for 63 yards receiving against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made 10 catches for 74 yards with one receiving touchdown against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... became the first Texas Tech WR to catch at least one touchdown in the first five games of the season since Michael Crabtree in 2008... became the first Texas Tech WR to catch multiple touchdowns in three consecutive games since Michael Crabtree posted multiple touchdown catches in four straight games in 2008... caught four passes for 71 yards with two touchdowns at Kansas (10/1)... led team with six catches for 51 yards receiving with two touchdowns, includ-ing game-winning touchdown with 36 seconds left in the game to give Tech the 35-34 victory over Nevada (9/24)... marked back-to-back games with multiple receiving touchdowns... posted eight catches for 87 yards with two receiving touchdowns at New Mexico (9/17)... marked first career multiple touchdown performance... caught two passes for six yards including first career touchdown catch during season opener against Texas State (9/3)... TD catch from QB Seth Doege came in the fourth quarter with 3:27 left to play to give Tech a 40-point advantage.

2010Played in 11 games (1 start) making six receptions for 63 yards receiving (10.5 avg.) and also made two tackles (both solo) on the season… made one catch for seven yards against North-western in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl… equaled a season-high two catches for a season-best 27 yards against Weber State (11/20)… made first career start at wide receiver at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)… also made two catches for 23 yards against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)… made career debut making first career catch for six yards against SMU (9/5) in season-opener.

2009Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOLEnrolled in January ... four-star (Rivals.com, Scout.com) wide receiver from Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas... PrepStar All-Midlands Region ... No. 16 wide receiver nationally, per Scout.com ... No. 41 wide receiver nationally, according to Rivals.com ... No. 31 overall prospect on the Rivals.com Texas Postseason Top 100 list ... good size and excellent feel for the game ... good surge off the snap and is a strong runner in the open field ... elusive in the open field ... grabbed 53 catches for 1,063 yards and 15 touchdowns during junior season ... clocked at 4.4 in the 40 ... Class 4A All-State honorable mention ... district most valuable player ... CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Oklahoma, Arizona, Arizona State and Tulsa ... High School Coach: Scott Ponder.

PERSONALEric Ward … born on July 24, 1990, in Los Angeles, Calif. … son of Katherine Veals and Michael Wesley … has one brother and two sisters … majoring in human development and family stud-ies.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions ______________________________________ 16, vs. Baylor (2011)Yards ________________________________________ 180, vs. Kansas (2012)Touchdowns _____________________________________ 3 2x, at TCU (2012)*Longest Reception _______________________________ 48, at Oklahoma (2011)All-Purpose Yards _________________________________ 180, vs. Kansas (2012)* Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2010 11 6 63 0 14 0.5 10.5 5.72011 12 84 800 11 48 7.0 9.5 66.72012 11 75 974 11 39 6.8 13.0 88.5TOTAL 34 165 1837 22 48 4.7 11.1 52.5

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DENNELLWESLEY

96DT•6-1•286•Junior/1L

Hastings, Fla./Menendez/Butler CC

2012Made two tackles (both solo) with one tackle for a loss of three against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... tallied one tackle (solo) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... collected two tackles (one solo) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made two tackles (both solo) with one tackle for a loss at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... recorded two tackles (both solo) and one tackle for a loss against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... made two tackles (both solo) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... had one tackle (solo) at Iowa State (9/29)... collected two tackles (one solo) at Texas State (9/8)... made season debut in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 12 games (3 starts) with 21 tackles (13 solo), two tackles for a loss of nine yards, one sack and recovered one fumble… ended season with a season-high five tackles (four solo) and first career sack with a fumble recovery against No. 18 Baylor (11/26) at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington… collected two tackles (both assisted) at No. 25 Texas (11/5)… notched three tackles (two solo) against Iowa State (10/29)… posted two tackles (one solo) and tallied first career tackle for a loss at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)… notched one tackle (solo) against No. 23 Texas A&M (10/8)… recorded four tackles (one solo) at New Mexico (9/17)… posted four tackles (all solo) during career debut in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

BUTLER COMMUNITY COLLEGEButler Community College in El Dorado, Kan… helped Grizzlies to No. 2 national-ranking and to an 11-1 overall record and to Jayhawk Conference championship with a perfect 7-0 league record… led team to a Region VI championship with a 48-0 victory over Hutchinson… named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference First Team All-Conference (DL)… three-star prospect by Rivals ... accounted for 52 total tackles last season along with 7.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles… Head Coach: Troy Morrell.

HIGH SCHOOLMenendez High School in St. Augustine, Fla… became the first football player in school history to earn a scholarship to a FCS program while originally signing out of high school with Bethune-Cookman College… High School Coach: Keith Cromwell.

PERSONALDennell Ontay Wesley… born April 28, 1991… son of Sophia Wesley.

TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd2011 12 13 8 21 2.0 9 0 0 1 02012 11 12 2 14 4.0 7 0 0 0 0TOTAL 23 25 10 35 6.0 16 0 0 1 0

SACKS G UA A Total Yds2011 12 1 0 1.0 82012 11 0 0 0.0 0TOTAL 23 1 0 1.0 8

CAREER HIGHSTackles _________________________________________ 5, vs. Baylor (2011)Tackles For Loss ________________________________ 2, vs. West Virginia (2012)Sacks __________________________________________ 1, vs. Baylor (2011)Interceptions _____________________________________________ NoneFumbles Recovered __________________________________________ None* Indicates most recent high

KENNYWILLIAMS

34RB•5-9•219•Sophomore/1L

Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson

2012All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: ninth in rushing yards (779)... 10th in rushing yards/game (64.9)... one of 21 Big 12 players with a 100-yard rushing performance...carried 12 times for 89 yards with a rushing touchdown against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... also caught a pass for 11 yards against the Bears... carried 14 times for 78 yards (long 16) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... rushed nine times for 37 yards and made one catch for 20 yards against Kansas (11/10)... had 18 carries for 71 yards with a rushing touchdown while making three catches for 22 yards against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... rushed 15 times for 81 yards (long 13) and caught 1 pass for seven yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... carried six times for 47 yards (long 47) with a touchdown at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... rushed six times for 31 yards and caught two passes for 33 yards (long 24) against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... carried seven times for 24 yards with second touchdown of the season (4th career) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... led the team with 15 carries and 80 yards rushing (long 23) at Iowa State (9/29)... collected first career 100-yard rushing performance with 14 carries for 105 yards (long 31) against New Mexico (9/15)... joined teammate Eric Stephens Jr. as the first set of Tech RBs to each rush for over 100-yards in the same game since 1998 (Ricky Williams/Rob Peters - vs. Bay-lor)... rushed five times for 62 yards while averaging 12.4 yards per carry at Texas State (9/8)... led the team with 74 yards rushing on 15 carries (4.9 avg.) and caught two passes for 23 yards with a two-yard touchdown reception in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).

2011Played in 10 games (0 starts) with 43 rushes for 135 yards with two rushing touchdowns... averaged 3.1 yards per rush and 13.5 yards rushing per game... caught six passes for 52 yards while averaging 8.7 yards per recep-tion... rushed nine times for 41 yards with two rushing touchdowns (4.6 avg.) against No. 18 Baylor (11/26)... also caught three passes for 25 yards against the Bears... became first Red Raider freshman to score a pair of rushing touchdowns in a single-game since 2010 (Ben McRoy - vs. Weber State)... joined Eric Stephens (three times) as the only Red Raiders to rush for a pair of touchdowns in a single-game during the season... carried five times for 28 yards (5.6 avg.) and caught two passes for 25 yards at Missouri (11/19)... rushed eight times for 22 yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... led team with 25 rushing yards on 10 carries at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... rushed two times for seven yards against Iowa State (10/29)... ran for 27 yards on six carries (4.5 avg.) against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... rushed four times for two yards at Kansas (10/1)... made career debut with two rushes for three yards against Nevada (9/24).

HIGH SCHOOLHendrickson High School in Pflugerville, Texas... four-star prospect by both Rivals and Scout ... ranked nation-ally by Rivals as the 17th best running back in the 2011 class ... PrepStar All-American ... No. 21 on Superprep Texas 120 ... No. 23 Superprep All-America Running Back ... known for his size and strength but clocked at an impressive 4.48 in the 40 ... named second-team All-State in Class 4A ... ran for 1,373 yards on 179 attempts his senior season while scoring 13 touchdowns and averaging 7.7 yards-per-carry ... as a junior, he ran for 1,714 yards on 174 attempts (9.0 yards-per-carry) and 20 touchdowns ... selected to participate in the 2011 Team USA vs. The World game set for Feb. 2 in Austin... High School Coach: Chip Killian

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PERSONALKenny Williams... born November 16, 1992, in Austin, Texas... son of Kenneth and Dimitria Williams... has two older siblings, Chauncy and Jaimee, and a younger sibling, Jordan... enjoys weightlifting and shopping... a nutritional science major at Texas Tech.

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2011 10 6 52 0 15 0.6 8.7 5.22012 12 14 135 1 24 1.2 9.6 11.2TOTAL 22 20 187 1 24 0.9 9.4 8.5

RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G2011 10 43 135 2 17 3.1 13.52012 12 136 779 5 47 5.7 64.9TOTAL 22 179 914 7 47 5.1 41.5

CAREER HIGHSRushes _________________________________________ 18, vs. Texas (2012)Rushing Yards ________________________________ 105, vs. New Mexico (2012)Rushing Touchdowns _________________________________ 2, vs. Baylor (2011)Longest Rush ______________________________________ 47, at TCU (2012)Total Touchdowns ___________________________________ 2, vs. Baylor (2011)Receptions _____________________________________ 3 2x, vs. Texas (2012)*Receiving Yards _________________________________25 2x, vs. Baylor (2011)*Receiving Touchdowns ________________________ 1, vs. Northwestern State (2012)Longest Reception _________________________ 21, vs. Northwestern State (2012)All-Purpose Yards ______________________________ 112, vs. New Mexico (2012)* Indicates most recent high

TYSONWILLIAMS

3WR•5-11•210•Senior/TR

Aldine, Texas/Aldine/West Texas A&M

2012Made one catch for four yards against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... recorded a career-best seven catches for 47 yards with a receiving touchdown at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... caught his first career touchdown on senior day with four catches for 52 yards against Kansas (11/10)... made three catches for 33 yards against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... had one reception for seven yards at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... joined senior teammate CB Eugene Neboh as a team captain against the Wildcats... caught three passes for 31 yards (long 14) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... made one catch for 35 yards against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... recorded two catches for 15 yards against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... made one catch for eight yards at Iowa State (9/29)... caught four passes for 52 yards (long 20) against New Mexico (9/15)... made two catches for 22 yards in career debut at Texas State (9/8).

2011Redshirt season.

WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYWest Texas A&M University (NCAA D-II) in Canyon, Texas... had two standout seasons for the Buffs, including an All-American sophomore season that included playing 11 games, making 96 catches for 1,321 yards (13.8 avg.) with eight touchdowns and an average of 120.1 yards per game... earned NCAA D-II Third Team All-America honors... named a Daktronics All-Super Region 4 second team member as a tight end... ranked among the top five nationally in both receptions per game and receiving yards per game... helped guide team to an 8-4 record... team leader as a freshman in receptions (66) and totaled 847 yards receiving with five touchdowns and averaged 70.6 yards per contest.

HIGH SCHOOLAldine High School in Houston, Texas... tallied 63 catches as a senior to earn first team all-district honors... also participated in baseball and track and field... High School Coach: Bob Jones.

PERSONALTyson Williams... born December 7, 1989, in Houston, Texas... son of Phil and Donna Williams... has a younger brother, Trey... a human sciences major at Texas Tech.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions _________________________________ 7, at Oklahoma State (2012)Yards ______________________________________ 52 2x, vs. Kansas (2012)*Touchdowns ______________________________ 1 2x, at Oklahoma State (2012)*Longest Reception _____________________________ 35, vs. West Virginia (2012)All-Purpose Yards _______________________________ 52 2x, vs. Kansas (2012)** Indicates most recent high

RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2012 11 29 306 2 35 2.6 10.6 27.8TOTAL 11 29 306 2 35 2.6 10.6 27.8

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AUSTINZOUZALIK

6IR•6-0•187•Senior/3L

Lubbock, Texas/Coronado

2012NCAA RANKINGS: 24th in punt return average (10.5)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: fourth in punt return average (10.5)... caught two passes for 22 yards (long 15) against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... made two catches for 24 yards (long 13) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... joined senior teammate CB Cornelius Douglas as a team captain against the Cowboys... caught three passes for 45 yards and threw one pass for 29 yards to QB Seth Doege against Kansas (11/10)... caught one pass for five yards against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... made two punt returns to enter the Texas Tech all-time career punt returns list with 49 at No. 10 on the list... notched three catches for 37 yards (long 15) at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... made five receptions for 55 yards (long 14) at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... five catches marked his most receptions since also making five in the 2010 finale at the TicketCity Bowl against Northwestern at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas... made one catch for 16 yards against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... joined teammate DL Leon Mackey as a team captain against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... returned two punts for 31 yards (long 27) at Iowa State (9/29)... returned two punts for eight yards against New Mexico (9/15)... caught one pass for 12 yards and returned two punts for seven yards at Texas State (9/8)... made one catch for seven yards in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1) and also returned two punts for 37 yards (long 19).

2011Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... played in 9 games (2 starts) with 13 receptions and 121 re-ceiving yards... averaged 9.3 yards per catch and 13.4 yards receiving per game... led team mak-ing 11 punt returns for 76 yards (6.9 avg.)... also was a perfect 2-for-2 in passing for 37 yards with a touchdown pass... one of three Red Raiders to throw a touchdown on the season (Doege, Karam)... suffered season-ending injury during Texas game... notched two catches for 26 yards and returned two kickoffs for 38 yards at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... made three catches for 15 yards receiving, returned three punts for eight yards and returned a kickoff for 14 yards against Iowa State (10/29)... completed only pass attempt to Seth Doege on a trick play at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... also returned one kickoff for 16 yards and one punt for 22 yards against the Sooners... made one catch for 14 yards and returned two punts for two yards against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... caught two passes for 17 yards against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... made two catches for 23 yards at Kansas (10/1)... caught one pass for five yards against Nevada (9/24)... became the first Texas Tech non-quarterback to throw for a touchdown since 2010 (WR Detron Lewis-to-WR Darrin Moore, at Oklahoma) when throwing a 26-yard TD pass to WR Darrin Moore with 10:35 left on the clock in the 2nd quarter to give Tech a 28-0 lead at New Mexico (9/17)... also caught one pass for 11 yards against the Lobos with one punt return for 25 yards... made season debut catching one pass for 10 yards in season opener against Texas State (9/3).

2010Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)... played in 12 games (3 starts) catching 31 passes for 432 yards receiving with two touchdowns, including a 55-yard touchdown catch against New Mexico which marked the second longest play from scrimmage for Tech during the season... led team averaging 13.9 yards per reception... caught five passes for 50 yards with a 13-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Potts for the first touchdown in TicketCity Bowl history against Northwestern (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas... made three catches for 42 yards against Houston (11/27)... led team with six catches for a career-high 100 yards against Weber State (11/20)... one of 28 players in the Big 12 to tally 100-yards receiving in a game... first 100-yard receiving game of career... caught one pass for 35 yards at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... caught three passes for 25 yards, threw one pass (incomplete) and returned one punt for five yards against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)... made one catch for three yards at Texas A&M (10/30)... had three catches for 19 yards at Colorado (10/23)... caught four passes for 68 yards (long of 29 yards) against Baylor at the Cotton Bowl (10/9)... had three catches for 29 yards at Iowa State (10/2)... caught one pass for six yards and tallied 16 yards on one punt return against No. 4 Texas (9/18)... first touch of the season resulted in a 55-yard touchdown reception (also a career-long, previous was 50-yard catch in Alamo Bowl in 2009) that gave Texas Tech a 7-0 lead with 14:15 remaining in the first quarter at New Mexico (9/11)...

missed season opener after undergoing an appendectomy (8/12).

2009Had 85 all-purpose yards in the Alamo Bowl win over Michigan State ... caught three passes for 75 yards, including a 50-yard haul ... also returned a punt 10 yards ... led the Red Raiders with 92 yards on seven receptions against Baylor … caught four passes for 40 yards and a touchdown against Oklahoma ... grabbed a two-yard reception and returned two punts 30 yards at Oklahoma State ... returned two punts 30 yards against Kansas ... made two receptions for 32 yards ... re-turned three punts for 31 yards ... returned a punt nine yards and a had an 18-yard kickoff return in the win at Nebraska ... grabbed three receptions for 44 yards in the win over Kansas State ... finished the New Mexico game with 93 all-purpose yards, including 52 yards on five punt returns ... also had a 12-yard reception and a 29-yard kickoff return ... first-career start at Houston ... grabbed three catches for 30 yards ... made five catches for 73 yards against Texas … scored first touchdown of career on an 11 yard reception … total five catches for 53 yards against Rice … recorded one catch for 16 yards … returned three punts for 33 yards versus North Dakota.

2008Redshirt season ... scout team member.

HIGH SCHOOLCoronado High School in Lubbock, Texas … led Lubbock Coronado High School to an 11-2 record during senior season as a quarterback … passed for 2,908 yards and 25 touchdowns, while also rushing for 971 yards and 15 more scores … timed at 4.38 in the 40 … also timed at 10.7 in the 100M … named Offensive Player of the Year on the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s All-City and Class 5A-4A All-South Plains teams … CHOSE TEXAS TECH OVER: Iowa State, Rice, Baylor and Arizona … High School Coach: Butch Henderson.

PERSONALAustinZouzalik...bornonJune26,1989,inLubbock,Texas...hisfather,Mark,isself-employedand a graduate of Texas State ... mother, Cheryl Aycock, is also a graduate of Texas State ... eight siblings; Ashleigh, Katy, Sarah, Caleigh, Corie, Connor, Casey and Jake ... enjoys playing X-Box, wakeboarding, snowboarding and going to the lake … majoring in general business.

CAREER HIGHSReceptions _______________________________________ 7, vs. Baylor (2009)Receiving Yards _______________________________ 100, vs. Weber State (2010)Receiving Touchdowns _________________________ 1 4x, vs. Northwestern (2010)*Rushes ____________________________________1 2x, at Kansas State (2012)Rushing Yards _____________________________________ 5, vs. Baylor (2009)Rushing Touchdowns _________________________________________ None Total Touchdowns ____________________________ 1 5x, vs. Northwestern (2010)*Longest Rush _____________________________________ 5, vs. Baylor (2009)Longest Reception ______________________________ 55, at New Mexico (2010)Punt Returns __________________________________ 5, vs. New Mexico (2009)Punt Return Yards _______________________________52, vs. New Mexico (2009)Longest Punt Return ______________________________ 27, at Iowa State (2012)All-Purpose Yards ______________________________ 100, vs. Weber State (2010)* Indicates most recent high

PASSING G Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic2009 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.02010 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.02011 9 2 2 0 37 1 26 100.0 18.5 4.1 420.42012 12 1 1 0 29 0 29 100.0 29.0 2.4 343.6TOTAL 46 4 3 0 66 1 29 75.0 16.5 1.4 296.1ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G2009 13 5 469 201 63 0 738 56.82010 12 0 432 5 38 0 475 39.62011 9 0 121 76 68 0 265 29.42012 12 2 223 158 0 0 383 31.9TOTAL 46 7 1245 440 169 0 1861 40.5

PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2009 13 21 201 0 26 9.6 15.52010 12 6 5 0 16 0.8 0.42011 9 11 76 0 25 6.9 8.42012 12 15 158 0 27 10.5 13.2TOTAL 46 53 440 0 27 8.3 9.6

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Texas Tech has made 35 postseason bowl appearances in its 88-year history and ranks among the top 20 programs all-time in bowl games played. The Red Raiders rank third among current Big 12 Conference programs in appearances.

ALL-TIME BOWL APPEARANCES School Appearances 1. Alabama _________________________60 2. Texas ___________________________ 51 3. Tennessee ________________________ 49 USC ____________________________ 49 Nebraska ________________________ 49 6. Georgia _________________________48 7. Oklahoma ________________________46 8. Penn State ________________________44 LSU ____________________________44 10. Ohio State ________________________ 43 11. Michigan ________________________ 42 Georgia Tech ______________________ 42 13. Florida State _______________________40 Florida __________________________40 15. Arkansas _________________________ 39 16. Auburn __________________________ 37 17. Texas Tech _______________________35 18. Miami (Fla.) _______________________ 34 Mississippi ________________________ 34 Texas A&M _______________________ 34 Clemson _________________________ 34 22. UCLA ___________________________ 32 Washington _______________________ 32 West Virginia ______________________ 32 25. BYU ____________________________ 31 Notre Dame _______________________ 31

2010 TICKETCITY BOWL Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38 Most Valuable Player: Taylor Potts, QB2009 VALERO ALAMO BOWL Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31 Most Valuable Player: Taylor Potts, QB2008 AT&T COTTON BOWL Mississippi 47, Texas Tech 342007 KONICA-MINOLTA GATOR BOWL Texas Tech 31, Virginia 28 Most Valuable Player: Graham Harrell, QB2006 INSIGHT BOWL Texas Tech 44, Minnesota 41 (OT) Offensive MVP: Graham Harrell, QB Defensive MVP: Antonio Huffman, DB2005 AT&T COTTON BOWL Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10 Scholar-Athlete Award: David Schaefer2004 PACIFIC LIFE HOLIDAY BOWL Texas Tech 45, California 31 Offensive MVP: Sonny Cumbie, QB Defensive MVP: Vincent Meeks, FS2003 HOUSTON BOWL Texas Tech 38, Navy 14 Most Valuable Player: B.J. Symons, QB Defensive MVP: Adell Duckett, DE2002 MAZDA TANGERINE BOWL Texas Tech 55, Clemson 15 Most Valuable Player: Kliff Kingsbury, QB Defensive MVP: John Saldi2001 MASTERCARD ALAMO BOWL Iowa 19, Texas Tech 16 Sportsmanship Award: Anton Paige, WR2000 GALLERYFURNITURE.COM BOWL East Carolina 40, Texas Tech 271998 SANFORD INDEPENDENCE BOWL Mississippi 35, Texas Tech 18 Scholar-Athlete Award: Keith Cockrum1996 BUILDERS SQUARE ALAMO BOWL Iowa 27, Texas Tech 0 Sportsmanship Award: Shane Dunn, OL1995 WIESER LOCK COPPER BOWL Texas Tech 55, Air Force 41 Most Valuable Player: Byron Hanspard OffensiveMVP:ZebbieLethridge,QB1994 COTTON BOWL USC 55, Texas Tech 141993 JOHN HANCOCK BOWL Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 Most Valuable Lineman: Shawn Jackson1989 ALL-AMERICAN BOWL Texas Tech 49, Duke 21 Most Valuable Player: James Gray1986 INDEPENDENCE BOWL Mississippi 20, Texas Tech 17 Outstanding Def. Player: James Mosley1977 TANGERINE BOWL Florida State 40, Texas Tech 171976 BLUEBONNET BOWL Nebraska 27, Texas Tech 24 Most Valuable Back: Rodney Allison, QB1974 PEACH BOWL Texas Tech 6, Vanderbilt 6 Outstanding Off. Player: Larry Isaac, RB1973 GATOR BOWL Texas Tech 28, Tennessee 19 Most Valuable Player: Joe Barnes, QB

1972 SUN BOWL North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28 Most Valuable Player: George Smith Most Valuable Lineman: Ecomet Burley1970 SUN BOWL Georgia Tech 17, Texas Tech 91965 GATOR BOWL Georgia Tech 31, Texas Tech 21 Most Valuable Player: Donny Anderson, RB1964 SUN BOWL Georgia 7, Texas Tech 01955 SUN BOWL Wyoming 21, Texas Tech 141953 GATOR BOWL Texas Tech 35, Auburn 13 Most Valuable Player: Bobby Cavazos1951 SUN BOWL Texas Tech 25, Pacific 141948 RAISIN BOWL San Jose State 20, Texas Tech 131947 SUN BOWL Miami (Ohio) 13, Texas Tech 121941 SUN BOWL Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 Most Valuable Player: Ty Bain1938 COTTON BOWL St. Mary’s (Calif.) 20, Texas Tech 13 Outstanding Player: Elmer Tarbox, DB1937 SUN BOWL West Virginia 7, Texas Tech 6

BOWL HISTORY

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDSRUSHINGMost Attempts33 James Gray vs. Duke ________________________ 1989 All-American 27 Byron Morris vs. Oklahoma ___________________ 1993 John Hancock24 Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force _______________________1995 Copper

Most Net Yards 280 James Gray vs. Duke ________________________ 1989 All-American260 Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force _______________________1995 Copper172 George Smith vs. North Carolina ______________________ 1972 Sun

Highest Average Per Carry (10 carry min.)12.3 George Smith vs. North Carolina ______________________ 1972 Sun10.9 Bobby Cavazos vs. Auburn _________________________ 1953 Gator10.8 Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force _______________________1995 Copper

Most rushing TDs4 James Gray vs. Duke ________________________ 1989 All-American4 Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force _______________________1995 Copper3 Bobby Cavazos vs. Auburn _________________________ 1953 Gator3 George Smith vs. North Carolina ______________________ 1972 Sun

Longest Rushing TD86 Eric Stephens vs. Northwestern ____________________ 2010 TicketCity

PASSINGMost Attempts69 Graham Harrell vs. Virginia ________________________ 2007 Gator60 Sonny Cumbie vs. California _______________________ 2004 Holiday58 Graham Harrell vs. Mississippi ______________________ 2008 Cotton

Most Completions44 Graham Harrell vs. Virginia ________________________ 2007 Gator43 Taylor Potts vs. Northwester ______________________ 2010 TicketCity41 B.J. Symons vs. Navy ___________________________2003 Houston

Highest Percentage of Completions (10 attempt min.)77.4 B.J. Symons vs. Navy ___________________________2003 Houston74.4 Kliff Kingsbury vs. Clemson ______________________ 2002 Tangerine72.7 Joe Barnes vs. Tennessee __________________________ 1973 Gator

Most Yards Gained520 Sonny Cumbie vs. California _______________________ 2004 Holiday497 B.J. Symons vs. Navy ___________________________2003 Houston445 Graham Harrell vs. Minnesota ______________________2006 Insight

Most TD Passes4 Kliff Kingsbury vs. East Carolina _______________ 2000 galleryfurniture4 B.J. Symons vs. Navy ___________________________2003 Houston4 Graham Harrell vs. Mississippi ______________________ 2008 Cotton4 Taylor Potts vs. Northwestern _____________________ 2010 TicketCity

RECEIVINGMost Receptions11 Joel Filani vs Minnesota __________________________2006 Insight10 Eric Morris vs. Mississippi _________________________ 2008 Cotton10 Lyle Leong vs. Northwestern _____________________ 2010 TicketCity

Most Yards Gained 162 Joel Filani vs. Minnesota __________________________2006 Insight147 Darrell Jones vs. East Carolina _________________ 2000 galleryfurniture Trey Haverty vs. California ________________________ 2004 Holiday

Most TD Receptions2 Billy Taylor vs. Nebraska _______________________1976 Bluebonnet Derek Dorris vs. East Carolina _________________ 2000 galleryfurniture Mickey Peters vs. Navy __________________________2003 Houston Jarrett Hicks vs. California ________________________ 2004 Holiday

Edward Britton vs. Mississippi ______________________ 2008 Cotton Lyle Leong vs. Northwestern _____________________ 2010 TicketCity

KICKINGMost FGs made2 Brian Hall vs. Vanderbilt __________________________ 1974 Peach Tony Rogers vs. Air Force __________________________1995 Copper Robert Treece vs. Iowa ___________________________ 2001 Alamo Robert Treece vs. Clemson _______________________ 2002 Tangerine Matt Williams vs. Michigan State _____________________ 2009 Alamo

Most PATs7 Tony Rogers vs. Air Force __________________________1995 Copper6 Alex Trlica vs. California _________________________ 2004 Holiday Matt Williams vs. Northwestern ___________________ 2010 TicketCity

Most Points Scored13 Tony Rogers vs. Air Force __________________________1995 Copper12 Derek Dorris vs. East Carolina _________________ 2000 galleryfurniture Mickey Peters vs. Navy __________________________2003 Houston Jarrett Hicks vs. California ________________________ 2004 Holiday Taurean Henderson vs. California ____________________ 2004 Holiday Lyle Leong vs. Northwestern _____________________ 2010 TicketCity

Longest FG52 Alex Trlica vs. Minnesota __________________________2006 Insight50 Clinton Greathouse vs. Iowa ________________________ 2001 Alamo

TOTAL OFFENSEMost Offensive Plays73 Graham Harrell vs. Virginia ________________________ 2007 Gator64 Graham Harrell vs. Mississippi ______________________ 2008 Cotton62 Sonny Cumbie vs. California _______________________ 2004 Holiday

Most Yards514 Sonny Cumbie vs. California _______________________ 2004 Holiday500 B.J. Symons vs. Navy ___________________________2003 Houston439 Graham Harrell vs. Minnesota ______________________2006 Insight

TEAM RECORDSMost Net Yards Rushing ____________________ 361 vs. Air Force, 1995 CopperHighest Average per Rush ___________________ 9.3 vs. Air Force, 1995 CopperMost Passing Attempts _______________________ 69 vs. Virginia, 2007 GatorMost Completions __________________________ 44 vs. Virginia, 2007 GatorMost Interceptions ________________________ 5 vs. St. Mary’s, 1938 CottonHighest Completion Pct. _____________________ 77.4 vs. Navy, 2003 HoustonMost Passing Yards ______________________ 520 vs. California, 2004 HolidayMost TD Passes __________________________ 5 vs. Clemson, 2002 TangerineMost Plays (Total Offense) _________________85/ 2009 Alamo & 2010 TicketCityMost Yards (Total Offense) ___________________ 606 vs. Air Force, 1995 CopperMost Points _____________________________ 55 vs. Air Force, 1995 Copper ______________________________ 55 vs. Clemson, 2002 TangerineMost Points Allowed __________________________ 55 vs. USC, 1994 CottonMost Touchdowns __________________________7 vs. Air Force, 1995 Copper _______________________________ 7 vs. Duke, 1989 All-AmericanMost Field Goals ___________________________2 vs. Air Force, 1995 Copper ________________________________ 2 vs. Vanderbilt, 1974 Peach _______________________________ 2 vs. Clemson, 2002 Tangerine _____________________________ 2 vs. Michigan State, 2009 AlamoMost Points in One Quarter ______________ 24 (4th) vs. Minnesota, 2006 InsightMost Points in One Half ___________________ 34 vs. Clemson, 2002 TangerineMost First Downs ____________________ 34 vs. Northwestern, 2010 TicketCityMost Penalties Against _________________________ 12 vs. Pacific, 1951 SunMost Yards Penalized _______________________ 127 vs. Navy, 2003 HoustonMost Fumbles Lost ________________________________3 vs. four teams

