1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Northern Division
	Southern Division
	Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; Rankings from AP Poll

1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
1999 record	6–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	(4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Goodner (5th season)
Home stadium	Jones Stadium; (Capacity: 50,500)
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented the Texas Tech University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Red Raiders offense scored 253 points while the defense allowed 282 points. It was Spike Dykes final season as head coach.

Previous season[]

The 1998 team finished the regular season with a 7–4 record, 4–4 in Big 12 play. The Red Raiders were invited to the Independence Bowl, losing 18–35 to Ole Miss, finishing with an overall record of 7–5.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	7:00 pm	at No. 25 Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	FSN	L 13–31	65,091
September 11	7:00 pm	at Louisiana–Lafayette*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		W 38–17	18,182
September 18	6:00 pm	North Texas*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 14–21	45,824
October 2	6:00 pm	No. 5 Texas A&M	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 21–19	53,513
October 9	7:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		L 21–41	44,125
October 16	2:30 pm	Colorado	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	W 31–10	46,424
October 23	6:00 pm	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 35–7	27,815
October 30	1:00 pm	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO		L 7–34	52,982
November 6	1:00 pm	Iowa State	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 28–16	41,691
November 13	6:00 pm	at No. 10 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 7–58	83,882
November 20	11:30 am	Oklahoma	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 38–28	42,020
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries[]

Oklahoma[]

Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sooners	14	7	0	7	28
Red Raiders	10	3	18	7	38

at Jones Stadium, Lubbock, TX

Date: November 20
Game time: 11:30 a.m.
Game attendance: 42,020
TV: FSN
Stats, Recap

Game information

First quarter

TTU – Sammy Morris 32-yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick), 14:03. Red Raiders 7–0. Drive: 2 plays, 30 yards, 0:16.
TTU – Chris Birkholz 29-yard field goal, 8:54. Red Raiders 10–0. Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards, 1:49.
OKLA – Quentin Griffin 1-yard run (Tim Duncan kick), 5:49. Red Raiders 10–7. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:05.
OKLA – Damien Mackey 44-yard pass from Josh Heupel (Tim Duncan kick), 0:05. Sooners 14–10. Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 1:53.

Second quarter

OKLA – Quentin Griffin 13-yard run (Tim Duncan kick), 2:06. Sooners 21–10. Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards, 1:29.
TTU – Chris Birkholz 47-yard field goal, 0:08. Sooners 21–13. Drive: 5 plays, 28 yards, 0:27.

Third quarter

TTU – Chris Birkholz 36-yard field goal, 7:20. Sooners 21–16. Drive: 6 plays, 19 yards, 2:10.
TTU – Kliff Kingsbury 1-yard run (Kingsbury pass to Morris), 4:39. Red Raiders 24–21. Drive: 2 plays, 1 yard, 0:33.
TTU – Sammy Morris 67-yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick), 1:13. Red Raiders 31–21. Drive: 1 play, 67 yards, 0:13.

Fourth quarter

TTU – Tim Baker 18-yard pass from Kliff Kingsbury (Chris Birkholz kick), 3:54. Red Raiders 38–21. Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards, 4:01.
OKLA – Josh Norman 1-yard run (Tim Duncan kick), 1:39. Red Raiders 38–28. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards, 2:15.

Top passers

OKLA – Josh Heupel – 32/50, 352 yards, TD, INT
TTU – Kliff Kingsbury – 9/17, 259 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

OKLA – Quentin Griffin – 10 carries, 58 yards, 2 TD
TTU – Sammy Morris – 20 carries, 51 yards

Top receivers

OKLA – Brandon Daniels – 9 receptions, 94 yards
TTU – Sammy Morris – 3 receptions, 103 yards, 2 TD

In Spike Dykes's final game as the Red Raiders' head coach, the team came back from a 21–13 halftime deficit to win 38–28 over the Sooners. Dykes finished his career at Texas Tech with an overall record of 82–67–1 through 13 seasons. Oklahoma's offensive coordinator, Mike Leach, would serve as Dyke's successor.

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Anthony Malbrough	Defensive back	5	130	Cleveland Browns
Sammy Morris	Running back	5	156	Buffalo Bills

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References[]

^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.

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1999 Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
1999 record	6–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	(4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Goodner (5th season)
Home stadium	Jones Stadium (Capacity: 50,500)
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1		12	–	1
No. 6 Kansas State x		7	–	1		11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3		7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5		5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7		4	–	7
Southern Division
No. 21 Texas xy		6	–	2		9	–	5
Oklahoma		5	–	3		7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3		6	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M		5	–	3		8	–	4
Oklahoma State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8		1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll