1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorVic Wallace (1st season)
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorJim Bates (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 0 010 2 0
No. 20 SMU 5 3 08 4 0
Houston 5 3 07 5 0
Texas 4 4 07 5 0
Rice 4 4 05 6 0
Arkansas 3 5 07 5 0
Texas A&M 3 5 04 7 0
Texas Tech 3 5 05 6 0
TCU 1 7 01 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

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

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Roster

1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12 Ron Reeves
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 49 Jeff McKinney
SS 25 Tate Randle
DT 60 Gabriel Rivera
FS 21 Ted Watts
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
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. "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.


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