1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
| 1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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Gator Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Georgia Tech | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 10 |
| Record | 8–3 (5–2 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive scheme | T formation |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 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 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled an 8–3 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the SWC, lost to Georgia Tech in the 1965 Gator Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 278 to 222.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Tom Wilson with 2,119 passing yards and Donny Anderson with 705 rushing yards and 797 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Kansas* | W 26–7 | 35,300 | [5] | ||
| September 25 | at No. 3 Texas | L 7–33 | 65,350 | [6] | ||
| October 2 | Texas A&M |
| W 20–16 | 43,000 | [7] | |
| October 9 | TCU |
| W 28–24 | 35,000 | [8] | |
| October 16 | Oklahoma State* |
| W 17–14 | 29,825 | [9] | |
| October 23 | at SMU | W 26–24 | 40,000 | [10] | ||
| October 30 | Rice |
| W 27–0 | 43,555 | [11] | |
| November 6 | New Mexico State* |
| W 48–9 | 28,750–28,753 | [12] | |
| November 13 | Baylor |
| W 34–22 | 45,619 | [13] | |
| November 20 | at No. 2 Arkansas | No. 9 | L 24–42 | 42,000 | [14] | |
| December 31 | vs. Georgia Tech* | No. 10 | L 21–31 | 60,127 | [15] | |
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References
- ^ "1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
- ^ "Tech wins, 26–7, over Jayhawks". The Odessa American. September 19, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longhorns bowl over Texas Tech, 33 to 7". The Odessa American. September 26, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wild finish sees Tech win". The Paris News. October 3, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Red Raiders nip Frogs, 28–24, in wild finish". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 10, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech grabs win with last period rally". Express and News. October 17, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders hold off Mustangs, 26–24". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 24, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Anderson pulls Red Raiders by Rice Owls, 27–0". Wichita Falls Times. October 31, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Abe J. Perilman (November 7, 1965). "Aggies Tumble To Red Raider Onslaught 48–9: One-Man Show By Anderson Ignites Blast". Las Cruces Sun-News. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech wins, now faces Hogs next". The Victoria Advocate. November 14, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hogs roar into Cotton Bowl". Brownwood Bulletin. November 21, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech upsets Texas Tech 31–21 in Gator Bowl". The Danville Register. January 1, 1966. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1965–66 NCAA Statistics (Texas Tech)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 23, 2025.