1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRex Dockery (1st season)
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorBill Parcells (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1975 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Arkansas + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Texas + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Texas A&M + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Baylor 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
SMU 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Rice 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
TCU 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the SWC, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 272 to 251.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Tommy Duniven with 1,038 passing yards, Larry Isaac with 751 rushing yards, and Sammy Williams with 496 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Florida State*
W 31–2035,268[5]
September 20New Mexico*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 24–1739,160[6]
September 27at No. 6 Texas
L 18–4277,809[7]
October 4at No. 15 Oklahoma State*
L 16–1743,500[8]
October 11No. 6 Texas A&M
L 9–3852,254[9]
October 18at No. 13 Arizona*
L 28–3239,854[10]
October 25SMU
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 37–2036,020[11]
November 1Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–2438,205[12]
November 8at TCU
W 34–018,200[13]
November 15Baylor
W 33–1036,594[14]
November 22at No. 19 Arkansas
L 14–3136,600[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "1975 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. 98. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1975 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
  5. ^ "Ugh! Texas Tech 31, FSU 20; Seminoles just cannot stop losing". St. Petersburg Times. September 14, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Duniven directs Red Raider victory". The Austin American-Statesman. September 21, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Texas hands 42–18 loss to Texas Tech". The Daily Oklahoman. September 28, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "O-State nips Texas Tech". The Kilgore News Herald. October 5, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Aggies crush T-Tech, 38–9". Wichita Falls Times. October 12, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Arizona nips Red Raiders". Express-News. October 19, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Duniven's TDs lift Red Raiders". Wichita Falls Times. October 26, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Red Raiders shackle Rice". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 2, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Red Raiders roar past TCU, 34–0". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 9, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Red Raiders roll over Bears 33–10". The El Paso Times. November 16, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Hogs sidestep Tech and Liberty". The Commercial Appeal. November 23, 1975. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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