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1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record4–7 (1–7 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tom Wilson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Option
Defensive coordinator Spike Dykes (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Jones Stadium
Seasons
←  1984
1986 →
1985 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Texas A&M $ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Arkansas 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Baylor 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Texas 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
SMU 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Houston 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rice 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Texas Tech 1 – 7 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
TCU 0 – 8 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Jerry Moore, the Red Raiders compiled a 4–7 record (1–7 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 249 to 240 (largely on the strength of a 63-7 victory over TCU), and finished in eighth place in the conference. [1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 7 New Mexico*
W 32–3135,118
September 14at Tulsa*
W 21–1729,972
September 21 North Texas State*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–733,494 [2]
September 28at Baylor
 RaycomL 0–3136,500
October 5 Texas A&M
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
L 27–2850,148
October 12No. 6 Arkansas
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
L 7–3038,464
October 19 Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 27–2928,194
November 2at Texas
RaycomL 21–3465,137
November 9 TCUdagger
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX ( rivalry)
W 63–733,536
November 16at SMU
RaycomL 7–929,476
November 23at Houston
L 16–1714,280
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

References

  1. ^ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Tech drops NTSU". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 22, 1985. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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