TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL 37 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 556 ALL-TIME VICTORIES
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
GAME COVERAGE TELEVISION FOX SPORTS NET Brendan Burke (Play-by-Play) David Anderson (Analyst) Christian Steckel (Sideline) RADIO TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play) John Harris (Analyst) Chris Level (Sideline) Steve Pitts (Engineer) SATELLITE RADIO SIRIUS Radio Channel 132 XM Radio Channel 199
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0-0 0-0 Big 12
E. WASHINGTON EAGLES
VS 0-0 0-0 Big Sky
Sept. 2 • 3 p.m. • Lubbock, Texas • Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) • FOX Sports Southwest • Texas Tech Sports Network
SERIES HISTORY Overall 1-0 In Lubbock 1-0 In Cheney, Wash. 0-0 Neutral Site 0-0 Under Kingsbury First Meeting Current Streak Won 1 Last Meeting Tech 49, EWU 24 (2008) 2017 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER • (0-0) 2 EASTERN WASHINGTON 16 ARIZONA STATE 23 at Houston 30 OKLAHOMA STATE* OCTOBER • (0-0) 7 at Kansas* 14 at West Virginia* 21 IOWA STATE* 28 at Oklahoma* NOVEMBER • (0-0) 4 KANSAS STATE* 11 vs. Baylor* (Arlington) 18 TCU* 24 at Texas*
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TEXAS TECH 2016 Record Rankings Last Game Streak Head Coach Career Record Record at Texas Tech Record vs. E. Washington
5-7 Overall; 3-6 Big 12 AP: NR | Coaches: NR Season Opener Won 1 Kliff Kingsbury 24-26 (5th Season) Same First Meeting
EASTERN WASHINGTON 2016 Record Rankings Last Game Streak Head Coach Career Record Record at EWU Record vs. Texas Tech
12-2 Overall; 8-0 Big Sky AP: NR | Coaches: NR Season Opener Lost 1 Aaron Best 0-0 (1st Season) 0-0 (1st Season) First Meeting
RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS #21 Da’Leon Ward | RB | So-1L #8 Gage Gubrud | QB | Jr-2L RUSHING 103 attempts, 428 yards, 3 TDs, 4.2 yards/carry 134 attempts, 606 yards, 5 TDs, 4.5 yards/carry #16 Nic Shimonek | QB | Sr-1L #8 Gage Gubrud | QB | Jr-2L PASSING 38-of-58, 464 yards, 6 TDs, 1 Int., 65.5% 386-of-570, 5,160 yards, 48 TDs, 14 Int., 67.7% #2 Keke Coutee | WR | Jr-2L #7 Nic Sblendorio | WR | Sr-3L RECEIVING 55 receptions, 890 yards, 7 TDs, 74.2 yards/game 33 receptions, 401 yards, 3 TDs, 28.6 yards/game #1 Jordyn Brooks | LB | So-1L #13 Mitch Fettig | S | Jr-2L DEFENSE 86 tackles (61 solo), 5.0 TFL, FF, 4 Pass Breakups 96 tackles (63 solo), 4.0 TFL, 4 INT, 5 Pass Breakups
SATURDAY STORYLINES
RED RAIDERS IN SEASON OPENERS n Texas Tech boasts one of the nation’s longest active winning streaks in season openers as the Red Raiders have opened each of the last 14 seasons with a victory. That streak ranks fourth nationally, trailing only Florida (27), Ohio State (16) and Alabama (15), all of which either open the season on the road or against a top-10 opponent. n Texas Tech has been outright dominant in season openers against non-ranked foes, winning 20 of their last 21 contests dating back to the start of the 1990 season. In fact, Tech has won those games typically in controlling fashion at an average of 28.4 points per game. SHIMONEK TAKES OVER RED RAIDER OFFENSE n Nic Shimonek is expected to take the reins of Texas Tech’s high-octane offense as the fifth-year senior will likely make his first career start Saturday afternoon against Eastern Washington. Shimonek is the first fifth-year senior to make his first career start in a season opener since Cody Hodges in 2005. n Shimonek is the first Red Raider senior quarterback to start a season opener since Seth Doege led Tech to a 44-6 rout over Northwestern State to kick off the 2012 season. Shimonek is the first senior quarterback to start a game under Kliff Kingsbury.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Notes 1-8 Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury 9 Series Information 10-11 Jones AT&T Stadium 13 Depth Chart 14 Statistics 15-23 The Last Time 24-34 Roster 35-36 Media Information 37
NEW FACES SET TO MAKE DEBUT n Following the 2016 season, head coach Kliff Kingsbury and his staff went to work on transforming the Red Raiders’ roster, bringing in 44 newcomers since last January alone. Of that group, 13 were experienced junior-college prospects and five were Division-I transfers who are immediately eligible to play this season. n Of the newcomers, Texas Tech fans will recognize one in particular junior linebacker Dakota Allen. Allen was the Red Raiders’ second-leading tackler as a freshman in 2015 before he spent the 2016 season at East Mississippi Community College.
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