2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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The 2008 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team will represent Texas Tech University in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team is coached by Mike Leach. The Red Raiders play their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

The football team competes in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly I-A.

Preseason

Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel has Tech ranked at #10 in his preseason poll.[1] The team is also ranked #10 in the preseason by Fox Sports.[2] ESPN.com writer Mark Schlabach ranked the Red Raiders #12 in his preseason poll.[3]

On January 22, 2008, Ruffin McNeill was hired as the team's defensive coordinator. He had held the position in an interim capacity since Lyle Setencich was reassigned during the previous season. After McNeill took over from Setencich, the Red Raiders' numbers for the 2007 season improved in all areas: rushing defense per game (198.1 to 157.1), passing defense per game (206.8 to 190.8), scoring defense per game (28.2 to 24.5), opponent first downs per game (22.5 to 19.9), and opponent third-down coversions per game (47.8% to 39.3%). For the McNeill-coached games, Tech’s average yield of 347.9 yards was the lowest allowed in the Big 12 Conference, and the scoring defense was fourth-best in the conference for that time frame.[4]

On February 1, 2008, offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen resigned his position with the Red Raiders. He announced that he had been hired to the same position with the Houston Cougars.[5]

Schedule

August 30TBAEastern Washington*

September 6TBAat Nevada*

September 136:00 p.m.SMU*

  • Jones AT&T Stadium
  • Lubbock, Texas

September 206:00 p.m.UMass*

  • Jones AT&T Stadium
  • Lubbock, Texas

October 4TBAat Kansas State

October 11TBANebraska

  • Jones AT&T Stadium
  • Lubbock, Texas

October 18TBAat Texas A&M

October 25TBAat Kansas

November 1TBATexas

  • Jones AT&T Stadium
  • Lubbock, Texas

November 8TBAOklahoma State

  • Jones AT&T Stadium
  • Lubbock, Texas

November 15TBAat Oklahoma

November 22TBABaylor

  • Jones AT&T Stadium
  • Lubbock, Texas

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Game notes

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Eastern Washington 0
Texas Tech 0

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane were scheduled to travel to Lubbock for this game but backed out of the deal, choosing to play the Arkansas Razorbacks instead.[6] On February 7, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Meyers announced that the Red Raiders would play Eastern Washington on August 30.[7]

Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0
Nevada 0

SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
SMU 0
Texas Tech 0

UMass

1 2 3 4 Total
UMass 0
Texas Tech 0

Kansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0
Kansas State 0

Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 0
Texas Tech 0

Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0
Texas A&M 0

Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0
Kansas 0

Texas

See also: 2008 Texas Longhorn football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0
Texas 0

The series with between the Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns began in 1928 and Tech's record through 2007 was 14–43–0.[8] In the 2006 contest, fifth-ranked Texas barely came away with a 35–31 win over an unranked Texas Tech team. In the 2007 game, #14 Texas won 59–43.[9][8]

Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total
OSU 0
Texas Tech 0

Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0
Oklahoma 0

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Baylor 0
Texas Tech 0

References

  1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/01/16/power.rankings/index.html?bcnn=yes
  2. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7687842
  3. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3186264
  4. ^ http://www.redraiders.com/updates/postgame_update3.shtml
  5. ^ http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/020208dnspotechfblede.7d9f52aa.html
  6. ^ http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080111_2__Tulsa08150
  7. ^ http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020708aaa.html
  8. ^ a b "All Time Record vs. Opponents". MackBrownTexasFootball. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  9. ^ "All-Time Results". MackBrown-TexasFootball. Retrieved 2007-10-29.

External links

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