Saturday, December 23rd, 2017.
That’s the last game the Red Raiders played. In Birmingham, Alabama, Texas Tech lost to South Florida, 34-38, in the Birmingham Bowl.
More than eight months later, the team led for the sixth consecutive season by head coach Kliff Kingsbury, will try to start its 2018 with a victory in Houston. The opponents will be the Rebels of Ole Miss, an SEC team recently afflicted by many off-field problems.
The Red Raiders have a good relationship with the first week of the season, and their last loss in the inaugural game of the season dates back to 2002 when they lost to Ohio State in Columbus, 21-45.