1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
1968 record 5–3–2 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach J. T. King (8th season)
Home stadium Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium
1968 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Arkansas + 6 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 3 Texas + 6 –1 –0  9 –1 –1
No. 14 SMU 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Texas Tech 4 –3 –0  5 –3 –2
Baylor 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Texas A&M 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
TCU 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Rice 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1968 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–3–2 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 255 to 241.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Joe Matulich with 864 passing yards, Roger Freeman with 471 rushing yards, and Bobby Allen with 546 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 21 Cincinnati* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas T 10–10   35,200
September 28 No. 6 Texas Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 31–22   50,167
October 5 Colorado State* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 43–13   38,000
October 11 at Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas W 21–16   45,000
October 19 at Mississippi State* No. 15 Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi T 28–28   28,000
October 26 SMU No. 19 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 18–39   50,352
November 2 at Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas W 38–15   20,000
November 9 TCU Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 31–14   40,140
November 16 at Baylor Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas L 28–42   20,000
November 23 No. 9 Arkansas Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 42-7   48,165
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Sources:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.


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