Field Level Media
Aug 31, 2019
Texas Tech quarterback Alan Bowman completed 40 of 55 passes for 436 yards and two touchdowns and ran for one more score as the Red Raiders rolled to a 45-10 victory over Montana State in Lubbock, Texas, in the season opener for both teams Saturday afternoon.
Texas Tech finished with 691 yards of total offense -- the Bobcats had 289 -- and Bowman kept the Red Raiders moving throughout.
The offensive outburst gave Matt Kelly a victory in his first game as the Texas Tech coach. Also, the Red Raiders ended a five-game losing streak, dating back to last season, which is why they finished 2018 with a 5-7 record.
This was just the second time the two teams have met -- the first game was in 1939 when Texas Tech scored a 35-0 victory.
Bowman led the way in the first half when he completed 24 of 31 for 247 yards and a touchdown as Texas Tech took a 28-7.
The Red Raiders scored touchdowns on their first two drives and never looked back. On their first possession, Bowman threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to McLane Mannix for a 7-0 lead.
They made it 14-0 when SaRodorick Thompson ran for a 1-yard touchdown.
The Bobcats halved the lead in the second quarter when quarterback Casey Bauman threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Coy Steel with 9:42 left. Bauman went 7 of 19 passing for 120 yards and the one score.
But Texas Tech quickly took command again when Armand Shyne broke free up the middle for a 69-yard touchdown run on the second play of the next series, giving the Red Raiders a 21-7 lead just 29 seconds later. Shyne finished with 125 yards on just 11 carries.
Thompson struck again by running for a 3-yard touchdown with only 50 seconds left in the half to put Texas Tech up 28-7.
The Red Raiders scored the only points of the third quarter on Trey Wolff's 30-yard field goal on the opening drive that ate up over five minutes.
Bowman then tossed a 45-yard touchdown pass to Xavier White early in the fourth quarter that stretched the lead to 38-7, and he later ran for a 5-yard score around the right end.
White finished with five catches for 107 yards.
--Field Level Media