Game Preview: Texas Tech vs. Sam Houston State

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TEXAS TECH 2015 RED RAIDER FOOTBALL @TechAthletics | @TechGameday | #WreckEm

36 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 544 ALL-TIME VICTORIES GAME

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SAM HOUSTON STATE

Sept. 5, 2015 2:35 p.m. CT | FOX Sports Net Lubbock, Texas | Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) GAME COVERAGE FOX SPORTS NET

Mike Morgan (Play-by-Play) Gary Reasons (Analyst) Steffi Sorensen (Sideline) TTU SPORTS NETWORK

Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play) John Harris (Analyst) Chris Level (Sideline) 2015 SCHEDULES

2:30 p.m. CT 2 p.m. 6 p.m. TBA

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SAM HOUSTON STATE (0-0; 0-0 SLC) SEPTEMBER • (0-0) 5 at Texas Tech 2:30 p.m. CT 19 LAMAR* 6 p.m. 26 HOUSTON BAPTIST* TBA OCTOBER • (0-0) 3 vs. Stephen F. Austin* (Houston) 3 p.m. 10 INCARNATE WORD* TBA 17 at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. 24 NICHOLLS STATE* TBA 31 TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE TBA NOVEMBER • (0-0) 7 at McNeese State* 6 p.m. 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE* TBA 21 at Central Arkansas* 7 p.m.

Record Ranking Last Game Head Coach Career Record Texas Tech Record Kingsbury vs. SHSU vs. K.C. Keller Texas Tech vs. SHSU

0-0; 0-0 Big 12 Not Ranked in Associated Press Not Ranked in Amway Coaches Season Opener Kliff Kingsbury 12-13 (3rd Season) 12-13 (3rd Season) 0-0; First Meeting 0-0; First Meeting 1-0

A TEXAS TECH WIN WOULD...

TEXAS TECH (0-0; 0-0 BIG 12) SEPTEMBER • (0-0) 5 SAM HOUSTON STATE 12 UTEP 19 at Arkansas 26 TCU* OCTOBER • (0-0) 3 vs. Baylor* (Arlington) 10 IOWA STATE* 17 at Kansas* 24 at Oklahoma* 31 OKLAHOMA STATE* NOVEMBER • (0-0) 7 at West Virginia* 14 KANSAS STATE* 26 at Texas*

GAME BREAKDOWN

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COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS

Greg Hotchkiss - Associate A.D./Communications Email_________________ Greg.Hotchkiss@ttu.edu Matt Dowdy - Associate Director/Communications Email________________Matthew.Dowdy@ttu.edu Blake Zimmerman - Associate Director/Communications Email_______________Blake.Zimmerman@ttu.edu

• Improve Texas Tech to 62-26-3 all-time in season openers. • Improve Texas Tech to 69-18-3 all-time in home openers. • Improve Texas Tech to 2-0 all-time against Sam Houston State. • Improve Texas Tech to 19-1 all-time against FCS opponents. • Improve Texas Tech to 15-3 against the Southland Conference. • Improve Texas Tech to 27-1 against non-conference opponents at Jones AT&T Stadium dating back to the 2003 season. • Improve Texas Tech to 336-164-13 all-time at home, including a 249-133-6 mark at Jones AT&T Stadium. • Mark the 13th-consecutive season where Texas Tech has opened its season with a victory. • Mark the 15th-straight victory for Texas Tech in a season opener that has been played at Jones AT&T Stadium. • Mark the 23rd-consecutive season where Texas Tech has opened its home slate with a victory. • Mark the 15th-consecutive victory for Texas Tech against an FCS opponent. UNDER KLIFF KINGSBURY • Improve Texas Tech to 13-13 overall under Kliff Kingsbury. • Improve Kliff Kingsbury to 3-0 in season openers. • Improve Kliff Kingsbury to 6-6 at Jones AT&T Stadium. • Improve Kliff Kingsbury to 7-1 all-time against non-conference opponents. • Improve Kliff Kingsbury to 3-0 against FCS opponents. • Improve Kliff Kingsbury to 1-0 against Sam Houston State. • Improve Kliff Kingsbury to 3-0 against Southland Conference.

SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS

Record Ranking Last Game Head Coach Career Record Sam Houston Record Keeler vs. TTU vs. Kingsbury

0-0; 0-0 Southland No. 3 in STATS FCS Poll No. 4 in NCAA FCS Coaches Season Opener K.C. Keeler 185-79-1 (22nd Season) 11-5 (2nd Season) 0-0; First Meeting 0-0; First Meeting

2014 STATISTICAL LEADERS

TEXAS TECH CATEGORY SAM HOUSTON STATE DeAndre Washington Rushing Keshawn Hill 188 att., 1,136 yds., 2 TD 195 att., 1,150 yds., 18 TD Davis Webb Passing Jared Johnson 211-345, 2,539 yds., 24 TD 260-453, 3,054 yds., 21 TD Jakeem Grant Receiving LaDarius Brown 67 rec., 938 yds., 7 TD 45 rec., 807 yds., 7 TD Pete Robertson Tackles Michael Wade 81 tackles (47 solo) 120 tackles (71 solo) Pete Robertson Sacks P.J. Hall 12.0 sacks 12.0 sacks J.J. Gaines Interceptions M. Everette/T. Orr 2 interceptions 4 interceptions Ryan Bustin Field Goals Luc Swimberghe 42-44 PATs, 10-14 FGs 67-69 PATs, 18-21 FGs Taylor Symmank Punting Lachlan Edwards 54 att., 2,303 yds., 42.6 avg. 80 att., 3,525 yds., 44.1 avg. Jakeem Grant Kickoff Returns Keshawn HIll 23 att., 515 yds., 22.4 avg. 12 att., 281 yds., 23.4 avg. Cameron Batson Punt Returns Gerald Thomas 18 att., 65 yds., 3.6 avg. 17 att., 81 yds., 4.8 avg.

TOP GAMEDAY STORYLINES

• Texas Tech plays its 1,000th all-time game when its opens the 2015 season against Sam Houston State on Saturday, Sept. 5. • Texas Tech enters the 2015 opener on a 12-game home winning streak in season openers. The Red Raiders also have won 14-consecutive home season openers dating back to the 1992 season opener. • Texas Tech’s 12-game winning streak in season openers currently ranks tied for the sixth-longest active streak in the country. • Texas Tech returns 16 starters including nine on offense and seven on defense. • Texas Tech returns 78 percent of its total offensive yardage from 2014, where the Red Raiders ranked 10th nationally in that category.

• Texas Tech is one of the nation’s most consistently successful football programs as the Red Raiders have enjoyed winning or .500-plus seasons in 20 of the last 22 years and earned postseason bowl bids in 13 of their last 15 campaigns. Tech has also made 36 all-time bowl bids, a number that ranks among the nation’s best. • The Red Raiders enter their matchup with Sam Houston State with a 26-1 overall record against non-conference opponents at Jones AT&T Stadium dating back to the 2003 season. • This is the first time in school history where Texas Tech has opened a season against Sam Houston State. The two teams have only met one other time previously which resulted in an 80-21 rout for the Red Raiders on Sept. 17, 2005, at Jones AT&T Stadium. Texas Tech boasts an 18-1 all-time record against FCS opponents.


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