1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
1978 record 7–4 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach Rex Dockery (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Sam Robertson (1st season)
Home stadium Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium
1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Houston $ 7 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 11 Arkansas 6 –2 –0  9 –2 –1
No. 9 Texas 6 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
Texas Tech 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
No. 19 Texas A&M 4 –4 –0  8 –4 –0
SMU 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –1
Baylor 3 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Rice 2 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
TCU 0 –8 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 268 to 246, and finished in 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 9 at No. 9 USC* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles L 9–17   50,321
September 23 Arizona* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 41–26   41,732
September 30 No. 6 Texas Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 7–24   54,012
October 7 at No. 7 Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas L 9–38   56,121
October 14 at New Mexico* University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico W 36–23   23,167
October 31 at Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas W 42–28   20,000
November 4 Baylor Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 27–9   48,895
November 11 at TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas W 27–17   17,228
November 18 No. 18 SMU Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 19–16   45,101
November 25 No. 5 Houston Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 22–21   36,691
December 2 at No. 8 Arkansas Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas L 7–49   43,301
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[2]

References

  1. ↑ "1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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