Texas Tech Outlasts West Virginia 53-48 in Lubbock: Castellanos Throws for 362 Yards and Five Touchdowns in a 1,220-Yard Shootout
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech beat West Virginia 53-48 at Galaxy Stadium on Saturday night, November 7, 2026, in a shootout in which the two teams combined for 1,220 yards of total offense. According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Red Raiders quarterback Thomas Castellanos completed 18 of 27 passes for career highs of 362 yards and five touchdowns and added 102 rushing yards, the last of the scores a go-ahead 5-yard throw to Kenny Johnson with 2:44 left.
The game swung in long runs. West Virginia led 17-14 after the first quarter; Texas Tech scored 27 points in the second to lead 41-27 at halftime; the Mountaineers then scored 21 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a 48-41 lead into the fourth. Stone Harrington's 46-yard field goal cut the margin to 48-44, and Castellanos then led a 9-play, 69-yard drive — kept alive by a leaping fourth-down grab by Micah Hudson — capped by Johnson's second touchdown catch of the game. West Virginia turned the ball over on downs, and Trey White sacked quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. in the end zone for a safety that sealed the 53-48 final. Texas Tech finished with 638 total yards, and J'Koby Williams rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.
West Virginia piled up 582 yards. Hawkins passed for 303 yards, ran 19 times for 88 yards and scored three rushing touchdowns; his third rushing score was his 19th of the season. The loss denied Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez his 200th career victory. Texas Tech improved to 8-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big 12; the Avalanche-Journal reported the win was the school-record 14th straight home victory for the Red Raiders. West Virginia fell to 5-4 and 2-4 in the league. Texas Tech plays at Oklahoma State on November 14.
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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Photo: 图：四分卫托马斯·卡斯特利亚诺斯（资料图，其波士顿学院时期）。Wikimedia Commons，美国陆军照片，公有领域，已预裁16:9。/ Quarterback Thomas Castellanos (file photo, from his Boston College tenure). Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Army photo, public domain.
