Tech Football Adds Eastern Washington to 2008 Schedule
By: David Collier/Texas Tech
Updated: February 7, 2008
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LUBBOCK, Texas –
Texas Tech added
Eastern Washington University to the 2008 schedule Thursday, Tech Director of
Athletics Gerald Myers announced. The game was scheduled following Tulsa’s
abrupt cancellation in January of a two-game series, originally scheduled over
the next two seasons. The game will kickoff August 30 from Jones AT&T
Stadium.
Eastern Washington
University, located in Cheney, Wash., finished the 2007 season with a 9-4 record
after advancing to the first round of the FCS playoffs, where the Eagles dropped
a narrow 38-35 loss to eventual national champion Appalachian State. EWU ranked
eighth nationally in final polls.
Following the season
opener against EWU, the Red Raiders travel to Reno, Nev., for their first-ever
meeting against the University of Nevada on Sept. 6. Tech meets SMU (Sept. 13)
the following week in Lubbock, before hosting Massachusetts (Sept.
20).
The first open week
since 2004 (Sept. 27) precedes the Big 12 Conference opener for Texas Tech at
Kansas State (Oct. 4). Nebraska (Oct. 11) comes the Lubbock the following
weekend and Tech travels to Texas A&M (Oct. 18) and Kansas (Oct. 25). Texas
(Nov. 1) and Oklahoma State (Nov. 8) will face the Red Raiders in Lubbock and
Oklahoma (Nov. 15) in Norman, before wrapping up the regular season against
Baylor (Nov. 22) at Jones AT&T Stadium.
