2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team The 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Red Raiders were led for the second year by head coach Tommy Tuberville , and played their home games at Jones AT & T Stadium . They are a member of the Big 12 Conference . The 2011 Red Raiders Season finished with a 5 – 7 overall record , 2 – 7 in Big 12 play . It was the first losing season for Texas Tech football since the 1992 season . As a result , the Red Raiders failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since 1999 . Game notes . Texas State . The Red Raiders opened their 2011 season at home against the Texas State Bobcats , marking the 950th overall contest in the program ' s 86 - year history . Texas Tech won the coin toss and elected to receive . Their first drive would end in a punt by Ryan Erxleben from their own 26 yard line . The first score of the game came by way of a 40 yard Texas State field goal by Will Johnson on their first drive . On the next drive the Red Raiders fumbled the ball on their own 41 yard . Texas State capitalized on this turnover with a rushing touchdown by Marcus Curry . The Bobcats ' Will Johnson kicked the extra point , to bring the score to 10 – 0 . The Red Raiders ' first score of the 2011 season came on their next drive , in which Seth Doege completed a 41 yard pass to Darrin Moore and another 10 yard pass to true freshman Bradley Marquez for the touchdown . Donnie Carona successfully converted the extra point for a score of 10 – 7 . On the kickoff following the touchdown , the Bobcats ' Shaun Rutherford was tripped up by his own defender and fell at his own 1 yard line . On the next play , Bobcats ' quarterback Shaun Rutherford was penalized for intentional grounding which resulted in safety giving the Red Raiders ' two more points and the ball back . Neither team would score during the remainder of the first half , and at halftime the Red Raiders trailed 10 – 9 . The Red Raiders dominated the second half , shutting out the Bobcats . In the third quarter the Red Raiders scored three touchdowns , the first on a 20 yard pass from Seth Doege to Darrin Moore . Following the first touchdown , Texas Tech unsuccessfully attempted a two – point conversion but held their first lead at 15 – 10 . The second score of the third quarter came on the Red Raiders ' next drive when Eric Stephens ran 46 yards for a touchdown . Donnie Carona added the extra point to bring the score to 22 – 10 . On Texas State ' s next possession , the Bobcats fumbled on their own 36 yard line . The Red Raiders capitalized on the fumble with an Eric Stephens 2 yard rushing touchdown four plays later . Donnie Carona converted the extra point . That drive was the last of the third quarter , and brought the score to 29 – 10 . The fourth quarter scoring again consisted of three Red Raider touchdowns . The first was a 20 yard pass by Seth Doege to Tramain Swindall , during their first drive of the quarter . The second score came four drives later , when DeAndre Washington ran 23 yards for a touchdown . The final touchdown of the game came on the next Red Raider drive with 3 yard pass to Eric Ward from backup quarterback Jacob Karam . Donnie Carona successfully converted each of the three extra point attempts during the fourth quarter . The final score was 50 – 10 . New Mexico . After a bye weekend on Sept . 10 , Texas Tech faced New Mexico on the road in Albuquerque on Sept . 17 . The Red Raiders fielded a young team , especially on defense , with true freshmen Blake Dees and Sam Equavoen getting their first starting assignments at linebacker , and redshirt Jackson Richards starting at defensive end . Texas Tech came into the game with a 35 – 6 – 2 all - time record against New Mexico . Despite two weather delays in the game caused by lightning strikes nearby , the Red Raiders rolled to a 59 – 13 rout of the Lobos . Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege tied a school record by completing all 15 of his first 15 passes . Overall , he finished 40 for 44 , a 90 . 9 completion percentage , setting an NCAA record for quarterbacks with at least 40 completions in a game . The former record , 49 for 59 ( 83 % ) , was held by Red Raider Kliff Kingsbury . Doege connected on a pair of first - quarter touchdown passes to Darrin Moore as the Red Raiders jumped out to a 14 – 0 lead . Doege hit Eric Ward on a 1 - yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter , and wide receiver Austin Zouzalik threw a touchdown pass to Darrin Moore as Texas Tech increased its lead to 28 – 0 . Texas Tech ' s lead was 38 – 7 at halftime . Texas Tech ' s domination continued in the third quarter as Doege threw scoring passes to Ward and tight end Jace Amaro . Texas Tech ' s final touchdown in the fourth quarter came as true freshman Ronnie Daniels , a graduate of Albuquerque ' s La Cueva High School , ran in the ball from nine yards out . For his performance in the game , Doege was nominated for the Capital One Impact Performance award . He was also nominated for and won the AT & T ESPN All - America Player of the Week award . Doege was named the Big 12 Conference Co - Offensive Player of the Week for his record performance , sharing the honor with Missouri running back Henry Josey . Nevada . Seth Doege rallied the Red Raiders from a two - score third quarter deficit to win 35 – 34 with the game - winning touchdown toss to Eric Ward with 36 seconds left . Wolfpack quarterback Cody Fajardo broke loose for a 56 - yard touchdown to give Nevada a 28 – 14 lead over the Red Raiders with 5 : 29 remaining in the third quarter , but Texas Tech ' s defense held Nevada to a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter as the Red Raiders mounted their comeback . Trailing 34 – 28 , the Red Raiders got the ball with less than 5 minutes remaining and drove 56 yards in 9 plays for the winning score . Doege connected with Ward on a fourth - down play from the Nevada 4 - yard line for the winning touchdown . Kansas . The Red Raiders traveled to Lawrence , Kansas to open Big 12 Conference play against the Jayhawks . The Red Raiders fell behind the Jayhawks 20 – 0 in the first half but scored 24 straight points to take a 24 – 20 lead in the second quarter . True freshman DeAndre Washington scored on a 1 - yard run for Texas Tech ' s first touchdown , and Seth Doege hooked up with Eric Ward for a 40 - yard touchdown pass on Texas Tech ' s next possession . Ward ' s touchdown came just one play after Texas Tech safety D . J . Johnson intercepted a pass by KU ' s Jordan Webb . Johnson intercepted Webb again on Kansas ' s next possession , and Doege found Jacoby Franks for a 13 - yard touchdown to give Texas Tech a 21 – 20 lead halfway through the second quarter . Donnie Carona added a 46 - yard field goal to extend Texas Tech ' s lead to 24 – 20 , but the Jayhawks scored just before halftime to take a 27 – 24 lead . Texas Tech put the game away with a 21 – 0 run in the third quarter . Eric Stephens scored on runs of 1 and 8 yards , and Ward pulled in another Doege pass for a touchdown and a 45 – 27 Red Raider lead with time running out in the third quarter . Texas Tech ' s final touchdown pass came after an interception by Red Raider linebacker Cquilin Hubert in the end zone . Doege finished with 366 yards passing , and Stephens added 124 rushing yards in Texas Tech ' s Big 12 season - opening victory . Texas A & M . In the final game between Texas Tech and Texas A & M as Big 12 Conference opponents , the Aggies jumped out to a halftime lead and held on for the victory . The Aggies scored on five of their six first - half possessions to take a 31 – 20 lead . Aggie quarterback Ryan Tannehill opened the scoring with a 19 - yard touchdown run , but the Raiders tied the score at 7 – 7 with a 2 - yard touchdown pass to Adam James . Texas Tech ' s offense added a pair of Donnie Carona field goals and a touchdown run by Eric Stephens to stay within 11 points at halftime . Stephens rushed for 102 yards on 22 carries , but he was lost for the season when he suffered a knee injury late in the third quarter . Stephens was on pace to become the first Texas Tech 1 , 000 - yard rusher since 1998 , averaging 114 yards per game through his first five games of the season . He finished the year with 570 yards on 109 carries and eight touchdowns . Oklahoma . The Red Raiders ' victory over the Sooners ended Oklahoma ' s 39 - game home winning streak , which started in 2005 after a loss to TCU in the season opener . The game was the Sooners ’ first Big 12 Conference loss at Owen Field since 2001 , and only the third time the team has lost at home under Bob Stoops . The Red Raiders were named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of October 22 . Seth Doege threw for 441 yards and four touchdown passes , three of them to Alex Torres , as the Red Raiders built a 24 – 7 halftime lead . Texas Tech ' s lead grew to 31 – 7 as Doege connected with Torres on a fade route for Torres ' third touchdown of the night . The Sooners came storming back on a night in which the opening kickoff was delayed more than 90 minutes because of stormy weather . Oklahoma closed to within 31 – 24 , but a Donnie Carona field goal and a touchdown pass from Doege to Oklahoma native Tramain Swindall built Texas Tech ' s lead back to 41 – 24 . The Sooners added two late touchdowns , but tailback Aaron Crawford recovered Oklahoma ' s desperation onside kick attempt with time running out , and the Red Raiders were able to run out the clock for the win . With the victory , Texas Tech entered the national rankings for the first time in the season . The AP sports writers ' poll placed Texas Tech at No . 19 , and the USA Today Coaches Poll included Texas Tech at No . 22 . Iowa State . A week after upsetting Oklahoma , Texas Tech hosted Iowa State , which came into the game with a 3 – 4 record and a 0 – 4 mark in Big 12 play . The Cyclones jumped out to a 21 – 0 lead , but the Raiders scored on a Seth Doege touchdown run to narrow the halftime lead to 24 – 7 . However , the Cyclones scored on their opening possession of the second half , and their defense shut out the Raiders for the rest of the game as they held on for a 41 – 7 rout . Iowa State rang up 368 rushing yards and over 500 yards of total offense .