1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (5–3 SWC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Option |
| Defensive coordinator | Sam Robertson (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–4 |
| Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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| No. 10 Houston $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Arkansas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Texas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Texas A&M | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 268 to 246, and finished in fourth place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | at No. 9 USC* | L 9–17 | 50,321 | [2] | |
| September 23 | Arizona* | W 41–26 | 41,732 | [3] | |
| September 30 | No. 6 Texas |
| L 7–24 | 54,012 | [4] |
| October 7 | at No. 7 Texas A&M | L 9–38 | 56,121 | [5] | |
| October 14 | at New Mexico* | W 36–23 | 23,167 | [6] | |
| October 21 | at Rice | W 42–28 | 20,000 | [7] | |
| November 4 | Baylor |
| W 27–9 | 48,895 | [8] |
| November 11 | at TCU | W 27–17 | 17,228 | [9] | |
| November 18 | No. 18 SMU |
| W 19–16 | 45,101 | [10] |
| November 25 | No. 5 Houston |
| W 22–21 | 36,691 | [11] |
| December 2 | at No. 8 Arkansas | L 7–49 | 43,301 | [12] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "USC booed, then tips Tech". The Columbian. September 10, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech goes in scoring orgy against UA". The Arizona Daily Star. September 24, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas pins Texas Tech, 24–7". Statesman Journal. October 1, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas A&M rips Texas Tech, 38–9". Star-Gazette. October 8, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders trounce New Mexico". Del Rio News Herald. October 15, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech holds off Rice". The Victoria Advocate. October 22, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders roll past Baylor, 27–9". Longview News-Journal. November 5, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders' aces trump Frogs as Reeves holds hot hand". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "T-Tech tips Mustangs". Tulsa World. November 19, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Houston caught in revolt". The Shreveport Times. November 26, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Arkansas rips Texas Tech". The Orlando Sentinel Star. December 3, 1978. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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