Participation
Offense
Starters: LT Chris Olson, LG Brandon Carter, C Shawn Byrnes, RG Mickey Okafor, RT Marlon Winn, QB Taylor Potts, RB Baron Batch, IR Adam James, IR Detron Lewis, WR Edward Britton, WR Alexander Torres. Reserves: IR Cornelius Douglas, IR Austin Zouzalik, WR Jacoby Franks, RB Harrison Jeffers, WR Lyle Leong, RB Eric Stephens, RB Aaron Crawford, RT Joe King, RG Devric Gallington, LT Terry McDaniel, LG Lonnie Edwards.
Defense
Starters: DE Rajon Henley, DT Richard Jones, NT Colby Whitlock, DE Brandon Sharpe, SLB Bront Bird, MLB Brian Duncan, WLB Marlon Williams, CB Jamar Wall, FS Cody Davis, SS Franklin Mitchem, CB LaRon Moore. Reserves: S Will Ford, S Julius Howard, S Jared Flannel, CB Taylor Charbonnet, S Brett Dewhurst, WLB Blake Collier, CB Nathan Stone, MLB Sam Fehoko, S Daniel Cobb, SLB Tyrone Sonier, DE Sandy Riley, DE Ryan Haliburton, NT Victor Hunter, DE Daniel Howard, DT David Neil, DT Chris Perry.
Drive Chart Texas Tech Offense
Texas Tech Drive 1
What Went Right: 10 of Texas Tech's 40 rushing yards came from this drive, while Taylor Potts completed passes to Detron Lewis, Lyel leong, Austin Zouzalik and Adam James. Batch finished up the drive with a 3 yard touchdown
What Went Wrong: Not much. Only one incomplete pass to Britton
Texas Tech Drive 2
What Went Right: This drive was about to fall flat but was kept alive with a UND facemask. Potts then had a 14 yard completion to Alexander Torres and Potts rushed 1 yard for the touchdown.
What Went Wrong: Looks like some end-arounds and fancy running plays rather than straight ahead rushing. Potts also missed on 3 pass attempts.
Texas Tech Drive 3
What Went Right: Started nicely with a 15 yard completion to Harrison Jeffers and another pass completion to Lewis for 21 yards.
What Went Wrong: Potts first interception of the day while inside the UND 20 yard line. That's either 6 or 3 points that get taken off the board because of Potts mistake.
Texas Tech Drive 4
What Went Right: Potts gets back on track with a nice 6 play 74 yard drive. Completes passes to Torres, Britton, Cornelius Douglas, and Lewis gets the touchdown.
What Went Wrong: Nothing, other than an incomplete pass to Jacoby Franks.
Texas Tech Drive 5
What Went Right: Started great with completions to Torres for 9 and Lewis for 14 yards. Then things fall apart
What Went Wrong: After those 2 completions Potts gets sacked, fumbles the ball and Marlon Winn recovers. Perhaps Potts is a little gun-shy or is wanting to do too much. Remember that Texas Tech is again on the UND 26, within field goal distance, and Potts throws his 2nd INT of the day on 3rd down and 15. It's the end of the half, but there's 3 or 6 more points not on the board although Texas Tech was primed to score.
Texas Tech Drive 6
What Went Right: Nothing.
What Went Wrong: A Matt Goetz false start and this is a whopping 3 play drive for 1 yard. Carona punts and Nathan Stone recovers a fumble giving Texas Tech the ball back.
Texas Tech Drive 7
What Went Right: Potts completes passes to Britton (15), Leong (11) and Britton (6) again.
What Went Wrong: Terry McDaniel holds on first down and this is the last you see of McDaniel for the game. Potts pulls Texas Tech out of the whole and gets Texas Tech to the North Dakota 3 yard line on 4th down, but a jump-ball pass to Detron Lewis falls flat. Again, this is the 3rd drive for Texas Tech inside the UND 20 yard line and no points are on the board.
Texas Tech Drive 8
What Went Right: This is the infamous 4 down on the North Dakota 1 yard line with Potts scoring on the 4th down play. In between then, Potts completes passes to Franks (4), two to Jeffers (24 and 5) and Lyle Leong (8).
What Went Wrong: It takes Texas Tech 4 times to score from UND's 1 yard line.
Texas Tech Drive 9
What Went Right: A nice 19 yard completion to Detron Lewis.
What Went Wrong: Potts' 3rd and final interception of the day.
Texas Tech Drive 10
What Went Right: The return of RB Baron Batch. Batch touches the ball 4 times in this 10 play drive that ended in a Matthew Williams field goal. Also included was a pass to Leong for 28 yards and a 13 yard run from Batch.
What Went Wrong: Texas Tech was driving down the field nicely, but a false start penalty stalled the drive and this is the 4th drive of the day that ended in the UND 20 yard line, although Mike Leach did finally go for the field goal.
Texas Tech Drive 11
What Went Right: Potts completions to Torres for 12 yards and an 18 yard touchdown pass to Adam James.
What Went Wrong: Nothing.
Drive Chart Texas Tech Defense
North Dakota Drive 1
What Went Right: A three and out is always a good outcome. Tackles by Brian Duncan, Jamar Wall and Rajon Henley with blocked punt by Edward Britton.
What Went Wrong: Nothing.
North Dakota Drive 2
What Went Right: Not much, other than the defense finally holding from their own 22 yard line and allowing a 39 yard field goal. Lots of little gains for UND including a big 13 yard 3rd down completion from Jake Landry.
What Went Wrong: How about two personal foul penalties, the 1st one on Marlon Williams and the 2nd one to some unknown player. That's 30 gifted yards to UND
North Dakota Drive 3
What Went Right: 3 plays and 4 yards, thanks to a UND illegal formation penalty.
What Went Wrong: Nothing.
North Dakota Drive 4
What Went Right: Too much yardage given up here including 1 pass for 18 yards and 2 for 10 yards. UND's kicker made a 52 yard field goal, so this wasn't a situation where the defense just gave up a ton of yards. Only 45 to be exact.
What Went Wrong: A 9 yard pass interference penalty by Julius Howard kept the drive alive.
North Dakota Drive 5
What Went Right: End of half.
What Went Wrong: End of half.
North Dakota Drive 6
What Went Right: Another 3 and out, 3 plays 8 yards.
What Went Wrong: Nothing.
North Dakota Drive 7
What Went Right: And another 3 and out, 3 plays 9 yards.
What Went Wrong: Nothing.
North Dakota Drive 8
What Went Right: Not much.
What Went Wrong: 13 plays and 80 yards, with a 9 yard rushing touchdown from UND and a roughing the passer penaltty that gave the ball to UND on the Texas Tech 9 yard line. Too many small completions in the soft underbellly of the Texas Tech defense.
North Dakota Drive 9
What Went Right: Not quite a 3 and out, but a 5 play, 13 yard drive led to another UND punt.
What Went Wrong: Not much, other than a 13 yard pass given up by Cody Davis.
North Dakota Drive 10
What Went Right: A 3 and out, but a Daniel Howard sack led to a 3 play, -7 yard drive.
What Went Wrong: Nothing.
North Dakota Drive 11
What Went Right: This was the end of the game and Sam Fehoko made two tackles. The clock ended this drive.
What Went Wrong: Nothing really and it was nice to see Fehoko make two stops for little yardage.