1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
1977 record 7–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach Steve Sloan (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Rex Dockery (3rd season)
Home stadium Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium
1977 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Texas $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 3 Arkansas 7 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
Texas A&M 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Houston 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Texas Tech 4 –4 –0  7 –5 –0
Baylor 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
SMU 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
TCU 1 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Rice 0 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their third and final season under head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 279 to 246, and finished in a tie for fourth place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 10 at Baylor No. 8 Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas W 17–7   45,800
September 17 New Mexico* No. 8 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 49–14   45,108
September 24 No. 6 Texas A&M No. 7 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 17–33   55,008
October 1 at North Carolina* No. 13 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 10–7   48,000
October 8 at Arizona* No. 17 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona W 32–26   41,500
October 15 Rice No. 15 Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 42–7   42,689
October 29 at No. 1 Texas No. 14 Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 0–26   77,809
November 5 TCU Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 49–17   42,124
November 12 at SMU No. 18 Ownby Stadium • Dallas W 45–7   21,689
November 19 at Houston No. 16 Astrodome • Houston, Texas L 7–45   43,989
November 26 No. 6 Arkansas Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 14–17   32,856
December 23 vs. No. 19 Florida State* Orlando Stadium • Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl) L 17–40   44,502
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[2]

References

  1. ↑ "1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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