1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
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ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1980 record5–6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorVic Wallace (1st season)
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 20 SMU 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Houston 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Texas 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Rice 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Arkansas 3 – 5 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Texas A&M 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third and final season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 188 to 178, and finished in a tie for sixth place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 6UTEP*
W 35–737,122
September 13No. 15 North Carolina*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 3–937,797
September 20New Mexico*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–1738,873
September 27Baylor
L 23–2448,539
October 4at Texas A&M
L 21–4165,490
October 18at Rice
W 10–310,000
November 1No. 12 Texas
W 24–2050,132
November 8at TCU
L 17–2418,752
November 15No. 18 SMU
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 14–042,197
November 22Houston
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 7–3436,386
November 29at Arkansas
L 16–2250,926
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 Ron Reeves
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 49 Jeff McKinney
SS 25 Tate Randle
DT 60 Gabriel Rivera
FS 21 Ted Watts
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 7 Maury Buford
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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