1960 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1960 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–6–1 (1–5–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Base defense5–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1960 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Arkansas $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 12 Baylor 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Texas 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Rice 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
TCU 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Texas A&M 0 – 4 – 3 1 – 6 – 3
SMU 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 9 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1960 college football season. In their tenth and final season under head coach DeWitt Weaver, the Red Raiders compiled a 3–6–1 record (1–5–1 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the SWC, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 182 to 148.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Glenn Amerson with 464 passing yards, Coolidge Hunt with 527 rushing yards, and Bake Turner with 173 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17West Texas State*
W 38–1430,000[5]
September 24at Texas A&M
T 14–1413,000[6]
October 1at No. 13 Texas
L 0–1752,000[7]
October 8at TCU
L 7–2125,000[8]
October 15No. 7 Baylor
L 7–1429,000[9]
October 22SMU
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–732,000[10]
October 29at No. 13 Rice
L 6–3026,000[11]
November 5Tulane*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 35–2115,000[12]
November 12Wyoming*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 7–1020,000[13]
November 19No. 7 Arkansas
L 6–3430,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "1960 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
  5. ^ "Texas Tech whips West Texas, 38–14". The El Paso Times. September 18, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "A&M, Raiders battle to tie". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. September 25, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Texas Longhorns sail past Texas Tech for 17–0 win". The Odessa American. October 2, 1960. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "TCU Horned Frogs slash Red Raiders by 21 to 7". The Vernon Daily Record. October 9, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Baylor Bears beat Texas Tech, 14–7". The Longview News-Journal. October 16, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tech smears SMU". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 23, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rice grinds Tech for 30–6 victory". The Victoria Advocate. October 30, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Amerson's aerials stop Tulane, 35–21". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 6, 1960. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Field goal presents Wyoming with upset win over Raiders". The Orange Leader. November 13, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Cotton Bowl for Arkansas". Sunday News & Leader. November 20, 1960. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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