1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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.

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1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–6–2 (2–5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorSam Robertson (2nd season)
Base defense4–4
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
 1978
1980 
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1979 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Houston + 7 1 011 1 0
No. 8 Arkansas + 7 1 010 2 0
No. 12 Texas 6 2 09 3 0
No. 14 Baylor 5 3 08 4 0
Texas A&M 4 4 06 5 0
SMU 3 5 05 6 0
Texas Tech 2 5 13 6 2
TCU 1 6 12 8 1
Rice 0 8 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8No. 1 USC*L 7–2152,991[2]
September 15New Mexico*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 17–742,109[3]
September 22at Arizona*T 14–1440,476[4]
September 29at BaylorL 17–2735,800[5]
October 6Texas A&M
W 21–2052,468[6]
October 13Arkansas
L 6–2047,109[7]
October 20Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 30–741,732[8]
November 3at No. 8 TexasL 6–1477,809[9]
November 10TCUdagger
T 3–340,091[10]
November 17at SMUL 10–3542,226[11]
November 23at No. 9 HoustonL 10–1425,637[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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