Thursday, November 26, 2015

Texas Memorial Stadium

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The Texas Tech Red Raiders matchup against the Texas Longhorns on Thursday at Texas Memorial Stadium. The opening line for this game has Texas as 2 point favorites and the over/under was set at 75.

Patrick Mahomes finished his last game with 384 yards through the air for Texas Tech. He completed 33 passes out of 42 attempts for a 79% completion percentage. The Red Raiders were led in rushing by DeAndre Washington, who finished with 248 yards on 27 rushes. He ended the contest with an average of 9 yards per carry. Devin Lauderdale was the team leader in receiving with a total of 94 yards and 10 receptions. He finished the game with an average of 9 yards per reception. As a team in that game Texas Tech totaled 658 yards by way of 83 plays. They rushed the ball 40 times for a total of 274 yards on the game and the Red Raiders totaled 32 first downs by getting 15 rushing, 16 passing and 1 by penalty.

Jerrod Heard finished his last game with 162 yards through the air for Texas. He completed 11 passes out of 18 attempts for a 61% completion percentage. The Longhorns were led in rushing by D'Onta Foreman, who finished with 147 yards on 18 rushes. He ended the contest with an average of 8 yards per carry. Daje Johnson was the team leader in receiving with a total of 76 yards and 4 receptions. He finished the game with an average of 19 yards per reception. Texas totaled 439 yards by way of 73 plays. They rushed the ball 54 times for a total of 277 yards on the game and the Longhorns totaled 19 first downs by getting 12 rushing, 7 passing and 0 by penalty.

Texas Tech is scoring 46.5 points per game on offense this season. In the passing department, they are averaging 30.8 passes on 47.7 attempts for a 64.6 percent completion percentage this season. They throw for a total of 391.3 yards per game through the air as well. The Red Raiders are running for an average of 196.8 yards per game on 35.2 attempts for an average of 5.6 yards per carry. They run 82.9 plays per game and average 7.1 yards per play for an average of 588.1 total yards each outing. The Red Raiders get 28.9 first downs per game and they average 63.9 penalty yards via 7.3 penalties each contest.

Texas Tech allows 286.9 passing yards per game and 42.4 points per contest on defense. They give up 22.3 completions on 35.9 attempts per game for a completion percentage of 62. The Red Raiders give up 259.9 rushing yards per contest on 45.7 carries for a 5.7 average per carry. Texas Tech allows 546.8 total yards per game including 6.7 yards per play. They force 2 turnovers per contest and get flagged for 6 penalties for 57.5 yards per game.

Texas averages 24.9 points per game this season on offense. In the passing department, they complete 11.6 passes per game on 20.8 attempts for a 55.8 percent completion percentage. They are throwing for 153.6 yards through the air per game thus far. The Longhorns run for an average of 213.9 yards per game on 43.9 attempts for an average of 4.9 yards per carry this season. They run 64.7 plays per game and average 5.7 yards per play for an average of 367.5 total yards per game. The Longhorns are averaging 16.8 first downs per outing and accumulate 58.5 penalty yards via 6.2 penalties each game.

Texas allows an average of 234.5 passing yards and 29.9 points per contest. They give up 19.4 completions on 31.5 attempts for a completion percentage of 61.6 per game. The Longhorns give up 194.2 rushing yards per game on 46.6 carries for an average of 4.2 yards per carry. Texas allows 428.7 total yards per game for an average of 5.5 yards per play. They force 1.7 turnovers per contest and 5.5 penalties for 44.8 yards in each contest.

Texas Tech Betting Trends

Texas Tech is 7-3-0 against the over/under so far this season

Texas Tech has an ATS record of 6-4-1 this season

Texas Betting Trends

Texas is 4-6-0 against the over/under so far this season

Texas has an ATS record of 4-6-0 this season

Injuries to Watch

Texas Tech

10/15/15 OL Justin Murphy Knee out for season
10/08/15 LB Andre Ross Personal has left team
10/08/15 WR Ian Sadler Knee out indefinitely
10/08/15 DL Talor Nunez Knee out for season
09/30/15 DB Derrick Dixon Personal out indefinitely

Texas

11/22/15 RB D'Onta Foreman Finger "?" Thursday vs. Texas Tech
09/09/15 LB Dalton Santos Ankle out for season
08/22/15 TE Blake Whiteley Knee out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Texas Tech

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