1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Texas Tech wins its first Southwest Conference championship (shared with Houston).

1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Southwest Conference co-champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
1976 record10–2 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRex Dockery (2nd season)
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1976 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Houston + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 13 Texas Tech + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 7 Texas A&M 6 2 0  10 2 0
Baylor 4 3 1  7 3 1
Texas 4 4 0  5 5 1
Arkansas 3 4 1  5 5 1
Rice 2 6 0  3 8 0
SMU 2 6 0  3 8 0
TCU 0 8 0  0 11 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11Colorado*W 24–744,132
September 25at New Mexico*No. 20W 20–1628,501
October 9at No. 17 Texas A&MNo. 15W 27–1652,651
October 16at RiceNo. 10W 37–1323,500
October 23Arizona*No. 8
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 52–2744,890
October 30No. 15 TexasNo. 6
W 31–2854,187
November 6at TCUNo. 5W 14–1020,986
November 13SMUNo. 5
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 34–734,780
November 20No. 9 HoustonNo. 5
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 19–2745,102
November 27at ArkansasNo. 9W 30–741,327
December 4No. 18 BaylorNo. 9
W 24–2137,105
December 31vs. No. 13 NebraskaNo. 9L 24–2748,618
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Coaching staff

Coach: Steve Sloan

Offensive coordinator: Rex Dockery[2] Defensive Coordinator: Bill Parcels

Game summaries

Texas

1 234Total
Texas 7 777 28
Texas Tech 7 3147 31

Source:[3]

References

  1. "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  2. "The Rex Dockery Award". Bradley Central High School. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
  3. "'Greatest Game': Texas Tech Beats Texas." Eugene Register-Guard. October 31, 1976
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