One of the most difficult tasks an “Air Raid” offense faces over the course of a game is scoring touchdowns in the red zone. When the ball moves inside the 20-yard-line, the field shrinks allowing defenses to use the back of the end zone as a 12th defender. And though Texas Tech has struggled for years to score touchdowns in the red zone, the 2017 offense was one of the worst red zone units in program history.
On 43 red zone trips last season, Texas Tech scored just 30 times, a success rate of 69.4%. That number was poor enough to rank 125 out of 129 teams in the nation and last in the Big 12.