Abilene Christian Wildcats

0-2

Ugh, no.

Abilene Christian Wildcats lost to the Texas Tech Red Raiders

0-2 10 – 33

Ranked #11 · 1-0

Final · Sat, Sep 5

Game Details

Galaxy Stadium (Lubbock) · 60,229 fans · FS1

Highlights

Will Hammond tosses TD in return from injury as No. 12 Texas Tech beats Abilene Christian 33-10

Will Hammond threw for 298 yards and a touchdown in his return from last year's season-ending knee injury and No. 12 Texas Tech beat Abilene Christian 33-10 on Saturday night in the opener for the defending Big 12 champion.

Recap via ESPN

0:17 Quinten Joyner speeds into the end zone for Texas Tech

0:25 J'Koby Williams takes it to the house for Red Raiders

0:48 Alex Broome returns kickoff for an epic 98-yard TD for Abilene Christian

Clips play on ESPN

Galaxy Stadium · Lubbock

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ACU	0	3	0	7	10
TTU	14	3	9	7	33

Win Probability · Abilene Christian Wildcats

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Game Leaders

Abilene Christian Wildcats

John David Black · 18/32, 119 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Alex Broome · 10 CAR, 52 YDSRushing Yards
Cristian Driver · 8 REC, 93 YDSReceiving Yards
Dillon Williams · 10Tackles

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Will Hammond · 26/33, 298 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
J'Koby Williams · 13 CAR, 71 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Kenny Johnson · 4 REC, 76 YDSReceiving Yards
Jamond Mathis · 2.5Sacks
Jamond Mathis · 6Tackles

2026 United Athletic Conference Standings

Team
Austin Peay
North Alabama
Abilene Christian
West Florida
Tarleton State
West Georgia
Central Arkansas
Eastern Kentucky

2026 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team
Texas Tech
BYU
Baylor
Utah
Oklahoma State
Arizona
Houston
Cincinnati
Iowa State
UCF
Arizona State
Kansas State
Kansas
West Virginia
Colorado
TCU

Scoring

Q4 2:29

TD Alex Broome 98 Yd Kickoff Return (Brandon Perez Kick)10–33

Q4 2:45

TD Malcolm Simmons 64 Yd pass from Will Hammond (Stone Harrington Kick)3–33

Q3 1:52

FG Stone Harrington 45 Yd Field Goal 3–26

Q3 7:36

FG Stone Harrington 33 Yd Field Goal 3–23

Q3 13:03

FG Stone Harrington 28 Yd Field Goal 3–20

Q2 0:07

FG Brandon Perez 41 Yd Field Goal 3–17

Q2 1:38

FG Stone Harrington 23 Yd Field Goal 0–17

Q1 2:22

TD J'Koby Williams 5 Yd Run (Stone Harrington Kick)0–14

Q1 12:14

TD Quinten Joyner 14 Yd Run (Stone Harrington Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Abilene Christian WildcatsTexas Tech Red Raiders

Offense

194 Total Yards 471

119 Passing Yards 298

75 Rushing Yards 173

15 First Downs 26

Efficiency

6-15 3rd Down 5-12

0-1 4th Down 1-1

18/32 Completions 26/34

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 1

4-17 Penalties 5-60

27:48 Possession 32:12

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
John David Black	18/32	119	3.7	0	1	--
Team	18/32	119	3.7	0	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Alex Broome	10	52	5.2	14
Rovaughn Banks Jr.	12	25	2.1	7
John David Black	7	-2	-0.3	17
Team	29	75	2.6	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cristian Driver	8	93	11.6	18
Itty Henry	2	7	3.5	7
Luke Moffitt	1	6	6.0	6
Jayden York	1	5	5.0	5
Romelo Boykin	1	5	5.0	5
Alex Broome	3	5	1.7	9
Makenzie McGill	1	0	0.0	0
Larry Benton III	1	-2	-2.0	0
Team	18	119	6.6	18

