1967 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1967 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–4 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1967 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas A&M $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Texas 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
TCU 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Arkansas 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
SMU 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Rice 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Baylor 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1967 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 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the SWC, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 217 to 165.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Joe Matulich with 507 passing yards, Mike Leinert with 689 rushing yards, and Larry Gilbert with 491 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Iowa State*
W 52–030,328[5]
September 28at No. 8 Texas
W 19–1366,000[6]
October 7Mississippi State*No. 10
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 3–739,000[7]
October 14Texas A&M
L 24–2848,240[8]
October 21at Florida State*
L 12–2833,179[9]
October 28at SMU
W 21–734,000[10]
November 4Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 24–1045,150[11]
November 11at TCU
L 0–1623,428[12]
November 18Baylor
W 31–2934,000[13]
November 25at Arkansas
W 31–2740,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[15]

References

  1. ^ "1967 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1967 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
  5. ^ "Texas Tech, Scovell rip Iowa State". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 24, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Scovell guides TT to 19–13 upset win". Austin American-Statesman. October 1, 1967. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Mighty Tech shocked, 7–3, by Bulldogs". The Arizona Republic. October 8, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Texas A&M shocks Red Raiders, 28–24". The El Paso Times. October 15, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Pajcic-led Florida Sr. wins". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 22, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Texas Tech smacks SMU". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 29, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tech trips Rice Owls". The Marshall News Messenger. November 5, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Texas Christian stuns Red Raiders". Albuquerque Journal. November 12, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Texas Tech wins over Baylor, 31–29". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. November 19, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Texas Tech tops Razorbacks 31–27". The Clarion-Ledger. November 26, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "1967–68 NCAA Statistics (Texas Tech)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
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