Texas Tech Game Notes: Houston

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TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL 37 BOWL APPEARANCES | 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 558 ALL-TIME VICTORIES

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

GAME COVERAGE TELEVISION ABC/ESPN2 Mike Patrick (Play-by-Play) Tommy Tuberville (Analyst) Paul Carcaterra (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 202

HOUSTON COUGARS

GAME 3

2-0 0-0 Big 12

AT 2-0 0-0 AAC

Sept. 23 • 11 a.m. • Houston, Texas • TDECU Stadium (40,000) • ABC/ESPN (Reverse Mirror) • Texas Tech Sports Network

SERIES HISTORY Overall UH leads 18-11-1 In Lubbock UH leads 8-6 In Houston UH leads 10-3-1 Neutral Site Tech leads 2-0 Under Kingsbury First Meeting Current Streak Won 1 Last Meeting Tech 35, UH 20 (2010) 2017 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER • (2-0) 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 2017 Record Rankings Last Game Streak Head Coach Career Record Record at Texas Tech Record vs. Houston

2-0 Overall; 0-0 Big 12 AP: RV | Coaches: NR Def. Arizona State, 52-45 Won 3 Kliff Kingsbury 26-26 (5th Season) Same First Meeting

HOUSTON 2017 Record 2-0 Overall; 0-0 AAC Rankings AP: RV | Coaches: RV Last Game Def. Rice, 38-3 Streak Won 2 Head Coach Major Appelwhite Career Record 2-0 Record at Houston Same Record vs. Texas Tech First Meeting

STATISTICAL LEADERS #32 Desmond Nisby | RB | Jr-TR #2 Duke Catalon | RB | Jr. RUSHING 15 attempts, 102 yards, 0 TDs, 6.8 yards/carry 25 attempts, 110 yards, 1 TDs, 4.4 yards/carry #16 Nic Shimonek | QB | Sr-1L #10 Kyle Allen | QB | Jr. PASSING 63-of-80, 927 yards, 9 TDs, 0 Int., 78.8% 56-of-65, 554 yards, 3 TDs, 2 Int., 86.2% #2 Keke Coutee | WR | Jr-2L #15 Linell Bonner | WR | Sr. RECEIVING 17 receptions, 285 yards, 3 TD, 142.5 yards/game 19 receptions, 191 yards, 1 TD, 95.5 yards/game #1 Jordyn Brooks | DB | So-1L #9 Matthew Adams | LB | Sr. DEFENSE 20 tackles (12 solo), 0 TFL, 0 FF, 0 Pass Breakup 19 tackles (13 solo), 2.5 TFL, 0 INT, 1 Pass Breakup

SATURDAY STORYLINES

RED RAIDERS LOOKING FOR 3-0 START n Texas Tech heads to the road for the first time this season Saturday when the Red Raiders travel to face Houston. Tech will be looking to start its season 3-0 for the fifth time in the last seven years n Under head coach Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech is an impressive 10-2 against non-conference opponents. The Red Raiders have gone on the road to score wins over SMU (2013), UTEP (2014) and Arkansas (2015) under Kingsbury. n The Red Raiders have won six of their last seven non-conference road games with the lone loss coming last year at Arizona State. SHIMONEK ACCURATE AGAIN AGAINST ASU n Through his first two career starts, Nic Shimonek has been nothing short of impressive. The senior has completed 78.8 percent of his passes for 927 yards and nine touchdowns in victories over Eastern Washington and Arizona State. n Shimonek threw for a career high 543 yards and six touchdowns against Arizona State, which ranks as the most for a FBS quarterback so far this season. n Since the start of the 2000 season, Shimonek’s 927 yards ranks seventh among FBS quarterbacks through two games in a season.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Notes 1-10 Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury 11 Jones AT&T Stadium 13 Depth Chart 14-15 Player Notes 16-22 Statistics 23-33 The Last Time 34-43 Roster 44-45 Media Information 46

NATION'S TOP OFFENSE HEADS TO HOUSTON n Texas Tech is the nation’s leader in total offense (620.5 yards per game) and passing offense (496.0 yards per game) after lighting up the scoreboard against both Eastern Washington and Arizona State. n Texas Tech is averaging 54 points per game early in the season after scoring 56 against Eastern Washington and then 52 versus Arizona State last weekend. n The Red Raiders will be matched against a Houston defense that is only allowing 9.5 points per game so far this season. The Cougars currently rank seventh in the FBS for scoring defense entering this week.

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