1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
1979 record 3–6–2 (2–5–1 SWC)
Head coach Rex Dockery (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Sam Robertson (2nd season)
Home stadium Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Houston + 7 –1 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 8 Arkansas + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 12 Texas 6 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 14 Baylor 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Texas A&M 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
SMU 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Texas Tech 2 –5 –1  3 –6 –2
TCU 1 –6 –1  2 –8 –1
Rice 0 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 3–6–2 record (2–5–1 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 182 to 141, and finished in seventh 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 8 No. 1 USC* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 7–21   52,991
September 15 New Mexico* Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 17–7   42,109
September 22 at Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona T 14–14   40,476
September 29 at Baylor Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas L 17–27   35,800
October 6 Texas A&M Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 21–20   52,468
October 13 Arkansas Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas L 6–20   47,109
October 20 Rice Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas W 30–7   41,732
November 3 at No. 8 Texas Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas L 6–14   77,809
November 10 TCU Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas T 3–3   40,091
November 17 at SMU Cotton Bowl • Dallas L 10–35   42,226
November 24 at No. 9 Houston Astrodome • Houston, Texas L 7–34   25,637
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[2]

References

  1. ↑ "1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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