Game Preview: Arkansas

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2014 RED RAIDER FOOTBALL TEXAS TECH SCHEDULE

GAME INFORMATION

AUGUST 30 Central Arkansas SEPTEMBER 6 at UTEP 13 Arkansas 25 at *Oklahoma State OCTOBER 4 at *Kansas State 11 *West Virginia 18 *Kansas 25 at *TCU NOVEMBER 1 *Texas 15 *Oklahoma 22 at *Iowa State 29 vs. *#Baylor

Opponent: Arkansas Razorbacks Date/Time: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014/2:30 p.m. (CT) Location: Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, Texas Radio: Texas Tech Sports Network from Learfield Sports Brian Jensen (Play-by-Play/15th Season), John Harris (Analyst/32nd Season), Chris Level (Sidelines/5th Season), Steve Pitts (Engineer/36th Season) National Radio: None 2-0; 0-0 BIG 12 Satellite Radio: Sirius Channel 84/XM Channel 84 (Texas Tech Broadcast) Television: ABC Mike Patrick (Play-by-Play), Ed Cunningham (Analyst); Jeannine Edwards (Sidelines) On The Web: Live statistics at TexasTech.com Rankings: Texas Tech (AP: receiving votes); (USA Today Coaches: receiving votes) Arkansas (AP: unranked); (USA Today Coaches: unranked) Head Coaches: Texas Tech: Kliff Kingsbury (Career: 10-5 in second season; At Texas Tech: 10-5 in second season) Arkansas: Bret Bielema (Career: 72-34 in ninth season; At Arkansas: 4-10 in second season) Against UA: Arkansas leads the series 28-7

W, 42-35 W, 30-26 2:30 p.m. (ESPN/ABC) 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

* = Big 12 Conference Game # = AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas All times are Central

ARKANSAS SCHEDULE AUGUST 30 at *Auburn L, 21-45 SEPTEMBER 6 Nicholls W, 73-7 13 at Texas Tech 2:30 p.m. (ABC) 20 Northern Illinois TBA 27 vs. #Texas A&M TBA OCTOBER 11 *Alabama TBA 18 *^Georgia TBA 25 UAB TBA NOVEMBER 1 at *Mississippi State TBA 15 *LSU TBA 22 *Ole Miss TBA 28 at *Missouri 1:30 p.m. (CBS) DECEMBER 6 SEC Championship Game 3 p.m. * = SEC Game # = AT&T Stadium, Arlington ^ = Little Rock, Ark. All times are Central

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TECH HOSTS ARKANSAS IN FINAL TUNEUP BEFORE BIG 12 PLAY 2014 BIG 12 STANDINGS Texas Tech will close out the non-conference portion of its schedule with CONF OVERALL STK a home date against the University of Arkansas. The Red Raiders and Ra- SOUTH 1-0 2-0 W4 zorbacks will kick off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at Jones AT&T Kansas State Baylor 0-0 2-0 W2 Stadium. The game will be televised regionally on ABC and tickets are Oklahoma 0-0 2-0 W6 available for purchase by logging on to www.texastech.com or by callTexas Tech 0-0 2-0 W3 ing the athletics ticket office at (806) 742-TECH. Texas Tech is 2-0 on the Kansas 0-0 1-0 W1 season after defeating UTEP 30-26 late Saturday evening in El Paso while TCU 0-0 1-0 W1 Arkansas stands at 1-1 after a dominating 73-7 win over Nicholls. Fans Oklahoma State 0-0 1-1 W1 will be able to tune to the radio broadcast from the Texas Tech Sports Net- Texas 0-0 1-1 L1 work on one of 38 affiliates across the region. Brian Jensen returns to the West Virginia 0-0 1-1 W1 broadcast booth as the play-by-play announcer for his 15th season and Iowa State 0-1 0-2 L2 is joined by veteran John Harris who will be in his 32nd year of providing analysis. Chris Level rounds out the crew as the sideline reporter and is in his fifth season. CELEBRATE COTTON GAME - WE CLOTHE AMERICA Saturday’s game against Arkansas will mark the third annual “Celebrate Cotton Game” at Texas Tech. Texas Tech is partnering with the Texas High Plains Cotton industry in order to put a national focus on West Texas - the world leader in cotton production. Numerous displays around the stadium will educate fans on the cotton industry and several leaders from the cotton industry will be attending the game as special guests of the university. TEXAS TECH AND ARKANSAS • Texas Tech and Arkansas will be meeting for the 36th time on Saturday afternoon at Jones AT&T Stadium. • The game against Arkansas is part of a home-and-home series between the two schools. The Red Raiders will travel to Fayetteville in 2015. • Arkansas leads the all-time series 28-7. • Texas Tech is currently riding a two-game win streak against Arkansas that dates back to the 1990 season. • Texas Tech won the last meeting between the two schools as the Red Raiders defeated the Razorbacks 38-21 on Nov. 9, 1991 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock. TEXAS TECH AGAINST THE SEC • Texas Tech will be playing an SEC opponent in the regular-season for the first time since 2003. The Red Raiders defeated Ole Miss 49-45 in that match-up in Oxford. • Ole Miss is also the last SEC team the Red Raiders have faced as the two teams squared off in the AT&T Cotton Bowl following the 2008 season. Ole Miss upset the Red Raiders 47-34. • Texas Tech has a 48-82-3 overall record against current members of the SEC.


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