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The 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represents Texas Tech University in the college football season of 2009/10. 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. With an 11–1 record in the regular season during 2008, the Red Raiders finished in a three-way tie with the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns atop the Big 12 South. In order to break the tie, BCS standings were used to determine who would face Missouri in the conference championship game. The Sooners, ranked #2 in the BCS polls at the time, were chosen to represent the South Division in the game.

September 56:00 p.m.North Dakota*

W 38–13 47,824 September 126:00 p.m.Rice*

W 55–10 48,124 September 197:00 p.m.at No. 2 Texas

ABCL 24–34 101,297 September 268:15 p.m.at No. 23 Houston*

ESPN2L 29-28   October 32:30 p.m.New Mexico*

FSN   October 10Kansas State

  October 17at Nebraska

  October 24Texas A&M

  October 31Kansas

  November 14at Oklahoma State

  November 21Oklahoma

  November 28vs. Baylor

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This game marked the first time the North Dakota Fight Sioux faced the Red Raiders on the football field making North Dakota the 127th different opponent the Red Raiders have faced.^[3] The Red Raiders won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kick off.^[3]

The opening drive ultimately end in a touchdown and covered 64 yards in 7 plays, lasting 3:18. Barron Batch rushed three yards for the first touchdown and was followed by a successful extra point attempt by Matt Williams.^[4] The Red Raiders would go on to score one more touchdown with successful PAT in the first quarter.^[4] The Fighting Sioux scored a field goal with six seconds left in the first quarter bringing the final score for the first quarter to 14–3.^[4]

The second quarter saw the longest touchdown reception of the game with a 49 yard pass by Taylor Potts to Detron Lewis, followed by a successful PAT by Matt Williams.^[3] The Fighting Sioux went on to kick a 52-yard field goal with 1:28 left in the half.^[4] The final score at the half was 21–6.^[4]

The third quarter saw only one score with the Red Raider's quarterback Taylor Potts rushing 1 yard for a touchdown followed by a successful PAT.^[4] At the end of the third quarter the score was 28–6.^[4]

The Fighting Sioux scored their only touchdown and successful PAT 3:09 into the final quarter.^[4] The Red Raiders scored twice in the fourth quarter with a 32-yard field goal by Matt Williams and later an 18-yard touchdown pass by Taylor Potts to Adam Jones.^[4] Matt Williams successfully kicked the last PAT of the game bringing the score to 38–13.^[4]

During the game the Red Raiders rushed for 40 yards. Taylor Potts attempted 48 passes, completing 34 for a total of 405 passing yards.^[4] Potts was also intercepted 3 times and scored 2 touchdowns.^[4] The team accrued 11 penalties for 93 yards.^[5]

This game was the first time the Rice Owls played Texas Tech Red Raiders at home since 1995.^[6] The Owls won the coin toss and elected to defer until the second half.^[6]

The Red Raiders shut the Owls out in the first quarter and scored two touchdowns. The first score came 6:13 into the game by way of a 5 yard touchdown pass from Taylor Potts to Edward Britton.^[7] Matt Williams successfully kicked the PAT. The next touchdown for the Red Raiders would come with only 1:18 left in the first quarter, when Taylor Potts threw a 7 yard pass to Lyle Leong.^[7] The extra point attempt was good.^[7] At the end of the quarter the score was 14–0.^[7]

The second quarter saw no scores by the Red Raiders. The Owls scored a field goal 3:33 into the quarter.^[7] The score at the half was 14–3.^[7]

The third quarter proved to be more fruitful for the Red Raiders, were they once again shut out the Owls. The Red Raiders scored three touchdowns with successful PATs all within the last nine minutes of the quarter. The first came with 8:51 left in quarter when Taylor Potts threw an 8 yard pass to Lyle Leong.^[7] The next touchdown came a little over two minutes later with an 11 yard touchdown reception by Austin Zouzalik from Taylor Potts.^[7] The last touchdown was scored with 2:34 left in the quarter by Taylor Potts and Lyle Leon when Potts threw a 27 yard pass to Leon. At the end of the quarter the score was 35–3.^[7]

Steven Sheffield, the Red Raiders backup quarterback, made his season debut when he came in for Taylor Potts during the final quarter after two touchdowns by the Red Raiders and a field goal by the Owls. The first Red Raider touchdown came only nine seconds into the quarter with a 34 yard touchdown reception by Eric Stephens from Taylor Potts.^[7] Matt Williams failed to convert the extra point kick.^[7] The Owls scored their only touchdown with 11:02 left on the clock.^[7] Taylor Potts last touchdown of the game came by way of a 30 yard pass to Tramain Swindall with 9:10 left in the game.^[7] The extra point attempt was good.^[7] The Red Raiders final score, and Steven Sheffield's first for the season came with 4:33 left in the game when Sheffield thew a 26 pass to Tramain Swindall.^[7] The PAT was converted by Matt Williams.^[7] The final score for the game was 55–10.^[7]

The Texas Tech Red Raiders rushed for 52 yards and passed for 508 yards.^[7] Taylor Potts attempted 57 passes, completing 36 for 456 yards.^[7] Steven Sheffield completed 4 out of 6 passes for 52 yards.^[7] Potts threw seven touchdown passes to Sheffield's one. Neither Potts nor Sheffield threw an interception.^[7]

The Owls rushed for 60 yards, passed for 197 yards, and scored 1 touchdown.^[7]

The Texas Tech Red Raiders competed against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 9, 2009.^[8] For the second year in a row the matchup was highlighted on ESPN's GameDay.^[9]

The series between Texas Tech and Texas originated in Austin in 1928 and the two teams have met annually since 1960. Before the game, Texas led the series 43–15–0.^[10] The Red Raider's victory in the 2008 season was only the second time in the last 10 meetings.^[10]

The Texas Tech Red Raiders received the opening kick off and returned it 28 yards.^[11] The Red Raiders opening driving ended with a 41 yard field goal by Matt Williams.^[12] On their second drive the Longhorns scored by returning a Red Raider punt 46 yards for a touchdown.^[11] The score at the end of the first quarter was 3–7.^[12]

The Red Raiders did not score in the second half, and would hold the Longhorns to only a field goal.^[12] At the half the score was 3–10.^[12]

The third quarter saw two touchdowns by both the Red Raiders and the Longhorns. The Longhorns scored a touchdown and successful PAT, on their opening drive of the second half.^[12] On the next possession the Red Raiders answered the Longhorns score with a touchdown and successful PAT of their own. The Red Raiders first touchdown of the game came by way of a 14 yard pass to Lyle Leong by Taylor Potts and the PAT was kicked by Matt Williams.^[12] After an unsuccessful on-side kick by the Red Raiders, Texas's next drive would end with a touchdown and PAT.^[11] The Red Raiders next drive proved as fruitful as their previous ending with a 10 yard touchdown pass by Potts to Leong. The final score at the end of the quarter was 17–24.^[12]

The Red Raider's first two possessions of the fourth quarters ended in a turnovers. The second of which resulted in a Longhorn touchdown, their last of the game.^[12] The Red Raiders last score came on their next possession by way of a 22 yard touchdown reception by Tramain Swindall from Taylor Potts.^[12] The Longhorns would score the final points of the game with a field goal.^[12] The final score of the game was 24–34.^[12]

The Longhorns rushed for 135 yards and the Longhorns' Colt McCoy attempted 34 passes completing 24 for 205 yards and was intercepted twice.^[12] The Red Raiders rushed for -6 yards and fumbled the ball once. Taylor Potts completed 46 passes out of an attempted 62 for a total of 420 yards.^[12] Potts was intercepted once.^[12]

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