Texas Tech beats Houston 28-26 in a hard-fought Big 12 battle in Lubbock

Texas Tech beat Houston 28-26 in Lubbock, in a week-three Big 12 game decided in the final moments. With this win, the Red Raiders improved to 3-0, while the Cougars fell to 2-1.

As Bleacher Report reports, Houston went ahead 10-0 in the first quarter, but Texas Tech responded and took control for the rest of the game. Will Hammond threw a touchdown pass to Kenny Johnson, J’Koby Williams opened the second-half scoring for the Red Raiders, and Thomas Castellanos scored a rushing touchdown of his own. Moreover, J. Dimas’s 31-yard field goal was decisive for the final result, while the game remained tight until the final seconds.

Houston coach Willie Fritz said after the game that there are no moral victories — the team had gone to Lubbock aiming for the win, but fell short. Both in terms of organization and mistakes at key moments, the result reflected a lack of decisiveness in several situations.

The game recap and statistics were presented in detail by Bleacher Report.