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Texas Tech Had Almost As Much Success Against Bob Stoops As Anyone

By Matthew Conner

Oct 24, 2015; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops runs onto the field prior to action against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 24, 2015; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops runs onto the field prior to action against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 5, 2016; Lubbock, TX, USA; The Texas Tech Red Raiders mascot on the field before the game with the University of Texas Longhorns at Jones AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Lubbock, TX, USA; The Texas Tech Red Raiders mascot on the field before the game with the University of Texas Longhorns at Jones AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports /

2007: Texas Tech 34-Oklahoma 27

The next time Stoops brought his Sooners to Lubbock, he entered an electric Jones Stadium that was primed for a national TV broadcast.  Oklahoma was ranked No. 4 in the nation and had national title aspirations but two Texas Tech legends, Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree put on a show for the nation in what was a coming out party for both.

After OU returned an interception for the game’s opening touchdown, Texas Tech exploded for 24-consecutive points to put he favored Sooners in a hole.

There were two early turning points that shaped this game.  The first came when OU starting quarterback and Heisman contender Sam Bradford was knocked out of the game with a concussion on the team’s second series.  Bradford’s absence sent the entire Oklahoma team, especially the offense, into a state of bewilderment.

Meanwhile, Texas Tech capitalized.  Crabtree took a pass from Harrell 60 yards to the OU one-yard-line, breaking tackles and evading defenders along the way.  Tech would score on the next play to take its first lead 13-7.  The Red Raiders would not trail again.

Stoops’ team would make the game interesting with 14 unanswered points in the final quarter but Texas Tech recovered an onside kick in the final moments of the game to seal the upset and end OU’s title hopes.

Harrell completed 47 of 72 passes for 420 yards and two touchdowns.  He also ran for a score (a quarterback sneak on the play following Crabtree’s brilliant 60-yard catch and run).

Meanwhile, Crabtree stole the show with 12 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown.  The 34 points and 473 yards of total offense were the most Mike Leach had ever put up against his former boss.

This game is one of the most important in Texas Tech history.  The primetime national television audience got its first look at Harrell and Crabtree and the impression the Red Raiders made that night set the stage for the team’s magical 2008 season.

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