The Eastern Washington Eagles (#7 Football Championship Subdivision Poll) visit Jones AT&T Stadium to take on the (#12 AP, #14 Coaches’ Polls) Texas Tech Red Raiders. Eastern Washington comes into the game looking to pull off an upset similar to Appalachian State’s epic defeat of Michigan last season.
Eastern Washington Passing
EWU is led by Jr. QB Matt Nichols, who was 280-440 last season for 3,744 yards (63.6 percent) with 34 TD’s and nine INT’s. Nichols is also EWU’s second leading rusher with 129 rushes for 392 yards, but no scores. His Backup is Alex Smith who attempted all of 13 passes last season, so here’s to hoping that Nichols stays healthy.
EWU Rushing
The EWU ground game is led by senior Dale Morris. He carried the ball 198 times for 930 yards (4.7 YPC) and 12 TD’s. Morris also caught 11 passes for 77 yards and one score. After the aforementioned Nichols, senior fullback Alexis Alexander is next on the rushing list. He tallied 52 rushes for 267 yards (5.1 YPC) with five trips to paydirt. Alexander added five catches for 61 yards and one score. A.J. Jimerson, Bryan Jarrett and Nick Ramos each scored one TD to round out the Eagles’ rushing scores.
EWU Receiving
Aaron Boyce is the name to know here. The junior caught 85 balls for 1,308 (15.4 YPC) and 10 TD’s last season. No other player on the team has more than four receiving TD’s.
Brynsen Brown, Shane Eller and Tony Davis each had four TD’s. Nathan Overbay, Tom McAndrews, and A.J. Jimerson each had 3 TD’s. Matt Martin (2), Dale Morris (1), Alexis Alexander (1), and Nick Ramos (1) finish Eastern Washington’s receiving scoring.
Texas Tech Passing
Graham Harrell enters his final season at Texas Tech looking to improve on the stellar numbers he put up last season. Harrell completed 512-713 passes for 5,705 yards (71.8 percent) with 48 TD’s and 14 INT’s. Taylor Potts returns as the backup after completing 32-49 passes for 409 yards (65.3 percent) with three TD’s and one INT.
Texas Tech Rushing
Shannon Woods paces a trio of running backs that also includes Aaron Crawford and red shirt sophomore Baron Batch. Woods finished last year with 84 carries for 439 yards (5.2 YPC) and eight TD’s.
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