2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team The 2012 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big 12 Conference . Tommy Tuberville lead the Red Raiders in his third season as the program ' s fourteenth head coach . The Red Raiders played home games on the university ' s campus in Lubbock , Texas at Jones AT & T Stadium . They finished the season 8 – 5 , 4 – 5 in Big 12 play to finish in a four way tie for fifth place . They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they defeated Minnesota . At the end of the regular season , Head coach Tommy Tuberville resigned to take the same position at Cincinnati . Offensive line coach Chris Thomsen was the Red Raiders interim head coach in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas . Former Red Raider quarterback and Texas A & M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the new head coach beginning in 2013 . Game notes . Northwestern State . Sources : The Red Raiders set a school record for total yards allowed in a game , with only 86 being given up to the Demons . Eric Stephens scored a pair of first - half touchdowns and Kenny Williams scored on pass from Seth Doege as the Raiders opened a 24 – 3 halftime lead . Doege left the game before the end of the third quarter , and his replacement , Michael Brewer , threw a pair of fourth - quarter touchdowns to Marcus Kennard as Texas Tech completed the season - opening rout . Texas State . Sources : Texas State came into the game after a dominating 30 – 13 upset over Houston , and with a capacity crowd in a newly renovated stadium in their first year in the NCAA FBS division . But Texas Tech jumped out to a quick 14 – 0 lead less than 5 minutes into the game , and opened a 28 – 0 lead halfway through the second quarter . Seth Doege threw for 319 yards and 5 touchdown passes before being pulled from action in the third quarter , and Texas Tech ' s defense held Texas State to just 270 total yards of offense . Cody Davis had an 88 - yard interception return for a touchdown to lead Texas Tech ' s defense . New Mexico . Sources : The Texas Tech Red Raiders faced the New Mexico Lobos , under new head coach Bob Davie , on Texas Tech ' s Family Day at Jones AT & T Stadium . Seth Doege threw for 340 yards and 6 touchdowns in a dominating performance for the Texas Tech offense in the first three quarters . Doege tossed three touchdown passes to Eric Ward in the first half , and added touchdown passes to Jace Amaro and Darrin Moore before halftime . New Mexico got a second - quarter touchdown run and a long kickoff return for a touchdown to pull within 28 – 14 with 2 : 06 remaining in the second quarter , but Texas Tech pulled ahead to a 42 – 14 lead with two touchdowns in the final minute before halftime . Doege threw another touchdown pass to tight end Jace Amaro on Texas Tech ' s first possession in the second half before going to the sidelines with 11 minutes left in the third quarter . Tech ' s defense held UNM to only 170 total yards and just 43 yards passing . Iowa State . Sources : Coming into the game , Texas Tech was ranked first in total defense , and second in total offense . The Red Raiders held the Cyclones to 189 yards of total offense . Senior cornerback Cornelius Douglas earned recognition as Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after recording two interceptions . Douglas is the first Red Raider defensive player to earn the honor since Daniel Charbonnet in 2008 . Douglas was also named as the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back Of The Week . Oklahoma . Sources : Texas Tech came into the game with the nation ' s No . 1 - ranked defense , but it was Oklahoma ' s defense that shut down Texas Tech ' s offense in the Raiders ' first loss of the season . The game was played in cold , windy weather before a Jones AT & T Stadium record crowd of 60 , 800 . Texas Tech held a 10 – 7 lead early in the second quarter on a 35 - yard field goal by Ryan Bustin and a 7 - yard touchdown run by Kenny Williams , but Oklahoma answered with a Blake Bell touchdown run to take a 14 – 10 lead . The Sooners took a 24 – 13 halftime lead and outscored Texas Tech 17 – 0 in the third quarter , and the OU defense intercepted Seth Doege three times . West Virginia . Starting quarterback Seth Doege threw for a career high 504 yards , and tied his career high with 6 touchdown passes . The team was also named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week . Tech ' s defense gave up 275 yards to Heisman Trophy front - runner Geno Smith , but only one touchdown pass . Three of Doege ' s touchdown passes went to Darrin Moore , and Jace Amaro had 5 catches for 156 yards and one touchdown . Sadale Foster ' s 53 - yard touchdown run shortly before halftime gave the Raiders a 35 – 7 halftime lead as Texas Tech won its Homecoming game . Doege earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors , as well as being named the Davey O ' Brien Quarterback of the Week . Safety Cody Davis was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week . CBS Sports named Tuberville the Big XII " Coach of the Week " after the victory . TCU . Quarterback Seth Doege threw for a new career high 7 touchdowns in the triple overtime victory and was named as a semi - finalist for the Davey O ' Brien Award , won the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week , and was named the AT & T All America Player of the Week . The game was the first in the history of either school to have three overtime periods , and the combined score was the highest in Texas Tech history since 1950 . Kansas . Texas Tech came into the Kansas game after consecutive losses to ranked teams ( Texas and Kansas State ) . In the final home game for the 2012 seniors , Seth Doege threw for 476 yards and three touchdowns as the Red Raiders survived the upset bid from the Jayhawks . Doege threw his three touchdown passes to Jakeem Grant , Tyson Williams and Darrin Moore in the first half as Texas Tech built a 21 – 7 lead midway through the second quarter . Texas Tech had the ball and was in position to drive for another score , but a Doege interception gave the Jayhawks new life and they closed to within 21 – 17 at the half . Texas Tech ' s offense stalled in the red zone in the second half as they managed only a pair of field goals . Kansas tied the score on a field goal with 41 seconds remaining , but Doege and the Raiders responded , driving into field goal position in the closing seconds of the game . However , a 41 - yard Ryan Bustin field goal attempt barely missed to the left as time ran out . In the first overtime , the Jayhawks scored on a screen pass from Michael Cummings to star running back James Sims , and the Raiders tied things up with senior Eric Stephens ' touchdown run and Bustin ' s extra point . In the second overtime , the Raiders scored on a " wildcat " formation trick play , with Stephens throwing to Darrin Moore for the go - ahead touchdown . Texas Tech ' s defense made a stand on Kansas ' ensuing possession , shutting down three running attempts to set up a fourth down from the 24 - yard line . Cummings ' pass to the end zone was knocked down , and Texas Tech improved its record to 7 – 3 for the season . Minnesota . After the regular season , but prior to the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas , Tommy Tuberville left the program to take the head coaching job with the Cincinnati Bearcats . Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the new head coach . Nevertheless , Chris Thomsen , interim head coach , oversaw the bowl game .