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1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record3–6–2 (2–5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Option
Defensive coordinator Sam Robertson (2nd season)
Base defense 4–4
Home stadium Jones Stadium
Seasons
←  1978
1980 →
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 as a member of 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8No. 1 USC*L 7–2152,991
September 15 New Mexico*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 17–742,109
September 22at Arizona*T 14–1440,476
September 29at BaylorL 17–2735,800
October 6 Texas A&M
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
W 21–2052,468
October 13 Arkansas
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
L 6–2047,109
October 20 Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 30–741,732
November 3at No. 8 TexasL 6–1477,809
November 10 TCUdagger
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
T 3–340,091
November 17at SMUL 10–3542,226
November 24at No. 9 HoustonL 7–3425,637
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[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.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record3–6–2 (2–5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Option
Defensive coordinator Sam Robertson (2nd season)
Base defense 4–4
Home stadium Jones Stadium
Seasons
←  1978
1980 →
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 as a member of 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8No. 1 USC*L 7–2152,991
September 15 New Mexico*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 17–742,109
September 22at Arizona*T 14–1440,476
September 29at BaylorL 17–2735,800
October 6 Texas A&M
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
W 21–2052,468
October 13 Arkansas
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
L 6–2047,109
October 20 Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 30–741,732
November 3at No. 8 TexasL 6–1477,809
November 10 TCUdagger
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
T 3–340,091
November 17at SMUL 10–3542,226
November 24at No. 9 HoustonL 7–3425,637
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[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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