2008 Texas vs . Texas Tech football game The 2008 Texas vs . Texas Tech football game was a Big 12 Conference game played between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT & T Stadium in Lubbock , Texas , United States . Pregame . The rivalry between Texas Tech and Texas originated in Austin in 1928 and the two teams have met annually since 1960 . Texas led the series 43 – 14 , with the Red Raiders last win coming in a 42 – 38 upset of the # 3 Longhorns in Lubbock in 2002 . In the 2006 contest , # 5 Texas narrowly came away with a 35 – 31 win over an unranked Texas Tech team at Jones AT & T Stadium . In the 2007 game , # 14 Texas won 59 – 43 . On the day of the game , ESPN ' s " College GameDay " broadcast from Lubbock for the first time . Game summary . First quarter . The Red Raiders received the opening kickoff , but their opening drive stalled out when quarterback Graham Harrell was sacked at the Texas 44 - yard line on third down . The punt pinned the Longhorns at their own 2 - yard line , and on their first play from scrimmage , they were forced into the end zone for a safety , giving Tech the first points of the game . The Red Raiders ' next drive would result in a 29 - yard Matt Williams field goal , and after the Longhorns had to punt again , Texas Tech finished the first quarter with a 3 - yard touchdown run by Baron Batch as the clock ran out , giving them a 12 - 0 lead following the extra point . Second quarter . Texas Tech ' s early dominance continued as the Longhorn offense went three - and - out on each of their first two drives of the second quarter , and Tech ' s first possession of the quarter resulted in another touchdown , extending the lead to 19 - 0 . However , their second possession ended with the first turnover of the game when Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle forced wide receiver Michael Crabtree to fumble at the Texas Tech 29 . A 43 - yard Hunter Lawrence field goal would get the Longhorns on the board , though the Red Raiders would come back to answer with a field goal of their own , giving Texas the ball with 1 : 37 left in the half . The Longhorns would get as far as the Tech 8 before settling for a field goal as time expired , and the first half would end with the Red Raiders leading 22 - 6 . Third quarter . Texas received the ball to start the second half and was unable to cross midfield on their opening drive , but a 61 - yard punt pinned the Red Raiders at their own 1 - yard line , where they would go three - and - out , Jordan Shipley returning the ensuing punt 45 yards for a touchdown to bring the Longhorns within 9 . Their next drive would stall out just past midfield , but a pair of penalties had the Longhorns facing second - and - 22 from their own 7 - yard line . Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was then intercepted by safety Daniel Charbonnet , who returned it 18 yards for a Red Raiders touchdown , pushing the lead back to 16 points . The teams would trade punts before the Longhorns scored again with 12 seconds left in the quarter , Malcolm Williams catching a 37 - yard pass from McCoy . The Longhorns then attempted a 2 - point conversion to get within 8 points , but McCoy ' s pass was knocked down , and Texas trailed 29 - 19 after three quarters . Fourth quarter . Harrell quickly led the Red Raiders down the field on the first drive of the fourth quarter , where they would reach second - and - 7 from the Texas 9 , but an incompletion and a sack for a 16 - yard loss would force a Matt Williams field goal attempt , which the Longhorns would block . McCoy then hit Malcolm Williams for a 91 - yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage , and the extra point cut the deficit to 29 - 26 with 11 minutes remaining . The Red Raiders ' next drive would eat up 5 : 15 and ended with a 42 - yard Donnie Carona field goal . McCoy then led the Longhorns on an 11 - play , 80 - yard drive , completing four of five pass attempts as well as gaining 11 rushing yards on two carries , culminating in a 4 - yard touchdown run by Vondrell McGee . Lawrence ' s extra point made it 33 - 32 Longhorns , their first lead of the game , with 1 : 29 left on the clock . The Red Raiders returned the kickoff to their 38 - yard line , where Harrell went to work , completing passes of 8 , 5 , 11 , and 10 yards to get a first down at the Texas 28 - yard line with 15 seconds remaining . Harrell ' s next pass was deflected to Texas safety Blake Gideon , but Gideon was unable to catch what would have been a game - clinching interception , giving Harrell another chance with 8 seconds to go . Harrell ' s pass went to Crabtree , who caught it near the sideline at the 6 - yard line , broke a tackle , and went in for the touchdown with one second remaining . Thousands of Texas Tech fans rushed the field and had to be shooed off as officials reviewed the play to make sure Crabtree had stayed in bounds . As a result , the Red Raiders were charged with two excessive celebration penalties and had to kick off from their own 7 - yard line following the extra point . However , Texas was unable to convert the kickoff for a touchdown , Texas Tech recovering an errant backwards pass attempt to ice the 39 - 33 win . Aftermath . Texas Tech ' s victory raised its record of 9 – 0 , while Texas ' loss dropped it to a record of 8 – 1 . The following Monday , the polls reflected the games outcome and Texas Tech rose from 6th to 2nd in the AP Poll , 5th to 3rd in the Coaches Poll and 2nd from 7th in the BCS rankings while Texas dropped from 1st in all three polls to 5th in the AP , 7th in the Coaches and 4th in the BCS rankings . The game was named ESPN Classic ' s game of the week .