When the Big 12 Conference announced the new schedules for the upcoming 2020 college football season, the order of opponents changed. Instead of playing Kansas State in the conference opener, the Longhorns will instead head to Lubbock, Texas on September 26th to play the Red Raiders.
The Longhorns finished the 2019 season in a game against Texas Tech. After falling behind 14-0 early on in the contest, Sam Ehlinger and the team rallied to defeat Tech 49-24. Thanks in large part to a 22-point outburst in the second quarter.
Texas has defeated Tech five consecutive times in Lubbock. We won’t mention the last time Texas failed to defeat the Red Raiders. The Longhorns hold a commanding 52-17 edge in the series all-time in 69 games. If fans plan on making the trip to Lubbock for this year’s game, there will only be a handful of fans allowed at the game.
Texas Tech says its football stadium capacity for the fall season will be approximately 25 percent.
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) August 13, 2020
Nicole Auerbach of the Athletic is reporting that only 25 percent of the stadium capacity will be in attendance. Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock holds around 60,000 seats. Essentially only 15,000 fans will be able to attend.
While the Texas Governor Greg Abbott has stated that venues in the state can have upwards of 50 percent capacity, most universities are willing to take the risk of inviting more fans into the stadium.
Recently it was reported that the Texas Longhorns were currently discussing if they would have 50 or 25 percent capacity in their stadium. They were leaning towards the latter Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will likely only have 25,000 fans for home games this fall.