1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
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ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1979 record3–6–2 (2–5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorSam Robertson (2nd season)
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
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 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 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[]

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

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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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