Some facts about the 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders
FOUNDED: 1923
ENROLLMENT: 28,422
LOCATED: Lubbock, Texas
COACH: Mike Leach, 10th season at Tech and overall (76-39)
2008 RECORD: 11-2, (7-1, tied for 1st Big 12 South)
LAST BOWL: 2009 Cotton Bowl, lost 47-34 to Mississippi
STADIUM: Jones Stadium (53,384)
RETURNING STARTERS: 11 (4 offense, 7 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Taylor Potts, WR Detron Lewis, OL Brandon Carter, LB Brian Duncan,
KEY RECRUITS: DT Myles Wade, DT Pearlie Graves, DB Jarvis Phillips, G Kyle Clark, C Matt Goetz, S Terrance Bullitt.
KEY DEPARTURES: WR Michael Crabtree, QB Graham Harrell, S Darcel McBath, RB Shannon Woods, DE Brandon Williams.
COACHSPEAK: “He’s one of those guys that wishes we were playing a doubleheader instead of one game. He plays really intense. And you can literally see, regardless of the score, he’s disappointed the game’s over. And you’re talking about just a huge, gigantic person ambling around, diving at stuff, hitting stuff, wrecking stuff, and then looks up at the clock and is upset that it’s over.”—Leach on offensive lineman Brandon Carter.
2009 SCHEDULE:
Sept.5—North Dakota
Sept. 12— Rice
Sept. 19— at Texas
Sept. 26— at Houston
Oct. 3— New Mexico
Oct. 10— Kansas St.
Oct. 17— at Nebraska
Oct. 24— Texas A&M
Oct 31— Kansas
Nov. 14— at Oklahoma State
Nov. 21— Oklahoma
Nov. 27— vs. Baylor at Arlington, Texas
