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The 2009 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The team was led by tenth-year head coach Mike Leach during the regular season and, following Leach’s dismissal, interim head coach Ruffin McNeill for the bowl game.
The 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic's attendance record of 88,175 was the second-most attended bowl game of the 2008–09 bowl game season. Texas Tech's first bowl game was at the conclusion of the 1937 season, only 13 years after the program was established.
Texas Tech has played its home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas since 1947. Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate football team during the 1925 season. The team was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach ...
The second half was dominated by Texas Tech. The Red Raiders were up 34–6 when Oklahoma scored again on a 51-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ryan Broyles. Texas Tech answered with their own touchdown to bring the score to 41–13. The 28-point margin of victory for the Red Raiders matched the second-worst loss by Oklahoma under Bob ...
The 2009 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cornhuskers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska and were led by head coach Bo Pelini .
Texas Tech finished the 2009 season ranked #21 in the AP poll, and #23 in the USA Today poll. Tommy Tuberville era (2010–2012) Tuberville during the 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders Spring Game. On January 9, 2010, former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville was named the new head coach for the Red Raiders.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders came into the game undefeated and ranked number 10 in the nation with hopes of beating Texas, winning out the season, and playing for a national championship. The Longhorns scored a field goal on their first possession and Texas Tech answered with a touchdown pass by Cody Hodges. Texas regained the lead when Henry ...
The 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic was the 73rd edition of the annual college football bowl game that was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was one of 34 games in the 2008–09 bowl season. The game featured the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference and the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. Ole Miss ...