Texas Tech dismantles Abilene Christian, 33-10
A comfortable Texas Tech win. The film says it was less about fireworks than you'd think.
There was no drama to speak of. Texas Tech dismantles Abilene Christian, 33-10 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Texas Tech led from start to finish and never let Abilene Christian within striking distance.
One team finished its drives
Texas Tech scored on 67% of its drives to Abilene Christian's 10%, chiefly Will Hammond (6 pts), J'Koby Williams (6 pts) and Malcolm Simmons (6 pts). Texas Tech sacked Abilene Christian's quarterback 3 times: Jamond Mathis (2.5 sacks) and A.J. Holmes Jr. (0.5 sacks). Stacked together, it was never close.
How the two sides actually played on the night.
The difference-makers
Will Hammond threw for 298 yards on 33 attempts with one touchdown and ran two times for 11 yards, including two third-down conversions and a hand in six plays of 15 yards or more. J'Koby Williams ran 13 times for 71 yards and one score and caught eight passes for 57 yards. Malcolm Simmons caught one pass for 64 yards for a touchdown. For Abilene Christian, Cristian Driver caught eight passes for 93 yards. John David Black threw for 119 yards on 32 attempts, with three third-down conversions and a hand in four plays of 15 yards or more. Rovaughn Banks Jr. ran 12 times for 25 yards. Jamond Mathis was the disruptive one for Texas Tech: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 TFLs, 4.5 tackles.
What Abilene Christian has to fix
The problems had names: John David Black (1 interception).
The disruptive ones
Two names to keep, all for Texas Tech: Jamond Mathis (2.5 sacks, 2.5 TFLs, 4.5 tackles) and John Curry (1 INT, 1 PBU, 2.5 tackles). 1 of Texas Tech's 4 sacks came from the defensive line, which is how this defense has generated pressure since 2017.
How we got here
Texas Tech struck first through Quinten Joyner, led 17-3 at the half and Abilene Christian got the final points on a late touchdown by Alex Broome.
How it graded
The closing line had Texas Tech -45.5. Abilene Christian covered. The total was 60.5; the teams combined for 43, an under. Brandon Perez accounted for 3 of Abilene Christian's points.
Where it leaves them
Historically similar games since 2019 — close margin, both offenses held far below norm — and how often that offense outperformed this level the following week.
Texas Tech cleared the bar with room to spare; Abilene Christian goes back to the drawing board.
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