Texas Tech cancels future football game at Fresno State

The Texas Tech Red Raiders have canceled their future football game on the road against the Fresno State Bulldogs, FBSchedules.com has learned.

Texas Tech and Fresno State were scheduled to play a three-game football series beginning on Sept. 15, 2029 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, Calif. However, Texas Tech has opted out of that contest and will pay Fresno State the required $1 million cancellation fee, according to a copy of a letter obtained from Texas Tech University via a state public records request.

The second and third games of the three-game series are not affected by the cancellation of the 2029 contest. Those games remain scheduled for Sept. 7, 2030 and Sept. 11, 2032, and both will be played at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Per the terms of the original contract, Texas Tech will pay Fresno State a $750,000 guarantee for the game in 2030, but no monetary guarantee for the game in 2032. Should Fresno State opt out of either of those contests, it would cost the Bulldogs $1 million for each game.

Texas Tech has already replaced the 2029 game at Fresno State by rescheduling a contest against the Missouri State Bears. The Red Raiders were previously scheduled to host Missouri State on Sept 2, 2028, but pushed the contest back one season to Sept. 15, 2029 while also increasing the guarantee from $525,000 to $800,000.

In other non-conference action in 2029, Texas Tech is scheduled to host the Incarnate Word Cardinals on Sept. 1 and the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sept. 8.

The No. 13 Texas Tech Red Raiders return home on Tuesday as they put their six-game winning streak on the line against the Baylor Bears at United Supermarkets Arena. Just days after an emotional 82-81 overtime road win against then-No. 6 Houston, Grant McCasland and his team will continue their Big 12 schedule against the in-state rival Bears. Coach Grand McCasland is ready to see the home crowd back in Lubbock. “Winning home games in the Big 12 is always a necessity,” McCasland said. “This is no different. We’re playing a really talented Baylor team who have great guard play, great inside play and really rebound the ball well. A well-coached team which is coming off a great win. Their comeback in the second half against Kansas was impressive. “Looking forward to tomorrow night with a pretty wild student section.” The Red Raiders have gone from outside the Top 25 just two weeks ago all the

way up the rankings to No. 13 in the AP Poll and No. 12 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll. Tech is 5-0 on the road in conference play and is off to the best start over the first 10 games in program history. The Red Raiders are also at No. 8 in the NCAA NET and No. 9 on the Kenpom ratings. They were named the team of the week by Andy Katz and Dick Vitale after snapping Houston’s 33-game home-court winning streak on Saturday. “I think we’re moving in the right direction but we’re nowhere near the end of this,” McCasland said. “People want to talk about where we were 10 games ago and have half-written us off. Now we’re 10 games in. It’s a unique thing in this world where everyone wants to talk about where you are now, but our focus is where we want to be. “I don’t think we’ve reached our potential in any way, shape or form. It’s a long journey but we’re moving in the right direction in the way we are competing together.”