Nov 26, 2015 - 30.8%â Texas Tech's percentage on 3rd downs tonight. The. Red Raiders ... It was his first career touch
TEXAS
FOOTBALL
Game 11 | Thursday, Nov. 26 | Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) ________________48 Texas Longhorns (4-7, 3-5 Big 12) ____________________45 SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS 94,299 — Attendance. Texas ranked 8th in the nation in home attendance in 2014. 75 — temperature at kickoff with light rain and drizzle, winds out of the SSE at 5 mph. Temps cooled to the low 70s late in the game. 403 — Texas total of team rushing yards. It marks the second time this season the Longhorns have rushed for 300+ yards and the third straight game with 275+. 10-3 — UT’s record under Charlie Strong when the Longhorns score first. The only other games Texas has lost under Coach Strong after scoring first was at West Virginia two weeks ago, 3820, and against Oklahoma last season, 31-26. Texas kicked a FG to go up 3-0 in that contest, and OU returned the ensuing kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown. 30.8% — Texas Tech’s percentage on 3rd downs tonight. The Red Raiders entered the game No. 1 in the nation at 53.5% in 3rd Down Conversions. The Texas defense held Tech to 1-for-8 in the first half.
POSTGAME NOTES TEAM NOTES • Texas Team Captains: Seniors Taylor Doyle, Sedrick Flowers, Johnathan Gray and Duke Thomas. Texas won the toss and deferred to the second half. Texas Tech elected to receive the opening kickoff. Joining Doyle, Flowers, Gray and Thomas as co-captains in the background of the coin toss were other fellow seniors: Dominic Cruciani, Gaston Davis, Shiro Davis, Hunter DeGroot, Alex De La Torre, Trey Gonzales, Marcus Hutchins, Desmond Jackson, Peter Jinkens, Daje Johnson, Marcus Johnson, Tyler Lee, Logan Mills, Clark Orren • Series: Texas is now 49-16 against Texas Tech all-time and 30-6 at home against the Red Raiders. • Texas is now 59-26-3 and 41-14-1 at home on Thanksgiving Day. OFFENSE Chris Warren III, RB • Got the first start of his career in today’s contest. He tallied 276 yards rushing for the most by a freshman in program history. His 276 yards also rank sixth all-time for Texas. • The previous record for rushing yards by a freshman was 213 by Cedric Benson on 28 attempts against Kansas in 2001. • Warren broke a 91-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. It was his first career touchdown and ranks as the fourth-longest rush in program history and the longest by a freshman. Tyrone Swoopes, QB • Completed 9-of-18 passes for 52 yards. • Ran for 98 yards and 2 TDs on 15 carries. • Posted his 3rd game with multiple rushing TDs. • Brings season total to 11 rushing TDs. DEFENSE Dylan Haines, S • Pulled in his fifth INT of the season on Texas Tech’s first drive of the game. He returned it for 16 yards, bringing his career total of INT return yards to 200. That ranks second in school history and is 61 yards behind the record held by Chris Carter. Naashon Hughes, DE • Led team with 10 tackles (7 solo) for his first 10+ tackle performance. • Registered 1.5 sacks to lead the team. John Bonney, CB • Had 9 tackles (6 solo) and 1 TFL. • Forced 1 of Texas Tech’s 3 fumbles
TEXAS ALL-TIME RECORDS Overall (123 years) ___________885-353-33 (.709) Home____________________510-132-13 (.789) Away ____________________272-147-10 (.646) Neutral ___________________ 103-74-10 (.578)
CHARLIE STRONG RECORD Overall (6 years) ________________47-30 (.610) Texas (2 years) _________________10-14 (.417) At home at Texas _________________ 6-7 (.462)
Shiro Davis, DE • Forced his 2nd fumble of the season to lead the team in that category on the year. Malik Jefferson, LB • Forced 1st fumble of his career. SPECIAL TEAMS Daje Johnson, KR/PR • Had 148 yards on 5 kickoff returns to bring his season total to 476 yards and his career total to 924 yards. He ranks 6th in a season and 7th for a career in Texas history. • He averaged 29.6 yards on kickoff returns. His season average is now 22.7.
