Throughout the century that Texas Tech has been playing football and the over 100 years that Arkansas-Pine Bluff has been playing football, these two teams have never crossed paths. Which feels a little weird, but also kinda makes some sense, I suppose.
Oh, wait, by the way, that changes this year. In case you didn’t know, the Golden Lions will be making their way to Lubbock for the first time ever this season so that the Red Raiders and Arkansas-Pine Bluff can face each other for the first time ever.
This will almost certainly be a pretty solid and lopsided and easy win for Texas Tech, which isn’t a bad thing. This will also be a pretty solid and hefty and impressive payday for Arkansas-Pine Bluff, which also isn’t a bad thing.
But when will this game take place?
2025 Texas Tech football schedule: When will the Red Raiders face Arkansas-Pine Bluff?
Well, to start the 2025 Texas Tech football season. At home in Jones AT&T Stadium (located in Lubbock, Texas), the Texas Tech Red Raiders will welcome the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions to west Texas on August 30 at 6:30 p.m.
That’s right, folks, we’ve even got a kickoff time to talk about!
And yeah, I fully expect this game to be over by halftime. This is a contest that really shouldn’t be that much of a contest. Texas Tech should run away with a win here. But that’s not a bad thing for the Red Raiders.
That will allow some of the starters to get warmed up and then get some rest. It’ll also theoretically allow for Texas Tech to further evaluate depth of the players on the bench and give some of the younger players actual, in-game playing time early in the season.
So yeah, this first ever meeting between the Red Raiders and the Golden Lions will almost certainly be a good thing for Texas Tech.