The 2001 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented

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as a member of the

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during the

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. In their second season under head coach Mike Leach, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in Southern Division of the Big 12, lost to

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in the

2001 Alamo Bowl The 2001 Alamo Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. It was a rematch of the 1996 Alamo Bowl. Game summary Nate Kaeding scored the first points of the game for Iowa, as he connected on a 36-yard field goal, to give I ...

, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 402 to 281. The team played its home games at Jones SBC Stadium in

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Schedule

Personnel

Game summaries

New Mexico

At UTEP

The game was initially scheduled to take place on September 13, but was then postponed following the

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. The game was eventually canceled on September 21 when the two teams could not agree on a date to reschedule that would work for both. Texas Tech would eventually play Stephen F. Austin to make up for the lost game.

Vs. North Texas

At Texas

Kansas

The Red Raiders would not lose to the Jayhawks again until October 26, 2019, with Kansas defeating Texas Tech 37–34 in Lawrence.

Kansas State

At Nebraska

At Baylor

Texas A&M

At Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

Stephen F. Austin

Vs. Iowa (Alamo Bowl)

References

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Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons

Texas Tech Red Raiders football The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University (variously "TTU"). The Red Raiders competes as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (for ...