TODAY’S AREA GAMES
TCU at Tech When/where: 11 a.m.; Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock. TV/radio: FS1; 1230 AM. Records: TCU 8-2, 5-2 Big 12; Texas Tech 5-5, 2-5. TCU update: QB Kenny Hill will not make the trip with concussion-like symptoms, and injured LB Travin Howard, the team’s leading tackler, will be a game-time decision. … True freshman Shawn Robinson will make his first start at QB. He has attempted 10 passes this season. … The Horned Frogs, who have a twogame road losing streak, look to rebound from last week’s emotional 38-20 loss to Oklahoma. … TCU has the nation’s secondranked rushing defense. Texas Tech update: Tech has lost four of its last five games. … Since TCU joined the conference in 2012, Texas Tech has won two overtime games in the series, including 27-24 in double OT last season in Fort Worth. …T he kicking game has been a problem for the Red Raiders, who have made only 7 of 15 field-goal attempts and have missed three extra points. … Injuries in the backfield could force the Red Raiders to rely even more heavily on the passing game. …Texas Tech has a plus-10 turnover margin.
Houston Baptist at Sam Houston When/where: 1 p.m.; Bowers Stadium, Huntsville. Records: Houston Baptist 1-9, 0-8 Southland; Sam Houston State 9-1, 7-1. Houston Baptist update: HBU will be completing its fourth full season since starting up the football program. … CB Raphael Lewis has 59 tackles and a team-high four interceptions, two returned for scores. His 96-yard pick-six against Lamar last week is the longest scoring play in school history. … Senior LBs Garrett Dolan and Cody Moncure have 131 and 80 tackles, respectively. Sam Houston State update: A victory would mark the fourth straight season of 10 or more wins and sixth in the last seven years for the fourth-ranked Bearkats, who are riding a 17-game home winning streak. … The senior class enters Saturday with 43 wins over the last four years, the most of any senior class in program history. … QB Jeremiah Briscoe needs 86 passing yards to reach 10,000 for his career as a Bearkat. … WRs Yedidiah Louis and Davion Davis each have 26 career TD receptions, one shy of the school-record 27 by Matt Dominguez.
Iowa St.
at Baylor When/where: 1:30 p.m.; McLane Stadium, Waco. TV/Radio: FSSW; 1070 AM. Records: Iowa State 6-4, 4-3 Big 12; Baylor 1-9, 1-6. Iowa State update: Matt Campbell’s team has qualified for its first bowl game since the 2012 Liberty Bowl and with two games remaining is looking to win eight regular-season games for the first time since 2000, as well as winning more Big 12 games than it loses for the first time in 17 years. … Remarkably, the Cyclones have not lost a fumble through 10 games and 747 fumbling opportunities. No team in FBS has gone a season without losing a fumble. … David Montgomery needs 64 rushing yards to reach 1,000 on the season. Baylor update: Freshman QB Charlie Brewer set school marks for completions (43) and pass attempts (63) in last week’s 38-24 loss against Texas Tech. … With 152 receiving yards against the Red Raiders, Denzel Mims made it seven straight years Baylor has had a receiver exceed 1,000 receiving yards. … The Bears allow a conferenceworst 195.3 rushing yards in Big 12 games. … Connor Martin is 16 of 19 on fieldgoal attempts. … Baylor owns a 9-6 lead in the series.
Texas Southern at Ark.-Pine Bluff When/where: 2:30 p.m.; War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, Ark. Radio: 90.9 FM. Records: Texas Southern 1-8, 1-4 SWAC; Arkansas Pine-Bluff 2-8, 1-5. Texas Southern update: At stake is escaping the bottom of the Western Division standings. TSU has the lowest winning percentage (.111) for the season among conference teams. … The Tigers are coming off a 33-7 drubbing at home by Southern, during which they gave up 501 yards. … TSU leads the series 25-18-1 and won last year 27-10. Arkansas-Pine Bluff update: The Golden Lions have not won since Sept. 23, beating Jackson State 34-27 in OT. … UAPB is down to its third-string QB, Marcus Terrell. …The Golden Lions are coming off a 35-12 loss at Prairie View. …Keshawn Williams has a team-high 682 rushing yards and seven TDs.
McNeese St. at Lamar When/where: 7 p.m. Provost Umphrey Stadium, Beaumont. Records: McNeese State 8-2, 6-2 Southland; Lamar 2-8, 1-7. McNeese State update: The 18th-ranked Cowboys still have hopes of landing an at-large berth in the NCAA FCS playoffs. … McNeese has won eight of its last nine games. The loss was to league-leading Central Arkansas, 47-17. … The Cowboys have the league’s top-ranked defense, atop the SLC in scoring, total and rushing defense. Lamar update: The Cardinals will be playing their main rival in McNeese State. … Lamar is looking to end its season with consecutive victories after earning its first SLC win last week at Houston Baptist, a victory that got the team out of the conference cellar and into a two-way tie for ninth place, ending a seven-game losing skid. … Playing their final game for Big Red will be 11 seniors. …Lamar trails 259-1 in the series, including 14-4-1 in Beaumont.