Arizona Football hosts first Big 12 game at Arizona Stadium against Texas Tech – The Daily Wildcat

Arizona Football (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) hosts its first Big 12 Conference game against Texas Tech University (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) at Arizona Stadium on October 5 at 8 p.m. The Wildcats are coming off a comfortable win against the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, the team's first Big 12 match. The Wildcats will look to capitalize on the momentum in a crucial matchup against a strong Texas Tech team.

Texas Tech

The Red Raiders come from one Three-game winning streak against the likes of the University of North Texas, ASU and the University of Cincinnati. In their last game against Cincinnati they narrowly escaped with a 44:41 home win. In a back-and-forth duel, the Red Raiders started slowly but eventually prevailed Victory with a crucial interception at the end of the third quarter.

Taj Brooks for the Red Raiders rushed for 172 yards and 2 touchdowns in the game. That makes him the sixth-best running back in the country. The team's quarterback, Behren Morton, was also very effective So far this season, he has thrown for 1,426 yards, ranking 12th nationally for passing yards.

Texas Tech's defense was limited in most contests. Overall it is The defense has allowed 34.4 points per game, with their best defensive performance coming against North Texas where they held the Mean Green to 21 points. They are also the second-worst team at running pass offenses and have allowed 1,547 yards so far this season.

Arizona

After a huge 23-10 win over UtahThe Wildcats will look to bring the momentum home. Quarterback Noha Fifita showed signs of his old self in the win over Utah with 197 yards and two touchdowns.

Tetairoa McMillan will certainly be looking to step up after two late losses to the Utes. In the passing game, the Wildcats could prevail against Texas Tech's struggling defense. Keyan Burnett also proved to be one of the best tight end options for the Wildcats with a 76-yard, touchdown performance.

The run defense for Arizona took advantage of Utah running back Micah Benard and limited him to under 100 yards for the second time this season.

Also Arizona's pass defense showed their best with two crucial interceptions and a lockdown performance from Tacario Davis. Arizona's goal-line defense kept the Utes out of the end zone and held them to just one field goal on their first three red zone drives.

Key to success

Arizona needs to improve its offensive prowess to keep up with a high-powered Texas Tech offense. The defense also has to be at its best again. If the Wildcats can limit the Red Raider's offense, they can take home the win. If they keep Taj Brooks the way they kept Micah Benard, the Wildcats could be in for a similar game to Utah.

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