BOWL RECORDS

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GAME

Most Attempts: ______________________ 72Graham Harrell vs. Oklahoma (2007)Most Completions: ____________________ 49Kliff Kingsbury at Texas A&M (2002); vs. Missouri (2002)Highest Completion Percentage: _________ 90.9%Seth Doege at New Mexico (2011); 40-of-44Most Yards per Completion: _____________ 28.8Kliff Kingsbury vs. Oklahoma (1999); 9-of-17, 259 yardsConsecutive Completions: _______________ 15Seth Doege at New Mexico (2011)Taylor Potts vs. Baylor, Cotton Bowl Stadium (2010)Most Yards: _________________________661B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 422, Billy Joe Tolliver vs. TCU (1985) Sophomore: 519, Graham Harrell vs. Texas (2006) Junior: 646, Graham Harrell at Oklahoma State (2007) Senior: 661, B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003)Most Touchdowns: _____________________ 8B.J. Symons vs. Texas A&M (2003)Miscellaneous:Longest Texas Tech Pass: ________________ 95Robert Hall to Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991)Most Passing Yards In A Half: ______________370 Steven Sheffield vs. Kansas State (2009) - First Half SINGLE-GAME YARDAGE LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003) _______661 2. Graham Harrell at Oklahoma State (2007) __646 3. Cody Hodges vs. Kansas State (2005) _____643 4. B.J. Symons at N.C. State (2003) ________586 5. B.J. Symons at Oklahoma State (2003) ____552 6. Graham Harrell vs. E. Washington (2008) __536 7. Sonny Cumbie vs. California (2004) ______520 8. Graham Harrell vs. Texas (2006) ________519 9. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Missouri (2002) ______510 10. B.J. Symons vs. Texas A&M (2003) _______505

SEASON

Most Attempts: ______________________719B.J. Symons (2003)Most Completions: ____________________512Graham Harrell (2007)Highest Completion Percentage: _________ 71.8%Graham Harrell (2007); 512-of-713Most Yards per Completion: _____________ 15.1Billy Joe Tolliver (1988); 190 completions, 2,869 yardsMost Yards: ______________________ 5,833B.J. Symons (2003)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 1,596,ZebbieLethridge(1994) Sophomore: 4,555, Graham Harrell (2006) Junior: 5,705, Graham Harrell (2007) Senior: 5,833, B.J. Symons (2003)Most Yards per Game: ________________ 448.7B.J. Symons (2003); 5,833/13 Most Touchdowns: ____________________ 52, B.J. Symons (2003)Miscellaneous: Most 300-Yard Games: _______________ 13Graham Harrell (2007) Most 400-Yard Games: _______________ 11 Graham Harrell (2007)

SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons (2003) ______________ 5,833 2. Graham Harrell (2007) ___________ 5,705 3. Graham Harrell (2008) ___________ 5,111 4. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) ____________ 5,017 5. Sonny Cumbie (2004) ____________ 4,742 6. Graham Harrell (2006) ___________ 4,555 7. Cody Hodges (2005) _____________ 4,238 8. Seth Doege (2011) ______________ 4,004 9. Seth Doege (2012) ______________ 3,934 10. Taylor Potts (2010) ______________ 3,726

SINGLE-SEASON YARD PER GAME LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons (2003) ______________ 448.7 2. Graham Harrell (2007) ___________ 438.8 3. Sonny Cumbie (2004) ____________ 395.2 4. Graham Harrell (2008) ___________ 393.2 5. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) ____________ 358.4 6. Cody Hodges (2005) _____________ 353.2 7. Graham Harrell (2006) ___________ 350.4 8. Seth Doege (2011) ______________ 333.7 9. Seth Doege (2012) ______________ 327.8 10. Kliff Kingsbury (2001) ____________ 318.4

SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons (2003) ________________ 52 2. Graham Harrell (2007) _____________ 48 3. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) ______________ 45 Graham Harrell (2008) _____________ 45 5. Seth Doege (2012) ________________ 38 Graham Harrell (2006) _____________ 38 7. Taylor Potts (2010) ________________ 35 8. Sonny Cumbie (2004) ______________ 32 9. Cody Hodges (2005) _______________ 31 Taylor Potts (2010) ________________ 31

SINGLE-SEASON PASS ATTEMPT LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons (2003) ________________719 2. Graham Harrell (2007) _____________713 3. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) ______________712 4. Sonny Cumbie (2004) ______________642 5. Graham Harrell (2008) _____________626 6. Graham Harrell (2006) _____________617 7. Kliff Kingsbury (2000) ______________585 8. Seth Doege (2011) ________________581 9. Taylor Potts (2010) ________________551 10. Cody Hodges (2005) _______________531 SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETION LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2007) _____________512 2. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) ______________479 3. B.J. Symons (2003) ________________470 4. Graham Harrell (2008) _____________442 5. Sonny Cumbie (2004) ______________421 6. Graham Harrell (2006) _____________412 7. Seth Doege (2011) ________________398 8. Taylor Potts (2010) ________________369 9. Kliff Kingsbury (2001) ______________365 10. Kliff Kingsbury (2000) ______________362

CAREER

Most Attempts: ____________________ 2,062Graham Harrell (2005-08)Most Completions: __________________ 1,403Graham Harrell (2005-08)Highest Completion Percentage: __________ 68.0Graham Harrell (2005-08); 1,403-of-2,062Most Yards per Completion: _____________ 14.9Rodney Allison (1974-77); 161 completions, 2,411 yardsMost Yards: _______________________15,793Graham Harrell (2005-08)Most Yards per Game: ________________ 350.9Graham Harrell (2005-08);15,793.45 gamesMost Touchdowns: ____________________134Graham Harrell (2005-08)Miscellaneous: Most 300-Yard Games: _______________ 32 Graham Harrell (2005-08) Most 400-Yard Games: _______________ 20 Graham Harrell (2005-08)

CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2005-08) _________15,793 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) __________12,429 3. Seth Doege (2009-12) ____________ 8,365 4. Robert Hall (1990-93) ____________ 7,908 5. Taylor Potts (2007-10) ____________ 7,835 6. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) ________ 6,789 7. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88) _________ 6,756 8. B.J. Symons (2000-03) ___________ 6,378 9. Sonny Cumbie (2001-04) __________ 5,116 10. Ron Reeves (1978-81) ____________ 4,688

CAREER TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2005-2008) __________134 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) ____________ 95 3. Seth Doege (2009-12) ______________ 68 4. Taylor Potts (2007-10) ______________ 62 5. B.J. Symons (2000-03) _____________ 59 6. Robert Hall (1990-93) ______________ 48 7. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) __________ 42 8. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88) ___________ 38 9. Sonny Cumbie (2001-04) ____________ 33 Cody Hodges (2002-05) _____________ 33 CAREER PASS ATTEMPTS LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2005-08) _________ 2,062 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) __________ 1,883 3. Seth Doege (2009-12) ____________ 1,142 4. Taylor Potts (2007-10) ____________ 1,106 5. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) ________ 1,070 6. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88) _________ 1,008 7. Robert Hall (1990-93) ______________997 8. B.J. Symons (2000-03) _____________797 9. Ron Reeves (1978-81) ______________763 10. Sonny Cumbie (2001-04) ____________704

CAREER COMPLETION LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2005-08) _________ 1,403 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) __________ 1,231 3. Seth Doege (2009-12) ______________788 4. Taylor Potts (2007-10) ______________733 5. B.J. Symons (2000-03) _____________554 6. Robert Hall (1990-93) ______________548 7. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) __________519 8. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88) ___________493 9. Sonny Cumbie (2001-04) ____________461 10. Cody Hodges (2002-05) _____________360

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PASSING/RECEIVING RECORDS

TOP PASSING GAMES1. B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003) __________________6612. Graham Harrell at Oklahoma State (2007) _____________6463. Cody Hodges vs. Kansas State (2005) ________________6434. B.J. Symons at N.C. State (2003) ___________________5865. B.J. Symons at Oklahoma State (2003) _______________5526. Graham Harrell vs. E. Washington (2008) ______________5367. Sonny Cumbie vs. California (2004) _________________5208. Graham Harrell vs. Texas (2006) ___________________5199. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Missouri (2002) _________________51010. B.J. Symons vs. Texas A&M (2003) __________________50511. Seth Doege vs. West Virginia (2012) _________________49912. B.J. Symons vs. Navy (2003) _____________________49713. Steven Sheffield vs. Kansas State (2009) ______________49014. B.J. Symons vs. Iowa State (2003) __________________48715. Graham Harrell vs. UTEP (2007) ___________________48416. Graham Harrell vs. Baylor (2006) __________________48317. Seth Doege vs. Kansas (2012) ____________________47618. Kliff Kingsbury at Texas A&M (2002) ________________474 Graham Harrell vs. Texas (2008) ___________________47420. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Texas (2002) ___________________47321. Sonny Cumbie at SMU (2004) ____________________47022. Graham Harrell at Texas (2007) ___________________46623. Taylor Potts vs. Baylor (2010) _____________________46224. Seth Doege vs. Kansas State (2011) _________________46125. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Utah State (2000) ________________456 Graham Harrell vs. Oklahoma State (2008) _____________456 Taylor Potts vs. Rice (2009) ______________________45628. Cody Hodges vs. Florida International (2005) ___________454 Graham Harrell at Kansas State (2008) _______________45430. Graham Harrell at Texas A&M (2008) ________________45031. Sonny Cumbie at New Mexico (2004) ________________44932. Billy Joe Tolliver vs. Oklahoma State (1988) ____________44633. Graham Harrell vs. Minnesota (2006) ________________44534. Seth Doege at Oklahoma (2011) ___________________441 Sonny Cumbie vs. TCU (2004) _____________________44136. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Oklahoma State (2001) _____________44037. Sonny Cumbie vs. Nebraska (2004) _________________436 Cody Hodges vs. Sam Houston State (2005) ____________43639. Graham Harrell at Baylor (2007) ___________________43340. Graham Harrell vs. Colorado (2007) _________________43141. B.J. Symons at Baylor (2003) _____________________42842. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Oklahoma State (2002) _____________425 Graham Harrell vs. Iowa State (2007) ________________425 Graham Harrell vs. Texas A&M (2007) ________________42545. Billy Joe Tolliver vs. TCU (1985) ____________________42246. Graham Harrell vs. Oklahoma (2007) ________________420 Taylor Potts at Texas (2009) ______________________42048. Graham Harrell at SMU (2007) ____________________41949. B.J. Symons vs. New Mexico (2003) _________________418 Graham Harrell vs. SMU (2008) ___________________41851. Graham Harrell at Rice (2007) ____________________41452. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Kansas State (2001) _______________40953. Kliff Kingsbury at Missouri (2003) __________________408 Cody Hodges vs. Texas A&M (2005) _________________40855. Kliff Kingsbury at New Mexico (2002) ________________407 Graham Harrell vs. Virginia (2007) __________________40757. Kliff Kingsbury vs. Kansas (2000) __________________405 Taylor Potts vs. North Dakota (2009) ________________40559. Sonny Cumbie vs. Texas (2004) ____________________40360. Seth Doege at New Mexico (2011) __________________40161. B.J. Symons vs. Colorado (2003) ___________________39962. Sonny Cumbie vs. Baylor (2004) ___________________397 Graham Harrell at Missouri (2007) __________________397

RECEIVING RECORDSGAME

Most Receptions: _______________________________ 16Eric Ward vs. Baylor (2011)Most Receptions by Class: Freshman: 15, Michael Crabtree vs. UTEP (2007) Sophomore: 16, Eric Ward vs. Baylor (2011); Wes Welker vs. Texas A&M (2001) Junior: 14, Wes Welker vs. Texas (2002) Senior: 15, Robert Johnson vs. SMU (2006)Most Yards: __________________________________255Joel Filani vs. Kansas State (2005)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 244, Michael Crabtree at Rice (2007) Sophomore: 241, Donnie Hart vs. Texas (1996) Junior: 255, Joel Filani vs. Kansas State (2005) Senior: 251, Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991)Most Yards per Reception: ________________________ 50.2Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991); 5 rec.,251 yardsMost Touchdowns: _______________________________ 4Derek Dorris at Kansas (2000)Miscellaneous: Longest Texas Tech Reception (Game): ________________ 95Rodney Blackshear from Robert Hall vs. Houston (1991)

SINGLE-GAME RECEPTION LEADERS 1. Eric Ward vs. Baylor (2011) _____________________ 16 2. Robert Johnson vs. SMU (2006) __________________ 15 Michael Crabtree vs. UTEP (2007) _________________ 15 4. Wes Welker vs. Texas (2002) ____________________ 14 Danny Amendola at Oklahoma State (2007) __________ 14 Michael Crabtree at Oklahoma State (2007)___________ 14 7. Ricky Williams vs. North Texas (2001) ______________ 13 Taurean Henderson at Texas A&M (2002) ____________ 13 Wes Welker at Missouri (2003) __________________ 13 10. Larry Gilbert vs. Florida State (1966) _______________ 12 Leonard Harris vs. Houston (1983) ________________ 12 Lloyd Hill vs. Wyoming (1992) ___________________ 12 Ricky Williams vs. Oklahoma (2001) _______________ 12 Nehemiah Glover vs. Nebraska (2004) ______________ 12 Danny Amendola vs. UTEP (2007) ________________ 12 Michael Crabtree vs. Oklahoma (2007) ______________ 12 Darrin Moore vs. Texas State (2011) _______________ 12 Alex Torres vs. Kansas State (2011) ________________ 12 Eric Ward, vs. Kansas (2012) ____________________ 12

SINGLE-GAME YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Joel Filani vs. Kansas State (2005) ________________255 2. Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991) _____________251 3. Leonard Harris vs. Houston (1983) ________________248 4. Michael Crabtree at Rice (2007) __________________244 5. Donnie Hart vs. Texas (1996)____________________241 6. Michael Crabtree at Oklahoma State (2007)___________237 7. Carlos Francis vs. Utah State (2000) _______________234 8. Danny Amendola at Oklahoma State (2007) __________233 9. Lloyd Hill vs. Wyoming (1992) ___________________222 10. Darrin Moore vs. Texas State (2011) _______________221

SEASON

Most Receptions: _______________________________134Michael Crabtree (2007)Most Receptions by Class: Freshman: 134, Michael Crabtree (2007) Sophomore: 97, Michael Crabtree (2008) Junior: 86, Wes Welker (2002) Senior: 109, Danny Amendola (2007)Most Yards: ________________________________ 1,962Michael Crabtree (2007)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 1,962, Michael Crabtree (2007) Sophomore: 1,177, Jarrett Hicks (2004) Junior: 1,261, Lloyd Hill (1992) Senior: 1,300, Joel Filani (2006)Most Yards per Reception: ________________________ 22.1Rodney Blackshear (1990)Most Touchdowns: ______________________________ 22Michael Crabtree (2007)Miscellaneous: Most 100-Yard Games: __________________________ 11Michael Crabtree (2007)

SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTION LEADERS 1. Michael Crabtree (2007) ______________________134 2. Danny Amendola (2007) ______________________109 3. Taurean Henderson (2002) _____________________ 98 4. Wes Welker (2003) _________________________ 97 Michael Crabtree (2008) ______________________ 97 6. Ricky Williams (2001) ________________________ 92 7. Joel Filani (2006) __________________________ 91 8. Robert Johnson (2006) _______________________ 89 9. Detron Lewis (2010) ________________________ 87 10. Wes Welker (2002) _________________________ 86 SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Michael Crabtree (2007) ____________________ 1,962 2. Joel Filani (2006) ________________________ 1,300 3. Lloyd Hill (1992) _________________________ 1,261 4. Danny Amendola (2007) ____________________ 1,245 5. Carlos Francis (2003) ______________________ 1,177 Jarrett Hicks (2004) _______________________ 1,177 7. Michael Crabtree (2008) ____________________ 1,165 8. Wes Welker (2003) _______________________ 1,099 9. Nehemiah Glover (2003) ____________________ 1,081 10. Wes Welker (2002) _______________________ 1,054

SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. Michael Crabtree (2007) ______________________ 22 2. Michael Crabtree (2008) ______________________ 19 Lyle Leong (2010) __________________________ 19 4. Darrin Moore (2012) ________________________ 13 Jarrett Hicks (2004) _________________________ 13 Joel Filani (2006) __________________________ 13 7. Lloyd Hill (1992) ___________________________ 12 Mickey Peters (2003) ________________________ 12 9. Eric Ward (2012) ___________________________ 11 Eric Ward (2011) ___________________________ 11

CAREER

Most Receptions: 302, Taurean Henderson (2002-05)Most Yards: 3,127, Michael Crabtree (2007-08)Most Yards per Reception: 20.4, Rodney Blackshear (1987-91)Most Touchdowns: 41, Michael Crabtree (2007-08)Miscellaneous:Most 100-Yard Receiving Games: 15, Michael Crabtree (2007-08)

CAREER RECEPTION LEADERS 1. Taurean Henderson (2002-05)___________________302 2. Wes Welker (2000-03) _______________________259 3. Detron Lewis (2007-10) ______________________238 4. Michael Crabtree (2007-08) ____________________231 5. Nehemiah Glover (2001-04) ____________________223 6. Carlos Francis (2000-03) ______________________216 7. Danny Amendola (2004-07) ____________________204 8. Jarrett Hicks (2003-06) _______________________198 9. Mickey Peters (2000-03) ______________________196 10. Lloyd Hill (1990-93) _________________________189 CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Michael Crabtree (2007-08) __________________ 3,127 2. Wes Welker (2000-03) _____________________ 3,069 3. Lloyd Hill (1990-93) _______________________ 3,059 4. Carlos Francis (2000-03) ____________________ 3,027 5. Jarrett Hicks (2003-06) _____________________ 2,859 6. Detron Lewis (2007-10) ____________________ 2,729 7. Nehemiah Glover (2001-04) __________________ 2,725 8. Joel Filani (2003-06) ______________________ 2,667 9. Mickey Peters (2000-03) ____________________ 2,318 10. Danny Amendola (2004-07) __________________ 2,246 CAREER TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. Michael Crabtree (2007-08) ____________________ 41 2. Lyle Leong (2007-10) ________________________ 32 3. Jarrett Hicks (2003-06) _______________________ 30 4. Joel Filani (2003-06) ________________________ 23 5. Darrin Moore (2010-12) ______________________ 22 Eric Ward (2010-12) _________________________ 22 Mickey Peters (2000-03) ______________________ 22 8. Carlos Francis (2000-03) ______________________ 21 Wes Welker (2000-03) _______________________ 21 Nehemiah Glover (2001-04) ____________________ 21

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RUSHING RECORDS

GAME

Most Attempts: _______________________43Anthony Hutchison vs. TCU (1982)Most Yards: ________________________ 287Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 230, Shaud Williams vs. Colorado (1999) Sophomore: 260, Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force (1995) Junior: 287, Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996) Senior: 268, James Hadnot vs. New Mexico (1978)Most Yards per Attempt: _______________ 14.1Taurean Henderson vs. Indiana State (2005); 10, 141 yardsMost Touchdowns: _____________________ 5James Gray vs. Rice (1989); Billy Taylor vs. TCU (1977)Miscellaneous: Most Players Gaining: 100 Yards Ricky Williams (159) and Rob Peters (106) vs. Baylor

(1998) Most Yards Gained by Two Players: 385 vs. Baylor (1996); Byron Hanspard (287) and Sammy Morris (98) Longest Texas Tech Run: _______________90 Donny Anderson vs. TCU (1964)

SINGLE-GAME YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996) ________ 287 2. James Gray vs. Duke (1989) ___________ 280 3. Byron Hanspard vs. Oklahoma State (1996) __ 272 4. James Hadnot vs. New Mexico (1978) _____ 268 5. Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force (1995) ______ 260 6. Ricky Williams vs. UTEP (1998) __________ 251 7. Byron Hanspard vs. SW Louisiana (1996) ____ 247 8. Ricky Williams vs. Fresno State (1998) _____ 244 9. James Gray vs. Arizona (1989) __________ 234 10. James Gray vs. SMU (1989) ____________ 232

SEASON

Most Attempts: 339, Byron Hanspard (1996)Most Yards: 2,084, Byron Hanspard (1996)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 894, Ricky Williams (1997) Sophomore: 1,582, Ricky Williams (1998) Junior: 2,084, Byron Hanspard (1996) Senior: 1,752, Byron Morris (1993)Most Yards per Attempt: 9.1, Lonnie Graham (1954)Most Yards per Game: 189.5, Byron Hanspard (1996)Most Touchdowns: 22, Byron Morris (1993)

SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Byron Hanspard (1996) _____________2,084 2. Byron Morris (1998) _______________1,752 3. Ricky Williams (1998) ______________1,582 4. James Gray (1989) ________________1,509 5. Byron Hanspard (1995) _____________1,374 6. James Hadnot (1979) ______________1,371 7. James Hadnot (1978) ______________1,369 8. Byron Morris (1992) _______________1,279 9. Doug McCutchen (1970) ____________1,068 10. James Gray (1987) ________________1,006

SINGLE-SEASON ATTEMPT LEADERS 1. Byron Hanspard (1996) ______________ 339 2. Ricky Williams (1998) _______________ 336 3. Byron Morris (1993) ________________ 298 4. James Hadnot (1979) _______________ 273 5. James Gray (1989) _________________ 263 6. James Hadnot (1978) _______________ 251 7. Byron Hanspard (1995) ______________ 248 8. Byron Morris (1992) ________________ 242 9. Doug McCutchen (1970) _____________ 227 10. Anthony Lynn (1990) _______________ 224

SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. Byron Morris (1993) _________________22 2. James Gray (1989) __________________20 3. Donny Anderson (1965) _______________17 Taurean Henderson (2005) _____________17 5. Taurean Henderson (2004) _____________16 6. Ricky Williams (2001) ________________14 Baron Batch (2009) _________________14 8. Bobby Cavazos (1953) ________________13 Billy Taylor (1977) __________________13 Byron Hanspard (1996) _______________13 Ricky Williams (1998) ________________13

CAREER

Most Attempts: ______________________ 789Ricky Williams (1997-01)Most Yards: _______________________4,219Byron Hanspard (1994-96)Most Yards per Attempt: ________________ 6.2James Sides (1953-55)Most Yards per Game: _________________127.8Byron Hanspard (1994-96)Most Touchdowns: _____________________52James Gray (1986-89)Miscellaneous: Most Games Rushing for 100 Yards: ________21 Byron Hanspard (1994-96) Most Games Rushing for 200 Yards: ________ 6 Byron Hanspard (1994-96)

CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Byron Hanspard (1994-96) ___________4,219 2. James Gray (1986-89) ______________4,066 3. Ricky Williams (1997-01) ____________3,661 4. Byron Morris (1991-93) _____________3,544 5. Taurean Henderson (2002-05) _________3,241 6. James Hadnot (1976-79) ____________2,794 7. Larry Isaac (1973-76) ______________2,633 8. Baron Batch (2006, 2008-10) _________2,501 9. Donny Anderson (1963-65) __________2,280 10. Shannon Woods (2005-08) ___________2,249

CAREER ATTEMPT LEADERS 1. Ricky Williams (1997-01) _____________ 789 2. Byron Hanspard (1994-96) ____________ 760 3. James Gray (1986-89) _______________ 742 4. Byron Morris (1991-93) ______________ 638 5. Taurean Henderson (2002-05) __________ 577 6. Larry Isaac (1973-76) _______________ 538 7. James Hadnot (1976-78) _____________ 532 8. Donny Anderson (1963-65) ___________ 526 9. Doug McCutchen (1970-72) ___________ 496 10. Anthony Lynn (1988-91) _____________ 492

CAREER TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. James Gray (1986-89) ________________52 2. Taurean Henderson (2002-05) ___________50 3. Byron Morris (1991-93) _______________37 4. Ricky Williams (1997-01) ______________36 5. Shannon Woods (2005-08) _____________33 6. Bobby Cavazos (1951-53) ______________32 7. Larry Isaac (1973-76) ________________31 8. Billy Taylor (1974-77) ________________29 Byron Hanspard (1994-96) _____________29 ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) ____________29

TOP RUSHING GAMES

Total 100-Yard Performances: 189Total 200-Yard Performances: 26

1. Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996) ________ 2872. James Gray vs. Duke (1989) ____________ 2803. Byron Hanspard vs. Oklahoma State (1996) ___ 2724. James Hadnot vs. New Mexico (1978) ______ 2685. Byron Hanspard vs. Air Force (1995) _______ 2606. Ricky Williams vs. UTEP (1998) __________ 2517. Byron Hanspard vs. SW Louisiana (1996) ____ 2478. Ricky Williams vs. Fresno State (1998) ______ 2449. James Gray vs. Arizona (1989) ___________ 23410. James Gray vs. SMU (1989) ____________ 23211. Shaud Williams vs. Colorado (1999) _______ 23012. Byron Hanspard vs. Houston (1995) _______ 22813. James Gray vs. Rice (1989) _____________ 22714. Byron Hanspard vs. Utah State (1996) ______ 22415. Byron Morris vs. Houston (1993) _________ 223 Byron Morris vs. TCU (1993) ____________ 22317. Byron Morris vs. SMU (1993) ___________ 222 Byron Morris vs. Houston (1992) _________ 22219. Byron Hanspard vs. Georgia (1996) ________ 21420. James Hadnot vs. Baylor (1978) __________ 21221. James Gray vs. TCU (1989) _____________ 20922. Walter Schlinkman vs. Creighton (1942) _____ 206 Anthony Hutchison vs. SMU (1982) ________ 20624. James Hadnot vs. Rice (1979) ___________ 204 Cliff Hoskins vs. Baylor (1972) ___________ 204 Doug McCutchen vs. TCU (1970)__________ 20427. Byron Morris vs. TCU (1992) ____________ 199 James Hadnot vs. Houston (1979) ________ 19929. Byron Hanspard vs. Texas A&M (1996) ______ 19830. Byron Hanspard vs. Kansas (1996) ________ 19431. James Gray vs. Rice (1988) _____________ 18132. Byron Hanspard vs. SMU (1995) __________ 180 Byron Hanspard vs. Arkansas State (1995) ___ 18034. Ricky Williams vs. Kansas (1997) _________ 17935. Anthony Hutchison vs. New Mexico (1981) ___ 17836. Byron Morris vs. SMU (1992) ___________ 175 Anthony Hutchison vs. TCU (1982) ________ 17538. Byron Morris vs. Baylor (1993) __________ 17439. James Gray vs. TCU (1987) _____________ 173 James Gray vs. Rice (1987) _____________ 173 Billy Taylor vs. Arizona (1976) ___________ 173 Joe Barnes vs. SMU (1973) _____________ 173 43. George Smith vs. North Carolina (1972) _____ 172 44. Ricky Williams vs. North Texas (1998) ______ 170 Sammy Morris vs. Texas A&M (1999) _______ 170 46. Donny Anderson vs. TCU (1969) __________ 169 Taurean Henderson at Kansas (2004) ______ 169 48. Robert Lewis vs. Arkansas (1983) _________ 167 49. James Hadnot vs. SMU (1978) ___________ 166 50. Ricky Williams vs. Baylor (1998) _________ 159 51. Byron Morris vs. Texas (1993) ___________ 158 George Smith vs. New Mexico (1972) ______ 158

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TOTAL OFFENSE/ALL-PURPOSE

GAME

Most Plays: _________________________78Kliff Kingsbury vs. Missouri (2002); 8 rush, 70 passMost Yards: ________________________ 681B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 398, Billy Joe Tolliver vs. TCU (1985) Sophomore: 518, Graham Harrell vs. Texas (2006) Junior: 643, Graham Harrell at Oklahoma State (2007) Senior: 661, B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003)Most Touchdowns Responsible For: __________ 8B.J. Symons vs. Texas A&M (2003)

SINGLE-GAME YARDAGE LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons at Mississippi (2003) ________ 681 2. Graham Harrell at Oklahoma State (2007) __ 643 3. B.J. Symons at N.C. State (2003) ________ 618 4. Cody Hodges vs. Kansas State (2005) _____ 604 5. Graham Harrell vs. E. Washington (2008) ___ 538 6. B.J. Symons vs. Iowa State (2003) _______ 529 B.J. Symons at Oklahoma State (2003) ____ 529 8. Graham Harrell vs. Texas (2006) ________ 518 9. Steven Sheffield vs. Kansas State (2009) ___ 509

SEASON

Most Plays: ________________________ 814Kliff Kingsbury (2002); 102 rush, 712 passMost Yards: _______________________5,976B.J. Symons (2003)Most Yards by Class: Freshman: 1,885,ZebbieLethridge(1994) Sophomore: 4,489, Graham Harrell (2006) Junior: 5,614, Graham Harrell (2007) Senior: 5,976, B.J. Symons (2003)Most Yards per Game: _________________459.7B.J. Symons (2003)Most Touchdowns Responsible For: __________57B.J. Symons (2003)

SINGLE-SEASON ATTEMPT LEADERS 1. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) ______________ 814 2. Graham Harrell (2007) ______________ 751 3. B.J. Symons (2003) ________________ 740 4. Sonny Cumbie (2004) ______________ 694 5. Graham Harrell (2008) ______________ 667 6. Kliff Kingsbury (2000) ______________ 663 7. Graham Harrell (2006) ______________ 649 8. Cody Hodges (2005) _______________ 640 9. Seth Doege (2011) ________________ 635 10. Taylor Potts (2010) ________________ 617

SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE LEADERS 1. B.J. Symons (2003); 143 RUSH, 5,833 PASS __ 5,976 2. Graham Harrell (2007); -91 RUSH, 5,705 PASS __5,614 3. Graham Harrell (2008); -15 RUSH, 5,111 PASS __5,096 4. Kliff Kingsbury (2002); -114 RUSH, 5,017 PASS _4,903 5. Sonny Cumbie (2004); -167 RUSH, 4,742 PASS__4,575 6. Graham Harrell (2006); -66 RUSH, 4,555 PASS __4,489 7. Cody Hodges (2005); 191 RUSH, 4,238 PASS ___4,429 8. Seth Doege (2011); 46 RUSH, 4,004 PASS __4,050 9. Seth Doege (2012); 34 RUSH, 3,934 PASS ___3,973 9. Taylor Potts (2010); 4 RUSH, 3,726 PASS___3,730

SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWNS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1. B.J. Symons (2003) _________________57 2. Graham Harrell (2007) _______________52 3. Graham Harrell (2008) _______________51 4. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) _______________47 5. Graham Harrell (2006) _______________40 6. Seth Doege (2012) _________________39 7. Taylor Potts (2010) _________________37 8. Sonny Cumbie (2004) _______________34 Cody Hodges (2005) ________________34 10. Seth Doege (2011) _________________32 CAREER

Most Plays: _______________________2,158Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02); 275 rush, 1,883 passMost Yards: _______________________ 15,611Graham Harrell (2005-08); -182 rush, 15,793 passMost Yards per Game: _________________278.7Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02)Most Touchdowns Responsible For: __________ 100Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02)

CAREER ATTEMPT LEADERS 1. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) ___________2,158 2. Graham Harrell (2005-2008) _________2,124 3. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) __________1,539 4. Robert Hall (1990-93) _____________1,341 5. Ron Reeves (1978-81) _____________1,333 6. Seth Doege (2009-12) _____________1,253 7. Taylor Potts (2007-10) _____________1,165 8. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88)___________1,150 9. B.J. Symons (2000-03) ______________ 864 10. Ricky Williams (1997-01) ____________ 789 CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS 1. Graham Harrell (2005-2008) ________ 15,611 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-01) __________ 12,263 3. Robert Hall (1990-93) _____________8,489 4. Seth Doege (2009-12) _____________8,399 5. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) __________7,690 6. Taylor Potts (2007-10) _____________7,653 7. B.J. Symons (2000-03) _____________6,586 8. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88)___________6,475 9. Ron Reeves (1978-81) _____________5,544 10. Sonny Cumbie (2001-04) ___________4,965 CAREER TOUCHDOWNS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1. Graham Harrell (2005-2008) __________ 146 2. Kliff Kingsbury (1999-02) ____________ 100 3. Seth Doege (2009-12) _______________73 4. ZebbieLethridge(1994-97) ____________71 5. Taurean Henderson (2002-05) __________70 6. Taylor Potts (2007-10) _______________66 7. B.J. Symons (2000-03) _______________61 8. James Gray (1986-89) _______________52 9. Billy Joe Tolliver (1985-88)_____________44 10. Robert Hall (1990-93) _______________41

