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Preview and prediction: Texas Tech vs. Wyoming

By Luke Fletcher

A Wyoming ROTC member delivers the game ball to the Wyoming/Colorado state line as part of the Bronze Boot Run before the Border War football game.Ftc1111bootrunwyoball
A Wyoming ROTC member delivers the game ball to the Wyoming/Colorado state line as part of the Bronze Boot Run before the Border War football game.Ftc1111bootrunwyoball /
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Looking ahead to Texas Tech vs. Wyoming, here is how to watch, a preview and also a prediction for the Cowboys and Red Raiders.

Wyoming is 16-1 since 1993 when the opening game of the season is in Laramie, Wyoming. Some of the most memorable home openers have been beating Missouri in 2019 and Virginia in 2007. Is there enough in place for this year’s Wyoming team to upset the Red Raiders?

Wyoming finished last season with a 7-6 overall record and a 5-3 in Mountain West Conference play while ending the season with an overtime loss in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl. During Joey McGuire’s first season, Texas Tech finished the 2022 season with an 8-5 record and a 5-4 conference mark and finished with a victory at the TaxAct Texas Bowl.

The Red Raiders defeated both Oklahoma and Texas in the same season for the first time in program history and enter the 2023 season ranked No. 24 in the nation in the Preseason USA Today/Coaches Poll.

Both Wyoming and Texas Tech return their starting quarterbacks from last season. Andrew Peasley for the Cowboys and Tyler Shough is back to lead the Red Raiders. Cowboy offensive tackle Frank Crum is entering his final season having started 36 career games. Texas Tech senior defensive tackle Jaylon Hutchings has started 46 career games. Over the past few seasons, Wyoming kicker John Hoyland has proven himself to be among the best kickers in college football.

Key info Texas Tech vs. Wyoming

Game Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023
Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Location: Laramie, Wyoming
TV: CBS
Series History: Wyoming leads series, 3-2
Last Meeting: Texas Tech 49, Wyoming 32 (1992)
Interesting Fact: Wyoming took down Texas Tech 21-14 in the 1956 Sun Bowl

Texas Tech vs. Wyoming prediction

Wyoming will once again rely on its defense to win games this fall. 10 starters and nearly the entire two-deep return for a unit that finished last season 48th nationally in points per game. The Texas Tech Red Raiders will rely on their offense which ranked the second-best in the Big 12 last season with an average of 461.4 yards per game.  Texas Tech and Wyoming look to be one of the better matchups in week one, and while it has the potential to become a close game, look for the Texas Tech offense to kick in for a few second-half drives to pull away.

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Prediction: Texas Tech 31 – Wyoming 20

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