Texas Tech announces changes to 2024 schedule
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics announced Thursday it has rescheduled the Red Raiders’ return to the University of Oregon until the 2033 football season and will instead travel to Washington State as part of the 2024 schedule.
The decision to push back the return game against the Ducks was made following a request from Oregon in order to preserve its annual rivalry game with Oregon State. The Red Raiders will now face Washington State on Sept. 7 in Pullman as part of a home-and-home agreement between the two schools that will see the Cougars return to Lubbock to start the 2032 season.
“After careful consideration, we have decided to grant the request from the University of Oregon to push back our return game of our home-and-home series,” Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. “We look forward to traveling to Washington State next season as well as hosting seven games inside Jones AT&T Stadium.”
Texas Tech is 2-0 all-time against Washington State after sweeping a pair of non-conference games at home over the 1963-64 seasons. This will be Texas Tech’s first-ever trip to Pulman and its first to the state of Washington since the Red Raiders faced the University of Washington – the No. 1 team in the country at the time – in a non-conference game on Oct. 23, 1982.
The trip to Pullman splits two home non-conference games for the Red Raiders, who will host Abilene Christian to start the season Aug. 31 followed by North Texas two weeks later on Sept. 14.
Besides its non-conference slate, Texas Tech will also host five Big 12 games during the 2024 season as the Red Raiders will welcome Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado and West Virginia all to Jones AT&T Stadium. Exact dates will be announced in the coming weeks by the conference office.
Texas Tech is now accepting season ticket deposits for the 2024 season. Fans can lock in their seats for Texas Tech’s entire seven-game home slate online at TexasTech.com or by calling the Athletic Ticket Office at 806-742-TECH.
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Release provided by Matt Dowdy Texas Tech Athletics