ALL PURPOSE YARDSGAME

Yards: ___________________________ 347Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996)Yards by Class: Freshman: 271, Wes Welker vs. Kansas (2000) Sophomore: 269, Byron Hanspard vs. Houston (1995) Junior: 347, Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996) Senior: 341, Donny Anderson vs. Oklahoma St. (1965)

SINGLE-GAME YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Byron Hanspard vs. Baylor (1996) _______ 347 2. Donny Anderson vs. Oklahoma St. (1965) ___ 341 3. Wes Welker at Texas A&M (2002) ________ 327 4. Donny Anderson vs. TCU (1965) _________ 303 5. James Hadnot vs. New Mexico (1978) _____ 297 6. Leonard Harris vs. Houston (1983) _______ 283 7. Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991) ____ 274 8. Byron Hanspard vs. Oklahoma St. (1996) ___ 272 9. Wes Welker vs. Kansas (2000) __________ 271 10. James Gray vs. SMU (1989) ___________ 269 Byron Hanspard vs. Houston (1995) ______ 269

SEASON

Yards: __________________________2,276Byron Hanspard (1996)Yards by Class: Freshman: 1,978, Michael Crabtree (2007) Sophomore: 1,848, Byron Hanspard (1995) Junior: 2,276, Byron Hanspard (1996) Senior: 2,107, Donny Anderson (1965)Yards per Game: ____________________206.9Byron Hanspard (1996)

SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS 1. Byron Hanspard (1996)_____________2,276 2. Donny Anderson (1965) ____________2,107 3. Wes Welker (2002) _______________2,055 4. Michael Crabtree (2007) ____________1,978 5. Eric Stephens (2010) ______________1,951 6. Byron Morris (1993) ______________1,902 7. Byron Hanspard (1995)_____________1,848 8. Shannon Woods (2006) ____________1,808 9. Ricky Williams (1998) _____________1,758 10. Donny Anderson (1964) ____________1,710

CAREER

Yards: __________________________5,730Wes Welker (2000-03)Yards per Game: ____________________171.9Donny Anderson (1963-65)

CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Wes Welker (2000-03) _____________5,730 2. Taurean Henderson (2002-05) ________5,308 3. Donny Anderson (1963-65) __________5,156 4. Byron Hanspard (1994-96) __________5,115 5. Ricky Williams (1997-01) ___________5,024 6. James Gray (1986-89) _____________4,796 7. Eric Stephens (2009-12) ____________4,409 8. Danny Amendola (2004-07) __________3,839 9. Byron Morris (1991-93) ____________3,822 10. Baron Batch (2006, 2008-10) _________3,612

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SCORING RECORDS

GAME

Points: _____________________________________ 30Billy Taylor vs. TCU (1977); James Gray vs. Rice (1989); Byron Hanspard vs. SMU (1995)Touchdowns: __________________________________ 5Billy Taylor vs. TCU (1977); James Gray vs. Rice (1989); Byron Hanspard vs. SMU (1995); Taurean Henderson vs. Kansas State (2005)Points by Kicking: ________________________________ 16 vs. Texas A&M (2011); 4 FG, 4 PATField Goals Made: _______________________________ 410 times; latest, Donnie Carona vs. Texas A&M (2011)Longest Field Goal Made: __________________________ 57Bill Adams vs. Texas A&M (1977)

LONGEST TOUCHDOWN RUNS 1. Donny Anderson vs. TCU (1964) __________________ 90 2. Lonnie Graham vs. West Texas State (1955) ___________ 89 3. Percy Walker vs. TCU (1926) ____________________ 88 Glen Lewis vs. Texas Western (1948) _______________ 88 Bobby Cavazos vs. Baylor (1951) _________________ 88 6. Ansel Cole vs. Tulsa (1983) _____________________ 87 7. Eric Stephens vs. Northwestern (2010) _____________ 86 8. Byron Hanspard vs. Oklahoma State (1996) ___________ 72 9. Robert Hall vs. Rice (1991) _____________________ 70 10. Byron Hanspard vs. SW Louisiana (1996) ____________ 65

LONGEST TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 1. Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991) _____________ 95 2. Cal Stevenson vs. Texas A&M (1948) _______________ 90 3. Brian Nelson vs. TCU (1976) ____________________ 88 4. Donnie Hart vs. Texas (1996) ___________________ 86 5. James Gray vs. Arizona (1988) __________________ 85 Rodney Blackshear vs. Arkansas (1990) _____________ 85 7. John Roberts vs. Arkansas (1957) _________________ 84 8. Michael Crabtree at Nevada (2008)________________ 82 9. Don Schmidt vs. Houston (1954) _________________ 80 Mickie Barron vs. Baylor (1958) __________________ 80 Rodney Blackshear vs. Houston (1991) _____________ 80 Jarrett Hicks vs. Nebraska (2004) _________________ 80

LONGEST FIELD GOALS 1. Bill Adams vs. Texas A&M (1977) _________________ 57 2. Kenny Vinyard vs. TCU (1966) ___________________ 55 David Mellot vs. New Mexico (1975) _______________ 55 Ricky Gann vs. Houston (1984) __________________ 55 Jaret Greaser vs. Texas (1996) ___________________ 55 6. Kenny Vinyard vs. Texas (1967) __________________ 54 7. Bill Adams vs. SMU (1978) _____________________ 53 Jaret Greaser vs. Kansas State (1996) ______________ 53 Tony Rogers vs. Kansas State (1996) _______________ 53 Chris Birkholz vs. Texas (1998) __________________ 53Bowl Game Alex Trlica vs. Minnesota (2006 Insight Bowl) _________ 52

SEASON

Points: ____________________________________ 134Byron Morris (1993); 22 TD, 1 conversionPoints by Class: Freshman: 132, Michael Crabtree (2007) Sophomore: 114, Michael Crabtree (2008) Junior: 108, Taurean Henderson (2004) Senior: 134, Byron Morris (1993)Points per Game: _______________________________12.2Byron Morris (1993)Touchdowns: __________________________________ 22Byron Morris (1993); Taurean Henderson (2005); Michael Crabtree (2007)Points by Kicking: ______________________________ 106Alex Trlica (2007); 13 FG, 67 PATConversions Made: _______________________________ 67Alex Trlica (2007)Conversions Attempted: ___________________________ 70Keith Toogood (2003)Field Goals Made: _______________________________ 17Bill Adams (1979); Ricky Gann (1984); Lin Elliott (1991)Field Goals Attempted: ____________________________ 26Ricky Gann (1984); Lin Elliott (1991)Field Goal Percentage: ___________________________.824Lin Elliott (1990); 14-of-17Most PAT Kicks, No Misses: __________________________ 67Alex Trlica (2007)Perfect PAT Seasons: __________________________ 13 Times 1972, Don Grimes (34-of-34); 1978, Bill Adams (26-of-26); 1990, Lin

Elliott (32-of-32); 1995, Tony Rogers (37-of-37); 2001, Robert Treece (49-of-49); 2002, Robert Treece (54-of-54); 2004, Alex Trlica (55-of-55); 2005, Alex Trlica (60-of-60); 2006, Alex Trlica (51-of-51); 2007, Alex Trlica (67-of-67); 2008, Matt Williams (33-of-33); 2010, Matt Williams (56-of-56); Donnie Carona (50-of-50); 2011

SINGLE-SEASON SCORING LEADERS 1. Byron Morris (1993); 22 TD, 1 conversion ___________ 134 2. Taurean Henderson (2005); 22 TD _______________ 132 Michael Crabtree (2007); 22 TD _________________ 132 4. James Gray (1989); 20 TD ____________________ 120 5. Michael Crabtree (2008); 19 TD _________________ 114 Lyle Leong (2010); 19 TD _____________________ 114 7. Byron Hanspard (1995); 18 TD _________________ 108 Ricky Williams (2001); 18 TD __________________ 108 Taurean Henderson (2004); 18 TD _______________ 108 10. Alex Trlica (2007); 12 FG, 63 PAT ________________ 106

SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. Byron Morris (1993) ________________________ 22 Taurean Henderson (2005) ____________________ 22 Michael Crabtree (2007) ______________________ 22 4. James Gray (1989) _________________________ 20 5. Michael Crabtree (2008) ______________________ 19 Lyle Leong (2010) __________________________ 19 7. Byron Hanspard (1995) _______________________ 18 Ricky Williams (2001)________________________ 18 Taurean Henderson (2004) ____________________ 18 10. Donny Anderson (1965) ______________________ 17 Lyle Leong (2010) __________________________ 17

SINGLE-SEASON FIELD GOAL LEADERS 1. Bill Adams (1979) __________________________ 17 Ricky Gann (1984)__________________________ 17 Lin Elliott (1991) __________________________ 17 4. Bill Adams (1978) __________________________ 16 Chris Birkholz (1998) ________________________ 16 6. Ryan Bustin (2012) _________________________ 15 Brian Hall (1976) __________________________ 15 Scott Segrist (1988) _________________________ 15 Alex Trlica (2006) __________________________ 15 10. Lin Elliott (1990) __________________________ 14 Donnie Carona (2011) _______________________ 14

SINGLE-SEASON PAT LEADERS 1. Alex Trlica (2007) __________________________ 67 2. Keith Toogood (2003) ________________________ 66 3. Alex Trlica (2005) __________________________ 60 Matt Williams (2009) ________________________ 60 5. Matt Williams (2010) ________________________ 56 6. Ryan Bustin (2012) _________________________ 55 Alex Trlica (2004) __________________________ 55 8. Robert Treece (2002) ________________________ 54 9. Alex Trlica (2006) __________________________ 51 10. Donnie Carona (2011) _______________________ 50

SINGLE-SEASON TOUCHDOWNS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1. B.J. Symons (2003) _________________________ 57 2. Graham Harrell (2007) _______________________ 52 3. Graham Harrell (2008) _______________________ 51 4. Kliff Kingsbury (2002) _______________________ 47 5. Graham Harrell (2006) _______________________ 40 6. Seth Doege (2012) _________________________ 39 7. Taylor Potts (2010) _________________________ 37 8. Sonny Cumbie (2004)________________________ 34 Cody Hodges (2005) ________________________ 34 10. Seth Doege (2011) _________________________ 32

CAREER

Points: 414, Taurean Henderson (2002-05) – 69 TDPoints per Game: 9.4, Michael Crabtree (2007-08), 246 points, 26 gamesTouchdowns: 69, Taurean Henderson (2002-05)Points by Kicking: 377, Alex Trlica (2004-07); 48 FG, 233 PATConversions Made: 233, Alex Trlica (2004-07)Conversions Attempted: 233, Alex Trlica (2004-07)Field Goals Made: 48, Alex Trlica (2004-07)Field Goals Attempted: 73, Alex Trlica (2004-07)Field Goal Percentage: .724, Robert Treece (2001-02); 21-of-29Consecutive Field Goals Made (Career): 10, Bill Adams (1979); 10, Scott Segrist (1988)

CAREER SCORING LEADERS 1. Taurean Henderson (2002-05); 69 TD _____________ 414 2. Alex Trlica (2004-07); 48 FG, 233 PAT______________ 377 3. James Gray (1986-89); 52 TD __________________ 312 4. Ricky Williams (1997-01); 42 TD ________________ 252 5. Michael Crabtree (2007-08); 41 TD _______________ 246 6. Shannon Woods (2005-08); 40 TD _______________ 240 7. Byron Hanspard (1994-96); 38 TD _______________ 228 8. Byron Morris (1991-93); 37 TD, 2 conversions ________ 226 9. Lin Elliott (1988-91); 40 FG, 100 PAT ______________ 220 10. Scott Segrist (1985-88); 41 FG, 92 PAT _____________ 215

CAREER TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 1. Taurean Henderson (2002-05) __________________ 69 2. James Gray (1986-89) _______________________ 52 3. Ricky Williams (1997-01) _____________________ 42 4. Michael Crabtree (2007-08) ____________________ 41 5. Shannon Woods (2005-08) ____________________ 40 6. Byron Hanspard (1994-96) ____________________ 38 7. Byron Morris (1991-93) ______________________ 37 8. Bobby Cavazos (1951-53) _____________________ 32 Baron Batch (2006, 2008-10) ___________________ 32 Lyle Leong (2007-10) ________________________ 32 11. Larry Isaac (1973-76) ________________________ 31 Wes Welker (2000-03) _______________________ 31 CAREER FIELD GOAL LEADERS 1. Alex Trlica (2004-07) ________________________ 48 2. Bill Adams (1977-79) ________________________ 43 3. Ricky Gann (1981-84) _______________________ 41 Scott Segrist (1985-88)_______________________ 41 5. Lin Elliott (1988-91) ________________________ 40 6. Jon Davis (1991-94)_________________________ 35 Chris Birkholz (1998-00) ______________________ 35 8. Don Grimes (1971-73) _______________________ 29 9. Brian Hall (1974-77) ________________________ 28 10. Tony Rogers (1994-97) _______________________ 25 Robert Treece (2001-02) ______________________ 25

CAREER PAT LEADERS 1. Alex Trlica (2004-07) _______________________ 233 2. Matt Williams (2008-10) _____________________ 149 3. Jon Davis (1991-94)________________________ 103 4. Lin Elliott (1988-91) _______________________ 100 5. Robert Treece (2001-02) ______________________ 97 6. Scott Segrist (1985-88)_______________________ 92 7. Chris Birkholz (1998-00) ______________________ 88 8. Donnie Carona (2008-11) _____________________ 83 9. Brian Hall (1974-76) ________________________ 79 10. Don Grimes (1971-73) _______________________ 78

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DEFENSIVE RECORDS

GAME

Tackles: ____________________________30Donald Harris vs. Arizona (1988)Fumble Return for Touchdown: _____________ 1several times; most recently, Cornelius Douglas vs. Ok. State (2011)Interceptions: ________________________ 3Daniel Charbonnet vs. SMU (2008);Darcel McBath at Kansas (2008)Interception Return for Touchdown: __________ 1several times; most recently, Jarvis Phillips vs. Texas (2010)Longest Fumble Return: _________________92Marcus Coleman vs. New Mexico (1995)Longest Interception Return: ______________98Dave Parks vs. Colorado (1962)

SEASON

Tackles: ___________________________ 193Lawrence Flugence (2002)Tackles for Loss: _____________________ 24.5Adell Duckett (2003)Tackles for Loss Yards: __________________ 123Adell Duckett (2003), Brandon Williams (2008)Sacks: __________________________ 15.0Brandon Sharpe (2009)Sack Yards: _________________________ 104Brandon Sharpe (2009), Brandon Williams (2008)Fumble Recoveries: ____________________ 4ZachThomas(1995),PaulMcClendon(2001),Daniel Charbonnet (2008)Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: ___________ 3Paul McClendon (2001)Interceptions: ________________________11Elmer Tarbox (1938)Interception Return for Touchdowns: _________ 2Marcus Coleman (1994), Darcel McBath (2008)Most Passes Broken Up: __________________24Joselio Hanson (2002)Most Blocked Kicks: ____________________ 3Marcus Coleman (1992)

SINGLE-SEASON TACKLE LEADERS 1. Lawrence Flugence (2002) ___________ 193 2. Brad Hastings (1985) ______________ 171 3. Lawrence Flugence (2000) ___________ 156 4. Michael Johnson (1987) _____________ 154 5. Brad Hastings (1986) ______________ 153 Kevin Curtis (1999) ________________ 153 7. Ryan Aycock (2002) _______________ 151 8. Lawrence Flugence (2001) ___________ 145 9. Brad Hastings (1984) ______________ 141 Donald Harris (1988) ______________ 141 James Mosley (1988) ______________ 141

SINGLE-SEASON TACKLES BY POSITIONEnd – Aaron Hunt (2002) _________________ 108Tackle – Gabe Rivera (1982) _______________ 105Linebacker – Lawrence Flugence (2002) ________ 193Cornerback – Leonard Jones (1985) ___________91Safety – Kevin Curtis (1999) _______________ 153

SINGLE-SEASON SACK LEADERS 1. Brandon Sharpe (2009) ____________ 15.0 2. Adell Duckett (2003) ______________ 14.0 3. Brandon Williams (2008) ___________ 13.0 4. Aaron Hunt (2001) _______________ 12.0 5. Shawn Jackson (1992) _____________ 11.0 6. Calvin Riggs (1986) ______________ 10.5 Montae Reagor (1997) ____________ 10.5 8. Fred Petty (1991) _________________ 9.0 Aaron Hunt (2002) ________________ 9.0 McKinner Dixon (2008) _____________ 9.0

SINGLE-SEASON INTERCEPTION LEADERS 1. Elmer Tarbox (1938) ________________11 2. John Thompson (1951) ______________ 8 Tracy Saul (1989) __________________ 8 Tracy Saul (1991) __________________ 8 5. Teddy Roberts (1964) _______________ 7 Darcel McBath (2008) _______________ 7 7. Elmer Tarbox (1937) ________________ 6 Tate Randle (1979) _________________ 6 Boyd Cowan (1987) ________________ 6 Bart Thomas (1994) ________________ 6 Ryan Aycock (2003) ________________ 6

CAREER

Tackles: ___________________________ 500Lawrence Flugence (1999-02)Tackles for Loss: _______________________53Montae Reagor (1995-98)Tackles for Loss Yards: __________________ 205Montae Reagor (1995-98)Sacks: __________________________ 34.0Aaron Hunt (1999-02)Sack Yards: _________________________ 170Aaron Hunt (1999-02)Fumble Recoveries: ____________________ 7ZachThomas(1992-95)Fumble Returns for Touchdowns: ___________ 3Paul McClendon (1998-2001)Interceptions: ________________________25Tracy Saul (1989-91)Interception Returns for Touchdowns: _________ 4Marcus Coleman (1992-95)

CAREER TACKLE LEADERS 1. Lawrence Flugence (1999-02) _________ 500 2. Brad Hastings (1983-86) ____________ 480 3. Kevin Curtis (1998-01) _____________ 422 4. Michael Johnson (1984-87) __________ 393 5. ZachThomas(1992-95) _____________ 390 6. Matt Wingo (1988-91)______________ 385 7. Shawn Banks (1992-95)_____________ 365 8. Cody Davis (2009-12) ______________ 352 9. Ryan Aycock (2000-03) _____________ 338 10. Charles Rowe (1986-89)_____________ 329

CAREER SACK LEADERS 1. Aaron Hunt (1999-02) _____________ 34.0 2. Adell Duckett (2001-04)____________ 28.0 3. Montae Reagor (1995-98) __________ 25.5 4. Brandon Williams (2006-08) _________ 22.5 5. Keyunta Dawson (2003-06) _________ 19.5 6. Calvin Riggs (1983-86) ____________ 18.5 7. James Mosley (1985-88) ___________ 17.0 Shawn Jackson (1991-93) __________ 17.0 9. Brandon Sharpe (2008-09) __________ 15.0 10. Gabriel Rivera (1979-82) ___________ 14.0

CAREER INTERCEPTION LEADERS 1. Tracy Saul (1989-91) ________________25 2. Elmer Tarbox (1936-38) ______________17 3. John Thompson (1951-53) ____________14 Tate Randle (1978-81) _______________14 5. Boyd Cowan (1985-88) ______________12 Vincent Meeks (2002-05) _____________12 Darcel McBath (2005-08) _____________12 8. Ryan Aycock (2000-03) ______________11 9. Kevin Curtis (1998-01) ______________10 10. Four tied _______________________ 9

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KICKOFF RETURN RECORDS

GAME

Returns: ___________________________ 7Ben McRoy vs. Nevada (2011)Yards: ___________________________ 203Ben McRoy vs. Nevada (2011)Yards by Class: Freshman: 182, Eric Stephens at Texas (2009) Sophomore: 203, Ben McRoy vs. Nevada (2011) Junior: 132, Rodney Blackshear vs. Texas A&M (1990) Senior: 169, Donny Anderson vs. Oklahoma State (1965)Yards per Return: ____________________ 60.0Johnnie Mack vs. SMU (2003); 2-120 yardsTouchdowns: ________________________ 1several times; most recently, Vincent Meeks at Oklahoma (2002); 98 yards100-Yard Returns: 100, Ivory McCann vs. New Mexico (2001), Keith

Henderson vs. Houston (1984), Donny Anderson vs. Oklahoma State (1965), Jack Kirkpatrick vs. Tulsa (1953), Jack Kirkpatrick vs. West Texas State (1953)

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURNS 1. Ivory McCann vs. New Mexico (2001) _____ 100 Keith Henderson vs. Houston (1984) _____ 100 Donny Anderson vs. Oklahoma St. (1965) __ 100 Jack Kirkpatrick vs. Tulsa (1953) ________ 100 Jack Kirkpatrick vs. West Texas State (1953) _ 100 6. Vincent Meeks at Oklahoma (2002) _______98 7. Jakeem Grant vs. Baylor (2012) _________97 Frank Graves vs. New Mexico (1951) ______97 9. Herman Bailey vs. Hardin-Simmons (1949) __95 Lawrence Williams vs. New Mexico (1973) ___95 Dane Johnson vs. Texas (1997) __________95

SEASON

Returns: ___________________________44Eric Stephens (2010)Yards: __________________________1,071Eric Stephens (2010); 44 returnsYards by Class: Freshman: 823, Eric Stephens (2009) Sophomore: 1,071, Eric Stephens (2010) Junior: 621, Rodney Blackshear (1990) Senior: 541, Donny Anderson (1965)Yards per Return: ____________________ 30.8Lawrence Williams (1972); 16-493 yardsTouchdowns: ________________________ 2Jack Kirkpatrick (1953)

SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Eric Stephens (2010); 44 returns _______1,071 2. Ben McRoy (2011); 36 returns _________ 899 3. Eric Stephens (2009); 32 returns ________ 823 4. Rodney Blackshear (1990); 24 returns ____ 621 5. Ivory McCann (2001); 22 returns ________ 606 6. Johnnie Mack (2003); 22 returns _______ 546 7. Donny Anderson (1965); 22 returns ______ 541 8. Tyrone Thurman (1988); 23 returns ______ 535 9. Ivory McCann (2002); 27 returns ________ 495 10. Lawrence Williams (1972); 16 returns ____ 493

SINGLE-SEASON RETURN LEADERS 1. Eric Stephens (2010) ________________44 2. Ben McRoy (2011) _________________36 3. Eric Stephens (2009) ________________32 4. Ivory McCann (2002) ________________27 5. Rodney Blackshear (1990) ____________24 Tyrone Thurman (1988) ______________23 7. Donny Anderson (1965) ______________22 Ivory McCann (2001) ________________22 Johnnie Mack (2003) _______________22 10. Wayne Walker (1986) _______________21 Johnnie Mack (2004) _______________21

CAREER

Returns: ___________________________82Eric Stephens (2009-12)Yards: __________________________1,979Eric Stephens (2009-12); 82 returnsYards per Return: ____________________ 30.3Ronnie Rice (1957-59); 19-577 yardsTouchdowns: ________________________ 2Jack Kirkpatrick (1952-55)

CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Eric Stephens (2009-12); 82 returns _____1,979 2. Donny Anderson (1963-65); 56 returns ___1,309 3. Lawrence Williams (1972-74); 47 returns _1,268 4. Ivory McCann (2001-02); 49 returns ____1,101 5. Ben McRoy (2010-11); 40 returns _______ 977 6. Wayne Walker (1985-88); 51 returns _____ 959 7. Johnnie Mack (2003-04); 43 returns _____ 955 8. Rodney Blackshear (1987-91); 37 returns __ 899 9. Mike Leinert (1965-67); 40 returns ______ 824 10. John Norman (1997-00); 37 returns ______ 790 CAREER RETURN LEADERS 1. Eric Stephens (2009-12) ______________82 2. Donny Anderson (1963-65) ____________56 3. Wayne Walker (1985-88) _____________51 4. Ivory McCann (2001-02) _____________49 5. Lawrence Williams (1972-74) __________47 6. Johnnie Mack (2003-04) _____________43 7. Mike Leinert (1965-67) ______________40 Ben McRoy (2010-11) _______________40 8. Tyrone Thurman (1985-88) ____________37 Rodney Blackshear (1987-91) __________37 John Norman (1997-00) _____________37

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PUNTING RECORDS

PUNTINGGAME

Punts: ________________________________ 36Charlie Calhoun vs. Centenary (1939)Game (Since 1950): ________________________ 12Dennis Vance vs. Texas (1984)Punting Average: _________________________ 57.0Alex Reyes vs. Baylor (2004); 3 punts for 171 yardsLongest Punt: ____________________________ 85R.W. Moyers vs. West Texas State (1945)

LONGEST PUNTS 1. R.W. Moyers vs. West Texas State (1945) ________ 85 2. David Kuykendall vs. Arkansas (1975) _________ 79 3. Buddy Hill vs. Tulsa (1954) ________________ 78 Ken Vinyard vs. Kansas (1966) ______________ 78 Johnny Odom vs. Boston College (1971) ________ 78 Mark Bounds vs. Texas (1991) ______________ 78 7. Robert King vs. Rice (1992) _______________ 77 Robert King vs. Texas A&M (1993) ___________ 77 9. Johnny Odom vs. SMU (1970) ______________ 76 10. Johnny Odom vs. Texas (1970) _____________ 75 Maury Buford vs. Texas A&M (1978) __________ 75 Robert King vs. Wyoming (1992) ____________ 75

SEASON

Punts: ________________________________ 78Maury Buford (1981)Punting Average: _________________________ 46.8Mark Bounds (1991); 53 punts for 2,481 yards

SINGLE-SEASON AVERAGE LEADERS 1. Mark Bounds (1991); 53 punts for 2,481 yards ___ 46.8 2. Alex Reyes (2006); 43 punts for 1,943 yards ____ 45.2 3. Maury Buford (1981); 78 punts for 3,493 yards ___ 44.8 4. Maury Buford (1978); 71 punts for 3,131 yards ___ 44.1 5. Alex Reyes (2003); 28 punts for 1,203 yards ____ 43.0 6. Alex Reyes (2005); 49 punts for 2,099 yards ____ 42.8 7. Robert King (1993); 54 punts for 2,305 yards ____ 42.7 8. Robert King (1992); 53 punts for 2,256 yards ____ 42.6 9. Jamie Simmons (1988); 44 punts for 1,860 yds ___ 42.4 10. Jonathan LaCour (2007); 33 punts for 1,391 yds __ 42.2

CAREER

Punts: _______________________________ 293Maury Buford (1978-81)Punting Average: _________________________ 43.3Alex Reyes (2006); 43 punts for 1,943 yards

CAREER AVERAGE LEADERS 1. Alex Reyes (2003-06) __________________ 43.3 2. Maury Buford (1978-81) ________________ 43.2 3. Robert King (1992-93) _________________ 42.6 4. Ryan Erxleben (2009, 2011-12) ____________ 41.5 5. Jeremy Hernandez (1996-98) _____________ 40.1 Jamie Simmons (1986-89) _______________ 40.1 7. Brad Cade (1994-95) __________________ 39.8 Clinton Greathouse (2000-02) _____________ 39.8 Eric Rosiles (1999-00) __________________ 39.8 10. Jonathan LaCour (2007-2010) _____________ 39.7 11. Dennis Vance (1982-84) ________________ 39.6

RETURNSGAME

Returns: ________________________________ 8Wes Welker vs. New Mexico (2001)Yards: _______________________________ 166Wes Welker vs. Texas A&M (2002)Yards by Class: Freshman: 106, Tracy Saul vs. Texas (1989) Sophomore: 102, Tyrone Thurman vs. Texas (1986) Junior: 166, Wes Welker vs. Texas A&M (2002) Senior: 145, Leonard Harris vs. TCU (1983)Yards per Return: _________________________ 47.0Larry Alford vs. Texas (1968); 3-141 yardsTouchdowns: ______________________________ 1several times; most recently; Eric Morris at Nevada (2008)Longest Texas Tech Punt Return: ________________ 96Tyrone Thurman vs. Texas (1986)

LONGEST PUNT RETURNS 1. Tyrone Thurman vs. Texas (1986) ____________ 96 2. Estil Carnes vs. New Mexico Normal (1931) ______ 90 Danny Amendola at Kansas State (2004) _______ 90 4. Wes Welker at Texas A&M (2002) ____________ 88 5. Eric Morris at Nevada (2008) _______________ 86 6. Wes Welker vs. Nebraska (2001) ____________ 85 7. Larry Alford vs. Texas (1968) _______________ 84 Leonard Harris vs. TCU (1983) ______________ 84 9. Elmer Wilson vs. West Texas State (1951) _______ 80 John Norman vs. Baylor (1999) _____________ 80

SEASON

Returns: _______________________________ 57Wes Welker (2002)Yards: _______________________________ 752Wes Welker (2002)Yards by Class: Freshman: 419, Tyrone Thurman (1985) Sophomore: 444, Tyrone Thurman (1986) Junior: 752, Wes Welker (2002) Senior: 385, Wes Welker (2003)Yards per Return: _________________________ 13.5Tyrone Thurman (1985), 33 for 444 yardsTouchdowns: _____________________________ 3Wes Welker (2002)

SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Wes Welker (2002); 57 returns ____________ 752 2. Tyrone Thurman (1986); 33 returns __________ 444 3. Larry Alford (1968); 38 returns ____________ 430 4. Tyrone Thurman (1985); 31 returns __________ 419 5. Wes Welker (2003); 33 returns ____________ 385 6. Danny Amendola (2006); 41 returns _________ 377 7. Marc Dove (1971); 33 returns _____________ 374 8. Danny Amendola (2004); 29 returns _________ 371 9. Leonard Harris (1982); 33 returns ___________ 365 10. Wes Welker (2000); 28 returns ____________ 353

SINGLE-SEASON RETURN LEADERS 1. Wes Welker (2002) ____________________ 57 2. Danny Amendola (2006) _________________ 41 3. Larry Alford (1968) ____________________ 38 4. Tyrone Thurman (1987) _________________ 35 5. Marc Dove (1971) _____________________ 33 Leonard Harris (1982)___________________ 33 Tyrone Thurman (1986) _________________ 33 Wes Welker (2003) ____________________ 33 9. Larry Alford (1967) ____________________ 32 Danny Amendola (2005) _________________ 32

CAREER

Returns: ______________________________ 152Wes Welker (2000-03)Yards: ______________________________ 1,761Wes Welker (2000-03)Yards per Return: _________________________ 12.0Marc Dove (1969-71), 48 for 576 yardsTouchdowns: _____________________________ 8Wes Welker (2000-03)

CAREER YARDAGE LEADERS 1. Wes Welker (2000-03) ________________ 1,761 2. Tyrone Thurman (1985-88) _____________ 1,466 3. Danny Amendola (2004-07) _____________ 1,283 4. Tracy Saul (1989-92) __________________ 902 5. Dane Johnson (1994-97) ________________ 876 6. Leonard Harris (1981-83) _______________ 759 7. Larry Alford (1967-68) _________________ 750 8. Marc Dove (1969-71) __________________ 576 9. John Norman (1997-00) ________________ 513 10. Eric Morris (2005-08) __________________ 486

CAREER RETURN LEADERS 1. Wes Welker (2000-03) _________________ 152 2. Tyrone Thurman (1985-88) ______________ 126 3. Danny Amendola (2004-07) ______________ 116 4. Tracy Saul (1989-92) ___________________ 90 5. Dane Johnson (1994-97) _________________ 76 6. Larry Alford (1967-68) __________________ 70 7. Leonard Harris (1981-83) ________________ 68 8. Mike Patterson (1976-77) ________________ 55 9. AustinZouzalik(2009-12) ________________ 53 10. John Norman (1997-99) _________________ 50

