Texas Tech football falls to OU

LUBBOCK——The Texas Tech Red Raiders hosted the Oklahoma Sooners inside the Jones AT&T Stadium as they celebrated energy day as for the 16^th in Texas Tech football history 60,000 plus were in attendance.

Tech falls to the Sooners in a thriller with a score of 51-46. Tech has now lost 2 games in a row.

Tech started of the game very well as Senior Safety Vaughnte Dorsey picked of Kyler Murray twice, which led to a 14-0 lead for the Red Raiders. “thought he played with a lot of juice, was hitting hard like he always does and had a great energy out there”. Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury said.

However, OU would bounce back as Murrary threw a 16-yard touchdown to cut the Tech lead in half. The following drive Tech marched down the field in 10- plays to kick a 50 yard field goal to take a 17-7 lead.

Both teams continued to score back-and-forth and in just six-plays the Sooners pushed the score to 17-14. Following the OU drive tech came back with a positive one of their own as Bowman threw a 45-yard touchdown pass Ward.

Neither team could stop one another in the first half and at the break Tech led 31-28.

As the 2^nd half started Bowman had an injury late in the 2^nd quarter that caused him to miss the remainder of the game, which left Jett Duffey finish the game at Quarterback.

In the fourth quarter Tech found themselves down 35-34 and with 11:54 remaining the Sooners scored on an eight-play, 75-yard drive. As the quarter went on the Red Raiders couldn’t regain their lead back.

Tech fought hard to keep the game close, with 6:52 left on the clock Tech scored a touchdown to make the score 42-40. The Red Raiders failed on the 2-point conversion as Robert Barnes ran back it back for a 100-yard interception to make the score 44-42.

The Sooners would eventually seal the game with 30 yard touchdown run from Trey Sermon with 2:51 left on the clock.

Tech falls to a 3-3 in the Big 12 with an 5-4 overall record.

Tech’s next game is this coming Saturday November 10^th at 6:30 P.M. in Lubbock as they celebrate America. The Red Raiders look to bounce back as try to become bowl eligible with just 3 games left.