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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 .[1] 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.
Preseason [ ] 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.[2] Matt Wells was hired as the Red Raiders' new head coach, having previously been the head coach for the Utah State Aggies .[3] Keith Patterson , who both worked with Wells at Utah State, were hired as the team's new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator, respectively.[4] [5]
Award watch lists [ ] Listed in the order that they were released
Big 12 media poll [ ]
Big 12
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Oklahoma
761 (68)
2
Texas
696 (9)
3
Iowa State
589
4
TCU
474
5
Oklahoma State
460
6
Baylor
453
7
Texas Tech 281
8
West Virginia
241
9
Kansas State
191
10
Kansas
89
Preseason All-Big 12 teams [ ] To be released
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result August 31 3:00 p.m. Montana State * FSN September 7 8:00 p.m. UTEP * Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX FSN September 14 9:30 p.m. at Arizona * ESPN September 28 at Oklahoma October 5 Oklahoma State Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry ) October 12 at Baylor October 19 Iowa State Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX October 26 at Kansas November 9 at West Virginia November 16 TCU Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry ) November 23 Kansas State Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX November 29 11:00 a.m. at Texas FOX/FS1
Schedule Source: [7] Coaching staff [ ]
Name
Position
Year at Texas Tech
Alma mater
Matt Wells Head Coach
1st
Utah State
David Yost
Offensive Coordinator
1st
Dayton
Keith Patterson Defensive Coordinator
1st
East Central
Jovon Bouknight
Outside Receivers
1st
Wyoming
Julius Brown
Defensive Backs
1st
Boise State
Steve Farmer
Offensive Line
1st
Illinois State
DeAndre Smith
Running Backs
1st
Southwest Missouri State
Luke Wells
Tight Ends/Inside Receivers
1st
Oklahoma
Dave Scholz
Strength and Conditioning
1st
Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Joe Lorig
Special Teams Coordinator
1st
Western Oregon
Roster [ ]
2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football
Quarterbacks
6 McLane Carter – Senior (6'3, 225)
7 Jett Duffey – Junior (6'1, 200)
10 Alan Bowman – Sophomore (6'3, 201)
12 Colt Garrett – Junior (6'1, 195)
15 Nick Gerber – Junior (6'1, 175)
16 Caleb Griffin – Senior (6'3, 240) Running backs
21 Da'Leon Ward – Junior (5'10, 180)
26 Ta'Zhawn Henry – Sophomore (5'7, 170)
28 Sarodorick Thompson – Redshirt Freshman (6'0, 200)
36 Jake Levrier – Sophomore (5'8, 185) Fullbacks
40 Connor Killian – Junior (6'2, 235)
41 Tyler Carr – Sophomore (6'4, 260) Wide receivers
3 Xavier Martin – Sophomore (6'0, 185)
9 T.J. Vasher – Junior (6'6, 190)
22 Seth Collins – Senior (6'3, 190)
31 Dax Neece – Redshirt Freshman
32 Kevin Terry – Redshirt Freshman (6,1, 185)
80 Brandt Schilling – Junior (5,9, 175)
82 Kesean Carter – Sophomore (5,11, 165)
83 Myller Royals – Redshirt Freshman (6'5, 180)
84 Erik Ezukanma – Redshirt Freshman (6'3, 180)
85 Corey Fulcher – Redshirt Freshman (6'1, 185)
86 Dalton Rigdon – Sophomore (5'11, 170)
87 Sterling Galban – Redshirt Freshman (5'11, 170)
89 Caden Leggett – Redshirt Freshman (6'1, 185) Tight ends
11 Donta Thompson – Senior (6'5, 225)
47 Mason McHorse – Redshirt Freshman (6'4, 230) Long snappers
43 Noah Hess – Senior (6'2, 200)
50 Landon O'Connor – Sophomore (6'2, 185)
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Placekickers
36 Trey Wolff – Redshirt Freshman (6'4, 185) Punters
46 Reed Bowman – Junior (6'0, 205)
Game summaries [ ] Montana State [ ] See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
1938
TTU, 35–0
Montana State Bobcats at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
UTEP [ ] See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
16–6–1
2015
TTU, 69–20
UTEP Miners at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
Red Raiders
0
at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
at Arizona [ ] See also: 2019 Arizona Wildcats football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
26–4–2
1989
TTU, 24–14
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Arizona Wildcats – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
at Oklahoma [ ] See also: 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
6–20
2018