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TEAM RECORDS

SCORING

POINTSGame: ____________________________ 120Wayland (1925) Game since 1950: _____________________80vs. Sam Houston State (2005) Most First-Half Points: ___________________52 vs. Indiana State (2005)Most Second-Half Points: _________________49 vs. Nebraska (2004)Most First-Quarter Points: ________________28 vs. Sam Houston State (2005)Most Second-Quarter Points: ______________ 35 vs. SMU (1990); vs. Indiana State (2005)Most Third-Quarter Points: ________________28 vs. TCU (2004); vs. Kansas State (2005); vs. Northwestern State (2007)Most Fourth-Quarter Points: ______________28 vs. N.C. State (2002); at Oklahoma State (2003); vs. Nebraska (2004)Season – High: 569 (2008)Season – Low: 245 (1997)

POINTS PER GAMESeason – High: 43.8 (2008); 569 points in 13 gamesSeason – Low: 22.3 (1997); 245 points in 11 games

TOUCHDOWNSGame: 12 vs. Wayland (1925)Game since 1950: 11 vs. Sam Houston State (2005)Season – High: 79 (2008)Season – Low: 29 (1998)

PATs MADEGame: 11 vs. Sam Houston State (2005)Season – High: 70 (2008)Season – Low: 26 (1997)

FIELD GOALS MADEGame: 4, 10 times; most recently vs. Texas A&M (2011)Season – High: 19 (1998)Season – Low: 7 (1999); 7 (2004); 7 (2008)

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTEDSeason – High: 28 (1998), 19-of-28Season – Low: 13 (1999), 7-of-13; 13 (2008), 7-of-13

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGESeason: 82.4 (1990); 14-of-17

MISCELLANEOUSMost Two-Point PATs Made: _______________ 5 (1994); 5-of-8; (2002); 5-of-7Most Two-Point PAT Attempts: _____________ 8 (1990); 4-of-8; (1994); 5-of-8Largest Deficit Erased: __________________31 vs. Minnesota (2006 Insight Bowl; also NCAA Bowl Record); trailed 38-7 with 7:47 to play in the third quarterQuickest Score into a Game: _______________17 vs. North Texas (1988); Tolliver 73-yard pass to WalkerMost Safeties: 3 (1992)

TOP 10 SCORING GAMES 1. vs. Wayland (1925) _________________ 120 2. vs. Sam Houston State (2005) ____________80 3. vs. Trinity (1932) ___________________79 4. vs. Northwestern State (2007) ___________75 5. vs. New Mexico A&M (1953) ____________71 6. vs. TCU (2004) _____________________70 vs. Nebraska (2004) _________________70 8. vs. Kansas State (2009) _______________66 9. vs. Austin College (1932) ______________64 vs. Weber State (2010) ________________64 10. vs. UC-Santa Barbara (1970) ____________63 vs. TCU (1985) _____________________63 vs. Arkansas State (1995) ______________63 at Baylor (2001) ____________________63 vs. Indiana State (2005) _______________63 at Kansas (2008) ___________________63

RUSHING

RUSHESGame – High: 73 vs. Arizona (1989)Game – Low: 7 at Texas (2007)

YARDSGame – High: 620 vs. Trinity (1939)Game – Low: -17 vs. Texas (2004)Season – High: 3,342 (1932) Season High Since 1950: 2,505 (1989)Season – Low: 771 (2007)

TOUCHDOWNSGame: _____________________________12 vs. Wayland (1925), vs. Trinity (1932) Game Since 1950: _____________________ 5 vs. TCU (1977), vs. Rice (1989),vs. Sam Houston State (2005); vs. Texas A&M (2005)Season: 30 (1993)

YARDS PER RUSHSeason – High: 7.7 (1989); 581 rush for 2,505 yardsSeason – Low: 3.1 (2007); 246 rush for 771 yards

PASSING

ATTEMPTSGame – High: 78 vs. Iowa State (2003)Game – Low: 10 vs. Texas (1997)Season – High: 780 (2003)Season – Low: 270 (1999)

COMPLETIONSGame – High: 52 vs. Iowa State (2003)Game – Low: 3 vs. Texas (1997)Season – High: 544 (2007)Season – Low: 119 (1996)

COMPLETION PERCENTAGEGame – High (min. 20 att.): _____________ 90.0 at New Mexico (2011); 45-of-50Game – Low (min. 20 att.): _____________ 24.0 vs. Missouri (1995); 6-of-25Season – High: 71.3 (2007); 544-of-763Season – Low: 43.8 (1996)

YARDSGame – High: 669 vs. Kansas State (2005)Game – Low: 42 vs. Rice (1989)Season – High: 6,179 (2003)Season – Low: 1,723 (1996)

YARDS PER COMPLETIONGame – High: 28.7 vs. Oklahoma (1999); 259 yardsGame – Low: 6.6 vs. Kansas State (1997)

TOUCHDOWNSGame: 8 vs. Texas A&M (2003); at Baylor (2003); vs.

Northwestern State (2007); vs. Rice (2009)Season: 53 (2003)

INTERCEPTIONS THROWNGame: 5 vs. Rice (1990); vs. Colorado (2003)Season – High: 30 (1938)Season – Low: 6 (1996, 1997)

TOP 10 PASSING GAMES 1. vs. Kansas State (2005) ______________ 669 2. at Mississippi (2003) ________________ 661 3. vs. Sam Houston State (2005) ___________ 650 4. at Oklahoma State (2007) _____________ 646 5. vs. Texas A&M (2003) ________________ 605 6. at N.C. State (2003) _________________ 586 7. at Baylor (2003) ___________________ 580 8. vs. Kansas State (2009) ______________ 554 9. at Oklahoma State (2003) _____________ 553 10. vs. Eastern Washington (2008) __________ 536

TOTAL OFFENSE

PLAYSGame – High: 111 vs. Iowa State (2003)Game – Low: 46 vs. Nebraska (1997)Season – High: 1,155 (2002)Season – Low: 732 (1997)

YARDSGame – High: 1,271 vs. Wayland (1925) Game High Since 1950: 775 vs. Iowa State (2003)Game – Low: 93 vs. Miami (1990)Season – High: 7,576 (2003)Season – Low: 3,401 (1997)

TOP 10 TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES (SINCE 1950) 1. vs. Iowa State (2003) ________________ 775 2. vs. Sam Houston State (2005) ___________ 770 3. vs. Kansas State (2009) ______________ 739 4. at Oklahoma State (2007) _____________ 718 5. at Baylor (2003) ___________________ 716 6. at Mississippi (2003) ________________ 713 7. vs. New Mexico (2012) _______________ 702 8. vs. TCU (1985) ____________________ 699 9. vs. Kansas State (2005) ______________ 684 10. vs. Baylor (2006) __________________ 682

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TEAM RECORDS

PENALTIES

PENALTIESGame – High: 18 vs. Eastern Washington (2008)Game – Low: 1 vs. Rice (1991), vs. Texas A&M (1992), vs. Arkansas (1988)Season – High: 120 (2009)Season – Low: 28 (1961)

YARDS PENALIZEDGame – High: 183 at Rice (2007)Game – Low: 5 vs. Texas A&M (1992), vs. Arkansas (1988)Season – High: 1,019 (2009)

FIRST DOWNS

FIRST DOWNSGame – High: 45 vs. Iowa State (2003)Game – Low: 6 vs. Kansas State (1997), vs. Nebraska (1997)Season – High: 418 (2003)Season – Low: 186 (1999)

TURNOVERS

TURNOVERSGame: 8 vs. Rice (1990)Season – High: 38 (1990)Season – Low: 14 (1997)

FUMBLESGame: 8 vs. Texas A&M (1991)Season – High: 35 (1990)Season – Low: 15 (2001)

FUMBLES LOSTGame: 5 vs. New Mexico (1994)Season – High: 21 (1990)Season – Low: 5 (2000, 2001)

INTERCEPTIONS THROWNGame: 5 vs. Rice (1990); vs. Colorado (2003); vs. Oklahoma (2003)Season – High: 23 (2003)Season – Low: 6 (1996, 1997)

TURNOVER MARGINSeason – High: +12 (1991, 1993, 1997)Season – Low: -10 (2002)

PUNTING

PUNTSGame: 39 vs. Centenary (1939)Game Since 1950: 14 vs. Kansas State (1996)Season – High: 78 (1981)Season – Low: 26 (2008)

PUNTING AVERAGEGame – High: 57.0 vs. Baylor (2004); 3 punts for 171 yardsGame – Low: 24.4 at Oklahoma (2002); 5 punts for 122 yardsSeason – High: 44.2 (2006)Season – Low: 35.6 (2007)

PUNT RETURNS

RETURNSReturns (Game): 22 vs. Centenary (1939)Returns (Game Since 1950): 13 vs. Iowa State (1967)Returns (Season): 59 (2002)Yards (Season): 766 (2002)Yards Per Return (Season): 12.9 (2002)Touchdowns (Season): 3 (2002)

KICK RETURNS

RETURNSMost Kickoff Returns (Season): 59 (2010), (2011)Most Kickoff Return Yards (Season): 1,319 (2010)Highest Kickoff Return Average (Season): 24.4 (2009)Most Kickoff Return Touchdowns (Season): 2 (1953)

DEFENSE

RUSH DEFENSEFewest Rushing Yards Allowed (Game): -45 vs. Arizona (1933)Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed (Since 1950): -13 vs. SMU (1992)Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed (Season): 871 (1932)

PASS DEFENSEFewest Passing Yards Allowed (Game): 0 vs. Centenary (1939), vs. Texas A&M (1954), vs. Oklahoma State (1974), vs. Arkansas (1974)Fewest Passing Yards Allowed (Season): 1,623 (1994)

TOTAL DEFENSEFewest Yards Allowed (Game): 84 vs. Northwestern State (2012)Fewest Yards Allowed (Season): 3,421 (1994)

SACKSMost Sacks (Game): 8 vs. SMU (1993)Most Sacks (Season): 41 (2009)Most Yards Lost by Sacks (Game): 61 vs. SMU (1994)Most Yards Lost by Sacks (Season): 265 (1997, 2009)

TAKEAWAYSMost Takeaways (Game): 7, Houston (1993); Nebraska (2004)Most Takeaways (Season): 35 (1989)Most Opponent Fumbles (Game): 8, Baylor (1990)Most Opponent Fumbles (Season): 36 (2007)Most Opponent Fumbles Lost (Game): 4, Ohio State

(1990), TCU (1993); Texas State (2011)Most Opponent Fumbles Lost (Season): 16 (1993), (1989)Most Interceptions (Game): 6 vs. New Mexico (1946), vs. Rice (1968), vs. Houston (1993)Most Interceptions (Season): 30 (1938)Most Interception Return Yards (Game): 160 vs. TCU (1990)Most Interception Return Yards (Season): 366 (1990)Most Interception Returns for Touchdowns (Game): 2 vs. Oklahoma State (2000)Most Interception Returns for TDs (Season): 3 (1994, 2001, 2008)

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STADIUM RECORDS

STADIUM RECORD ATTENDANCE: 60,879– Texas Tech vs. Texas (Nov. 3, 2012)

FIRST GAME AT JONES AT&T STADIUM: Nov. 29, 1947; Texas Tech vs. Hardin-Simmons

FIRST GAME ON ARTIFICIAL TURF: Sept. 12, 1970; Texas Tech vs. Tulane

FIRST GAME ON FIELDTURF: Sept. 2, 2006; Texas Tech vs. SMU

TEXAS TECH SUCCESS AT JONES AT&T STADIUM: In its 65th season at The Jones, Texas Tech is 334-162-13 at

home.

STADIUM RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR A SEASON OPENER: 57,528 – Texas Tech vs. SMU (Sept. 5, 2010)

STADIUM RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR STUDENT ATTENDANCE: 12,910 – Texas Tech vs. SMU (Sept. 5, 2010)

CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES WITHOUT A LOSS AT JONES AT&T STADIUM: 12; began with 34-27 win over Oklahoma on Nov. 17, 2007,

through 52-30 loss to Texas A&M on Oct. 24, 2009

WINNING SEASONS: Texas Tech has had 51 winning or non-losing seasons in 65 years at Jones AT&T Stadium. The last team to go undefeated at home was the 2008 squad with a record of 7-0.

GAME ATTENDANCE (since 1959)Season Gms Average High Opponent2012 ___ 6 ____ 57,215 ___ 60,879 _________ Texas2011 ___ 6 ____ 55,347 ___ 59,260 ______ Iowa State2010 ___ 6 ____ 57,108 ___ 60,454 __ Texas/Okla. State2009 __ 7 ____ 50,249 ___ 57,733 ______Texas A&M2008 __ 7 ____ 53,625 ___ 56,333 _________ Texas2007 __ 6 ____ 51,911 ___ 55,491 ______Texas A&M2006 __ 6 ____ 50,874 ___ 56,158 _________ Texas2005 __ 7 ____ 50,972 ___ 55,755 ______Texas A&M2004 __ 5 ____ 52,823 ___ 55,413 _________ Texas2003 __ 6 ____ 49,608 ___ 53,135 ______ Oklahoma2002 __ 6 ____ 43,126 ___ 52,047 _________ Texas2001 __ 6 ____ 46,101 ___ 52,649 ______Texas A&M2000 __ 8 ____ 42,215 ___ 53,027 _________ Texas1999___ 5 ____ 45,894 ___ 53,513 ______Texas A&M1998 ___ 6 ____ 43,256 ___ 50,647 ________ Texas1997 ___ 6 ____ 41,906 ___ 50,513 _____Texas A&M1996___ 5 ____ 45,317 ___ 51,344 ______Nebraska1995 ___ 5 ____ 39,218 ___ 51,205 _____Texas A&M1994___ 6 ____ 32,032 ___ 45,591 ________ Texas1993 ___ 5 ____ 33,318 ___ 50,748 ______Texas A&M1992 ___ 6 ____ 39,735 ___ 50,741 ________ Texas1991 ___ 6 ____ 37,905 ___ 50,577 _____Texas A&M1990___ 5 ____ 43,476 ___ 50,276 ________ Texas1989 ___ 6 ____ 37,983 ___ 50,743 _____Texas A&M1988 ___ 5 ____ 35,803 ___ 49,682 ________ Texas1987 ___ 7 ____ 31,132 ___ 42,625 ______Texas A&M1986 ___ 6 ____ 37,719 ___ 44,820 ________ Texas1985 ___ 6 ____ 36,392 ___ 50,148 ______Texas A&M1984___ 6 ____ 36,839 ___ 50,722 ________ Texas1983 ___ 6 ____ 39,459 ___ 52,109 ______Texas A&M1982 ___ 5 ____ 43,311 ___ 52,041 ________ Texas1981 ___ 6 ____ 41,398 ___ 50,081 _____Texas A&M1980 ___ 7 ____ 41,578 ___ 50,132 _________ Texas1979 ___ 6 ____ 46,083 ___ 52,991 __________ USC1978 ___ 5 ____ 45,286 ___ 54,012 ________ Texas1977 ___ 5 ____ 43,557 ___ 55,008 ______Texas A&M1976 ___ 6 ____ 43,366 ___ 54,187 ________ Texas1975 ___ 6 ____ 39,584 ___ 52,254 ______Texas A&M1974 ___ 6 ____ 41,738 ___ 51,082 ________ Texas1973 ___ 6 ____ 39,412 ___ 50,102 ______Texas A&M1972 ___ 6 ____ 38,876 ___ 52,187 _________ Texas1971 ___ 5 ____ 36,914 ___ 44,380______Texas A&M1970 ___ 6 ____ 44,476 ___ 53,124 _________ Texas1969 ___ 5 ____ 39,150 ___ 49,000 ______Texas A&M1968___ 6 ____ 43,199 ___ 50,352 _________ SMU1967 ___ 5 ____ 40,978 ___ 48,240 ______Texas A&M1966___ 6 ____ 34,708 ___ 48,155 ________ Texas1965 ___ 7 ____ 35,979 ___ 45,619 _______ Baylor1964 __ 6 ____ 37,155 ___ 47,100 _________ Texas1963 ___ 6 ____ 32,333 ___ 38,000______Texas A&M1962 ___ 5 ____ 28,473 ___ 42,000 _________ Texas1961 ___ 6 ____ 22,583 ___ 38,500 ______Texas A&M1960___ 6 ____ 19,475 ___ 32,000 _________ SMU1959 ___ 4 ____ 17,116 ___ 23,000__________ TCU

TOP 20 ATTENDANCE FIGURESAttend Game Season60,879 _____Tech vs. Texas _______________ 201260,800 _____Tech vs. Oklahoma ____________ 201260,454 _____Tech vs. Texas _______________ 201060,454 _____Tech vs. Ok State _____________ 201059,260 _____Tech vs. Iowa State ____________ 201158,955 _____Tech vs. New Mexico ___________ 201258, 416 _____Tech vs. Texas A&M ____________ 201157,733 ______Tech vs. Texas A&M ____________ 200957,528 ______Tech vs. SMU ________________ 201057,328 ______Tech vs. West Virginia __________ 201256,333 _____Tech vs. Texas _______________ 200856,168______Tech vs. Texas _______________ 200655,755 ______Tech vs. Texas A&M ____________ 200555,667 _____Tech vs. Missouri _____________ 201055,664 _____Tech vs. Nevada ______________ 201155,491______Tech vs. Texas A&M ____________ 200755,413 ______Tech vs. Texas _______________ 200455, 084 _____Tech vs. Weber State ___________ 201055,052 _____Tech vs. Kansas ______________ 201255,038 _____Tech vs. Oklahoma ____________ 2007

GAME RECORDSMost Home Games, Season: 9 games (1932)Most Home Games, Season (Since 1950): 8 (1994, 2000)Most Home Wins, Season: 7 games (1965, 2005, 2008)Most Home Losses, Season: 5 games (1944, 1950)Most Home Losses, Season (Since 1950): 4 games (1952,

1957, 1962, 1966, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990)Most Home Ties, Season: 2 (1925)Most Home Ties, Season (Since 1950): 1 game (1954, 1956,

1968, 1979, 1981, 1983)Undefeated Home Seasons: 14 (Last: 2008)Longest Home Winning Streak: 13 (1939-42); before Jones AT&T StadiumLongest Home Losing Streak: 6 (1943-44)

SINGLE GAMEMost Points: 120 vs. Wayland (1925)Most Points (Since 1950): 80 vs. Sam Houston State (2005)Most Opponent Points: 61, Miami (Fla.) (1986)Most Combined Points: 120 (Texas Tech 120, Wayland 0 – 1925)Most Combined Points (Since 1950): 105 (Tech 70, TCU 35 –

2004)Widest Margin of Victory: 120 (Tech vs. Wayland – 1925)Widest Margin of Victory (Since 1950): 71-0 vs. New Mexico A&M (1953)

MISCELLANEOUSWin-Loss Record: 334-162-13Last Tie Game: vs. TCU, 10-10 (1983)

SEASONMost Points: 367 (2005)Fewest Points: 20 (1928)

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Tuberville Leaves Texas Tech for CincinnatiNick Kosmider and Don Williams12-08-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

In a stunning development that came together in a matter of hours, Tommy Tuberville left Texas Tech on Saturday and was named the next head coach at Cincinnati.

Tuberville, 58, departs Tech after three seasons. He will take over for Butch Jones, who on Friday took a job as the head coach at Tennessee.

The move came as a major shock to Tech officials and players. Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he received a phone call from Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock at 9:15 a.m., which Hocutt let go to voicemail because he was watching his son’s soccer game.

At 10:30 a.m., Tuberville called Hocutt and said he would resign as Tech’s coach to take the same position at Cincinnati.

Hocutt was caught off guard.

“As recently as yesterday (Tuberville) looked me in the eye and gave me his commitment and dedication to Texas Tech football,” Hocutt said on Saturday, “and leading this football program forward.”

One day later he was gone, inking a five-year contract with Cincinnati.

Babcock said during a press conference introducing Tuberville to fans, boosters and media mem-bers in Cincinnati that he was “a bit embarrassed” that he wasn’t able to discuss the situation with Hocutt on the phone.

It mattered little by day’s end, as Tuberville stepped to a podium adorned with a pair of Cincinnati football helmets, lifted his fist in the air and shouted, “I’m proud to be a Bearcat!”

“I left a good group of young men about 1,500 miles away,” said Tuberville, whose wife Suzanne is from Guilford, Ind., about 30 miles from Cincinnati. “I’m proud of each and every one of them. We went through some tough times and some great times, and that’s what athletics is all about.”

Tuberville spoke of the desire to bring Cincinnati to the “next level,” while back in Lubbock, Hocutt told members of the assembled media that despite Saturday’s surprise developments, he be-lieves the football program at Tech is positioned well.

“This is a great job,” Hocutt said. “And this is a football program that has the resources and facili-ties to compete at the highest levels, and we’re going to find the right leader for us at this time.”

Tech Chancellor Kent Hance also expressed optimism.

“I do think there’s no doubt that the cupboard is better today than it was when he got here, the material,” Hance said. “So the right guy will come in and win.”

Hance declined to answer further questions.

Tech officials did not expect to be in the midst of a coaching search again this offseason, not after Hocutt and Tuberville got together Friday in Tuberville’s office.

“The context of that conversation was the future of Texas Tech football and where we need to go,” Hocutt said. “Obviously we were frustrated with the way that this season ended. We expected more. And I think all of our fans were frustrated and disappointed.

“That being said, it was in a coversation about what it’s going to take to get us back to the level that we’ve been at and to get us back to the level that we’ve been at and to get to a position where we’re competing for the Big 12 Conference championship.”

Hocutt was asked if he felt betrayed given the conversation he had with Tuberville a day before he resigned.

“Do I feel betrayed?” Hocutt said. “Again, it’s a business. And I wish Coach Tuberville the best and he’s made the right decision for him and is family.”

Tuberville had three years remaining on his contract at a base salary of $300,000 per year, and he’ll be required to pay Tech a $900,000 buyout. Hocutt rebutted reports that Tuberville left be-cause he did not receive a contract extension.

“There was no conversation about his contract in any way,” said Hocutt, who added he hadn’t had any conversations with Tuberville’s agent.

Tuberville, hired 25 months ago after the controversial firing of Mike Leach, went 20-17 in three seasons, including a 9-17 mark in the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders got two bowl bids under him, but last year had the program’s first losing season since 1992.

Tech players were told by Tuberville during an 11 a.m. meeting on Saturday that he would be resigning his post as the coach at Tech.

“The meeting with players and coaches was pretty emotional,” a source told the Avalanche-Jour-nal. “He struggled with the decision because of what he’s done there for three years. When he left, the players clapped for him. It was pretty nice. It was a good deal.”

But a number of players took to Twitter shortly after the news from Tuberville to voice frustration.

“Can’t believe what just happened,” senior safety Cody Davis tweeted. “Feel sorry for the young guys. Been through this before and it is not a fun process.”

Other players expressed stronger emotion.

“Never felt more anger in my life,” sophomore tight end Jace Amaro tweeted. “I vow, I swear, I will do everything I can next year, and Texas Tech will win the Big (12) championship.”

Outside the Tech football facility Saturday afternoon, wide receiver Darrin Moore said “yes” when asked if players were stunned by the news, but he declined further comment.

After Tech started 6-1 this season, Tuberville’s name was heavily involved in rumors related to a number of Southeastern Conference jobs that were expected to be open by the end of this season. Those rumors — Tuberville had been linked to openings at Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky — began to die down as Tech lost four of its last five games to end the season.

As the head coaching positions were filled at those schools in recent days, it appeared Tuberville would be staying put in Lubbock for a fourth season. But that all changed in a lightning-quick turn of events on Saturday.

“It happened very quick,” Tuberville said. “I was perfectly satisfied. I had a great home. Lubbock, Texas and the people of west Texas are great people. They love football. But there was something when Whit called where I said, ‘You know what, let me think about this.’

“My name over the years, for whatever the reason, goes out like a light whenever there is a job opening. People think I oughta be the coach there. Not that I’m bragging, it’s just that we’ve won a couple of games and your name goes out there. Usually it goes over my head. This job didn’t do that. It caught my eye.”

Rumors of Tuberville being unhappy in Lubbock began surfacing not long after he was hired in 2010. He never completely won over a fan base that has been divided since Leach was fired. As a defense-first coach during his days in the SEC at Ole Miss and Auburn, Tuberville often lamented how difficult it was to win with that style in an offense-happy conference like the Big 12.

“It’s tough to play defense in this league,” he said after Tech lost to Baylor, 52-45, on Nov. 24.

Hocutt would not discuss the particulars of his Saturday morning conversation with Tuberville, nor would he address why he thought Tuberville would want to leave Tech.

“I would probably ask to keep the conversation between Tommy and I private,” Hocutt said. “But if that’s a question, I would encourage you to ask Tommy why he ultimately made the decision to go to Cincinnati.”

It is not yet clear who will coach Tech in the Meineke Car Care Bowl against Minnesota on Dec. 28. Tech offensive coordinator Neal Brown has interviewed for the head coach opening at Southern Mississippi and was scheduled to interview with Louisiana Tech on Saturday, a source said.

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Hocutt said he was given assurances by the remaining coaches on the staff that they will remain in Lubbock to prepare the team for its bowl game.

Tuberville, who won’t coach Cincinnati in its bowl game, confirmed that Tech’s assistants would stay in place this month. But some of them, he said, could join the Cincinnati staff after Tech’s bowl game.

“Regardless of the situation,” Tech senior quarterback Seth Doege wrote on Twitter, “we still have a bowl game to WIN. We have great leadership to push this team forward. It’s about us right now and once we WIN this bowl game everything else well take care of itself.”

WILLIAMS: Tech experience never what Tuberville picturedDon Williams12-08-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

One of the first times I got together with Tommy Tuberville, for a sitdown interview the week after he was hired, it was a cold, gray January day in Lubbock.

The new Texas Tech coach mentioned in jovial tones how he hated cold weather. His wife would poke fun at him for being all bundled up on the sideline during late-season games.

“So I guess you’ll never coach in the Big Ten, huh?” I told Tuberville.

The moment came back to me Saturday when news broke that Tuberville had taken, if not a Big Ten job, a job in Big Ten country.

That’s how much he wanted to be somewhere other than Texas Tech, apparently.

As cold as it might get in Cincinnati, evidently it’s preferable to the cold shoulder he felt from so many in Lubbock. Throughout his three seasons here, Tuberville rubbed people the wrong way for, well, pick your reason: Breaking out white helmets? Breaking from the mold of the Mike Leach offense? Trying to run the ball better? Complaining about the wind?

Every one of those stirred up a little brush fire or worse.

Tuberville misread the lay of the land when he arrived not quite three years ago. Based on his winning ways at Auburn, Tuberville seemed to take consumer confidence for granted, at least in the beginning. He was genuinely disillusioned to see the rancor over the Leach firing, rather than dissipate in short order, continue to boil around him.

Tuberville’s dismissive comments about Leach and what Leach accomplished here didn’t help his public relations.

On the other hand, Tuberville kept trying — trying to win and trying to gain acceptance. He busted his hump to raise money. He fought for facility upgrades, pushing for weight-room and practice-field improvements (done), pushing for a new stadium video board (in the works), pushing for an indoor workout facility (still pushing).

All he needed to give a talk on behalf of the Red Raider Club was a dinner table with three or four people.

But the more Tuberville tried to rally everyone, the more he kept spinning his wheels. Seeing this year’s 6-1 start melt into a 7-5 finish meant 2013 might well be a get-it-done or be-gone year.

So when Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock decided to make what he described as a one-day run at Tuberville, he found, to the astonishment of many, a willing listener. Though shocked, some at Tech were nervous when the Cincinnati job opened with Butch Jones’s resignation on Friday.

Babcock and Tuberville were friends from their days together at Auburn and had kept in touch. There was that.

Tuberville’s wife, Suzanne, is from Guilford, Ind., which is just 30 miles from Cincinnati. Most of her family is still there. They have to like this move.

And then there’s the Bearcats’ recent trajectory. Mark Dantonio had a couple of winning seasons at Cincinnati and moved on to Michigan State. Brian Kelly took over for Dantonio, went 33-7 and parlayed it into the Notre Dame job. Jones went 9-3 this year and cashed in his chips at Tennessee.

And now Tuberville will try to add to what they’ve built, leaving everyone in Tech-land slack-jawed. Even the anti-Tuberville forces never dreamed he’d bolt for Cincinnati. His boss surely didn’t.

“As recently as yesterday,” athletic director Kirby Hocutt said, “he looked me in the eye and gave me his commitment and dedication to Texas Tech football and leading this football program for-ward.”

Cincinnati’s won or shared the Big East title four times in the last five years. Tuberville’s walking into a good situation.

He had that here, and could never make the most of it.

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CARLTON: Tommy Tuberville’s exit offers opportunities for Texas TechChuck Carlton12-08-12The Dallas Morning News

Understandably, Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt preferred to talk more about what he wanted in his next football coach, not the man who left Saturday.

Tommy Tuberville bolted Tech and the Big 12 for Cincinnati and the Big East, surprising Hocutt.

“In every sense of the word, we want to find a leader, a winner,” Hocutt said. “We want to find someone who knows the fabric of West Texas, someone who is committed and wants to be a part of our great community.

“Fit is very important to me, and I think finding the right fit for Texas Tech is critical at this point in time.”

For Hocutt, Tuberville’s departure represents an opportunity. After 22 months as Tech’s AD, the former Kansas State linebacker can put his stamp on the job and use the hire to unite a fan base fractured by former coach Mike Leach’s firing. He firmly believes Tech can be a perennial Big 12 contender.

Speculation on a replacement immediately shifted to former Texas Tech quarterback Kliff Kings-bury, now a hot property as the offensive coordinator for Texas A&M. Baylor coach Art Briles is a possibility as a Tech alum and former assistant, but just signed a lucrative extension.

Hocutt expects to name an interim coach soon for the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 28 in Hous-ton. Tuberville had three years remaining on his contract with a buyout of $900,000. Hocutt said the two had not discussed a contract extension.

While Hocutt praised Tuberville, for three years the coach hadn’t matched Leach’s success. He had gone 20-17 and failed to reach a bowl game in 2011.

After finishing 7-5 this season and losing four of the final five games, Tuberville and Hocutt met several times about returning Tech to Big 12 contender status.

“We expected more,” Hocutt said. “And I think all of our fans were frustrated and disappointed.”

Still, on Friday, Hocutt said Tuberville “looked me in the eye and gave me his commitment and dedication” to Texas Tech football.

Then, at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, while watching his son play youth soccer, Hocutt got a cell phone message from Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock saying that he was interviewing Tuber-ville. The coach then called Hocutt at 10:30 a.m. to say he was taking the Cincinnati job, replacing former Bearcats coach Butch Jones, who went to Tennessee.

“There’s always a next step,” said Tuberville, who got a five-year contract. “I’m going to get the question: ‘Why did you come to Cincinnati? That’s exactly it.’”

Tuberville’s legacy at Tech is hard to quantify. Fair or not, the lasting perception may be that Tuberville never understood Tech, Lubbock, the Red Raider fan base or the Big 12. There were too many weird incidents and PR gaffes, such as Tuberville slapping the headset off graduate assistant Kevin Oliver.

The decision to go to Cincinnati seems more like an escape route.

No wonder Hocutt talked about trying to find the “very best head coach in the country who wants to be at Texas Tech University.”

With $230 million invested in facilities over the past decade and with a tradition that includes 35 bowl games, Hocutt will be selling his program. With Oklahoma State and Kansas State winning the last two Big 12 titles, the conference has changed.

Hocutt will be looking for someone who can do the same at Tech.

