2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represent Texas Tech University in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Raiders play their home games at Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field in Lubbock, Texas, and compete in the Big 12 Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Joey McGuire. The team started 0–2 for the first time in 33 seasons, after losing to both Wyoming and Oregon. Offseason

Coaching changes
On January 10, passing game coordinator and receivers coach Emmett Jones left Texas Tech to take the same position with the Oklahoma Sooners. The following day, January 11, Baylor running backs coach Justin Johnson was hired to replace Jones. Recruiting class
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Transfers
Outgoing

Incoming

Preseason

Big 12 media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 6, 2023. Award watch lists

Schedule

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Personnel

Game summaries

At Wyoming

No. 13 Oregon

Tarleton State

At West Virginia

Tyler Shough was carted off the field in the 1st quarter after he appeared to have rolled his ankle on back-to-back plays. It was later revealed that Shough had a broken fibula in his left leg; Shough had surgery the following Tuesday and is expected to be out six to eight weeks. Houston

The Red Raiders scored two special teams touchdowns, with Drae McCray returning a kickoff for 100 yards and Loic Fouonji blocking a punt and returning it for a touchdown. Running back Tahj Brooks finished with over 100 rushing yards for the third straight game, becoming the first Texas Tech running back since DeAndré Washington in 2015 to do so. At Baylor

Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton threw for a career-high three touchdown passes while rushing for another. Running back Tahj Brooks finished with 100 rushing yards for the fourth game in a row, becoming the first Texas Tech running back to do so in the 21st century. Kansas State

Starting quarterback Behren Morton exited the game at halftime with an undisclosed injury. Morton had been dealing with a sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder ever since he took over for the injured Tyler Shough. At BYU

TCU

At Kansas

UCF

At Texas

Rankings

References

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