1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Sun Bowl, L 9–17 vs. Georgia Tech
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeNo-huddle option
Defensive coordinatorRichard Bell (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1970 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Texas $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Arkansas 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
5 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Rice 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
SMU 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Baylor 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Texas A&M 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Carlen, the Red Raiders compiled an 8–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the SWC, lost to Georgia Tech in the 1970 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 222 to 165.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Charles Napper with 979 passing yards, Doug McCutchen with 1,068 rushing yards, and Johnny Odom with 331 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 12Tulane*
W 21–1443,250[5]
September 19at Kansas*
W 23–036,355–38,700[6]
September 26No. 2 Texas
L 13–3553,124[7]
October 3UC Santa Barbara*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 63–2134,000[8]
October 10at Texas A&M
W 21–743,075[9]
October 17at Mississippi State*No. 17
L 16–2019,050[10]
October 24SMU
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 14–1046,258[11]
October 31at Rice
W 3–025,000[12]
November 7TCU
W 22–1440,100[13]
November 14at Baylor
W 7–319,000[14]
November 21No. 6 ArkansasNo. 19
L 10–2450,125[15]
December 19vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech*No. 19
CBSL 9–1726,188[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "1970 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. 98. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1970 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
  5. ^ "Raiders pull plug on Green Wave". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. September 13, 1970. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jayhawks shut out". St. Joseph News-Press. September 20, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Longhorns trample Tech". The Victoria Advocate. September 27, 1970. Retrieved May 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "T-Tech wallops Gauchos, 63 to 21". Tulsa Daily World. October 4, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tech nails Aggies". Casper Star-Tribune. October 11, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Mississippi State downs Raiders 20–16". The Odessa American. October 18, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Raiders come from behind to edge Southern Methodist". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 25, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Texas Tech nips Owls". The Pensacola News-Journal. November 1, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Raiders clip TCU". The Orlando Sentinel. November 8, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Raiders triumph on Napper aerial". The Shreveport Times. November 15, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Hogs grab at a bowl and Tech licks the spoon". The Commercial Appeal. November 22, 1970. Retrieved March 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Georgia Tech grabs Sun Bowl win". The Arizona Daily Star. December 20, 1970. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "1970–71 NCAA Statistics (Texas Tech)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
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