Tuberville’s exit catches Texas Tech by surpriseJose Rodriguez12-08-12Fort Worth Star-Telegram

LUBBOCK -- Tommy Tuberville was hired Saturday as Cincinnati’s head football coach, leaving Texas Tech after three years in a development that caught Tech officials by surprise.

Tuberville replaces Butch Jones, who accepted the head coaching position at Tennessee on Friday.

The move is one Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt was not made aware of until approximately 9:15 a.m. Saturday, when he received a call from Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock.

“I did not return the phone call,” Hocutt said during an afternoon news conference. “And then at 10:30 this morning, I received a call from coach Tuberville, had the chance to visit with him, and he notified me at that time of his resignation and his intention to accept the job at Cincinnati.”

A 6-1 start to the 2012 season helped generate rumors involving Tuberville and a number of pos-sible SEC openings, particularly Arkansas.

Tuberville’s phone call was the first notice Hocutt received of Tuberville exploring any openings, let alone Cincinnati.

“Tommy and I have talked a number of times since the conclusion of the Baylor game this year, and as recently as yesterday he looked me in the eye and gave me his commitment and dedica-tion to Texas Tech football and leading this football program forward,” Hocutt said.

Tuberville compiled a 20-17 record in his three seasons in Lubbock, leading the Red Raiders to two bowl games. The 58-year-old coach put together a 9-17 mark in Big 12 Conference play, and last year’s 5-7 record resulted in the program’s first losing season since 1992. Tuberville had previously coached at Mississippi and Auburn.

Tuberville’s buyout is reportedly worth $900,000 with three years left on his contract. Tuberville was officially introduced as Cincinnati’s next coach at 5:30 p.m. in Fifth Third Arena on the uni-versity’s campus.

Hocutt did not confirm any potential candidates to replace Tuberville, but did not lack confidence in finding the right hire.

“It’s important that our next head football coach embraces the Texas Tech values that are so im-portant to each and every one of us,” Hocutt said. “And I want to assure our fans that there’s no shortage of candidates.”

The team was informed of the news at 3 p.m. Some were not happy.

“Never felt more anger in my life,” sophomore tight end Jace Amaro tweeted. “I vow, I swear, I will do anything I can next year, and Texas Tech will win the Big [12] championship.”

The Red Raiders are without a head coach as they prepare for their game with Minnesota at the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas on Dec. 28.

As of Saturday, an interim head coach had not been selected by Hocutt.

“Regardless of the situation, we still have a bowl game to win,” Tech senior quarterback Seth Doege tweeted. “We have great leadership to push this team forward.

“It’s about us right now and once we WIN this bowl game everything else will take care of itself.”

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Texas Tech’s Cody Davis named to Capital One Academic All-America First TeamMike Graham12-07-12The Dallas Morning News

Senior free safety Cody Davis was named a Capital One All-America First Team on Thursday and became the first Red Raider to accomplish the feat since 2002 when ex-quarterback and current Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury received the same honor.

Davis, a four-year starter, is working on a master’s degree in management information systems and currently has a 4.0 grade point average after receiving a bachelor’s degree in the same field with a 3.7 GPA. He is on pace to receive his Master’s in 2013, but after a stellar senior season a professional football career might come into play.

The free safety is Texas Tech’s ninth Academic All-American of all time and one of only three play-ers from the Big 12 to receive the honor. Baylor’s Nick Florence and Oklahoma’s Gabe Ikard also were named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team.

Davis also was honored earlier this week in New York with 14 other student-athletes for the William B. Campbell Trophy which is awarded to a player for academics, community service and performance on the field.

Waddle earns first-team All-Big 12 honorsStaff Reports12-06-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas Tech senior offensive lineman LaAdrian Waddle was named to the All-Big 12 Conference football team on Tuesday, leading a pack of six Red Raiders honored as the only first-team selec-tion.

Earning second-team honors are senior receiver Darrin Moore, sophomore tight end Jace Amaro, senior defensive lineman Kerry Hyder and senior defensive backs Cody Davis and D.J. Johnson.Waddle is the first Tech offensive lineman to be named to the first team since Brandon Carter in 2009.

Earning honorable mention from Tech were junior linebacker Terrance Bullitt, sophomore kicker Ryan Bustin, freshman offensive linemen Le’Raven Clark, senior quarterback Seth Doege, senior defensive back Cornelius Douglas, junior punter Ryan Erxleben, senior defensive lineman Leon Mackey, junior defensive back Trey Porter, junior receiver Eric Ward and sophomore running back Kenny Wiliams.

Clark also received honorable mention as Offensive Lineman of the Year as did Davis for Defensive Player of the Year and Hyder for Defensive Lineman of the Year.

Tech is set to face Minnesota in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 28 in Houston.

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Texas Tech bowl bound after missing last seasonBetsy Blaney12-04-12The Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Texas Tech is back in a bowl game, a year after the Red Raiders ended a streak of 11-straight postseason appearances.

Texas Tech travels to Houston to take on Minnesota of the Big Ten in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 28. The Red Raiders beat the likes of West Virginia and TCU and doubled their Big 12 win total from last season.

‘’We’re excited about being back in a bowl game,’’ said coach Tommy Tuberville, who is without a winning Big 12 record since coming to Texas Tech in 2010. ‘’Hopefully, we can play much better than we what we played at the end of the year.’’

Minnesota (6-6) and Texas Tech (7-5) played each other in the 2006 Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., when the Gophers blew a 31-point lead and lost 44-41 in OT. It was the largest comeback in Division I-A bowl history.

The Red Raiders will need to stem a downward spiral - one that plagued them this year and last. This season, they lost four of their last five games by a combined score of 197-112, and needed two overtimes at home to topple Big 12 cellar dweller Kansas in their lone win down the stretch.Last season, after starting 5-2 and beating then-No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman to end the Sooners’ 39-game home win streak, the Red Raiders dropped their final five games for Texas Tech’s first losing season in 19 years. The defense was ragged last season, giving up a school-record 471 points. For a second-straight season the Red Raiders defense finished No. 114 in the nation. They were dead last in stopping the run.

That changed this season when the Red Raiders got their fourth defensive coordinator in as many years. Art Kaufman, a longtime friend of Tuberville who coached with him in the Southeastern Conference, took over a year after Chad Glasgow failed to produce.

The unit appeared mentally tougher and more cohesive, and for several weeks early on Texas Tech was ranked in the top five in the nation in total defense. The Red Raiders are currently 39th in the nation (367 yards per game) and 74th against the rush (171 ypg).

Like last season, injuries have taken their toll, especially at receiver. The Red Raiders have played several games without Javon Bell, Bradley Marquez and Jace Amaro. Before their injuries - spe-cific information on Amaro’s injury hasn’t been released, Bell broke a foot in practice and Marquez hurt his knee - all were productive behind quarterback Seth Doege, who has thrown for 3,934 yards and 38 touchdowns this season.

He’s leading the 12th best offense (501.42 ypg) in the country and averaged 328 passing yards.Alex Torres did not play in the last two games because of a back injury.

‘’Hopefully, we’ll get back one, maybe two,’’ Tuberville said.

Though Minnesota lost three of its last four games and finished tied for last in the Legends Divi-sion with Iowa, reaching a bowl will give the rebuilding Gophers 15 extra practices to work with their younger players.

The Gophers will be seeking their first bowl win since they beat Alabama 20-16 in the 2004 Music City Bowl.

For Minnesota, a victory would be its seventh on the season - one more than it was able to rack up in 2010 and 2011 combined.

‘’We’ve been through some hard times,’’ Minnesota senior defensive back Troy Stoudermire said. ‘’Coach Kill did a great job getting us back bowl eligible.’’

Tech safety Davis finalist for scholar-athlete prize, excited to be in New YorkDon Williams12-03-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Cody Davis might not win the National Football Foundation’s ultimate scholar-athlete prize today.But the Texas Tech safety is going to have fun regardless. He’s in New York City.

“I haven’t had too much time to plan it all,” Davis said recently. “I’ve been busy with school. But I definitely look forward to getting to sightsee and go around New York. I’ve never been there before, so it’ll be an exciting experience.”

It would be icing on the cake if Davis won the William V. Campbell Trophy — an academic Heis-man of sorts. He’s one of 15 finalists for the honor. It will be presented today during the annual National Football Foundation awards dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Also on the docket is the induction of the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2012 class, a group of 17 that includes former Tech All-America defensive tackle Gabe Rivera.

Davis, a senior from Stephenville, leads the Red Raiders with 91 tackles and three interceptions. He also had a 3.7 grade-point average as an undergraduate and a 4.0 GPA while pursuing a mas-ter of science in information systems.

Tech’s fall-semester dead day is Thursday before final exams start Friday, so Davis said that will give him, his family and his fiancee more time to enjoy the trip.

“I plan to stay there one extra day since we have dead day after the awards,” he said. “I’m going to stay three nights and just have an extra day to kind of relax and get a little mini vacation in and go sightseeing.”

The 15 finalists for the Campbell Trophy already are winners of National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Awards, with each receiving an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. Another $7,000 scholarship and a statue go to the Campbell Trophy winner.

Among the other finalists are Baylor quarterback Nick Florence, all-America linebacker Manti Te’o from Notre Dame, Pac-12 Conference passing leader Matt Barkley from Southern Cal and Aaron Mullane, a West Texas A&M offensive lineman from Tascosa.

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Tech safety Davis finalist for scholar-athlete prize, excited to be in New YorkDon Williams12-03-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

On a wild bowl selection Sunday that featured no shortage of twists and turns, Texas Tech ac-cepted a bid to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas.

The Red Raiders will face Minnesota at 8 p.m. Dec. 28 inside Reliant Stadium, home venue of the NFL’s Houston Texans.

“We’re looking forward to coming to Houston,” Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said, “and I think it will be a great game between Texas Tech and Minnesota.”

With five Big 12 teams finishing the regular season with matching 7-5 records, Tech began the day with the possibility of heading to a number of different bowl games. The picture became even more crowded when Northern Illinois finished No. 15 in the final Bowl Championship Series standings and earned a bid to the Orange Bowl, pushing Oklahoma to the Cotton Bowl against former Big 12 foe and current Southeastern Conference member Texas A&M.

That development pushed a number of teams down in the league’s bowl pecking order.

The Alamo Bowl then scooped up Texas, the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl took TCU and the Holiday Bowl nabbed Baylor. That left the Meineke Car Care Bowl to decide between Tech, Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Iowa State. The Red Raiders being an in-state school certainly didn’t hurt its case, and Tech has a large alumni base in the Houston area.

That fan potential, as well as Tech’s fast-speed passing attack, made it an attractive candidate, said Heather Houston, the bowl’s executive director.

“We were so hopeful the Red Raiders were going to be on the board when we chose today,” Hous-ton said. “We’ve been crossing our fingers to get Tech for a couple of years now. When you look at it, it’s just such a fun team to watch, so I know all our local fans in Houston will be really thrilled to host them here.”

Playing in Houston has obvious benefits for Tech. In addition to a number of local fans attending the game, it will also expose the Red Raiders to fertile recruiting ground the program is always trying to cultivate.

“The lifeblood of a program is recruiting,” Tuberville said. “Players win games. For our program right now, for what we need to do and where we need to go, I think this is good for us. I know we’re recruiting a lot of players from that area, trying to get more players on the team from the Houston area. We were kind of lacking the last few years, but our coaches have gone into Houston and selling our program, selling Texas Tech, and it’s worked pretty good.”

The bowl will be a chance to end on a high note for a pair of teams that finished their season on rough slides. Tech (7-5) lost four of its last five games after starting 6-1, including a bitter overtime defeat against Baylor on Nov. 24.

Tech safety Davis finalist for scholar-athlete prize, excited to be in New YorkDon Williams12-03-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

On a wild bowl selection Sunday that featured no shortage of twists and turns, Texas Tech ac-cepted a bid to play in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas.

The Red Raiders will face Minnesota at 8 p.m. Dec. 28 inside Reliant Stadium, home venue of the NFL’s Houston Texans.

“We’re looking forward to coming to Houston,” Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said, “and I think it will be a great game between Texas Tech and Minnesota.”

With five Big 12 teams finishing the regular season with matching 7-5 records, Tech began the day with the possibility of heading to a number of different bowl games. The picture became even more crowded when Northern Illinois finished No. 15 in the final Bowl Championship Series standings and earned a bid to the Orange Bowl, pushing Oklahoma to the Cotton Bowl against former Big 12 foe and current Southeastern Conference member Texas A&M.

That development pushed a number of teams down in the league’s bowl pecking order.

The Alamo Bowl then scooped up Texas, the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl took TCU and the Holiday Bowl nabbed Baylor. That left the Meineke Car Care Bowl to decide between Tech, Oklahoma State, West Virginia and Iowa State. The Red Raiders being an in-state school certainly didn’t hurt its case, and Tech has a large alumni base in the Houston area.

That fan potential, as well as Tech’s fast-speed passing attack, made it an attractive candidate, said Heather Houston, the bowl’s executive director.

“We were so hopeful the Red Raiders were going to be on the board when we chose today,” Hous-ton said. “We’ve been crossing our fingers to get Tech for a couple of years now. When you look at it, it’s just such a fun team to watch, so I know all our local fans in Houston will be really thrilled to host them here.”

Playing in Houston has obvious benefits for Tech. In addition to a number of local fans attending the game, it will also expose the Red Raiders to fertile recruiting ground the program is always trying to cultivate.

“The lifeblood of a program is recruiting,” Tuberville said. “Players win games. For our program right now, for what we need to do and where we need to go, I think this is good for us. I know we’re recruiting a lot of players from that area, trying to get more players on the team from the Houston area. We were kind of lacking the last few years, but our coaches have gone into Houston and selling our program, selling Texas Tech, and it’s worked pretty good.”

The bowl will be a chance to end on a high note for a pair of teams that finished their season on rough slides. Tech (7-5) lost four of its last five games after starting 6-1, including a bitter overtime defeat against Baylor on Nov. 24.

Minnesota (6-6) won its first four games, then finished 2-6, including losses in three of its last four games. The Golden Gophers didn’t win a single game within the Big Ten’s Legends Division. But Minnesota coach Jerry Kill, whose team went 3-9 in 2011, said this bowl berth is a big step in a positive direction for the program.

“We’re a young program that we’re trying to turn around,” Kill said, “and this is a big boost for us. We’re looking forward to the opportunity of playing a great football team. I respect Coach Tuberville very much. We know we have a tremendous challenge on our hands.”

The two teams have the shared history of playing in one of the most exciting games in bowl history, a 44-41 overtime win by the Red Raiders in the 2006 Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. Tech trailed by 31 points in the third quarter before rolling back on the arm of Graham Harrell, who threw for 445 yards.

Tech’s comeback in that game was the largest in FBS bowl history.

The Red Raiders last played the Houston-based bowl in 2003, when it defeated Navy, 38-14. Tech

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Texas Tech notes: Red Raiders to enjoy lengthy break before bowl practices begin Nick Kosmider11-28-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

The Texas Tech football team is looking forward to a much-needed break.

The Red Raiders haven’t had time off since their open date in the middle of September, so Tech coach Tommy Tuberville is going to give his players some time to catch their collective breath before beginning bowl preparations.

Tuberville said Tech’s bowl practices will start Dec. 7.

“I usually try to give them 10 or 12 days off,” Tuberville said during the weekly Big 12 coaches’ teleconference. “We don’t interfere with finals. I always try to get seven or eight practice days in before we go home. Any more than that is overkill.”

Tech will practice a couple days, Tuberville said, before breaking for final exams. After that, the team will try to get “five or six” practices in before allowing players to visit families for a few days. Then it’s off to a yet-to-be-determined bowl site, where Tech will have a few more practices before playing its final game of the season.

“We’re excited about it,” Tuberville said. “We didn’t get to play in a bowl game last year, only had five wins, so we’ll be practicing some of the younger guys. And even some of the starters that we have are still young, first-year players, and they also need a lot of practice time.”

Amaro loss painfulTuberville on Monday said Texas Tech had “25 to 30 percent of our offense” taken away when sophomore tight end Jace Amaro went out with an injury on Oct. 13.

Amaro caught 23 passes for 394 yards and four touchdowns in six games this season. His yardage total is third-most on the team despite his missing half the season.

But Tuberville said it hurt Tech in more areas than just the deep passing game.

“No. 1, he was the only tight end we had on the team,” Tuberville said. “To have a running attack with a tight end, he needed to be in there. He was much improved in his blocking from the first year to the second year. The target he made across the middle, a 6-foot-6 guy who can run and who one person can’t bring down, it just really put us in a tailspin because we had to do different things each week to make a short-yardage play.”

Tuberville said the Tech running game was further hampered by the loss of fullback Omar Ontive-ros, who suffered a season-ending injury against Kansas State on Oct. 27.

“We pretty much lost our short-running game and our short-passing game in a matter of weeks,” Tuberville said. “It sure would have been great to have both of them.”

Asked whether Amaro, whose specific injury information has still not been released, would be available for the bowl game, Tuberville said he didn’t know.

“He’s having a scan this week,” the coach said. “This will be his third one. They said he was about 80 percent about three weeks ago. I think he’ll have a chance, but it’s too early to speculate on that. I sure hope so.”

Where will they bowl?A number of bowl projections released over the weekend predict two likely destinations for Texas Tech.

ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and David Ubben and CBSSports.com’s Jerry Palm all project the Red Raid-ers to play in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27 in San Diego. At the top of the list of likely opponents in that game is Oregon State, according to a number of projections.

Brad Edwards of ESPN pegs Tech to appear in the Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl (Dec. 28 in Hous-ton) against Purdue, while Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel has Tech in the Meineke game against Minnesota.

The final weekend of Big 12 games could have a say in where the Red Raiders end up. If two

league teams crack the Bowl Championship Series picture, it would open more spots in the Big 12’s allotted bowl spots for the league’s bowl eligible teams, of which there are nine. That is most likely to occur should Kansas State defeat Texas and Oklahoma beat TCU.

In that scenario, Kansas State would be the Big 12 champion and would play in the Fiesta Bowl. A win for Oklahoma would make the Sooners 10-2 and a likely candidate for an at-large BCS bid.Tech is expected to find out its bowl destination on Sunday.

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Texas Tech defense wilts against potent Baylor attackDon Williams11-24-12Avalanche Journal

ARLINGTON — For the first time since the West Virginia game six weeks ago, Texas Tech started Saturday with a full complement of healthy cornerbacks.

Baylor receiver Terrance Williams seemed to beat them all. If Williams couldn’t do it, somebody else from Baylor did.

In their 52-45 overtime loss Saturday, the Red Raiders gave up 674 yards, the most in longer than Tech officials could immediately pinpoint — at least since the 2003 Oklahoma State game when Tech yielded 673.

Not that it was a major surprise. Baylor came in with the nation’s second-ranked total offense, individual total offense leader Nick Florence and a Biletnikoff Award finalist in Williams.

“This (Baylor) team today did the same thing to most people in scoring points,” Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. “We just weren’t able to outscore them.”

Williams caught seven passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, boosting his season totals to 89 for 1,693 and 12. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior from Dallas White lined up on both sides of the formation — sometimes split out, sometimes in the slot — which meant he tortured multiple defensive backs.

He caught passes for 41 and 40 yards over Eugene Neboh, one for 36 yards over D.J. Johnson and ones for 37 yards and a 4-yard touchdown against Cornelius Douglas. Nickel back Tre Porter covered him some, too.

Tech stuck with Neboh and Douglas in the fourth quarter and overtime, but rotated in Derrick Mays and Bruce Jones for much of the game.

“Our coach told us a week ahead of time we were going to rotate,” said Douglas, back from a knee injury for the first time since Oct. 13. “Keep your legs fresh. Keep the corners coming in and out.”

But the Bears kept coming — with more and more success. In the first half, Baylor milked only 14 points from 398 yards, thanks to two missed field goals and a goal-line stand by Tech.

But the Red Raiders could not get into the locker room without giving Baylor an easy touchdown just before halftime when Florence found a wide-open Levi Norwood for 39 yards.

“One guy didn’t get the call, which is what happens sometimes,” Tuberville said. “We had the backup corner in there. We were supposed to be playing three deep, and he jumped an out route.”

That served as a kick start for Baylor, and the Bears turned it on in a big way from the middle of the third quarter on. Their last six series netted four touchdowns, a field goal and a missed field goal with the Red Raiders powerless to get a stop.

What were Tech defensive players thinking when Baylor got on the late roll?

“Pretty much, just try to settle down,” middle linebacker Will Smith said. “Everybody get on the same page, so we’re all focused and just execute our own jobs. Sometimes we get a little bit ahead of ourselves and don’t settle down. That’s how mistakes happen.”

Tech did nothing to reverse the course of some major trends going into the game: The Red Raiders haven’t been causing turnovers or containing big plays for more than a month. Baylor came in leading the nation in plays of 30-plus yards and 40-plus yards.

On Saturday, the Bears made nine plays of 30 yards or longer — and Tech didn’t get any turn-overs for the fifth game in a row. Six of the big plays were passes, and two long runs by speed back Lache Seastrunk helped him to a 136-yard performance.

Asked whether the long dry spell in turnovers involves bad luck or defensive issues, Tuberville said, “Well, I’d say when you give up 700 yards, you’ve got problems on both. Our guys played hard. We won some games on defense this year. We’re going to end up ranked in the top 30 or 40. That’s much better than where we were last year.”

It was the second week in a row and fourth time in six games Tech yielded more than 50 points.

Tuberville said the Red Raiders can still use some more speed and some more size to stop the run.

And to keep the Bears under control, the Red Raiders needed more people.

“I tell you, they get you in a tough spot,” Tuberville said. “Their quarterback and wide receivers spread you out sideline to sideline. Put five in the box, they run it. Put six in the box, they throw it. We were hoping to get one or two turnovers, but it just didn’t happen.”

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Texas Tech football notes: Players discuss ‘extremely frustrating’ loss to OSUNick Kosmider and Don Williams11-20-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas Tech players were not made available to the media following their 59-21 loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday, but some of the Red Raiders expressed on Monday what safety D.J. Johnson termed as an “extremely frustrating” performance.

“Knowing that we haven’t beaten those guys my entire career here, it was difficult for me,” John-son said. “The frustration built up. You could see it on the sidelines, and you could see it through-out the game. Things went wrong real fast, you know what I mean?”

Johnson said the effort didn’t wane throughout the game for the Red Raiders, but he conceded it was difficult to fight mounting disappointment as Oklahoma State scored one touchdown after another in the second quarter.

“We tried to fight the adversity and tried to stay together and continue to fight,” Johnson said, “which we did continue to fight the entire game, but unfortunately we weren’t able to get it done. We weren’t able to come out with a win. So it was extremely frustrating.”

The frustration was magnified by the fact that Tech’s lopsided loss was its second in as many seasons to the Cowboys.

“That was an embarrassing one for the whole program,” quarterback Michael Brewer said. “We take pride on what we put out there on the field, and we feel like that wasn’t our brand of foot-ball. We’re really looking forward to showing what we can put out against Baylor.”

Third-and-long discussion Tech coach Tommy Tuberville fielded a couple of questions Monday about run calls on third-and-long.

Tech faced third-and-6 or longer 11 times Saturday in a 59-21 loss at Oklahoma State. On those occasions, Tech quarterbacks completed 3 of 9 passes with an interception, a sack, two other quarterback pressures and a touchdown.

The Red Raiders ran twice: a 9-yard gain by Eric Stephens on third-and-15 from the Tech 20 and a 1-yard loss by Sadale Foster on third-and-10 from the Tech 21. Tech trailed 28-7 in the first instance and 45-14 in the second.

“Third-and-15 or 20, I’ll pass that over to y’all and let y’all call those plays,” Tuberville told the media. “Those are hard. What happens is we’ve gone back, and we tend to turn the ball over a little more than we should on those situations, because they’re dropping eight (in coverage). They’re not going to let you throw it in there. You’ve got to be dang near perfect.”

OSU safety Shamiel Gary intercepted Doege on a third-and-15 throw from the Tech 18, setting up the touchdown that moved the Cowboys ahead 21-7. It was Doege’s fourth interception this season on a play from inside Tech’s 40.

“We’ve been trying to play a little field position,” Tuberville said. “A lot of times you’ve to take your medicine and run it, try to get some yards back and punt the ball down the field and play defense. You can’t put everything on the quarterback on every snap.”

Tuberville said on the occasions the Raiders played it safe, the makeup of the offensive line played into it. Left tackle LaAdrian Waddle left with a knee injury early in the second quarter, and the shuffling that resulted left only center Deveric Gallington in his original spot.

“We were having a tough time protecting Seth,” Tuberville said. “We didn’t want to continue to turn (pass rushers) loose.”

Oklahoma State dominant again vs. TechDavid Ubben11-17-12ESPN.COM Texas Tech players talked all week about the indignities of last year’s 60-point loss to eventual Big 12 champion Oklahoma State. It wouldn’t happen again, they said. Well, the Red Raiders didn’t lose by 60. That’s about the only thing Tech accomplished in Satur-day’s 59-21 loss to Oklahoma State in Stillwater, where the Cowboys have won every matchup between the two dating back to 2001. Clint Chelf has two career starts and both were lopsided wins over conference teams at home. That train’s rolling these days, but could probably get running with a little more efficiency. The junior finished with 229 yards and three touchdowns on 11-of-21 passing against the Red Raid-ers, who entered the day leading the league in total defense. The day’s biggest star was Isaiah Anderson, who scored three first-half touchdowns and turned his four catches into 174 yards. He also broke a 26-yard run on an end around. There was no doubt about the best defense on the field on Saturday; Oklahoma State held Seth Doege to just 5-of-12 passing for 30 yards and an interception in the second half before he was pulled for backup Michael Brewer. J.W. Walsh was reportedly available last week, but returned from an injury on Saturday that OSU previously said would end his season. Walsh’s dad disputed those reports to multiple media out-lets, and it appears he was right. Walsh ran for a touchdown and threw for Oklahoma State’s first score in his return. Sketchy stuff there from OSU. What happened to Texas Tech’s special teams, though? The Red Raiders gave up a pair of blocked puntstosafetyZackCraig,whoreturnedthesecondone30yardsforatouchdownthatputthePokes up, 59-14. Last week’s near-loss to Kansas, which is winless in Big 12 play, got a whole lot easier to believe when you saw Texas Tech’s performance on Saturday. The Red Raiders ceded to Oklahoma State in the Big 12 standings and the bowl pecking order by way of the one-sided loss. For now, Oklahoma State’s likely slotted for a trip to the Alamo Bowl, but a win at Oklahoma next week could change that and keep the Pokes’ slim BCS bowl hopes alive.

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‘Looser’ mindset has helped Red Raider prevail in tense overtimesNick Kosmider11-12-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

The moments were ripe for nervous letdowns. Against TCU and Kansas, Texas Tech went on de-fense first in overtime and soon found itself trailing by a touchdown after an opponent’s quick strike.

For the Tech offense, that meant answer with a trip into the end zone or walk off the field with a bitter loss.

Tech, of course, achieved the former in both games and went on to win them in additional over-time periods.

The calm under fire in those situations is a key reason No. 23 Tech, picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 at the start of the season, is 7-3 (4-3 in Big 12) and in fifth place heading into a 2:30 p.m. Saturday showdown against Oklahoma State (6-3, 4-2) in Stillwater, Okla.

“I don’t know what it is about overtime games and this football team,” Tech quarterback Seth Doege said, “but it almost seems like we relax even more.”

Even on third-and-10 in the first overtime on Saturday, when you had two chances to pick up a first down or suffer a devastating home loss to the Jayhawks? The nerves didn’t creep up then?

“You know, we didn’t panic at all,” Doege said. “We felt like we had a great play call, and if we executed it, it was going to be big for us.”

Tech did execute, as Doege found top target Eric Ward across the middle in the face of a Kansas blitz. Ward took the pass all the way to the 1-yard line, and Eric Stephens finished the drive off with a leap into the end zone on the next play.

The Red Raiders scored on their next overtime possession on Stephens’ 3-yard pass to Darrin Moore. That put the onus on the Tech defense, though players on that unit, too, said they felt no pressure.

“It was like, ‘Look, we’ve got to make a play,’” Tech safety D.J. Johnson said. “‘It’s time to make something happen.’ We had people step up that were able to do that.”

Johnson was one of the players who stepped up, swatting away a fourth-down pass in the end zone to preserve the victory. The biggest play of the series, though, came from Blake Dees.

The sophomore linebacker, aided by a number of teammates who helped string out the play, burst through the line of scrimmage to tackle Kansas running back Tony Pierson — he of the 202-yard rushing performance — for a 4-yard loss. That forced Kansas to use its weak passing game on fourth-and-9.

“They had been running that play on us all day and killing us with it,” Dees said. “I saw it hap-pening again, so I widened out in the box and shot the gap. My family was there, and they were jumping for joy.”

Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said he has been impressed with the poise his team has shown in playing five overtime periods this season, especially given that the Red Raiders, in both instances, had to quickly get over the feeling they should have put the games away in regulation.

“We play looser (in overtime) for some reason,” Tuberville said. “I think we’ve got more confidence in each other. Offense and defense feel like we can play looser. I think we focus better. We haven’t had a penalty in either of the (five) overtimes.

Tech also has not been afraid to open up the playbook during the extra sessions, twice using trick plays to score touchdowns. But Tech’s ultimate reason for success during these heated moments, Doege said, is the chemistry the team has formed.

“I want to say that it’s just the fact that we’re such a good team and we like each other,” Doege said, “that when it comes to big-time moments like that, we can just relax and play.”Now, Tuberville said, Tech just needs to find a way to bottle those performances and spread them across the four quarters of regulation.

Texas Tech jumps in AP Poll and USA Today Coaches PollMike Graham11-11-12Dallas Morning News

With a 41-34 double overtime victory against Kansas, Texas Tech moved up in the polls very slightly. The Red Raiders moved from No. 25 to No. 23 in a tie with Michigan. It’s interesting to think about because Texas Tech was picked to finish ninth in the preseason Big 12 media poll and Michigan had a No. 1 vote in the preseason AP Poll. Texas Tech reemerged in the Coaches Poll after a one week absence at No. 25. The Red Raiders next opponent, Oklahoma State, is No. 24 in the coaches poll and technically No. 26 in the AP Poll. The BCS standings will be released Sunday evening.

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Texas Tech 41, Kansas 34 (2 OT)Betsy Blaney11-10-12The Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas -- With the wind gusting more than 30 mph and dust blowing in the West Texas sky, it was a day to hang on.

That’s just what No. 22 Texas Tech did.

Red Raider running back Eric Stephens threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Darrin Moore in the second overtime and Texas Tech held Kansas out of the end zone to grasp a 41-34 victory at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Kansas, which erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter, had one last chance to tie trailing by seven in double overtime. But Texas Tech defensive back D.J. Johnson broke up quarterback Michael Cummings’ pass in the end zone on fourth-and-9 from the Texas Tech 24.

The loss meant Kansas (1-9, 0-7 Big 12) extended its Big 12 losing streak to 19 games dating back to the 2010 season.

The Red Raiders (7-3, 4-3) did just enough to snap a two-game losing streak of their own. After Kansas scored first in overtime to take a 34-27 lead, the Red Raiders tied it when quar-terback Seth Doege threw a 24-yard strike to Eric Ward on third-and-10 from the 25. Stephens dived into the end zone on the next play and kicker Ryan Bustin, who missed a 41-yard field goal into the wind at the end of regulation, hit the extra point to send the game to double overtime.

Texas Tech seemed ready to take command on the first play of the second quarter when the Red Raiders grabbed the lead on Doege’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Tyson Williams.

The Red Raiders boosted the advantage to 21-7 on their next possession when Doege threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Darrin Moore.

