LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Texas Tech will welcome New Mexico back to Lubbock early in the 2027 football season as part of a one-game scheduling agreement the two schools announced Tuesday.
The Lobos are coming off a 9-4 season a year ago, and will replace North Texas on Texas Tech’s 2027 non-conference slate with New Mexico traveling to Lubbock on Sept. 18, 2027.
According to Texas Tech Athletics, Texas Tech notified North Texas officials in April of its plans to cancel a previously scheduled 2027 road game in Denton to maintain a minimum of six home games.
New home game added in 2027 📅
This game replaces a road game at UNT and maintains a minimum of six home games as we actively search for a power conference opponent to fill our second open date in 2027.
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— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) May 12, 2026
It will be the 46th all-time meeting between the Red Raiders and Lobos in a series that will be renewed for the first time since 2012. Texas Tech is 37-6-2 versus New Mexico, having won 14 of the past 15 meetings. The series dates back to 1931 where the Red Raiders delivered a 32-6 victory in Lubbock in the first-ever meeting between the two former Border Conference members.
The Red Raiders are 23-2 all-time at home against the Lobos, who have lost nine-straight road trips in Lubbock, including a 49-14 rout in the last meeting between the two schools early in the 2012 season.
New Mexico fills one of two open dates on Texas Tech’s 2027 non-conference schedule as the Red Raiders are actively searching for a power conference opponent for the other available date.
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