3 interesting stats from Texas Tech’s lopsided shutout win over Oklahoma State

Look, while the Red Raiders weren’t perfect in their home game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, it feels good to see the Texas Tech football team go out and get a win once again. This is something that the Red Raiders certainly needed and they made it happen against a dilapidated Oklahoma State team. 

Texas Tech controlled the game from start to finish and managed to win in shutout fashion, beating the Cowboys 42-0. 

Now, I do have a number of concerns with what we saw out of the Red Raiders in this game (largely from the offense, the defense rocked and had no problems at all). That said, again, it feels good to get a win. And there are plenty of encouraging things from this one.

So, let’s look over the interesting stats from this lopsided, shutout win over Oklahoma State.

9.7 - The number of yards per attempt that Texas Tech averaged against Oklahoma State

I have a number of issues with the way the offense looked for the Red Raiders in this game. A number of big concerns about the way Texas Tech’s offense performed at home against one of the worst defenses in the country.

But, at the end of the day, something that fascinates me is the way the Red Raider passing attack still averaged 9.7 yards per attempt. 282 passing yards (from a trio of quarterbacks) on just 29 pass attempts. That’s not bad! 

It’s not astonishingly great, we’ve certainly seen better from the Red Raiders at various other points in time. But for three backup quarterbacks to deliver that? I’ll take it.

5-of-7 - Mitch Griffis’ completions and attempts for mid-range and deep passing

The Red Raiders needed to change quarterbacks. And instead of turning to Behren Morton in a game that was already well controlled by the Red Raiders, Texas Tech chose to go with Mitch Griffis. And if you’re not familiar with Griffis, that’s okay. He used to play for Wake Forest and transferred in to help the Red Raiders with quarterback depth.

And the backup for the backup quarterback played well! He made this whole quarterback situation even more interesting for the Red Raiders!

Griffis almost certainly isn’t going to become the starter for Texas Tech at any point soon. I’d be shocked if the Red Raiders went down that path. But still, it’s really fascinating to see Texas Tech turn to another quarterback off the bench and for the Red Raiders to be rewarded by a really effective and efficient passing attack. 

It’s almost like we’ve seen this play out with another quarterback off the bench in a Big 12 game before. And I don’t know why this keeps happening.

5-of-17 - Texas Tech’s defense found a way to lock down the Oklahoma State offense when it came to third down conversions

Shiel Wood and the Red Raider defense really thrived all throughout the game. Time and time again, Texas Tech did well on defense, shutting down Oklahoma State’s offense and managing to keep the Cowboys from getting any sort of momentum.

That was something that was certainly visible for the Red Raiders as Texas Tech controlled third downs against the Cowboys.

Oklahoma State had all sort of offensive issues (as they have all season long) and the Cowboys really couldn’t sustain a drive against Texas Tech in this game. As for Texas Tech? Well, the Red Raiders were able to keep moving. They managed to convert on 9-of-16 this down attempts. And that’s not bad.