And Texas Tech was driving again, moving out from its 6 to its 43 before Brad McDougal inter-cepted Doege’s pass and returned it to the Red Raiders’ 29.

An illegal block backed up the Jayhawks, but they still turned the takeaway into points. Cummings threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Bourbon that cut Texas Tech’s lead in half, 21-14, with 5:30 remaining in the first half.

Following Doege’s interception, the Red Raiders appeared to play it safe on their next drive and promptly went three-and-out, giving the Jayhawks an opportunity to tie before the half.

Kansas responded with a 65-yard drive to the Texas Tech 5, utilizing the option for the first time in the contest. Jayhawks running back Tony Pierson ran twice for 59 yards, both on option pitches.

But the drive stalled at the 5 and Kansas settled for Nick Prolago’s 22-yard field goal that cut the Red Raiders’ lead to four points at halftime.

Bustin kicked a pair of field goals in the second half to extend the lead to 10 points before Kansas surged back.

Pierson busted a 69-yard run to the Texas Tech 3 and fellow Jayhawks back James Sims plunged over the goal line two plays later to cut the Red Raiders’ lead to 3.

Then Cummings kept on an option on fourth-and-3 from his 36 and gained 44 yards to the Texas Tech 20. That helped set up Prolago’s 32-yard field goal that tied the game at 27.

NOTES: Texas Tech assured itself of its 17th winning campaign in the last 18 seasons. The Red Raiders finished 5-7 in 2011, their first losing season since 1992 (Texas Tech went 6-6 in 1993 and 1994). ... Doege moved past predecessor Taylor Potts into third in school history with 63 career touchdown passes...

Tech senior safety Yeakey hopes success story’s not overDon Williams 11-09-12Lubbock Avalanche Journal

If Chris Yeakey gets his wish, he’ll go through not one Texas Tech senior day, but two. After the 2012 season ends, the Red Raiders’ backup safety plans to appeal for a sixth year of eligibility.

Injuries wiped out Yeakey’s 2010 and 2011 seasons, but he’s one of the 18 seniors going through Saturday’s pre-game ceremonies.

“I’m going to do all the senior events due to the fact it’s not guaranteed I’m going to be back here next year,” Yeakey said this week. “I would hate to miss out on that just in hopes of getting a year back.”

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Yeakey (pronounced “YAY-key”) might be an obscure figure to all but diehard Tech fans. He started his career at Division III University of Redlands (Calif.), then trans-ferred to Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College, hoping to be seen by a bigger university. Former Tech defensive coordinator Chad Glasgow spotted Yeakey and recruited him to walk on.

Yeakey was coming off MCL and ACL reconstructions during knee surgery before the 2010 season at Santa Rosa, making him risky for a scholarship.

Then last year at Tech, he suffered a sprained ankle in August practice and another knee-ligament tear the week of the Iowa State game. He’s come back this season to play on special teams, get-ting credit for two tackles in seven games.

That alone makes him a behind-the-scenes success story.

“After the first one, I was devastated,” Yeakey said, “so you can imagine how I felt after the second time after doing all the work to get back here in the first place. I had to make a decision where I either did or didn’t play, and I decided to play. So I put in the work I needed so I could get back to where I could compete.”

If Yeakey successfully petitions for another year, he could help the team in 2013. Some of the Red Raiders’ heaviest graduation losses will be at safety, where Cody Davis and D.J. Johnson will depart. Yeakey trains behind Davis.

“Ithinkhewouldreallyhelpthemout,”receiverAustinZouzaliksaid,“notonlywiththesafetieswe’re losing, but he’s a big guy. He can fill the run. He can cover people. He can make plays. From a leadership standpoint, I think it would be good to have him back on the team.”

Zouzaliksaidhe lovesYeakey,becausehe’sahardworkerwithagoodattitudeandasenseofhumor.

“He’sagreatguy,”Zouzaliksaid.“Hereallyhelpsoutonspecialteamsandespeciallyontheside-line. He’s always a positive guy. He’s always, ‘Hey, we got this. Drive it down there and score.’ That helps us out a lot. He brings a lot of good energy to us.”

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Tech’s class of ’08 had strength in (small) numbersDon Williams11-09-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

On national signing day 2008, Texas Tech signed a small class that was destined to get smaller. The original group of 17 contained 13 high school recruits, only six of whom are still around to take part in senior day Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium.

“It’s kind of unreal how many people come and go,” said tackle Terry McDaniel, one of the survi-vors from that ’08 signing day.

Just before the Red Raiders host Kansas at 11 a.m. Saturday, they’ll recognize 18 seniors. Over the years, the small core group was supplemented by seven transfers, three members of the 2009 class who never redshirted and two walk-ons.

“Of course, I don’t want to leave my teammates,” said cornerback Eugene Neboh, one of the walk-on success stories. “I love them boys. I’ve been through a lot with them. I also understand it’s getting close to that time where we get to start a new chapter in our lives as well.”

Quarterback Seth Doege, offensive linemen Deveric Gallington and McDaniel, receiver-return manAustinZouzalikanddefensivebacksCodyDavisandCorneliusDouglasarethesixwhomadeit from signing day 2008 to this week’s last walk down the Jones AT&T Stadium tunnel.

Four members of the 2008 class were junior-college signees, and several others washed out of the program early. Defensive end Ryan Haliburton and running back Harrison Jeffers didn’t finish their eligibility, but stayed in school. Lineman Joe King transferred to Tulsa, where he was still in the program this year.

But the attrition that hits most college signing classes was hardly the biggest challenge faced by the 2008 group. They’d spent only three semesters on campus when Mike Leach was fired and replaced by Tommy Tuberville, turning the Tech world upside down.

“I think the senior class was very important in instituting change with the new coaching staff,” Zouzaliksaid,“kindofembracingitandlettingitsoakthrougheveryoneontheteamandpro-moting the change that the new coaching staff brought. We’re a pretty big part of that, along with the class that graduated before us.”

This year’s fifth-year seniors were redshirt freshmen in 2009, when Leach was suspended the day the Red Raiders arrived in San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl and fired two days later. Tight end Adam James was at the center of the controversy.

“With the town being divided like it was — all this team Leach and stuff, and us being close to Adam—itwasprettytoughthereforawhile,”Zouzaliksaid.“...Noweverybody’sbought in.Everybody believes in the program. The culture has for sure changed around here, but I think it’s changed for the better.”

Techhasyettoapproachthe29victoriesitachievedinLeach’slastthreeseasons.Zouzaliksaidhe thinks that will come.

“Even this season,” he said, “we’re on the cusp of something pretty big. It’s not always from a foot-ball standpoint that I say it’s changed for the better. It’s just the atmosphere and all the discipline. Accountability being preached. Everybody playing as a team. Not as many individuals. That’s re-ally the main thing that has changed.

“We run an offense really similar to what we used to, so it hasn’t changed a whole lot for us on the field. Off the field is really where all the changes have come from.”

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Over the course of five seasons in the Texas Tech program, Terry McDaniel developed a reputation for being a versatile offensive lineman. Not that he planned it that way. When he signed in 2008, McDaniel assumed he’d spend his college career playing tackle.

And he has, for the most part.

But at one time or another, he’s played every offensive line position in a game except left guard.

“I remember my sophomore year when we practiced, I would go down the line,” he said. “During first-team offense against scout-team defense, I would literally go from left tackle to left guard to center to right guard to right tackle, two plays each, so all the first-string guys had a quick breather. That was helpful to understand every position.”

The 6-foot-7 McDaniel wound up starting four games at left tackle, three at center and 18 at right tackle. Like practically any other player who stuck it out for five years, McDaniel weathered ups and downs.

As a redshirt freshman in 2009, McDaniel was making his fourth start in a row when he went down with a severe leg injury against Nebraska. He suffered a tibia plateau fracture, damage to two knee ligaments and didn’t crack the lineup again until 2011.

“Probably the toughest thing here was when I got injured against Nebraska in ’09,” he said. “That was kind of frustrating. You’ve just got to keep grinding and working every day to get through it.”

At least McDaniel was a scholarship player all the way through. Eugene Neboh, on the other hand, wasn’t placed on scholarship until the beginning of 2011, the start of his junior season. For three years, Neboh paid own his way.

“I thank my parents each and every day for me making it that far,” he said. “I’m just glad I got the scholarship for them.”

Though an all-around athlete at Odessa Permian, Neboh’s first interest wasn’t football. He passed up a scholarship offer to Notre Dame for soccer and scholarship money to Tech for track and field. He was a standout hurdler growing up in Odessa.

Eventually, that talent would yield a Big 12 cornerback with 18 career starts and counting.

But in the fall of 2008, Neboh fell into line at the back of the cornerbacks and started working his way up. The process moved slowly,

“I’m not going to lie to you,” said Neboh, a deeply religious man. “There’s times I was questioning my decision as a whole. That’s where my God comes in, where Jesus comes in. I continued to pray to him, and he showed me the way. I’m very grateful.”

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The surviving members of Texas Tech’s 2008 signing class comprise such a small group they could squeeze into one household. You might say they even try to on a daily basis.

DoegeandZouzalik—whoconnectedforfiveimportantpassplaysinatriple-overtimevictoryat TCU — have been roommates for four years. A year later, kicker Donnie Carona and safety Cody Davis moved in.

“Andthen(senior receiverAlex)Torres isprettymuch likeourother roommate,”Zouzaliksaid.“He’s always at the house. Everybody thinks he lives with us.”

Carona, the only high school recruit from 2008 who did not redshirt, used up his eligibility last season. He’s still on campus working on a master’s degree.

HewasoneofthefirstplayerswithwhomZouzalikgotacquainted.

“Donnie,actually,beforewegothere sentmeaFacebookmessage,”Zouzalik said,“like,‘Hey,man, what’s going on? I’m the kicker.’ I was thinking, ‘A kicker. Those guys are usually kind of strange. He had a comb-over and his hair was lofted up, so I was like, ‘I don’t know about this guy.’ So I never answered his message.

“Now me and Donnie are like best friends, so it was kind of weird how it all turned out.”

Alas, all fun times, including college days, come to an end. The roommates will play their final home game Saturday, and they won’t even be roommates much longer. Davis and Doege are on their way out, both engaged to be married.

“NowmeandDonniearethebachelorsinthehouse,”Zouzaliksaid.“We’rekindoflikethekids,and Cody and Seth are our parents. They keep us in line.”

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Forcing turnovers next step for improving Texas Tech defenseNick Kosmider10-29-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Count Mack Brown among those who are impressed by the improvements made this season by the Texas Tech defense.

“They’ve probably got the best turnaround on defense I’ve ever seen,” said the Texas coach, whose team will face the Red Raiders at 2:30 p.m. Saturday inside Jones AT&T Stadium. “They’re doing things I haven’t seen Texas Tech do in many, many years.”

Despite surrendering 108 points in its last two games, Tech ranks No. 12 in total defense at an even 300 yards per game. With only one-third of the season remaining, it is firmly established that the unit’s rise from 114th in defense — its spot each of the last two years — is no fluke.

For all its strides, though, the defense believes one important aspect is missing.

“Right now it seems like we’re the best defense with no turnovers,” Tech safety D.J. Johnson said. “We haven’t (forced) many turnovers, and that’s a battle you have to win.”

Tech ranks eighth in the Big 12 Conference in turnover margin, and its 10 takeaways are tied for the second fewest in the league.

The Red Raiders (6-2, 3-2) have seen how effective their defense can be when it does cause op-ponents to cough up the ball. Tech forced four turnovers in the conference opener against Iowa State, as the defense led the way in a hard-fought, 24-13 road victory. But that defense has only four takeaways in the last four games, including a goose egg in Saturday’s 55-24 loss at Kansas State.

Tech has lost the turnover battle by a six-to-one margin in its two losses and has a nine-to-eight edge in its six wins.

So how do the Red Raiders go about handing the ball back to its offense more often?

“We have to make sure we go out there and tug on the ball,” Johnson said. “We’re aggressive making tackles and aggressive going towards the ball, but we’re not aggressive when we’re at the ball.”

Fellow safety Cody Davis agrees with Johnson’s assessment. The defense has largely been in the right position at the right time, Davis said, but forcing turnovers will require an extra level of attention.

“I think we just have to maintain our focus on turnovers,” he said. “Sometimes teams are good at not making mistakes like Kansas State was — coming into and during our game — so we’ve got to work on getting strips, and the interceptions will come as long as we keep up the good coverage.”

Texas (6-2, 3-2) has protected the ball well this season. Its eight turnovers are the third fewest in the Big 12 behind Kansas State (4) and West Virginia (5).

Given the way the Longhorns ran over Tech last season, the Tech defense may settle for consis-tently forcing punts on Saturday. Texas amassed 439 rushing yards in Austin last season, throwing the ball only nine times in a 55-20 win against the Red Raiders.

With the Big 12’s third-ranked rushing offense at about 198 yards per game, Tech coach Tommy Tuberville believes the Longhorns could pose a similar challenge this time around.

“Last year it was a debacle,” Tuberville said. “We never slowed them down, never made them punt. I’m sure they’re going to test us pretty good and see if we can stop them. We’ll see if we’re up to the challenge. We’re a better defense than we were. Are we good enough to get that done? We’ll just have to wait and see.”

Texas Tech Debuts ‘Lone Star Pride’ Under Armour Uniforms for Saturday’s Matchup With TexasDoug Kyed10-29-12NCAA College Football

The newest trend in college football is to buck tradition for one game and wear the most outland-ish uniform that Nike, Under Armour or Adidas can design.

Texas Tech will become the latest program to fall into the trap as they debut their “Lone Star Pride” Under Armour uniforms against Texas on Saturday. The Red Raiders’ one-time uniforms are red and blue with Texas state flag-stars on the shoulders, pants and socks. The red pants also have a blue stripe down the side with the words “Lone Star” written vertically. Texas Tech will wear their traditional black and red helmets with the special uniforms.

The No. 18 Red Raiders will take on No. 23 Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Both teams are 6-2 on the season.

Take a look at the uniforms that Texas Tech will be wearing on Saturday in the photos below.

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Texas Tech’s Doege moving past adversity to become elite passerBen Glicksman10-25-12Sports Illistrated

Seth Doege has arrived. That much became clear late last Saturday afternoon, when the 6-foot-1, 197-pound senior tossed his seventh touchdown pass in a triple-overtime thriller at TCU. Trailing the Horned Frogs 53-50 on second-and-goal from the eight-yard line, Doege handled the snap, faked a handoff to draw linebacker Kenny Cain out of position and lofted a pass into the middle of the end zone, which wideout Alex Torres corralled for the game-winning score. Doege sprinted around the field in frenzied jubilation, celebrating the Red Raiders’ third Big 12 victory -- and his third game with at least six touchdown passes this season, one fewer than the rest of the FBS combined.

Just two weeks earlier, Doege was a relative unknown. He was the undersized starting quarter-back for an overlooked team, a player known more for his hard-to-pronounce last name than for his on-field heroics. Then he outdueled Geno Smith in Texas Tech’s 49-14 rout of West Virginia. And after handing TCU just its third loss in Fort Worth since 2007, he’s emerged as one of the nation’s most prolific passers.

Heading into this Saturday’s showdown at Kansas State, Doege has become the “it” quarterback. His head-to-head matchup with Collin Klein suddenly has major Heisman implications, and his teammates are only adding to the hype.

“There’s not a doubt in our minds here that he’s the best quarterback in the nation,” said Torres by phone Monday. “That’s truly how we feel and that’s the kind of confidence that we have in him.”

In a matter of weeks, Doege has transformed from an afterthought into an alpha dog. He’s taken a team predicted to finish near the bottom of the Big 12 and led it into the thick of the BCS conversation.

But Doege’s emergence is anything but an overnight success story. A few years ago, he suffered a pair of career-threatening injuries, setbacks that put his entire football future in jeopardy. And while his play in 2012 has been excellent, his journey to this point was even more remarkable.Seven years ago, as a sophomore in a sparsely populated small town in West Texas, Doege seemed destined for stardom. The aspiring quarterback had just led Crane High to a 10-1 record and the Class 2A Region I championship game, and he was fast gaining recognition as one of the top recruits in the class of 2008. He was coming off a season in which he threw for 2,439 yards and 27 touchdowns and ran for another 526 yards and three scores. He committed to Texas Tech in Sept. 2006, becoming the heir apparent to then coach Mike Leach’s Air Raid attack.Before his junior year, Doege decided to transfer from Crane, where his father, Randy, was coach, to Frenship High in Wolfforth, Texas, a school playing against higher-caliber Class 4A competition. Doege wanted to better prepare for the next level. He wanted to make the jump from touted underclassmen to college-ready performer.

During an intrasquad scrimmage in the fall before the first game, Doege carried the ball along the sideline and attempted to cut upfield. He got hit and twisted his knee, and he buckled and fell violently to the ground. Doege tore his left ACL, ending his season.

But the worst was yet to come. A little more than a year later, after months of extensive rehab, a reinvigorated Doege prepared for his senior campaign. He was participating in a preseason two-a-day session -- a basic T-shirt and shorts-type workout -- when he planted his foot in the ground. Doege again coiled, cringed and collapsed. This time he tore his right ACL. After two freak knee injuries, a once promising future took an unmistakably grim turn.

“He didn’t get up, and he’s always gotten up,” recalled Frenship coach Brad Davis of the second injury. “And then after the diagnosis he had to go through that whole process again his senior year. But his attitude through all that was just incredible.”

For many players, another season-ending setback would’ve marked the end of the road. Doege couldn’t play a snap and had to watch as the Tigers advanced to the state quarterfinals without him. His hopes of achieving high school glory were dashed; his dreams of playing among the Division I ranks seemingly crippled.

But it was during that time Doege showed the tireless spirit that has since won over so many fans and teammates in Lubbock: For the second consecutive season, without fail, Doege attended every Frenship practice, training session and game.

“I think mostly what stands out in my mind was Friday nights at the games he was right there on the sideline,” said Davis. “He would come to me letting me know what he thought about the secondary’s alignments. He would come to me with suggestions of what he thought we could do offensively against what they were doing defensively. He was like having an assistant coach out there.”

Doege wasn’t ready to accept his fate. Though the odds were stacked strikingly against him, he never gave up on his abilities.

Texas Tech wasn’t ready to give up on him, either. Despite the injuries, Leach decided to honor Doege’s scholarship, providing the quarterback with a source of inspiration not only to recover, but to come back even stronger.

“After the second knee surgery, I felt that they possibly could go a different direction,” said Doege. “In two years, I hadn’t played a down of football. ... But I think coach Leach and his staff sticking with me, giving me the opportunity to play college football and live out my dream, really moti-vated me to get better and continue to improve on my skills.”

Upon arriving to campus in 2008, Doege initially struggled to adjust. He redshirted to ease back into the football routine, regaining his feel for the position while ensuring he was fully healthy.

He established rapports with wideouts Torres, Eric Ward and Darrin Moore (who was Cam New-ton’s teammate at Blinn College before transferring to Tech) while attempting a combined 65 passes in 2009 and ‘10. He was finally named the Red Raiders’ starter during fall camp in 2011 and went on to throw 28 touchdowns. He’s already equaled that total through seven games in 2012.

“It’s been an amazing journey being able to work with him and see all the things that he’s done, how much he’s progressed,” said Torres. “There’s so much he does in the locker room with his lead-ership and his character that inspires not only some of these younger guys, but even us older guys who’ve been with him for five years.”

Added Davis: “To overcome two knee injuries and to succeed like he has these last two years, and especially his senior year, it’s a real winner’s story in my view. That’s what life’s all about, overcom-ing adversity and succeeding at a high level. That’s what he’s done.”

When Texas Tech and Kansas State kick off at about 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, all eyes will zero in on Doege. Football fans will tune in to find out if he lives up to his freshly acquired billing, if he can replicate the stats that stand up to anyone’s in the country. Doege is currently averaging 316 passing yards per game with 28 touchdowns and a 169.6 quarterback rating. Those totals rank eighth, first and fifth in the FBS, respectively.

The Red Raiders, resurgent under third-year coach Tommy Tuberville, will look to take charge of their Big 12 destiny. A win would place them in a tie for first place with K-State and Oklahoma (which beat Texas Tech Oct. 6) with only games against unranked Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma State and Baylor remaining. At that point, a run at a once-unthinkable BCS bowl berth won’t seem out of the question.

And if that happens, the accolades -- which have just started to trickle in -- will come pouring en masse to Lubbock. But before labeling Doege’s rise as meteoric, know that his comeback is long overdue.

“Ever since high school, I think I’ve been doubted, whether it be my size or my arm or whatever,” said Doege. “I kind of feel like every time I step on the field I’ve gotta prove myself. I want to prove everybody wrong that I’m an elite player.”

Points of interest•KansasState’sdefensiveplaymakers:ThoughKleinhasreceivedthelion’sshareofattention,theWildcats’defensehasplayedanequallypivotalroleintheteam’s7-0start.SafetyTyZimmermanis tied for sixth in the nation in interceptions, defensive end Meshak Williams is tied for the Big 12 lead in sacks and linebacker Arthur Brown is a dominant force in the middle. “They’re such a disciplined team,” said Doege, “that they take advantage of your mistakes.”•TexasTech’ssecond-halfmomentum:In2011,Techentereditseighthgameoftheseasonat5-2coming off a BCS-altering upset at Oklahoma. It proceeded to lose its final five games. In order to stave off that type of collapse this time around, Doege and Co. have made a team-wide effort to keep their emotions in check. “I think we learned a lot from last year, staying too high on the highs, too low on the lows,” said Doege. “We don’t want to stay too high on TCU, too high on West Virginia. It’s one game at a time. I think that’ll help us not have a letdown again.”

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•Theturnoverbattle:ForallofthestridesTexasTech’sdefensehasmadethisseason--theRedRaiders rank seventh in the nation in total defense after finishing a lowly 114th last year -- new coordinator Art Kaufman’s unit has been very average at generating turnovers. It has just 10 turn-overs gained, tied for 79th in the FBS. To slow an ultra-efficient Kansas State attack, Tech will need to force Klein to make mistakes, something that won’t come easy: He hasn’t thrown an intercep-tion since Sept. 15 against North Texas, a streak of 91 straight attempts.

Early interest in technology pays big dividends for Cody DavisNick Kosmider10-24-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Cody Davis has no trouble talking about his self-professed “geeky side.”It’s not the side you see on Saturdays, when the Texas Tech senior safety is leading the charge for the nation’s No. 7 defense.

But it is the side, he says, that has helped him forge an equally successful academic career at Tech, one that is already paying big dividends.

Davis on Wednesday was named one of 15 recipients of the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Awards, an honor given to athletes across the country who best represent success both through football and academics. The award comes with $18,000 in post-graduate scholarships.The 15 recipients are also finalists for this year’s William V. Campbell Trophy, given annually to the best scholar-athlete in the country.

“It’s quite shocking,” Davis said. “I don’t know how to really react right now, but I’m blessed and thankful for the opportunity. To finally get rewarded for all the hard work in football and with school, it’s definitely difficult, but it’s paying off.”

Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in management information systems last December, graduating with a 3.7 grade-point average. He’s currently working on a master’s of science degree in informa-tion systems and is sporting a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Working with computers and technology has long been a passion for Davis, who tried to keep pace as his older brother, Brent, paved the way.

“Growing up, we were just always fascinated with computers,” Davis said. “My first one was a little Hewlett-Packard. We’d always play with those, get on the Internet and do random stuff. We finally got into building them and messing around with them that way. He kind of taught me growing up with that, and I’ve carried it on through high school and college.”

Davis said he tries to stay on the cutting edge of trends in technology. He produces his own blog called “Student of the Game,” in which he lets readers in on the day-to-day life of a student-athlete.

How does he manage to balance that hobby with a heavy academic course load and a key role on a 6-1 football team?

“It’s definitely about time management,” Davis said. “I actually did a blog about a week ago that was about managing football and school. I actually collected some time data — the geeky side of me, making graphs and stuff — about where I’ve spent my time. It was actually about the same amount of time sleeping and doing football. And then you add school and homework on top of that, so it’s it definitely time management and just focusing and grinding each day.

“You’ve got to come to work every day, whether it’s on or off the field, really put in the effort and hope the results pay off.”

Davis is having a great senior season on the field for Tech. He leads the team with 56 tackles and three interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown against Texas State.

The senior will join 2012 National Football Foundation Hall of Fame inductee Gabe Rivera, the former Tech lineman, at the foundation’s awards dinner in New York City on Dec. 4.

“This is a great honor for Cody and his family,” Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said in a statement.

“Cody is a model student-athlete and a tremendous young man that has his priorities in order and big goals for his future. On the football field, he is a leader on our defense and is having a great senior season. Texas Tech will be represented very well in New York City with Cody and Gabe Rivera, and it will be a great night to honor two outstanding Red Raiders.”

Davis said he hasn’t locked down where his career path will lead him once football is over, but he’s not sweating the future.

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“There are a lot of career opportunities out there,” he said. “Technology is everywhere in every business, so I think the outlook is going to be pretty good.”

For now, Davis’ time-management scale is tipping toward No. 15 Tech’s giant matchup with No. 4 Kansas State on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.

“We have to realize what a challenge we have ahead of us,” he said. “We can’t be beating our-selves like we kind of did (against TCU). We really have to be on point on all three sides of the ball.”

Texas Tech receivers thriving on physicality Nick Kosmider10-24-12Lubbock Avalanche Journal

TCU cornerback Kevin White might not have known he was in for a long day last Saturday, but Seth Doege and his receivers certainly did.

Doege this week, in providing a post-mortem of a 56-53 victory in Fort Worth, said Texas Tech discovered something during game-film study last week that led the team to believe it could create several mismatches against the 5-foot-10 Horned Frog defensive back.

The Red Raiders did just that. Outside receivers Eric Ward and Darrin Moore combined to catch 11 passes for 124 yards and four touchdowns. Not all of those grabs came against White, but a number of the plays were made against the overmatched sophomore, including three of the touchdown catches.

“We saw a weakness and we attacked them every time we had a go route called,” Doege said.

White is not the first opponent this season to struggle against the likes of Ward and Moore, two receivers whose size and strength has become a valuable asset in Tech’s pass-heavy offense.

While certain aspects of Tech’s attack are predicated on quick throws and timing routes, Ward (6-foot, 204 pounds) and Moore (6-foot-4, 216), afford Doege the ability to stretch the field. It also gives him the freedom to take chances, knowing that if his big receivers aren’t able to come down with the ball at its highest point, the defender won’t, either.

“My job is easy,” Doege said. “Just don’t overthrow them. Just give them a chance to go get the ball. When they’re physical like that and they’re big, clearly they can go up there and get a ball. Even if they’re covered, and then it’s their job to kind of secure it.”

Moore and Ward have caught eight touchdowns apiece this season, a chunk of those coming on physical fade routes in the corner of the end zone that require them to use their body to box out a defender, similar to a power forward attempting to secure a rebound.

Doege lauded other receivers, including Tyson Williams, Marcus Kennard, Jace Amaro and Alex Torres, for also using their strength to make his job easier.

“It gives me some ability to kind of put a different kind of placement on the ball,” Doege said, “and just allow them to make a play on it.”

No. 4 Kansas State (7-0, 4-0 in Big 12) which hosts the No. 15 Red Raiders (6-1, 3-1) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, boasts the league’s fourth-best pass defense, surrendering 226 yards per game — a number that has dropped to 208 yards during Big 12 games.

SeniorcornerbackAllenChapmanandjuniorsafetyTyZimmerman(fourinterceptions)leadtheway in the secondary, and they will shoulder responsibility in helping defend Tech’s prolific pass-ing attack, the Big 12’s second-best at about 362 yards per game.

ZimmermanarrivedatKansasStateduringhisfreshmanseasonasaquarterback,buthismoveto safety has paid big dividends for the Wildcats this season.

“He obviously has a very good mind for the game,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said, “as far as knowing what is going on around him and what he and his unit are trying to accomplish. He just plays extremely hard and makes plays.”

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Davis likes Kaufman’s coaching styleMike Graham10-23-12Red Raider Sports

You don’t have to be a defensive guru like Tommy Tuberville to teach kids a valuable lesson in Football 101.

Rule No. 1 on defense; never leave your feet. It’s actually a hard fundamental to put into practice because youth players see tacklers wind up on the ground, taken down by the momentum and collapse of the ball carrier in the open field.

But perfect tackles -- where you square up, bend your knees and keep your arms straight before wrapping up and then using the explosion in your knees to take the ball carrier off of his feet -- only happen in practice at half speed where the offensive scout team expects to get hit and run right toward the defender in a drill.

There’s a fine line not to cross and Tech’s free safety Cody Davis walks that line like it’s a tightrope for the No. 15 Red Raiders -- that team picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 Conference a defensive unit fans prayed could manage a top 75 defense.

Davis has played some of the best football in his college career the past two weeks against some of the Big 12 Conference’s best teams and his most memorable plays have come when he has laid himself out there in a last ditch effort to prevent extra yardage.

“I’ve really focused on wrapping up and running through tacklers,” Davis said. “When people lunge or leave their feet before they even get to the guy, that’s when you miss tackles. It doesn’t always have to look pretty to get the guy down. I’ve slung plenty of players down in these last couple of games by getting them with one hand. I’ve been trying to run my feet there instead of just jumping way out.”

But textbook tackles and textbook play calls can only be found in textbooks and Davis’ defensive coordinator Art Kaufman seems to understand this.

The West Virginia game could have been much closer if Davis didn’t come flying toward the side-line, diving and getting a hand on speedy Mountaineer running back Andrew Buie multiple times to ensure Tech could play another play.

A more fundamentally sound play, the Red Raiders might still be playing TCU in overtime had Davis not jumped the route on receiver Matthew Tucker while going for the pick six but ending up breaking up a third down pass which forced the Horned Frogs to settle for a field goal in third overtime. And don’t forget Davis’ interception earlier in the game which stalled TCU and ultimately contributed to getting the game to overtime instead of the Horned Frogs changing the tempo of the game in their favor.

Davis is surpassing his Freshman All-American season on a defensive unit that really was going to depend on him entering the season.

Is it any coincidence his best two seasons are coming in the 4-3 defensive scheme. Ruffin McNeal ran this defense and Kaufman brought it back two seasons later?

Yes it is. We’ll get there in a moment.

No one on the team is going to say this publicly, but the past two defensive coordinators failed the Red Raiders on their own volition.

Former defensive coordinator James Willis’ 3-4 works for Alabama and former defensive coor-dinator Chad Glasgow’s 4-2-5 defense works for TCU and both of those schools have run their defensive schemes for years. Those schemes are part of the fabric of fantastic football programs that have seen BCS bowls in the past few seasons.

Tech’s football program is a very strong one as well but to truly engrain a defense into a program takes more than a season, a lot of patience and some grey hairs.

It wasn’t wrong to hire upstart defensive minds, those minds just couldn’t adapt to the less than ideal circumstances.

TCU has raised 14 freshman classes into the 4-2-5 defense considering head coach Gary Patterson was the defensive coordinator from 1998 to 2000 before assuming the head coaching position. Starting about 11 years ago the Horned Frogs had players that knew the scheme almost as well as Patterson so that scheme works for them no matter what.

Oh by the way, TCU evolved its defense in the early days against Conference USA opponents and then took it to the Mountain West Conference before taking an incredibly developed defense to the Big 12 this season.

Alabama has Alabama talent and could probably win games with any defense.

But we’re talking about a Red Raider program that had won consistently in the Big 12 without a respected defense for most of its time in the league.

The truth is the past two defensive coordinators were raised by defensive masters in Tuberville, Nick Saban, Kirby Smart or Patterson and his defensive protégés. Their defenses worked so well at their old schools they couldn’t understand why their defense wasn’t working as well in Lubbock. They got frustrated with the wrong people and both had plans to leave after one season.

