Sept. 25, 2007
Texas Tech (3-1;0-1 Big 12) vs. Northwestern State (2-1; 1-0 SLC)
Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 6 p.m.
Jones AT&T Stadium - Lubbock, Texas
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SATURDAY'S MATCHUP
Texas Tech wraps up non-conference play Saturday against Northwestern State of the Southland Conference. The Red Raiders enter the game with a 3-1 record after dropping their first game of the season last weekend in the Big 12 opening at Oklahoma State, 49-45. Northwestern State is 2-1 on the season and was idle last weekend.
ROAD TO THIS POINT
The Red Raiders opened the season with consecutive wins over Conference USA opponents - SMU (49-9), UTEP (45-31) and Rice (59-24) - before dropping last week's conference opener at Oklahoma State. The Demons began the season with back-to-back wins against Henderson State (41-6) and Central Arkansas (31-28), before dropping a 42-14 road loss at Northeastern.
RADIO COVERAGE
The Texas Tech Sports Network is comprised of 48 stations and the game can be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio (125). Brian Jensen will handle the play-by-play duties, while John Harris and former Red Raider quarterback Sonny Cumbie serve as analysts. Armen Williams will comb the sidelines for the network. Flagship station 1340 KKAM and KFMX 94.5 carry the games in Lubbock.
TELEVISION COVERAGE
There is no coverage for this weekend's game.
RED RAIDERS AND DEMONS
Saturday's game is the first meeting between Texas Tech and Northwestern State. The Red Raiders have faced members of the Southland Conference. Tech hosted Stephen F. Austin in the season finale in 2001 as a makeup game after the cancellation of the UTEP game due to the events surrounding 9/11. Sam Houston State made the schedule in 2005 in Lubbock.
ON THIS DATE IN TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL HISTORY
Texas Tech played its first Sept. 29 game in 1928, facing Schreiner University from San Antonio. The Red Raiders won 7-0 to claim its first win in the series, after the two teams played to a 0-0 tie two years earlier.
RED RAIDERS IN THE POLLSTexas Tech did not receive votes in either poll this week. Red Raider opponents earning top 25 status include Texas (7/7), Oklahoma (3/4) and Missouri (20/20).
(AP/USA Today)
TECH DROPS FIRST LEAGUE OPENER IN SIX YEARS
Texas Tech is 8-4 in Big 12 Conference openers and had its run of five-straight wins snapped at Oklahoma State.
ANOTHER STREAK COMES TO AN END
Texas Tech's five-game win streak ranked among the top 10 in the country entering last weekend's game at Oklahoma State. The Red Raiders will look to begin a new streak this weekend against the Demons.
HARRELL NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Following a record day at Oklahoma State on Saturday, junior quarterback Graham Harrell was named the Big 12's Offensive Player of the Week for his contributions in a heartbreaking 49-45 loss to the Cowboys. The weekly Big 12 honor is the second for Harrell in his career at Texas Tech and he is the second Red Raider in as many weeks to take home the honor. Michael Crabtree was named the Big 12's Offensive Player of the Week following the Rice game. Baylor's Jordan Lake took home the defensive honor while Missouri's Jeremy Maclin picked up the special team's recognition.
HARRELL HAS RECORD DAY AT OKLAHOMA STATE
Junior QB Graham Harrell put his stamp in the NCAA record books Saturday with his 646-yard performance at Oklahoma State. Harrell's yardage total mark is the fourth best single-game total in NCAA history. Additionally, he threw for five touchdowns and completed 46-of-67 passes. For his efforts, he was named a National Player of the Week nominee by AT&T. The game ranks second on the Tech single-game lists, behind B.J. Symons' 661 yards at Mississippi in 2003. The game at OSU was his ninth in his career with at least four touchdown passes.
HARRELL FEASTING ON NON-CONFERENCE FOES
In eight career starts against non-Big 12 Conference opponents, second-year quarterback Graham Harrell boasts a healthy 7-1 record. In those games, the junior from Ennis, Texas, has completed 69.6 percent of his passes (273-for-392) and posted an impressive 28:5 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Through the first three non-conference games of 2007, Harrell has completed 120-of-160 passes (75.0%) and has thrown 14 touchdowns to just two interceptions.
HARRELL NAMED TO THREE WATCH LISTS
After throwing for a Tech sophomore record 4,555 yards and 38 touchdowns last season, QB Graham Harrell was named to the preseason watch lists for the Manning, Maxwell and Davey O'Brien awards. The Manning and the O'Brien awards are presented annually to the nation's top quarterback, while the Maxwell Award acknowledges the nation's top collegiate player.
