1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Texas Tech wins its first Southwest Conference championship (shared with Houston).
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Southwest Conference co-champion | |
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 24–27 vs. Nebraska | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
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Coaches | No. 13 |
AP | No. 13 |
1976 record | 10–2 (7–1 SWC) |
Head coach | Steve Sloan (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Rex Dockery (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Houston + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Texas Tech + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Texas A&M | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 11 | Colorado* | W 24–7 | 44,132 | ||
September 25 | at New Mexico* | No. 20 |
| W 20–16 | 28,501 |
October 9 | at No. 17 Texas A&M | No. 15 | W 27–16 | 52,651 | |
October 16 | at Rice | No. 10 | W 37–13 | 23,500 | |
October 23 | Arizona* | No. 8 |
| W 52–27 | 44,890 |
October 30 | No. 15 Texas | No. 6 |
| W 31–28 | 54,187 |
November 6 | at TCU | No. 5 | W 14–10 | 20,986 | |
November 13 | SMU | No. 5 |
| W 34–7 | 34,780 |
November 20 | No. 9 Houston | No. 5 |
| L 19–27 | 45,102 |
November 27 | at Arkansas | No. 9 | W 30–7 | 41,327 | |
December 4 | No. 18 Baylor | No. 9 |
| W 24–21 | 37,105 |
December 31 | vs. No. 13 Nebraska | No. 9 |
| L 24–27 | 48,618 |
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Game summaries
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References
- "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- "The Rex Dockery Award". Bradley Central High School. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
- "'Greatest Game': Texas Tech Beats Texas." Eugene Register-Guard. October 31, 1976
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