1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–3–2 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1968 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Arkansas + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Texas + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14 SMU 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Baylor 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Texas A&M 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
TCU 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Rice 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 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 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–3–2 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the SWC, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 255 to 241.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Joe Matulich with 864 passing yards, Roger Freeman with 471 rushing yards, and Bobby Allen with 546 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Cincinnati*
T 10–1035,200–35,258[5]
September 28No. 6 Texas
W 31–2250,167[6]
October 5Colorado State*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 43–1335,111[7]
October 12at Texas A&M
W 21–1645,000[8]
October 19at Mississippi State*No. 15
T 28–2828,000[9]
October 26SMUNo. 19
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 18–3950,352[10]
November 2at Rice
W 38–1520,000[11]
November 9TCU
W 31–1440,140[12]
November 16at Baylor
L 28–4220,000[13]
November 23No. 9 Arkansas
L 7–4248,165[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "1968 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. ^ "1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
  5. ^ "Cincinnati gains tie with Raiders". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. September 22, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Texas Tech upsets Texas". The El Paso Times. September 29, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Red Raiders romp". The Austin American-Statesman. October 6, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Red Raiders upset Texas A&M, 21–16". The Victoria Advocate. October 13, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tech gains tie with Maroons". Victoria Advocate. October 20, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Is SMU for real? Ask the Raiders". The Paris News. October 27, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Red Raiders roll Rice". The Bryan Daily Eagle. November 3, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Raiders wallop Frogs". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 10, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Bears stun Tech 42–28". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 17, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Porkers take title, now wait at bowl crossroads". The Commercial Appeal. November 24, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "1968–69 NCAA Statistics (Texas Tech)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
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