Kansas State at Texas Tech

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2015

Kickoff: 2:30 p.m.

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Stadium: Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454)

Series: Texas Tech leads, 8-7

TV: FS1

 

Radio: K-State Sports Network; k-statesports.com

SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ch. 118, XM Satellite Radio Ch. 202

Wyatt Thompson (Play-by-Play)

Stan Weber (Analyst)

Matt Walters (Sidelines)

Twitter Updates: @kstatesports and @kstate_gameday

 

CATS HEAD TO LUBBOCK FOR BIG 12 TILT WITH RED RAIDERS
Following a tough 31-24 loss to No. 2 Baylor last Thursday, K-State will look to snap its current five-game skid as it travels to Lubbock, Texas, to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&T Stadium. The game will kick at 2:30 p.m., and be broadcast nationally on FS1 with Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Spencer Tillman (analyst) on the call. The contest can also be heard across the K-State Sports Network with Wyatt Thompson (play-by-play), Stan Weber (analyst) and Matt Walters (sideline) calling the action.
A LOOK AT K-STATE

• Kansas State heads back out on the road after facing its fourth ranked opponent in five weeks last Thursday.
• The Cats, guided by 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bill Snyder, are 3-5 this year, which includes close losses to No. 19 OSU, No. 2 TCU and No. 2 Baylor.
• K-State took the Horned Frogs down to the wire behind four rushing touchdowns by Joe Hubener and two more from running back Charles Jones. The Cats tied the game at 45 with 1:47 left, but TCU scored a late TD for the win.
• That came a week after K-State took a 34-33 lead over OSU in Stillwater with 3:01 left, but the Cowboys kicked a field goal with less than a minute left for a two-point win.
• Hubener then ran for a career-best 153 yards against the second-ranked Bears as the Cats had the ball with less than a minute to play in the game with a chance to tie the game.
• Jones has been fantastic of late, rushing for 291 yards in the last four games. The junior had a career-best 122-yard effort at Texas, the most by a K-State running back since the final regular-season game of 2013.
• Defensively, the Cats are paced by linebackers Elijah Lee and Will Davis with 47 and 43 tackles, respectively. The two have also combined for all three Wildcat interceptions this year, including two by Lee against TCU.
• Defensive tackles Travis Britz and Will Geary have also been a force, combining for 60 tackles (7.5 per game), 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.

A LOOK AT TEXAS TECH

• Texas Tech enters Saturday’s game at 5-5 and 2-5 in the Big 12 after a 31-26 loss at West Virginia.
• The Red Raiders rank in the top-five nationally in several offensive statistical categories, including passing offense (4th), scoring offense (5th) and total offense (4th).
• Quarterback Patrick Mahomes has thrown for 3,527 yards and 28 touchdowns this season, while DeAndre Washington averages 103.4 rushing yards per game.
• Jakeem Grant is one of the top all-purpose players in the nation, averaging 184.5 yards per game. He is the team’s leading receiver with 74 catches and nine total touchdowns.

A LOOK AT THE SERIES

• Texas Tech leads the all-time series, 8-7, and is 6-3 all-time in games played in Lubbock.
• Kansas State has won four straight in the series, including the last two meetings in Lubbock.
• The series has been one of runs as Tech opened with three straight wins before the Cats answered with three in a row. Following five straight Tech wins from 2001-2009, K-State has won the past four from 2011-2014.