{"id":79094,"date":"2025-12-07T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/79094\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:37:15","slug":"college-football-texas-tech-dominates-byu-wins-big-12-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/79094\/","title":{"rendered":"College football: Texas Tech dominates BYU, wins Big 12 title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">For the first time in program history, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/texas-tech-red-raiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas Tech<\/a> Red Raiders are Big 12 champions. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">No. 4 Texas Tech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/byu-cougars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">beat No. 11 BYU<\/a> 34-7 Saturday afternoon at AT&amp;T Stadium behind a strong defensive performance. Texas Tech improved to 12-1 with the win, the first 12-win season in program history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BYU scored on its opening drive but didn\u2019t score again. Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, likely to be a candidate for the Heisman Trophy, had 13 tackles in the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/texas-tech-celebrates-turnover-byu.jpg\" alt=\"Romello Height celebrates\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech defensive end Romello Height (9) celebrates with teammates after recovering a BYU fumble in the second half of a Big 12 Conference championship game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Julio Cortez\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>BYU went up 7-0 early, but Texas Tech scored 13 points in the second quarter to take a 13-7 lead into halftime. Texas Tech kicker Stone Harrington nailed a 23-yard field goal to open the scoring for the Red Raiders to make it 7-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the Red Raiders&#8217; ensuing offensive possession, Harrington had another field goal opportunity, this time from 48 yards out, but missed, to keep the score 7-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BYU had little offensive success after the missed field goal, but BYU head coach Kalani Sitake took a gamble on fourth down. On fourth and seven on their own 42-yard line, Sitake called a fake punt, but the pass was incomplete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders capitalized on the good field position, as quarterback Behren Morton connected with wide receiver Coy Eakin for a 33-yard touchdown to make it 10-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/iowa-state-ad-fights-back-tears-after-matt-campbell-departs-penn-state-coaching-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IOWA STATE AD FIGHTS BACK TEARS AFTER MATT CAMPBELL DEPARTS FOR PENN STATE COACHING JOB<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/coy-eakin-texas-tech-celebrates.jpg\" alt=\"Coy Eakin celebrates\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech wide receiver Coy Eakin celebrates Cameron Dickey&#8217;s touchdown in the second half of the Big 12 Conference championship game against BYU in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Julio Cortez\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Tech defense gave its offense a chance to score before the half ended with another stop of the BYU offense, and the Red Raiders tacked on another field goal to make it 13-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BYU\u2019s offense remained listless in the third quarter. Quarterback Bear Bachmeier tried to make a play on third down deep in his own territory, but linebacker Ben Roberts jumped and snared the pass, giving the Red Raiders great field position after the interception.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first of two interceptions for Roberts on the day. He also picked off Bachmeier in the fourth quarter with an impressive one-handed catch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox.com\/fox-nation-bundle?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned::mc=seo::src=fn::cmp=13010061000::add=\" title=\"A Fox One and Fox Nation bundle offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fox-one-fox-nation-promo-111825-1.png\" alt=\"A Fox One and Fox Nation bundle offer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Bundle FOX One and FOX Nation to stream the entire FOX Nation library, plus live FOX News, Sports and Entertainment at our lowest price of the year. The offer ends on Jan. 4, 2026. (Fox One; Fox Nation)<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Tech offense made good use of the field position as running back Cameron Dickey scored on an 11-yard rush on the first play after the interception to put the Red Raiders up 21-7. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech had another field goal to go up 24-7 after the touchdown and then sealed the game with Eakin\u2019s second touchdown catch of the game. Morten hit Eakin in the flat, who then took care of the rest himself on the 24-yard score.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The win locks Texas Tech into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa-fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">College Football Playoff.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Canfield is a digital production assistant for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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