OKLA, 51–46
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Oklahoma Sooners – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
Oklahoma State [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
22–21–3
2018
TTU, 41–17
Oklahoma State Cowboys at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
0
Red Raiders
0
at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
at Baylor [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
38–38–1
2018
BAY, 35–24
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Baylor Bears – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
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 .[8]
Iowa State [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
11–6
2018
ISU, 40–31
Iowa State Cyclones at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1
2
3
4
Total
Cyclones
0
Red Raiders
0
at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
at Kansas [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–1
2018
TTU, 48–16
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas Jayhawks – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
at West Virginia [ ] See also: 2019 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–6
2018
WVU, 42–34
Texas Tech Red Raiders at West Virginia Mountaineers – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
TCU [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
32–26–5
2018
TTU, 17–14
TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
0
Red Raiders
0
at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
Kansas State [ ] See also: 2019 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–10
2018
KSU, 21–6
Kansas State Wildcats at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
Red Raiders
0
at Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
at Texas [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
17–51
2018
TEX, 41–34
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Texas Longhorns – Game summary
Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
Top passers Top rushers Top receivers
Statistics [ ] Scoring [ ] Scores against non-conference opponents
1
2
3
4
OT
Opponents
0
0
0
0
0
Texas Tech
0
0
0
0
0
Scores against the Big 12
1
2
3
4
OT
Opponents
0
0
0
0
0
Texas Tech
0
0
0
0
0
Scores against all opponents
1
2
3
4
OT
Opponents
0
0
0
0
0
Texas Tech
0
0
0
0
0
Offense [ ]
Passing statistics
#
POS
NAME
CMP
ATT
YDS
CMP%
AVG
LNG
TD
INT
RTG
TOTALS
Rushing statistics
#
POS
NAME
ATT
YDS
AVG
LNG
TD
TOTALS
Receiving statistics
#
POS
NAME
REC
YDS
AVG
LNG
TD
TOTALS
Special teams [ ]
Kicking statistics
#
NAME
XPM
XPA
XP%
FGM
FGA
PCT
1–19
20–29
30–39
40–49
50+
LNG
PTS
TOTALS
References [ ]
↑ Ward, Devin (December 1, 2018). "Matt Wells introduced as Red Raiders head coach" . KCBD . http://www.kcbd.com/2018/12/01/matt-wells-introduced-red-raiders-head-coach/ . Retrieved December 1, 2018 . ↑ Trotter, Jake (November 26, 2018). "Kliff Kingsbury fired by Texas Tech after losing season" . ESPN . http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25373953/kliff-kingsbury-fired-texas-tech-losing-season . Retrieved December 10, 2018 . ↑ Heather Dinnich and Jake Trotter (November 29, 2018). "Texas Tech Red Raiders hiring Matt Wells from Utah State Aggies" . ESPN . http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25412562/texas-tech-red-raiders-hiring-matt-wells-utah-state-aggies . Retrieved December 10, 2018 . ↑ "Texas Tech hires Wells after success at alma mater Utah St" . Orlando Sentinel . https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/sns-bc-fbc--texas-tech-wells-20181130-story.html . Retrieved December 10, 2018 .↑ Williams, Dom (November 30, 2018). "More Utah State staff to join Matt Wells at Tech" . Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181130/more-utah-state-staff-to-join-matt-wells-at-tech . Retrieved December 10, 2018 . ↑ "2019 Maxwell Award Watch List" . July 15, 2019. https://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/2019-maxwell-award-watch-list/ . Retrieved July 15, 2019 .↑ "2019 Football Schedule" . Texas Tech Athletics. https://texastech.com/schedule.aspx?path=football . Retrieved December 10, 2018 .↑ Williams, Don (October 18, 2018). "Tech-Baylor game returns to campus as 2019 schedule revealed" . Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181018/tech-baylor-game-returns-to-campus-as-2019-schedule-revealed . Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
