1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
1975 record 6–5 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach Steve Sloan (1st season)
Home stadium Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium
1975 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Arkansas + 6 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 6 Texas + 6 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 11 Texas A&M + 6 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Texas Tech 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Baylor 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –2
SMU 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Rice 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
TCU 1 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 272 to 251.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Tommy Duniven with 1,038 passing yards, Larry Isaac with 751 rushing yards, and Sammy Williams with 496 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 13 Florida State* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 31–20   35,268
September 20 New Mexico* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 24–17   39,160
September 27 at No. 6 Texas Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 18–42   77,809
October 4 at No. 15 Oklahoma State* Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma L 16–17   43,500
October 11 No. 6 Texas A&M Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 9–38   52,254
October 18 at No. 13 Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona L 28–32   39,854
October 25 SMU Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 37–20   36,020
November 1 Rice Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 28–24   38,205
November 8 at TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas W 34–0   18,200
November 15 Baylor Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 33–10   36,594
November 22 at No. 19 Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas L 14–31   36,600
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Sources:[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "1975 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. 98. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1975 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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