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1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Vic Wallace (1st season)
Offensive scheme Option
Defensive coordinator Jim Bates (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Jones Stadium
Seasons
←  1979
1981 →
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
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 as a member of 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6 UTEP*
W 35–737,122
September 13No. 15 North Carolina*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 3–937,797 [2]
September 20 New Mexico*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–1738,873
September 27 Baylor
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
L 23–2448,539
October 4at Texas A&M
L 21–4165,490
October 18at Rice
W 10–310,000
November 1No. 12 Texas
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
W 24–2050,132
November 8at TCU
L 17–2418,752
November 15No. 18 SMUdagger
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 14–042,197
November 22 Houston
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
L 7–3436,386
November 29at Arkansas
L 16–2250,926
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

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. ^ "North Carolina tops Tech". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 14, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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