2023 Week 5 Game Preview: Houston Cougars @ Texas Tech Red Raiders

Game notes

Time and date: Saturday, September 30 at 3:30 p.m. ET

Network: FS2

Location: Jones AT&T Stadium — Lubbock, TX

Spread: Texas Tech (-8.5)

Over/under: 51

All-time series: Houston leads, 18-15-1

Last meeting: Texas Tech 33, Houston 30 — September 10, 2022

Current streak: Texas Tech, 5 (2010-22)

Setting the scene

Is this a budding rivalry?

Texas Tech (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) and Houston (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) met in non-conference play in 2021 and 2022, and both matchups unfolded in roller coaster fashion. In the 2021 meeting held at NRG Stadium, Houston squandered a 21-7 halftime lead thanks to a barrage of second half interceptions. The Cougars nearly exacted revenge in the 2022 return trip to Lubbock,…