Countdown to Kickoff: 22 Days
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Texas Tech's 2016 football season will begin in exactly 22 days with a Sept. 3 kickoff against Stephen F. Austin.
Today, we continue our Countdown to Kickoff series with a notable way the number 22 relates to Red Raider football.
22: Three Red Raiders have scored 22 TDs in a single season - Bam Morris (1993), Taurean Henderson (2005) and Michael Crabtree (2007).
Three Texas Tech all-time greats share the program's single-season record for touchdowns scored.
Byron "Bam" Morris originally set the record as a senior in 1993, rushing for 22 touchdowns in 11 games. The Cooper, Texas product won the Doak Walker Award that season after piling up 1,752 rushing yards on 298 carries.
Twelve years later, another Red Raider running back in a much, much different offense tied Morris' mark. Taurean Henderson, the Big 12's all-time scoring leader, scored 22 touchdowns as a senior in 2005. He rushed for 17 scores and added another five as a pass catcher.
Michael Crabtree, the most decorated player in program history, is the most recent Texas Tech standout to tie the scoring record. During his standout redshirt freshman season in 2007, Crabtree caught a staggering 134 passes for 1,962 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Tomorrow: 21 - We look at the most decorated running back in Texas Tech history.