2019 Texas Tech football home schedule could be worst ever

2009 brought no ranked teams to Lubbock

Coming off the electrifying 2008 season that saw the Red Raiders climb as high as No. 2 in the polls after back-to-back home wins over No. 1 Texas and No. 8 Oklahoma State, 2009’s docket of games in Lubbock lacked the same type of sizzle.

The marquee game of the year was the regular season finale against Oklahoma, which proved to be the final game of Mike Leach’s career at Tech.  But keep in mind that the 2009 OU team was one of the worst in the Bob Stoops era.

With starting QB Sam Bradford playing only three games that year because of an injury, OU limped into Lubbock with a record of just 6-4 overall.  Tech thumped the unranked Sooners 41-13 in a game that was 34-6 at its most lopsided point.

As for the rest of the Big 12 teams that came to Lubbock, Kansas State finished the season just 6-6, Kanas finished 5-7 (1-7 in the Big 12), and Texas A&M went 6-7 (3-7 in the Big 12).

Normally, a visit from Texas A&M would elicit tremendous anticipation in Lubbock but at that time the Aggies had lost four-straight and seven of eight games in the series.  What’s more, the Aggies were coming off a 62-14 loss to the same Kansas State team that Tech had beaten 66-14 two weeks prior.

So of course, the Aggies handed the Red Raiders a humbling 50-32 loss to stun the home faithful. Thus, in 2009, Tech fans not only didn’t get to see a ranked team in person, they had to endure one of the most humiliating and shocking losses to their most hated rival.  Certainly, 2009 left quite a bit to be desired when it came to what took place in Lubbock.