Wednesday, September 24, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Loss to underdog embarrasses Raiders
The Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas — Last week, thousands of Texas Tech faithful got quite a chuckle at the expense of the Texas Longhorns' now-infamous "Rout 66" loss to UCLA.
The laughter died Saturday night.
The scope wasn't the same as Texas' 66-3 disaster on Sept. 13, but that was no solace for Red Raider fans after Tech's 30-27 loss to North Texas, a 32-point underdog.
"We know North Texas isn't going to be the hardest team on our schedule. We have a whole lot of games coming up," cornerback
Tony Darden said. "That loss was bad for us, but we just have to bounce back, and I think our team is strong
enough that we can do that."
Give the Raiders credit for consistency. This is the eighthstraight season, and the ninth in 10 years, they have limped out of the gate at 1-2.
Coach Spike Dykes called the game one of those losses that haunts.
"Being 1-2 is not a new issue to us," he said. "We have just got to
Consistency must improve for both the offense and defense, which allowed an 80-yard touchdown drive in the waning minutes to a team that had been outscored 50-3 in the fourth quarter in its first three games of the season.
overcome that and get back into the swing of things and get back to doing things good."
"I think it's pretty evident that we're not where we want to be defensively," said John Goodner, defensive coordinator. "Our offense gave us a great opportunity to win the football game. They gave us the lead with about four minutes left and we couldn't hold
it. That's not where you want to be this time of year."
Fortunately for Tech, a dose of eight straight Big 12 games beginning on Oct.4 at Baylor suddenly doesn't seem daunting. The Raiders might be struggling, but they have company in a South Division that is only 8-7 against outsiders.
Like the Longhorns after the UCLA calamity, Tech will have two full weeks to dissect their misfortune.
"We're going to practice hard this week, but we're going to think about North Texas all week," Darden said.
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