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Cristian Driver	1	0	0
Rovaughn Banks Jr.	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Dillon Williams	10	4	2.5	1	1	0
Gabe Brown	8	6	1	0	0	0
Darius Moore	7	5	0	0	0	0
Deangelo Ponder	7	5	0.5	1	0	0
Javeon Wilcox	7	3	0	0	0	0
Kortlin Rausaw	6	2	0	0	0	0
Jocelyn Malaska	5	2	0	0	0	0
Christian Oku	4	3	0	0	0	0
Boone Morris	4	2	0.5	0	0	0
Jacoby Davis	3	3	0	0	0	0
Chris Herpin	3	2	0	0	0	0
Julius Laine	3	2	0	0	0	0
Hudson Page	3	2	0	0	1	0
Jailyn Gibbs	2	2	1	0	0	0
Evenson Malaska	2	1	0	0	0	0
Obi Udom	2	0	0.5	0	0	0
Luke Roaten	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jamarion Hardemon	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tanner Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Saadel Davis Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Broome	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	80	46	6	2	2	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Javeon Wilcox	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Alex Broome	1	98	98.0	98	1
Team	1	98	98.0	98	1

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cristian Driver	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Brandon Perez	1/2	50.0	41	1/1	4
Team	1/2	50.0	41	1/1	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Hugo Nash	3	117	39.0	2	43
Jace Gilbert	2	96	48.0	1	49
Team	5	213	42.6	3	49

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Will Hammond	26/33	298	9.0	1	1	53.9
Kirk Francis	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	--
Team	26/34	298	8.8	1	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J'Koby Williams	13	71	5.5	1	14
Cameron Dickey	14	48	3.4	0	12
Quinten Joyner	10	43	4.3	1	14
Will Hammond	2	11	5.5	0	6
Team	39	173	4.4	2	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kenny Johnson	4	76	19.0	0	31
Malcolm Simmons	1	64	64.0	1	64
J'Koby Williams	8	57	7.1	0	28
Terrance Carter Jr.	3	28	9.3	0	19
Micah Hudson	2	26	13.0	0	15
Coy Eakin	2	13	6.5	0	8
Jett Carpenter	2	10	5.0	0	9
Jalen Jones	1	9	9.0	0	9
Cameron Dickey	2	8	4.0	0	5
Bryson Jones	1	7	7.0	0	7
Team	26	298	11.5	1	64

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jamond Mathis	6	3	2.5	2.5	0	1
Ben Roberts	5	3	0	1	1	0
Malik Esquerra	4	3	0	0	1	0
Corey Platt Jr.	4	2	0	0	0	0
Julien Laventure	4	1	0	0	0	0
Brice Pollock	3	3	0	0	1	0
Peyton Morgan	3	3	0	1	0	0
Adam Trick	3	2	0	0	0	2
John Curry	3	2	0	0	1	0
Austin Romaine	3	2	0	1	0	0
Bryce Butler	3	1	0	0	0	0
Maddox Quiller	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jayden Cofield	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mateen Ibirogba	3	0	0	0	0	1
A.J. Holmes Jr.	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	1
Ansel Nedore	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mikal Harrison-Pilot	1	1	0	0	0	0
Amier Boyd	1	1	0	0	2	0
Marcus Ramon-Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charles Anderson Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Davin Martin	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	58	28	3	6	7	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
John Curry	1	15	0
Team	1	15	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
J'Koby Williams	1	13	13.0	13
Matt Ludwig	1	8	8.0	8
Team	2	21	10.5	13

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Malcolm Simmons	1	4	4.0	4
Kenny Johnson	1	2	2.0	2
Team	2	6	3.0	4

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Stone Harrington	4/4	100.0	45	3/3	15
Team	4/4	100.0	45	3/3	15

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Will Karoll	2	101	50.5	0	0	51
Team	2	101	50.5	0	0	51

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