Big 12 and Texas Tech Announce 2013 Schedule
By: Blayne Beal- Texas Tech University
Updated: November 20, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas -
Texas Tech will open its 2013 football season on the road against
former SWC foe SMU and will close the regular-season at rival Texas on
Thanksgiving
Day, as part of a 12-game schedule announced today by Texas Tech and the
Big 12 Conference.
The
2013 schedule remains subject to change as the league has not completed
the scheduling of Labor Day and Thursday night games that are part of
the new conference
television agreement.
"We
are very pleased with the 2013 schedule," said Texas Tech Head Coach
Tommy Tuberville. "We will get two off weeks during the season and I
think they are at times
that could really help us. Overall, it's a very challenging schedule
but that is what you get in the Big 12 Conference."
The
Red Raiders will open the season on the road at SMU (Aug. 31), marking
the first time since 2007 when Tech took a 49-9 win over the Mustangs on
Labor Day.
Following
the game at SMU, Tech will return to Jones AT&T Stadium for three
consecutive home games against Stephen F. Austin (Sept. 7), TCU (Sept.
14) and Texas State
(Sept. 21).
Tech's
first road Big 12 game will be on Oct. 5, as the Red Raiders travel to
Kansas for a matchup against the Jayhawks at Memorial Stadium. Tech
will return home on
Oct. 12 and face Iowa State at Jones AT&T Stadium.
Back-to-back
road games at West Virginia (Oct. 19) and Oklahoma (Oct. 26) set the
tone for a challenging four-week stretch as Tech will then return home
and face Oklahoma
State (Nov. 2) and Kansas State (Nov. 9).
Texas
Tech and Baylor will faceoff on Nov. 16 but the location of that game
has yet to be determined. Tech's second bye week of the year will
follow the Baylor game
and will precede Texas Tech's first Thanksgiving Day game against the
University of Texas (Nov. 28).
Season ticket information for the 2013 season will be announced in the coming weeks.
2013 Schedule
Aug. 31 at SMU
Sept. 7 Stephen F. Austin
Sept. 14 *TCU
Sept. 21 Texas State
Sept. 28 BYE
Oct. 5 at *Kansas
Oct. 12 *Iowa State
Oct. 19 at *West Virginia
Oct. 26 at *Oklahoma
Nov. 2 *Oklahoma State
Nov. 9 *Kansas State
Nov. 16 vs. *Baylor
Nov. 23 BYE
Nov. 28 at *Texas
Dec. 7 BYE
