2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Holiday Bowl champion
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record8–5 (4–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorSonny Cumbie (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorEric Morris (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorMatt Wallerstedt (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMike Smith (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple[1]
Home stadiumJones AT&T Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Baylor $   8 1     11 2  
No. 6 Oklahoma %   7 2     11 2  
No. 17 Oklahoma State   7 2     10 3  
Texas   7 2     8 5  
Kansas State   5 4     8 5  
Texas Tech   4 5     8 5  
TCU   2 7     4 8  
West Virginia   2 7     4 8  
Iowa State   2 7     3 9  
Kansas   1 8     3 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the Big 12 Conference. Kliff Kingsbury led the Red Raiders in his first season as the program's fifteenth head coach. The Red Raiders played home games on the university's campus in Lubbock, Texas at Jones AT&T Stadium.

At the end of the 2012 regular season, Head coach Tommy Tuberville resigned to take the same position with the Cincinnati Bearcats. Former Red Raider quarterback, Houston Cougars offensive coordinator, and Texas A&M Aggies offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the new head coach prior to the 2013 season.

Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Associated Press named tight end Jace Amaro, offensive tackle Le'Raven Clark, and linebacker Will Smith to their first team selections. Defensive tackle Kerry Hyder and wide receiver Eric Ward were selected for the second team.[2] Jace Amaro additionally earned Unanimous All-American honors from many organizations and broke the single season tight end receiving yards record in a 37–23 upset over #14 Arizona State in the 2013 Holiday Bowl. Despite having two true freshman quarterbacks start every game, the Red Raiders ended the season as the number-two-ranked passing offense in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with 392.8 yards per game, just behind Fresno State's 394.8 yards per game.[3]

  1. ^ "Texas Tech Football Press Conference" (PDF). Texas Tech University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. January 18, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  2. ^ Associated Press (December 9, 2013). "2013 AP All-Big 12 Team". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "NCAA Passing Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved January 8, 2014.