2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team will represent Texas Tech University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team will be led by Matt Wells in his first season as the program's 16th head coach. The Red Raiders will play their home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium, and will compete as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season
The Red Raiders started the 2018 season with a record of 5–2, with their only losses being to Ole Miss and West Virginia. Despite the promising start, the Red Raiders lost their last five games to finish with an overall record of 5–7 and a conference record of 3–6.

Coaching changes
Following a 24–35 loss to Baylor in the last game of the 2018 season, head coach Kliff Kingsbury was fired on November 26, 2018. Three days later on November 29, Matt Wells was hired as the Red Raiders' new head coach, having previously been the head coach for the Utah State Aggies. David Yost and Keith Patterson, who both worked with Wells at Utah State, were hired as the team's new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, respectively.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

Big 12 media poll

 * First place votes in

Preseason All-Big 12 teams
To be released

Schedule

 * Schedule Source:

at Baylor
Texas Tech will play Baylor in Waco, the first time since 2008 that the two teams will not play one another at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.

Scoring

 * Scores against non-conference opponents


 * Scores against the Big 12


 * Scores against all opponents