So enter Kaufman who has a little bit of an advantage with some talented younger players but who also realized building a truly great defense takes time and in the meantime you have just go with what the players bring to the table. Davis brings a blue collared attitude, raw talent and four years of playing experience.

So why not take advantage of those things within the defense whatever the scheme may be? Kaufman seems to coach the fundamentals, the pre-snap reads and habits but also allows the players the freedom to make plays in their own style as long as they’re not foolish.

Davis said the schemes haven’t had much to do with his success at Tech. Some coordinators just make better connections to their players than others.

“That’s an interesting question,” Davis said. “I don’t think it’s the scheme necessarily. I just think Ruffin and Kaufman have been the same type of coach. Kaufman is more technically sound, but they both give confidence to their players. They simplified defense and with both you could really tell they trusted their players. So I feel a lot more comfortable in their defenses.”

Here comes another challenge for Kaufman’s bend but don’t break defense.

Kansas State’s quarterback and Heisman Trophy frontrunner Collin Klein and a strong supporting cast that feeds off of Klein.

“It’s a huge challenge,” Davis said. “Heisman hopeful and one of the most unique quarterbacks we will face this season. His size, he’s stout and he can run, but not the shifty runner we’re used to seeing. He’s more of a downhill runner. That pretty much shows you what Kansas State is all about and they’ll definitely bring a physical game to us.”

Add to that a top 10 Tech defense that is almost completely healthy, or as healthy as it could be seven games into a season, that is admittedly a little tired after taking on great West Virginia and TCU offenses.

It’s just a matter of trust now. Kaufman will have to trust Davis and the rest of the crew on the field.

“The last two games have been so emotionally taxing and physically taxing, but seeing the chal-lenge ahead of us and realizing so much in the Big 12 hinges on this game adds more emphasis,” Davis said. “There’s a sense of urgency in us to really come out and play and fire on all cylinders.“Everybody starts to break down this time of year. It’s definitely getting to where you’re more soar and tired after each game. I think it was 90-plus plays the last two games and it’s feeling a little different now on Sundays and Mondays trying to get all the soreness out. But we have a great coaching staff who believes in us and I’m confident we’re going to get up for this game and for the rest of these games. Knowing Kaufman trusts us is a big deal.”

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Texas Tech WR Alex Torres was more excited about one-hand grab than game-winning TD after TCU gameMike Graham10-22-12Dallas Morning News

Texas Tech receiver Alex Torres had the catch of the game when he sealed a 56-53 win against TCU on Saturday.

But after the game Torres seemed most pleased with a diving, one-handed reception that gave the Red Raiders a first down on a critical drive in the fourth quarter of the game. Torres caught a 13-yard pass that set the Red Raiders up with a first down at the TCU 34-yard line while leading the Horned Frogs 29-26 with about eight minutes to go in regulation.

The play was initially ruled incomplete while TCU head coach Gary Patterson furiously waived his arms in an incomplete motion right in front of the play but the replay booth overturned the call.

Quarterback Seth Doege explained the ordeal at Monday’s media luncheon in Lubbock.

“It’s kind of funny,” Doege said. “We ran that play a bunch of times, and it wasn’t the best thrown football obviously because he had to make a one-handed catch. But he made a great catch on it. Torres comes back to the huddle, and he was like, ‘man, Doege.’

“It’s crap, man, I caught it. I was like, yeah, I know you did. Don’t worry about it. He was like, no, I caught it. So (offensive coordinator Neal) Brown calls us over and we get the next play and Torres is still over there still trying to get this call overturned. He finally does it. That’s all he talks about after the game. The game-winning touchdown or the sweep or the corner scrambling touch-down, that’s all he wanted to talk about is how the refs almost screwed him out of a one-handed catch.”

Carlton: How Art Kaufman’s ‘boring’ defense has worked wonders for Texas TechChuck Carlton10/22/12Dallas Morning News

With his Arkansas drawl and his emphasis on fundamentals, Art Kaufman represents the antith-esis of the fire-breathing defensive coordinator.

Truth be told, he might be a little boring.

At Texas Tech, boring has been good. In fact, boring was exactly what the Red Raiders needed with four defensive coordinators in four years.

Going into Saturday’s Big 12 showdown at Kansas State, Texas Tech (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) is tied for seventh in the nation in total defense with Florida, allowing 282 yards a game.

No, the Red Raiders aren’t No. 1 as they were early in the season. Nobody expected them to be against a gauntlet of Big 12 offenses.

The real question is whether the defense would play well enough to give the offense a chance, something that didn’t happen last year. So far, with Collin Klein and Co. the next test, Texas Tech has even though the defense bent late in a triple-overtime win at TCU.

Kaufman has made an impression on his players, with a low-key style.

“Coach Kaufman is about business,” defensive end Kerry Hyder said. “He says what he says one time. Nobody wants to test him to make him say it again. The whole defense has faith in him.”

Kaufman has bounced around in his coaching career and usually found success, with 12 appear-ances since 1983. Most recently, he did a nice fill-in job at North Carolina as defensive coordinator in 2011.

He’s been a defensive coordinator before, with Tommy Tuberville at Ole Miss.

His approach at Tech has been simple and straightforward.

“I think it’s got to be the same every week,” Kaufman said earlier this month.

Again, a boring 4-3 defense is good.

James Willis, the 2010 defensive coordinator, brought in Nick Saban’s defense from Alabama and might as well been combining a foreign language with calculus.

Chad Glasgow came from TCU, where everybody knew the 4-2-5 instinctively. He never made it second nature at Tech last season.

Kaufman? “It’s plain vanilla,” said Terrance Bullitt, a junior from Garland Naaman Forest. “Everything has just come together. It’s real simple.”

That’s simple as in knowing where to be on every run play, and being able to make calls quickly. It has been simple to execute, not simple to beat.

Kaufman also knows how to get his message across at a lower decibel level that gets the desired result.

“The last two years have been strict yelling-at-you coaches,” safety Cody Davis said. “We were afraid to mess up. When that happens you’re playing on pins and needles and it doesn’t translate into playing your best game.”

Players say they saw the chemistry coming together under Kaufman in the spring, but the op-timism was mixed with caution. Tech had finished 114th last season in the Bowl Subdivision in total defense, thanks to the nation’s worst rushing defense.

“Starting in spring, we were building confidence, but you never know truly how we are,” Davis said.

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Now they believe. They even have acclimated to Kaufman’s approach before games.

“That’s all I got,” Kaufman will say before shrugging his shoulders and heading to the field.Boring is good.

No. 18 Texas Tech survives triple OT game at TCU, 56-53Mike Graham10-20-12Dallas Morning News FORT WORTH — Texas Tech defeated TCU, 56-53, Saturday on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Seth Doege to Alex Torres in triple overtime. Here are five storylines to come out of Saturday’s Texas Tech win: 1. How we got to overtime

Both Texas Tech and TCU played the longest overtime game in their respective school histories Saturday. The Red Raiders took a pretty commanding lead, 36-26, with 4:01 remaining in regulation after running back Kenny Williams broke a 47-yard touchdown run. But TCU wasn’t ready to call it a game just yet. Freshman quarterback Trevone Boykin connected with his receiver LaDarius Brown for a 60yard touchdown pass which made the game 36-33 in Texas Tech’s favor with 2:25 remaining in regulation. TheHornedFrogsoptedtotryanonsidekick,butTexasTech’sAustinZouzalikrecoveredthekicktoset the Red Raiders with a first and 10 at their own 49-yard line. However, TCU had two timeouts left and Texas Tech wanted to get the Horned Frogs to take those timeouts so a first down would ice the game. After gains of one yard and two yards and one yard and TCU out of timeouts, the Horned Frogs stuffed Texas Tech’s SaDale Foster on a run for a two-yard loss and the Red Raiders had to punt. TCU got the ball on its own 19-yard line with 1:20 to play and started things off right with a 36-yard gain and ultimately got the ball to Texas Tech’s 19-yard line. A six-yard sack set Boykin and company back, but TCU kicker Jaden Oberkrom kicked a 42-yard field goal with 18 seconds to tie the game and the Red Raiders kneeled the ball to end regulation. 2. Third overtime

Texas Tech and TCU traded touchdowns and made PATs in the first two overtime periods. On third and six on the 21-yard line TCU’s Boykin tried to connect with receiver Matthew Tucker and Texas Tech free safety Cody Davis came crashing in and almost had his second pick of the day. Instead, Davis batted the ball down for an incomplete pass and TCU settled for a field goal to take a 53-50 lead the Red Raiders would at least have to match. On second down and 10 from the 25-yard line, Doege hit receiver Darrin Moore for a 14-yard gain and a first down and goal at the eight-yard line. TCU’s Devonte Fields batted Doege’s first pass from the eight yard line, but Torres broke free for an eight-yard touchdown on the very next play to finish the game. 3. Positive in the turnover margin

Texas Tech had a positive turnover margin against TCU on Saturday. Texas Tech safety D.J. Johnson and Davis both recorded interceptions and Davis’ set up a 29-yard touchdown to give the Red Raiders a 21-17 lead with three minutes to go in the first half and ultimately a 21-20 halftime lead. Texas Tech had no turnovers for the first time this season. 4.Zouzalikreturnstothespotlight

With season-ending injuries to Bradley Marquez and Javon Bell last week in addition to Jace Amarobeingunavailable for at least thisweek, senior inside receiverAustinZouzalik sawhismost action of this season so far against TCU. Zouzalikhadmostlybeenapunt returner forTexasTechsincesustainingaconcussionagainst

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Texas last season. The senior recorded five catches for 55 yards and seemed to cement a place in the rotation from this point going forward. 5. What Texas Tech’s win means With the win, the Red Raiders record improves to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in Big 12 Conference play and Texas Tech will most likely jump in the polls to a top 15 team. The goal entering this season was to make a bowl game and the Red Raiders have accomplished bowl eligibility in seven games.

Seth Doege’s seven TD passes lift Texas Tech over TCU in triple-OT thriller, 56-53 10-20-12The Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Seth Doege stood in the pocket and completed the pass to Alex Torres like he has so many times in practice. There was another throw in the second overtime that was pretty sweet, too.

Doege’s career-best seven touchdowns passes came in a variety of ways, and No. 18 Texas Tech needed every one of them on Saturday.

Doege found Torres for an 8-yard score in the third overtime after tossing a 25-yard TD to Jakeem Grant on an unconventional play in the second extra period, helping the Red Raiders top TCU 56-53 in the first league meeting between the teams since 1995.

“I was hoping they’d call that play. We practice it over and over and over,” Doege said of his final pass. “Torres does a great job of selling it and he did enough where I could fit it in there.”

After the Red Raiders (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) blew a 10-point lead late in regulation, Doege threw for a touchdown in each of the three overtimes. The last one came after TCU had to settle for freshman Jaden Oberkrom’s Big 12-record sixth field goal to start the final extra period.

“I thought Torres was covered, and I didn’t think he was going to throw it,” Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. “But he let go and put it in the perfect spot.”

Texas Tech began the second overtime in a wildcat formation, with Doege lined up wide. Two other players touched the ball before it got to Doege in the backfield on a play they had practiced for three weeks.

“It was sweet to get to run it in a game,” Doege said.

TCU (5-2, 2-2), the Big 12 newcomer, has lost consecutive home games in a single season for the first time since it dropped its final two home games of 1998. Two weeks ago, the Horned Frogs lost their first Big 12 home game to Iowa State.

“Welcome to the Big 12,” coach Gary Patterson said. “I do believe this. I believe we proved we can play in it. Are we unhappy we lost? Yes, but it was a heck of a game.”

It was the most combined points ever for Texas Tech, and the second-most for TCU.

Doege completed 30 of 42 passes for 318 yards, including a 6-yard TD pass to Eric Ward in the first overtime, and Texas Tech quickly became bowl eligible a year after its first losing season since 1992. The Red Raiders were coming off an impressive 49-14 victory over then-No. 5 West Virginia.

After upsetting third-ranked Oklahoma last season, Texas Tech followed with five losses in a row that ended a Big 12-record streak of 18 consecutive seasons of bowl eligibility.

“We made a lot of mistakes,” Tuberville said. “But we’ve been working real hard for a game like this, to win a game when you don’t play your best.”

And the Red Raiders almost let this game slip away.

Tech led 36-26 when Kenny Williams busted loose for a 47-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in regulation. That came after TCU was held to a three-and-out following Doege’s 8-yard TD pass to Torres and 2-point conversion.

Trevone Boykin threw a 60-yard TD pass to LaDarius Brown with 2:25 left before the Frogs failed to recover an onside kick. But they held to Tech to 1 yard before a punt, setting up a nine-play, 56-yard drive capped by Oberkrom’s 42-yard field goal with 18 seconds left.

Boykin, the redshirt freshman who this month replaced second-year starter Casey Pachall, was 26 of 44 for 332 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions.

TCU had the first shot in overtime, and Boykin threw an 8-yard TD pass to Josh Boyce on the fourth play. Ward’s third TD catch tied it again. He finished with six catches for 61 yards.

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After the wildcat score to start the second overtime, Boykin responded with a 7-yard TD pass to B.J. Catalon.

Skye Dawson had 10 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown for TCU, a 19-yarder less than 2½ minutes into the game.

The Red Raiders were down 17-7 before two touchdowns in a span of just over 3 minutes in the second quarter. They surprised TCU with an onside kick that led to the second score in that span after a replay review overturned an official’s ruling of incomplete pass.

Moore had a 33-yard touchdown catch even with defender Kevin White right with him. That was only three plays after Moore was called for offensive pass interference when he pushed off the same cornerback to make a catch, the penalty wiping out a nearly 25-yard gain to the TCU 22.

Ward was initially ruled out of bounds after making a leaping 29-yard grab and then falling down on the far side of the end zone. But officials reviewed the play, which showed Ward’s right elbow had landed in the end zone before the rest of his body came down on the line for a score that made it 21-17.

“We played a Tech team that was 5-1 and we lost by three points in overtime,” Patterson said. “They made one more play than we did.”

Clark, Texas Tech O-line in for stiff test against TCUNick Kosmider10-19-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Seth Doege often comes back to the same word when describing redshirt freshman offensive guard Le’Raven Clark.

“He’s a beast,” Doege says.

The Texas Tech senior quarterback described a particular play in which, time and time again, the 6-foot-5, 303-pound Clark will leave onlookers with dropped jaws.

“He’ll keep up with (inside receiver) Jakeem (Grant) on the speed sweep,” Doege said this week. “It’s incredible to watch.”

Clark’s play as a first-year starter at right guard has been a key ingredient to Tech’s success along the offensive front through the first half of the season. The No. 18 Red Raiders entered the season with experience at both tackle positions (LaAdrian Waddle, Terry McDaniel) and center (Deveric Gallington), but the guards were less proven. In addition to Clark, guards Beau Carpenter and Alfredo Morales entered the season with little to no starting experience, though Carpenter did play in eight games last season. Those two players have rotated at the left guard position, with Carpenter, who has recovered from a concussion he suffered in fall camp, receiving the bulk of the snaps against West Virginia last week.

“Both of them were called to step up,” Doege said, “and I think they both answered the challenge each and every week of doing their job. They’ve been a huge factor for our offense and O-line, and they’ll continue to improve and be big-time players here.”

Meantime, Clark’s athleticism has been on display since he arrived in Lubbock from Rockdale, where he played football and basketball. He was a skilled forward who dunked for the first time as an eighth grader.

“It comes from my family,” the reserved Clark said of his athletic prowess.

The genes tell the story. Six of Clark’s relatives have played sports at either the college or profes-sional level. It wouldn’t surprise Tommy Tuberville if Clark joined the latter group.

“He has as much potential as any lineman I’ve ever seen,” the Tech coach said. “If he stays healthy and keeps his attitude, he’s going to be something to watch over the next couple, three years.

But Clark doesn’t rely solely on his speed and quickness, Tuberville said, though those attributes certainly don’t hurt. During his Monday press conference, the Tuberville lauded Clark’s ability to “understand that it’s a fight every down. You’ve just got to fight hard and push to the ball.”

Added Waddle, the senior left tackle: “He goes hard every day, and that’s what makes him a good player.”

Clark and the rest of the Tech offensive line is in for a big test against a TCU defensive front that has wreaked havoc this season.

The two teams kick off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Forth Worth, a high stakes battle featuring squads with identical 5-1 (2-1 in Big 12 Conference) records.

TCU freshman defensive end Devonte Fields leads the Big 12 in sacks (6.5) and tackles for loss (11.5). Stansly Maponga has been a disruptive force at the other end position, but his status for Saturday’s game will be a game-time decision, according to reports.

The Horned Frogs have intercepted a Football Bowl Subdivision-leading 14 interceptions this season, and the pressure applied from the defensive front and TCU’s blitz packages has played a key role in that success.

Waddle said he and his line mates are looking forward to the challenge of facing a talented defen-sive line. The senior knows how good the Tech offense can be if it gives Doege — who threw for 499 yards and six touchdowns last week — the extra split-second he needs.

“When he let him throw,” Waddle said, “you see what he can do.”

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Williams: Red Raiders celebrate the unexpected Don Williams10-15-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Savvy veteran that he is, Texas Tech safety D.J. Johnson sensed what was about to happen and looked for safer ground. Four years had elapsed since Red Raiders fans last saw fit to full-on rush the field after a victory.

For the Texas game, 2008, Johnson was a visiting recruit. Saturday was Texas Tech’s biggest home win since then — 49-14 against No. 5 West Virginia — and Johnson knew the drill.

“When they beat UT, I was on the sideline, and they made us go up the tunnel,” he said. “I knew what it was going to be like. I knew it was going to be crazy. I tried to stay out of it.”

An hour after the fact, Johnson and fellow defensive back Eugene Neboh were the last guys left in a quiet, empty Texas Tech interview room. Neboh had spent part of the afternoon successfully chasing West Virginia receiver Stedman Bailey, not shutting him out exactly, but making more plays (four pass breakups) than did Bailey (one touchdown).

In the post-game maelstrom, he somewhat threw caution to the wind.

“I got hit in the head,” Neboh said. “People were jumping, trying to tackle me from the back. I was running, trying to find my brother and my mom and dad. It was exciting. It let me know how much this meant to them.”To two seniors, it was an afternoon they’ll never forget.

Tech cast doubt on the greatness of Geno Smith, certainly not eliminating the West Virginia quar-terback from Heisman Trophy consideration, but knocking him down a peg. Watching through my binoculars, it was apparent Tech defensive coordinator Art Kaufman wanted to show Smith a variety of looks from one down to the next.

“That’s definitely what we wanted to do,” middle linebacker Blake Dees said. “We wanted to show him seven or eight looks. We wanted to show him a bunch of stuff we saw (on video) that a bunch of teams that played him hadn’t done.”

On the back end, the Red Raiders thought they could disguise coverages better than the Moun-taineers’ earlier opponents. Up front, they ran a couple of defensive line twists that worked.

They blitzed the safeties, Cody Davis and Johnson, from time to time.

What the Red Raiders did most often was to show blitz from two or three defenders and back out. That meant they were rushing Smith with three or four players and covering with seven or eight.

None of which the Mountaineers reacted to particularly well.

Now, come draft time, I feel sure Smith will be able to sit in that film room with Jon Gruden, watch himself fire one terrific pass after another, and point out on the projector what he sees on this play and that play.

On Saturday, he had the vision of a man driving through a car wash.

“I was off,” Smith said. “I wasn’t hitting my targets, wasn’t hitting my reads.”Play every down as if it were third down. That’s what Kaufman told Tech defensive players they were going to do.

“Coaches said if we would show (blitz) that it would single up the linemen, and we thought our linemen could beat their linemen,” Dees said.

“Coach Kaufman’s great. He’s smart, and he knows what he’s talking about.”

Kent Hance must have had a ball.

Some Tech fans felt sure this would be a humiliating day for the Red Raiders, even selling their tickets to sit this one out. Former Red Raiders assistant Dana Holgorsen was going to display his mind for offense, maybe even run up the tally to settle an old score on behalf of Mike Leach.

And there’s still time for that.

But not Saturday.

At the half, it was 35-7. The wheels were set in motion for West Virginia’s worst loss in 11 years, not to mention Tech’s most lopsided win over an opponent ranked in the top five.

Now, I wasn’t covering games in the ’60s, but Burle Pettit vouches for this story, and it’s worth a periodic retelling. Back in 1966, a lot of fans sat back and listened on radio as a 3-6 Red Raiders team rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit to upset No. 6 Arkansas 21-16, knocking the

Razorbacks out of the Cotton Bowl.From all over Lubbock, they dashed to Jones Stadium in the second half to watch the finish un-fold. Traffic chaos ensued. If I remember correctly, Burle once said folks “parked just anywhere.”

At halftime Saturday, I wondered if those who stayed away from Tech-West Virginia, expecting the worst, might do the same.

They had time to join the post-game celebration, if nothing else.

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Texas Tech shows it hasn’t forgotten how to win games through the airDon Williams10-13-12Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Everyone knows West Virginia loves to throw the football.

On Saturday, Texas Tech offensive coordinator Neal Brown seemed determined to make a point: The Red Raiders haven’t forgotten how to throw it either.

Facing a West Virginia team with a suspect secondary, Tech reverted to its “Air Raid” days Saturday, getting 508 of its 676 yards with relentless passing. Never mind that Tech coach Tommy Tuberville has emphasized run-game improvement and shown some signs in that regard.

“We knew there was an opportunity there to throw the football,” quarterback Seth Doege said after his team’s 49-14 victory.

Tech’s pass-to-run ratio through five games was 57 percent to 43 percent, but the Red Raiders came out firing against West Virginia’s 117th-ranked pass defense. Tech passed on 18 of 24 plays in the first quarter, then 12 of 18 snaps in the second period, on the way to a 35-7 halftime lead.

Even for an old run-first guy like Tuberville, it looked beautiful.

“Neal Brown called a great game today,” Tuberville said. “The first half was just phenomenal. He took advantage of what they were giving us.”

Facing a team with West Virginia’s reputation for scoring, establishing the run to use up some clock might have made sense for Tech.

Brown said WVU’s 3-4 defensive alignment makes it difficult to run, however. In a three-man front, the Moutaineers’ ends play inside the offensive tackles, and the four linebackers create a lot of traffic inside.

“They’re only playing a three-man front,” Brown said, “but they stack and then they’ve got those two outside linebackers, so really they’re presenting a seven-man box on almost every snap

“I think our best unit as a whole is our wide receivers,” Brown added, “and I had a lot of confidence in Seth. If you look at last year, any time he performed badly, he bounced back and played well the next week.”

Flanker Darrin Moore tied a career high with three touchdown passes, and tight end Jace Amaro’s 156 receiving yards were the most by a Red Raiders receiver this season.

Tech beat West Virginia over the head with the pass so well early, the Mountaineers seemed to be caught off-guard when the Red Raiders did run. Tech averaged 5.8 yards per rush with SaDale Foster, Doege and Kenny Williams all making big plays on the ground.

Coming off two games in which he threw five interceptions, Doege responded with six touch-down passes. Coming off an offseason and a first month in which he built up Heisman Trophy favorite status, West Virginia’s Geno Smith threw one touchdown pass.

Doege wouldn’t be drawn in to discussing the satisfaction of routing Smith when their teams went head to head.

“I didn’t really think about that too much,” Doege said. “What made me excited was looking up at the scoreboard and seeing those numbers. That’s what made me a kid, and enjoying the fans rushing the field. I’ve always wanted to be part of something like that, so that was awesome, too.”

Texas Tech dominates in all facets No. 5 West Virginia Nick Kosmider10-13-12Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Texas Tech got fed up with all the West Virginia talk early on this week.

The Mountaineers had the shiny national ranking and the ballyhooed quarterback, the team ev-erybody across the country was talking about.

The Red Raiders weren’t impressed.

“I don’t feed into the hype,” safety D.J. Johnson said days before teams met.

Tech assured its defense was up to the task against Geno Smith and company. The offense, they added, was capable of keeping pace with anyone.

Tech proved those claims and then some on Saturday during one of the biggest wins of the Tom-my Tuberville era, a 49-14 triumph over the No. 5 Mountaineers.

It was Tuberville’s sixth career coaching win against a team ranked in the top five, and it was Tech’s most lopsided win ever against a team with such a ranking.

As the final gun sounded, players drenched Tuberville in an icy Gatorade bath and students poured onto the field in celebration.

“I always wanted to be a part of that,” said quarterback Seth Doege, who authored a career per-formance with 499 yards and six touchdown passes. “That was awesome.”

The Red Raiders dominated so completely that it was hard to pick out which unit impressed the most.

“This is truly a team, city and university win,” Tuberville said. “I couldn’t be any prouder of them.”

Tech held West Virginia, a team averaging 59 points per game in its first two Big 12 contests, to just a pair of scores, one of them coming with the outcome no longer in question.

The Red Raiders applied pressure to Smith, who had garnered early Heisman Trophy talk, and kept close tabs on his speedy receivers Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.

Even with the loss of senior cornerback Cornelius Douglas, who exited with a knee bruise in the first quarter, Tech’s secondary was stellar against the vaunted West Virginia passing attack. Tre Porter excelled in coverage against the shifty Austin, and backup corner Bruce Jones broke up several deep passes.

“Bruce had a huge game,” Johnson said.

Doege, meanwhile, overcame a rough performance against Oklahoma one week earlier to put to-gether one of his best career games. He completed 32 of 42 passes and tossed only one incomple-tion in the second half. His lone interception came on a ball that was on target but squirted out of the hands of Alex Torres.

Offensive coordinator Neal Brown said he believed Doege was “sitting on a big performance,” and the senior delivered.

“I can’t say enough about the kid,” Brown said. “He came out and played loose, and he was on point.”

Doege raved about the protection he was provided. He was sacked just once and was rarely pres-sured, giving the game, he said, the feel of 7-on-7 skeleton drills in practice, when he faces no pass rush.

The fluky turnover was one of the rare times Tech’s offense came up short. The home team scored on its opening drive, going 75 yards in six plays. The series ended in a 39-yard touchdown pass to Jace Amaro, who had a career day of his own. The 6-foot-5, 257-pound tight end caught five passes for 156 yards.

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Amaro took a huge hit at the end of the first half, and Tuberville said the tight end was throwing up during most of the halftime break. But he returned to the game and caught a 27-yard pass that helped Tech set up a touchdown in the third quarter that put the Red Raiders up, 42-7.

“He is already a great player,” Doege said of Amaro, “but he’s going to be one of the top players in the nation one day.”

Darrin Moore caught nine passes for 92 and a three touchdowns — tying a career high — two of them in the second half. Doege’s touchdown passes went for 39, 19, 16, 2, 29 and 7 yards.

The Red Raiders (5-1, 2-1 in Big 12 Conference) never slowed down after their opening score.

The knockout punch may have come before halftime. With only 35 seconds left in the second quarter, SaDale Foster beat West Virginia defenders to the corner and turned on the jets for a 53-yard touchdown that put Tech up 35-7.

With West Virginia’s quick-strike capability, that lead didn’t seem 100 percent safe, but the Tech defense made sure it was.

“I think we’re back to where we want to be,” said Tech safety Cody Davis, who registered a season-high 13 tackles. “Everybody was wanting to know how it feels to face the great offense and the Heisman hopeful. We get excited for that. You can see it out there on the field. Everybody came ready to play, and we played great defense.”

The Red Raiders constantly harassed Smith, who came into the game completing 81 percent of his passes but connected on just 29 of 55 attempts for 275 yards and one touchdown.

“Their D-line did a great job of being aggressive the entire game,” Smith said. “They pinned their ears back, and they were coming after me.”

West Virginia running back Andrew Buie, who rushed for a career-high 207 yards last week, was limited to 71 yards on 21 carries.

The Mountaineers (5-1, 2-1) scored 70 points three weeks ago, but they could never find rhythm against a Tech defense that missed few tackles and gave up even fewer big plays.

“I don’t know if we had anybody doing anything spectacular,” Tech defensive coordinator Art Kaufman said, “but we had everybody doing their jobs.”

The unit stepped up when it needed to most, limiting the Mountaineers to one of six fourth-down conversions. One week earlier, West Virginia was five-for-five in such situations during a 48-45 win against Texas.

After scoring on its second drive, West Virginia didn’t score again until less than 3 minutes re-mained in the game.

Tech can become bowl eligible with a win next week against TCU in Fort Worth.

After a dominating day in Lubbock, though, it appears the Red Raiders have their sights set much higher than that.

“Our ultimate goal,” Johnson said, “is to get that crystal ball, that Big 12 championship.”

A big leap: Five ranked foes next for untested TechDon Williams10-3-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

For as many showdown Saturdays as he coached in the Southeastern Conference, Tommy Tuberville never encountered anything to equal this: Five weeks with five ranked opponents, the ultimate show-me stretch for a football team that’s unbeaten but unproven.

Texas Tech’s next five games are against No. 17 Oklahoma and No. 8 West Virginia at home, No. 15 TCU and No. 7 Kansas State on the road and No. 11 Texas at home. Combined, they’re 18-1.

“We’ve just got to come every day,” defensive end Jackson Richards said Monday. “We’ve got to treat our bodies right. If you’re hurt, get treatment type of thing. It’s going to be a grind. I don’t think we had anything like this last year. We played great teams, but it wasn’t five teams in a row like this, so we’ve got to support each other and keep working.”

One thing’s for sure: Between now and Nov. 3, the Red Raiders will have all the opportunities they need to become a college football feel-good story — or have their 4-0 start be long forgotten.

“I don’t think there are going to be many of them that we’re going to be a favorite in,” Tuberville said. “So we’ve got to keep it in perspective of where we’re at and where we’re trying to get to, and try to make ourselves better. ... We’ve got to improve and play above our heads at times to win some of these games.”

The gauntlet starts Saturday with a 2:30 p.m. game against Oklahoma, which is coming off an open date after a loss to Kansas State.

Tech quarterback Seth Doege said getting better each week is what’s important over the five-game stretch.

“It’s just to take one game at a time and make sure we grow as a football team each game and never take a step back,” Doege said. “We never need to play to a point where you feel like we took a step back as a team. I think that’s our biggest goal.

“We feel like we can win every game, but we don’t want to look on to the future. We feel like if we can just focus on one game at a time and take that step of getting better, that’ll help us in the next game and the game after that.”

In his four years as head coach at Mississippi and his 10 years at Auburn, Tuberville never played five weeks straight against ranked teams. Not even four in a row, as a matter of fact.

His 1998 Ole Miss team went 0-3 against ranked teams to end the regular season, before facing Tech in the Independence Bowl. His 1999, 2002 and 2005 Auburn squads went 0-3, 2-1 and 2-1 in three-game stretches against ranked opponents. His Auburn teams of 1999 and 2003 each played five ranked opponents in seven games, winning one in 1999 and two in 2003.

Last year, Tech played five of six and six of the last eight against top-25 competition.

The only team the Red Raiders knocked off in that stretch was Oklahoma.

To have any success this time around, Tuberville said, the Red Raiders need to concentrate on themselves and not worry about the other teams.

“The key to what we want to do is continue to work on our fundamentals on both sides,” Tuber-ville said. “We can’t just put in a game plan. We’re not good enough to do that.

“The other key is being able to play a lot of players. You can’t just go in and say we’re going to play our starters every snap, every game. You can’t do that, because you’ll get beat up and have to play your backups anyway.”

Tech’s offense and defense have helped each other. In a stark contrast from last year, the defense is highly ranked in every major category.

The offense has been able to score and establish more ball control. Thus, the defense is playing fewer than 54 snaps a game and no more than 61 snaps in any game so far.

