1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the newly established Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, outscored opponents by a combined total of 323 to 232, and lost to Iowa in the 1996 Alamo Bowl.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Alamo Bowl, L 0–27 vs. Iowa
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South
1996 record	7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rick Dykes (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	John Goodner (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jones Stadium

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 8 Colorado		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 17 Kansas State		6	–	2					9	–	3
Missouri		3	–	5					5	–	6
Kansas		2	–	6					4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$		6	–	2					8	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5					3	–	8
Oklahoma State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7					4	–	7
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
x – Division champion/co-champions $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 PM	at No. 21 Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	L 14–21	43,143
September 7	11:30 AM	vs. Oklahoma State	Texas Stadium Irving, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 31–3	30,269
September 21	5:30 PM	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	L 12–15	73,116
September 28	6:30 PM	Utah State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 58–20	39,778
October 5	6:30 PM	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 45–24	50,594
October 12	1:00 PM	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 30–17	48,500
October 19	2:30 PM	No. 5 Nebraska	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	L 10–24	51,344
October 26	11:30 AM	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 13–10	70,147
November 9	6:00 PM	Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 32–38	50,607
November 16	1:00 PM	Southwestern Louisiana*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 56–21	38,097
November 23	2:30 PM	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 22–12	61,127
December 29	7:00 PM	vs. No. 21 Iowa*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 0–27	55,677
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense 60 Jayson Hansen OG 6-4 297 Jr. Kelowna, B.C. 4 Byron Hanspard TB 6-0 193 Jr. DeSoto, Texas 82 Donnie Hart SE 6-1 187 So. 17 Malcolm McKenzie SE 6-2 211 Jr. San Antonio, Texas 6 Stacy Mitchell FL 5-5 150 Jr. DeSoto, Texas 42 Sammy Morris FB 6-0 212 Fr. San Antonio, Texas David Nichol WR 5-10 182 Fr. Dallas, Texas *Ahndre Patterson TE 6-4 250 Jr 78 J.T. Sprouse OG 6-2 286 Sr. Simi Valley, Calif. 16 Matt Tittle QB 6-3 209 So Pos. # Name Class TE 85 Brad Spinks Sr	Defense William Culpepper LB 6-0 222 Fr. Cleburne, Texas 46 Keith Cumby DE 5-10 209 So. Van, Texas 86 Tony Daniels DE 6-5 249 Jr. Odessa, Texas 11 Tony Darden CB 6-0 196 Jr Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Spike Dykes Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

at Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	3	0	0	11	14
No. 21 Wildcats	0	14	0	7	21

See also: 1996 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1986	TTU, 41–7

vs. Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	3	0	3
Red Raiders	10	12	0	9	31

See also: 1996 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8–3	1989	TTU, 31–15

at Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	6	6	0	12
Bulldogs	0	7	0	8	15

See also: 1996 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1993	UGA, 52–37

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	6	7	0	20
Red Raiders	14	14	16	14	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	10	7	7	24
Red Raiders	14	17	7	7	45

See also: 1996 Baylor Bears football team and Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–32–1	1995	BAY, 9–7

at Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	7	0	7	16	30
Jayhawks	7	10	0	0	17

See also: 1996 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	1970	TTU, 23–0

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Cornhuskers	7	3	7	7	24
Red Raiders	7	3	0	0	10

See also: 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1994	NEB, 42–16

at Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	3	3	0	7	13
Aggies	0	3	7	0	10

See also: 1996 Texas A&M Aggies football team and Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–31–1	1995	TTU, 14–7

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Longhorns	14	14	7	3	38
Red Raiders	3	8	14	7	32

See also: 1996 Texas Longhorns football team and Texas–Texas Tech football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–34	1995	TEX, 48–7

Southwestern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	0	7	7	7	21
Red Raiders	0	28	7	21	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1994	TTU, 39–7

at Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	0	16	6	22
Sooners	0	3	0	9	12

See also: 1996 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1994	OKLA, 17–11

vs. Iowa (Alamo Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	0	0	0	0
No. 21 Hawkeyes	6	11	0	10	27

See also: 1996 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and 1996 Alamo Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

1. "1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
2. "1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.