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Senior safety D.J. Johnson said he’s too preoccupied with winning Saturday game against Oklahoma to think in terms of five games.

“It’s definitely a big opportunity,” Johnson acknowledged, “but our mentality right now is to focus on beating OU. We want to remain the team that we are — not get big-headed, stay levelheaded, but continue to carry confidence, swagger and continue to play hard.”

Tighter coverage yielding results for Texas Tech secondaryNick Kosmider10-3-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Through four games this season, the Texas Tech defense has minimized damage in the passing game by reducing space.

In other words, Tech defensive backs aren’t affording opposing receivers much of it.

Just ask Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, who told reporters after his team’s 24-13 loss to the Red Raiders on Saturday that its lack of productivity in the passing game — the Cyclones threw for only 73 yards — was a direct result of the inability of receivers to break free from Tech’s tight man-to-man coverage.

“They were pressing us all over the field,” Rhoads said. “When guys are rolling up on your widest receivers, then on your inside receivers, (quick passing) isn’t a part of the package. It’s just not there. Why it’s successful a lot is because folks play loose; they play off, and you can throw and catch and get blocks made to start plays. You can’t do that against that type of press coverage.”

The new aggressiveness in the passing game for Tech (4-0, 1-0 in Big 12 Conference) quickly stood out to Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, whose No. 17 Sooners (2-1, 0-1) will visit Jones AT&T Stadium at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, while he digested Tech game film.

“They’re playing you aggressive,” Stoops told reporters at his weekly press conference Monday. “They’re playing you tight.”

Added Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones: “They are playing the ball a lot better when it is in the air than they have been since I played them, for sure.”

Tech defensive coordinator Art Kaufman said he and the defensive staff worked from the first day of pad workouts during spring practice on helping the team’s defensive backs become confident they could succeed one-on-one in close quarters against an opposing receiver.

As he puts it, “we feel like our defensive backs can stand close to guys.”

The secondary, led by four senior starters, has bought in. Senior safety D.J. Johnson said the trust the staff places in players’ hands to make the right reads and call the correct coverages has allowed the unit to play more freely.

“We’re a different team,” Johnson said. “You can see that from the first four games. Our coaching staff, they let us do what got us here in the first place. ... We’re a lot looser out there when we play, and we’re allowed to make up as we go and confuse receivers and quarterbacks.”

There are several inherent advantages to the up-close-and-personal press coverage Tech has employed, evidenced by its No. 1 overall rating in pass efficiency defense.

For starters, effectively jamming wide receivers at the line can throw off timing between the receivers and their quarterback, a key when so many offenses in the Big 12 rely on a multitude of timing routes. The tight coverage also limits opportunities for opposing playmakers to make moves in space — another staple of the spread offense.

The coverage style also gives defensive backs more chances to make plays on the ball. Tech has taken advantage by matching its interception total from the entire 2011 season (five) through four games.

So why wasn’t Tech able to use the strategy more often last season?

“Last year we played looser zone because our pass rush wasn’t quite there,” Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said. “We weren’t able to get in the quarterback’s face. That changes during the game. If you see that you can rush with four instead of having to bring in five or six, and you can play tighter zone, you can jump routes.”

That was the case against Iowa State. The Red Raiders rarely brought more than four pass rush-ers, yet they were still able to force Cyclone quarterback Steele Jantz into four turnovers. And Tech’s nine sacks through four games are only seven shy of its total from a season ago.

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Whether Tech can create similar pressure with similar personnel against an Oklahoma team that averages 37 pass attempts per game will be key to the Red Raiders chances on Saturday against Jones and the nation’s No. 35 passing attack.

“The biggest key to us having success in this game is what we do, our technique” Kaufman said. “Not losing focus on what our job is, that’s key at every position, but especially in the secondary.”

Texas Tech beats Iowa State 24-13Luke Meredith9-29-21The Associated Press

AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Seth Doege tossed three touchdown passes and Texas Tech held off host Iowa State 24-13 on Saturday night in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Doege threw for 331 yards to lead the unbeaten Red Raiders (4-0, 1-0), who held Iowa State to just 189 yards of offense. Doege’s 19-yard TD pass to Eric Ward put Tech up 21-13 with 10:36 left, and Ryan Bustin added a 39-yard field goal with 2:20 to go. James White had 57 yards rushing for the Cyclones (3-1, 0-1). Iowa State’s Steele Jantz had one of the worst nights of his career, throwing for just 73 yards on 10 of 20 passing to go with three interceptions and a fumble. The pick that Tech turned into the go-ahead touchdown wasn’t his fault. But the fumble that sealed Iowa State’s fate was all on him. Ernst Brun caught the ball near midfield, but the ball popped out after he was drilled by D.J. Johnson. Cornelius Douglas brought the ball back to Iowa State’s 9-yard line, and after a holding penalty, Doege found Ward for the score. The Cyclones then got into Red Raiders territory with just under seven minutes left when the ball slipped out of Jantz’s hands on a scramble. Texas Tech recovered near midfield and ran down the clock before Bustin’s decisive field goal. Jantz also gained just 14 yards on 19 rushes, and his final interception came in the Tech end zone with 57 seconds left. Jantz threw for just three measly yards on seven passes in the first half. But he picked up 21 yards on a crucial 3rd-down-and-20 and found Brun in the back corner of the end zone to put the Cyclones ahead 13-7. It all went downhill from there for the Cyclones. Tech answered right back on Doege’s 4-yard TD pass to Darrin Moore that made it 14-13 Red Raid-ers with 1:01 left in the third quarter. The Cyclones forced Texas Tech into a 41-yard field goal try by Bustin that was wide right early in the fourth quarter, but a relatively solid night defensively for Iowa State went unrewarded. The Cyclones held the Red Raiders to just 63 yards rushing and a season-low 24 points. Texas Tech rolled over its first three opponents -Northwestern State, Texas State and New Mexico - with such ease that the Red Raiders entered play ranked first in the nation in total defense and second in total offense. Tech, which lost to Iowa State 41-7 in 2011, realized this wouldn’t be another easy romp. The Red Raiders punted as many times in the first seven minutes, twice, as it had all season. The Cyclones also kept getting in Doege’s face, and on a key third down Doege threw it right to Klein, who took it back 87 yards for the touchdown. But Klein missed a tackle on Texas Tech’s Jakeem Grant on an 11-yard TD reception that tied the game at 7 with 1:32 left in the first half. Texas Tech’s defense would prove worthy of its ranking in the national standings, holding Iowa State to 3.3 yards per play and making it pay for Jantz’s mistakes.

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Revamped Texas Tech defense hard to ignoreBetsy Blaney9-20-12The Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- For years no one disputed Texas Tech could pass.

Even after Mike Leach’s departure in 2009 the Red Raiders have kept slinging it all over the Big 12. Problem was their defense was a dud.

No more, at least thus far this season. The Red Raiders have the second-best defense in the coun-try, while the pass-happy offense continues to hum right along.

It’s a strong sign that defensive-minded coach Tommy Tuberville is in charge and the pass-happy pirate of the South Plains, Leach, has moved on.

‘’It’s a tremendous improvement in the first three games from what we saw last year,’’ Tuberville said after Texas Tech’s 49-14 win over New Mexico last weekend. ‘’

Texas Tech has the week off before beginning Big 12 play at Iowa State on Sept. 29.

The Red Raiders (3-0) have the highest defensive ranking of the past 12 seasons. At No. 2 nation-ally they’re giving up just 120 yards per game. Last season, they finished 114th in total defense, giving up 485 yards per game.

Tuberville knows Big 12 teams’ will have bigger offensive lines and more talent than what the Red Raiders (3-0) faced against nonconference opponents. Texas Tech has more depth and expe-rience than last season, he said.

‘’We’re a team that can score points but we need possessions - last year we couldn’t get our of-fense back on the field,’’ Tuberville said. ‘’This year, hopefully, it’s different, but again it’s yet to be seen if we can do it in Big 12 play. We’ll find out starting next week in terms of how we react to eight- 10-, 12-play drives.’’

The reason behind the turnaround is defensive coordinator Art Kaufman, a longtime friend of Tuberville who coached under him at Ole Miss.

Middle linebacker Will Smith, a junior college transfer from Riverside Community College in Cali-fornia, said the Red Raiders’ defense is still improving.

‘’I feel like we haven’t hit our peak yet, but I feel we’re on the way to get there,’’ he said.

Tuberville tried to hire Kaufman when he came to Lubbock in 2010, but the Arkansas native was under contract at North Carolina. Kaufman is the program’s third defensive coordinator under Tuberville, who’s also from Arkansas.

Kaufman succeeded TCU’s Chad Glasgow, whom Tuberville hired from the Horned Frogs at the start of last season. Glasgow is back at TCU, where the Red Raiders will play Oct. 20.

Kaufman, who’s focused his players on technique, is aware of the challenges ahead.

‘’We know we got to raise our bar, and I think our kids are focused on that,’’ he said. ‘’The biggest thing we talk about is it’s not about the other team. It’s about us.’’

Defensive end Kerry Hyder said Kaufman prepares well by watching ‘’every ounce of film’’ and that rubs off on players.

‘’It is an easier scheme and we’re able to play with no worries and no confusion,’’ Hyder said. ‘’It’s easier for us to fly around to the ball like we have been doing.’’

Senior quarterback Seth Doege and a bevy of running backs and receivers are big fans of the improved defense because they’re getting on the field more.

Doege, ranked 15th in passing nationally with 12 TDs passes and 858 yards, has a trio of running backs, Eric Stephens, Kenny Williams and SaDale Foster, who have combined for 639 yards on 99 carries. His top six receivers, led by sophomore tight end Jace Amaro, have 774 yards on 60 catches.

‘’They give us opportunities to make plays,’’ Doege said about the defense. ‘’It’s so much different than last year, just because we have so much confidence in our defense and them going out there and stopping offense and giving us the opportunity to have the ball in our hands again.’’

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Foster, an all-purpose weapon, rediscovers running back skills from high schoolDon Williams9/14/12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

SaDale Foster made a strong case in the spring for regular playing time. If that development surprised anyone initially, it shouldn’t now that Foster’s carrying it over into September.

The Texas Tech newcomer leads the Red Raiders in all-purpose yards after two games, thanks to getting 10 carries a game at running back, catching a couple of passes and returning any kickoff he can get his hands on.

Tech coaches knew when they recruited Foster he could return kicks and punts and catch the football. Those were his specialties at Riverside (Calif.) City College, where he played receiver the last two years.

They believed he could run the ball, too, but the Red Raiders’ last two games were Foster’s first two at running back since his days at Riverside North High School.

He had to summon those instincts.

“I feel like they came back to me a lot in the spring,” Foster said this week. “I got my cutting ability back and my vision, and I was able to see holes as opposed to playing slot receiver where it was just me and a man and reading a zone and the coverage. I feel like my feet are back under me and I have my balance back a little bit better. I’m still adjusting, though.”

The 5-foot-7 junior shed 10 pounds after spring at the request of offensive coordinator Neal Brown, who thinks Foster can move better in his current 185- to 187-pound range.

So far, it seems to be working. Foster had an 11-carry, 44-yard night in a 44-6 rout of Northwest-ern State. He turned 10 carries last week against Texas State into 52 yards.

“I could have run it on a more consistent basis — just follow my reads and get to the hole a little bit faster when I’m cutting and go,” Foster said. “But other than that, I think I ran the ball pretty well.”

It remains to be seen how playing time will shake out in a crowded running back picture. Tech came out of the first two games having allocated 22 carries to senior Eric Stephens, 21 to Foster and 20 to sophomore Kenny Williams. Williams has 136 yards, Stephens 120 and Foster 96.

“We wanted these first two games — and hopefully go through this week, too — to give them some even reps and figure out who gives us the best opportunity to play the most snaps,” Brown said.

Brown said all three have a good chance to keep getting regular playing time. Stephens is the most established. Williams offers a power-running dimension, and Brown said Williams had the best game of his career in pass protection last week.

What Foster provides, Brown said, is a player who works well in space and can catch — he had 56 receptions for 750 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. He can be lined up in the backfield, sent in motion or split out. Recently, Brown said Foster’s patience to let lanes develop was making him the team’s best runner in short-yardage situations.

When the Red Raiders use two-back sets that don’t involve fullback Omar Ontiveros, Brown said Foster is always part of the package.

“We’re able to get him several reps a game just by using that personnel grouping, and we’ll prob-ably continue to do that,” Brown said. “Number one, it makes me give him reps. The second thing is we use motion and do some things out of that that get him in space.”

Foster said he understands opportunities are limited when sharing time with two others, so he has to keep himself ready.

Meantime, he’s a top choice to return kickoffs, a duty at which he averaged 28.5 yards last season. Foster gave the Red Raiders good field position at Texas State with a 27-yard runback to the Tech 35-yard line and a 40-yard return to the Tech 48.

NCAA rulesmakers moved kickoffs up 5 yards this season to reduce the frequency of high-speed collisions. The tradeoff is touchbacks come out to the 25-yard line instead of the 20.

“That changed a lot of things,” Foster said, “because most of the time in your mind you feel like you’re not going to get to return it, because everybody’s going to kick it in the end zone. When they do kick it to you, it’s a surprise. You have to make the best of your opportunities.”

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Low volume, high efficiency for Tech running game SaturdayNick Kosmider9-9-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

It would have almost been fair for Texas Tech fans to wonder if the Red Raiders were ever going to run the ball Saturday against Texas State.

Take away a mishandled pitch on a reverse that led to a fumble on Tech’s first possession, and the Red Raiders didn’t do anything but sling the ball from Seth Doege’s right arm for the first seven minutes of the game.

“We were a little bit one-sided tonight,” Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said after the game. “We wanted to throw the ball more (Saturday) than we did last week. We wanted to come in and make sure we really understood that we can still throw the ball in a pressure situation.”

The Red Raiders proved that by passing for 405 yards and five touchdowns against an over-matched Texas State secondary.

But Tech also provided signs an improved running game may be able to provide high efficiency without high volume.

Tech racked up 186 yards on the ground in just 23 carries, an 8.1 per-carry average. That was a sizable improvement over the previous week, when the Red Raiders needed 46 carries to rack up 179 yards (3.9 per-carry average) in a win against Northwestern State.

“Last week we ran the ball a bunch and threw the ball underneath,” offensive coordinator Neal Brown said. “We wanted to come out, and we talked about it, attacking.”

With Seth Doege hitting for big plays down field, beginning with a 23-yard touchdown strike to Darrin Moore, the Tech running backs enjoyed generous holes as the Bobcats began to counter with more players in pass coverage.

Senior running back Eric Stephens, who last week scored two touchdowns in his return from offseason knee surgery, keyed a 99-yard drive in the second quarter with a 46-yard run off a draw play on third down from the shadow of his own end zone, which served as Tech’s longest play of the game.

That drive ended in an Alex Torres touchdown that made the score 28-0 and erased any doubt to the outcome.

“Our running game helped us on that drive,” Tuberville said. “We ran that draw a couple of times.”

Stephens and Kenny Williams rushed for 62 yards apiece on just six and five carries, respectively. SaDale Foster added 56 yards on 10 carries, marking the second straight game the running game was spread equally among the three players.

Williams may have outdone Stephens for best highlight run of the night. The sophomore took a delayed handoff from the 16-yard line and faced a mass of Bobcat defenders a few yards from the goal line. Initially, it looked like Williams was going to hit the ground, but after flipping over a defender he maintained his balance and strolled into the end zone.

It was an exclamation point on a quietly effective night for the Tech running game.

“Our running game was good, too,” Tuberville said after lauding the passing attack. “It was good to see both of them working.”

Five players Texas Tech is counting on in 2012Don Williams/Nick Kosmider8-28-12Lubbock Avalanche Journal The Red Raiders are counting on a handful of players to elevate their performance this season. There weren’t many areas of the Texas Tech football team that didn’t bear at least some respon-sibility for last season’s 5-7 record, the program’s first losing season in two decades.

Still, improvement at some positions will be more key than others when the 2012 campaign kicks off against Northwestern State inside Jones AT&T Stadium at 6 p.m. Saturday, and that leaves a handful of players shouldering heavy expectations.

Here’s an Avalanche-Journal breakdown of five players Tech is heavily counting on this season.

Delvon Simmons, So., DT The Red Raiders ranked dead last among Football Bowl Subdivision teams against the run last season, so there are no shortage of defensive players who need to elevate their games. Sim-mons, the 6-foot-5, 290-pound tackle, will be especially counted upon after showing promising glimpses as a freshman.

Coaches have lauded Simmons’ progress throughout spring ball and fall camp, crediting his greater understanding of the defense and improved hands. Now he must prove that he can be a force in the middle of the line, both as a run stopper and as a player who can occupy space and allow the ends — like fellow McKeesport, Pa., native Branden Jackson — to rush the passer without being double teamed.

JaceAmaro, So., TE

Just how highly does Tech coach Tommy Tuberville think of Amaro?

“I think he might be one of the best players in college football,” Tuberville said at the Knights of Columbus kickoff event Saturday.

Those are lofty expectations, especially for a player who caught just seven passes (two for touchdowns) last season. But Amaro’s combination of size (6-foot-5, 257 pounds) and speed (Tuberville says he’s one of the team’s fastest players at full acceleration) suggest he could be a key target for Tech all season.

After struggling with some drops during spring practice, Amaro demonstrated better consis-tency with his hands in fall camp. Expect quarterback Seth Doege to put them to the test come Saturday.

Eugene Neboh, Sr., CB

The biggest key for Neboh, and fellow starting cornerback Cornelius Douglas, will be staying on the field. Last season, Tech used six different starters at corner, making continuity difficult to come by.

If the Red Raiders can receive consistent cornerback play, it could go a long way toward improv-ing a defense that has finished 114th overall in each of the last two seasons.

Neboh also needs to make plays. Tech cornerbacks came away with zero interceptions in 2011, and that won’t cut it this season if the unit hopes to make strides.

Alfredo Morales, Fr., OG

Texas Tech’s evaluations on the four offensive linemen in its 2011 signing class apparently were sound. Le’Raven Clark, Alfredo Morales and Tony Morales are already in important roles, and Matt Wilson (out for the season) projects to be when he gains weight and muscle.

Alfredo Morales pushed to play as a true freshman last season and has consistently impressed coaches with a work ethic to go with his talent. When projected starter Beau Carpenter missed a week in the middle of preseason practice, that was the opening Morales needed to move into the starting lineup at left guard.

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Carpenter has an experience edge on Morales, so the competition’s not over.

Either way, though, a Tech team with too few offensive linemen needs young prospects such as Morales to provide steady play.

Sam Eguavoen,So., LB

Eguavoen might have been in over his head last year: an athlete with limited football experience going from a 1-9 high school team to starting in the Big 12. Raw talent goes only so far under those circumstances.

Eguavoen’s role diminished over the course of last season, but he’s been a starter this year since early spring. Defensive coordinator Art Kaufman had to determine which position suited him best, and decided midway through spring that the Red Raiders functioned better with Will Smith in the middle and Eguavoen on the outside.

Smith and Terrance Bullitt have gotten most of the attention as far as Tech linebackers go. Eguavoen needs to be just as solid, though, because depth is iffy, particularly among the outside linebackers.

Smith made strong impression after transfer, claimed starting jobDon Williams8-27-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Will Smith just wanted a chance to play football for Texas Tech.

He got the opportunity, and in a month’s time made himself into a savior for the Red Raiders’ downtrodden defense. Or some might perceive him as that, at least.

By knocking heads in spring practice and claiming a starting job at middle linebacker, the transfer from an undefeated Riverside (Calif.) City College team inspired hope among Texas Tech follow-ers.

Right or wrong, high expectations sit atop his shoulders before he’s ever played a major-college game. Tech opens the season at 6 p.m. Saturday, hosting Northwestern State.

“It’s a little different,” Smith said. “You do feel more pressure. But other than that, I feel like you just play the same way you’re always going to play. Once you start playing good, it gets conta-gious and everybody else is going to step their game up, too.”

Smith and converted safety Terrance Bullitt, both juniors, are expected to improve a linebacker unit that suffered growing pains last season. After Smith won a job in February and March work-outs, he worked on building up his body over the summer. The 6-foot-3 junior now weighs 230 pounds, about 12 more than when he arrived in January.

He’s also sporting a new jersey number, ditching the No. 50 he had last semester for No. 7 that he expects to wear in games this season. Tech quarterback Seth Doege also wears No. 7, but two players donning the same number is fine by rule as long as they’re not on the field at the same time.

Why No. 7?

“Growing up in California, skill players are always single-digit numbers,” said Smith, who wore No. 14 in high school and at Riverside. “I always wanted to be a single digit, so I was like, ‘Why not do it here?’”

Defensive coordinator Art Kaufman was impressed in the spring not only by the plays Smith made, but by how easy he made learning the defense look.

That put him at a good starting point when preseason camp arrived.

“The big thing for him is he’s been able to focus on technique, because he got a grasp of the defense in spring ball,” Kaufman said. “A lot of times, it takes more than spring for a first-year guy to come in, but he’s done a good job of picking it up. He’s picking up some strength. All we’re working on with him right now is just some technique things.”

If Smith does live up to the expectations surrounding him, it’ll finally be some good luck for the Red Raiders defense. That they have him at all is fortunate. Although Tech signed four players off the 11-0 Riverside team, Smith wasn’t the original target.

“Thefirstguy theybroughtouthere (toLubbock)wasmy friendZaireAnderson, (aRiversidelinebacker) who’s at Nebraska now,” Smith said. “They took a look at some other players and hap-pened to put my film on while he was down here, then they offered me that day.”

Smith said Tech coaches watched his highlight video, one that easily contained enough high-lights to get recruiters’ attention. He was Riverside’s second-leading tackler last season with 88 stops, but also racked up 13 tackles behind the line, five pass breakups, four fumble recoveries and three interceptions.

That’s a stat line the Red Raiders would love to see him repeat.

When Tech coaches discovered Smith, they pulled the rug out from under Nevada, his probable landing spot otherwise.

“They didn’t take it too lightly,” Smith said of the Nevada staff. “They were pretty upset. They tried to get me to miss the plane to come out here. They just wanted me to come there, but it was Big 12. I couldn’t pass that up.”

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Brewer prepared for when number is called, which could be this seasonDon Williams8-26-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Michael Brewer says he and fellow Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege have become good friends during Brewer’s 20 months in Lubbock.

That’s one reason Brewer’s rooting for Doege to have a sensational senior year.

Here’s another reason: If Doege lights up opposing defenses, especially in non-conference games, Brewer will have a better chance to play. Tech offensive coordinator Neal Brown has said over the spring and summer that he wants to get his redshirt-freshman backup some experience before next year.

“Some of our non-conference games, if we can take care of business and get ahead of some folks, we’re hoping that I can come in and get some experience and some real live action out there,” Brewer said. “As far as the packages go, we haven’t talked about that a whole bunch. That’ll be more of a game-week decision. My main focus right now is being as well-prepared as I possibly can when I’m in the game.”

The decisions by backup quarterbacks Jacob Karam and Scotty Young to transfer after last season — Karam is now the starter at Memphis — left a gap in Tech’s quarterback progression. After Doege, a 4,000-yard passer who turns 24 in December, the oldest scholarship quarterback on the roster is Brewer, who turns 20 in November.

“I think it’s important, and hopefully it works out, where he can get some action early in games,” Brown said recently. “I think he’s ready. He gets better with the more reps he gets. There’s only so much you can do in practice. The most intense learning happens in a game atmosphere.”

The Red Raiders’ quarterback situation — and Brown’s wishes — might fit the model that for-mer Big 12 foe Missouri has used for nearly a decade to break in promising young quarterbacks.In 2005, when the Tigers were led by senior quarterback Brad Smith, they gave true freshman Chase Daniel spot duty in 10 games. In 2008, as Daniel was breaking Smith’s school record for career total offense, they used true freshman Blaine Gabbert in five games.

In 2010, Gabbert’s last year before he turned pro and became a high draft choice, the Tigers worked in true freshman James Franklin in 10 games.

Brown hasn’t mapped out anything that specific, other than he doesn’t want Brewer standing next to him on the sideline all night when Tech plays Northwestern State, Texas State and New Mexico to start the season.

“I don’t have a number of reps or anything like that,” Brown said. “I do know I’d like for him to get in some games early in the year.”

That sounds good to Brewer, who was beside himself last season, watching the Red Raiders go 5-7 while he redshirted. He had been the starting quarterback on two of what’s now five consecu-tive state championship teams from Austin Lake Travis.

“Last year was hard for me,” Brewer said. “I’ve never had to sit out a football season before. Being a redshirt freshman and this year being a second-team guy, it’s tough. Coming from what we did at Lake Travis High School and then having the season we did last year was tough to watch.

“Like I said, I’m going to be prepared whenever I get to go in the game, and whenever I do I’m going to make the most of my opportunities.”

Brewer said he’s progressed and gotten a good grasp of the offense, now that he’s had two trips apiece through spring practice and preseason camp. Last season, Tech coach Tommy Tuberville and Brown had him travel and suit up for road games. Though there were no plans to play Brewer, he got to see game day on the road in Big 12 stadiums.

Physically, the 6-foot Brewer has put on about 20 pounds since he first joined the program to get to the current 191.

Brewer said his biggest improvements have come in mental aspects of the game. Spending so

much time around Brown and Doege — in meetings, studying film on his own and with Doege — has accelerated his development.

The starting quarterback has been one of his biggest helpers.

“Obviously, Seth has a responsibility being the number-one quarterback and making sure this program runs smoothly,” Brewer said. “But at the same time, Seth and I are really good friends off the field. We hang out a lot.

“Being around him and getting a good grasp of his take on things and how he does stuff — the mental aspect of the game, how he studies film and handles practice — that’s helped me out a lot. I think it’s really going to help me in the future.”

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‘Corn’ growing comfortable at corner positionNick Kosmider8-23-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

As Cornelius Douglas approached a throng of media members following a recent Texas Tech foot-ball practice, coach Tommy Tuberville couldn’t help busting the chops of one of his senior leaders.

“This is Cornelius Douglas, and he’s going to play receiver for us this year,” Tuberville mused.Douglas’ heart didn’t appear to jump up in his throat at his coach’s mock announcement, but he could hardly be blamed if it did. After all, the 5-foot-9, 198-pound Lawton, Okla., native is finally getting the hang of being a full-time cornerback.

And there’s no going back now.

“I think it’s my permanent spot right now,” Douglas said with a grin.

If nothing else, Douglas is feeling more at ease on the defensive side of the ball. He was moved from inside receiver — where he had 53 career receptions — to cornerback for the last three games of the 2011 season. The staff had experimented with Douglas at the position as a sopho-more, but as injuries and ineffective play ravaged the secondary last season, he wasn’t afforded the opportunity to get his toes wet this time around.

“He had to learn the hard way last year,” Tuberville said.

Douglas survived his trial under fire and seems stronger for it as he prepares for his first full season as a defensive back. He locked up the first-team left cornerback position during spring practice, and he hasn’t relented control during fall camp.

That’s not to say it’s always been easy. At the tail end of last season, Douglas was essentially play-ing one of football’s most challenging positions on adrenaline and athleticism.

That made him eager to get to spring practice, when he’d be able to learn the finer points of the position — like a hitter working out the kinks in his swing in batting practice rather than being forced to tinker with it during a pennant race.

“I feel a whole lot more comfortable,” said Douglas, who is affectionately called “Corn” by his teammates. “I started off (at corner) in the spring this time, and I actually got to learn the basis of the defense instead of just going out there the third-to-last game of the season and trying to learn the defense. I really caught on more in getting acclimated to what needs to be done.”

Specifically, Douglas said he has learned how important his eyes are to playing cornerback. It seems like a simple enough principle, but he had to grasp the reality that mistiming even the quickest glance at the quarterback, or misreading the movement of a receiver’s hips, can be the difference between breaking up a pass and getting burned for a touchdown.

Douglas’ instincts seem to be sharpening. He intercepted three passes during the first two days of practice this week, including a head-turning one-handed grab with one foot down in the end zone. His one-on-one battles with his roommate, wide receiver Darrin Moore, have provided some of the must-see moments of camp.

Defensive backs coach John Lovett has been impressed with Douglas’ tenacity as he aims to im-prove his craft.

“Corn is just a tremendous competitor,” Lovett said. “He’s one of those guys I compare a little bit to a kid I coached at Miami named Brandon Harris. Brandon maybe physically wasn’t the biggest, fastest, strongest guy of all the guys over there, but when you walked into the gym, he was the first guy you picked.

“(Douglas) has got a lot of that stuff about him, and I think he’s going to be one of the guys who will be a competitor and a leader this year.”

Harris became a third-team All-American and is now playing cornerback for the Houston Texans. Such goals appear lofty for Douglas at this point, but he isn’t worrying about any of that now.Instead, he’s focusing on making plays for a defense that didn’t get a single interception from its cornerbacks last season.

“Making big plays,” Douglas said, “that changes the whole game.”

Tech’s Davis goes with the flowDon Williams8-22-12Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Texas Tech safety Cody Davis and his fellow upperclassmen on defense are having an experience altogether different from most college football players. How many others play for four defensive coordinators in four years?

“Is that not normal?” Davis asked jokingly before his grin faded. “It’s difficult. It’s like changing bosses every year. You’ve got to get to know him — get a feel for him, what he’s expecting, his standards — then go out and try and please him and learn the defense. You have to change your mindset every time.”

The routine has become familiar: Each spring practice, meet a new defensive coordinator and learn his ways. Every fall, try to retain and adapt as quickly as possible to what’s just been in-stalled.

“You’ve just got to take a deep breath, say you can’t control it and then move on,” Davis said. “That’s all you can do.”

The 6-foot-2, 203-pound pound senior from Stephenville has managed to do well under the cir-cumstances. Whether playing for Ruffin McNeill, James Willis or Chad Glasgow, Davis has finished first or second on the team team in tackles each of his first three years. He’ll be trying to do the same this season for Art Kaufman, the latest defensive coordinator and one to whom Tech players seem to have taken a liking.

Kaufman’s more seasoned and even-tempered than his predecessor.

Tech linebacker Terrance Bullitt put a positive spin on playing for a merry-go-round of defensive coordinators.

“Luckily for me, football is something I want to do, whether it’s coaching or play professional,” said Bullitt, a junior starting his fourth year in the program. “So learning a new defense only helps your knowledge of the game.”

Meanwhile, Davis should have ample material for his blog. The Tech safety writes about personal experiences and the life of a college football player at thestudentofthegame.blogspot.com.

“I’d been thinking about it for a while, just to kind of tell the players’ perspective,” Davis said, “to write about what we go through day to day, to see a different view other than the media’s. ... “The experience you get here makes you watch other players differently, makes you be a different fan. I just wanted to give that perspective.”

Davis admits to being inconsistent with the frequency of his writing.

That’s in contrast to his play on the field, where he’s shown up virtually every Saturday since 2009, starting all but two games in three years. Fellow safety D.J. Johnson, who’s shared the journey, can’t say enough good things about Davis.

“He’s experienced. He knows what he’s doing. He’s a smart guy,” Johnson said. “At the same time, he’s fun to watch. He’s a big hitter. He’s a playmaker. It’s fun to see everything he does.

“Playing beside him, you learn a lot and you learn to really trust him.”

Though Johnson spent his first two years at cornerback, he’ll be starting in the same secondary with Davis for the third year in a row. One twist, at least in preseason practice, is each plays the same side of the field from one snap to the next.

Johnson’s at left safety, Davis at right safety. That means, depending on the formation, either could line up across from the offense’s strong side. A safety might be responsible for the tight side of the field on one play and covering the wide side the next.

Johnson said he sees that as a good thing “because you’re learning the entire defense.”

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