1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

American college football season

1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 5–6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach|

* Rex Dockery (3rd season)

Offensive coordinator| Vic Wallace (1st season)
Offensive scheme| Option
Defensive coordinator| Jim Bates (1st season)
Base defense| 4–3
Home stadium| Jones Stadium

Seasons

<- 1979

1981 ->

1980 Southwest Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 14 Baylor $  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 20 SMU | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
Houston | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
Texas | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
Rice | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Arkansas | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
Texas A&M | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Texas Tech | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
TCU | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third and final season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 188 to 178, and finished in a tie for sixth place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 6| UTEP*|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| W 35–7| 37,122|
September 13| No. 15 North Carolina*|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| L 3–9| 37,797| [2]
September 20| New Mexico*|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| W 28–17| 38,873|
September 27| Baylor|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX (rivalry)

| L 23–24| 48,539|
October 4| at Texas A&M|

* Kyle Field
* College Station, TX (rivalry)

| L 21–41| 65,490|
October 18| at Rice|

* Rice Stadium
* Houston, TX

| W 10–3| 10,000|
November 1| No. 12 Texas|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX (rivalry)

| W 24–20| 50,132|
November 8| at TCU|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)

| L 17–24| 18,752|
November 15| No. 18 SMU|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| W 14–0| 42,197|
November 22| Houston|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX (rivalry)

| L 7–34| 36,386|
November 29| at Arkansas|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Little Rock, AR (rivalry)

| L 16–22| 50,926|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Roster

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1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB | `12` | Ron Reeves
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LB | `49` | Jeff McKinney
SS | `25` | Tate Randle
DT | `60` | Gabriel Rivera
FS | `21` | Ted Watts
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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P | `7` | Maury Buford

Head coach

* Rex Dockery

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

## References

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1. ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
2. ^ "North Carolina tops Tech". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 14, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.

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Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Venues|

* South Plains Fairgrounds (1925–1926)
* Tech Field (1926–1947)
* Jones AT&T Stadium (1947–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Arkansas
* Baylor
* Houston
* TCU
* Texas
* Texas A&M

Culture & lore|

* History
* Raider Red
* The Masked Rider
* "Fight, Raiders, Fight"
* "The Matador Song"
* Goin' Band from Raiderland
* Guns Up
* 1939 Centenary game
* 2008 Texas game
* 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy
* 2016 Oklahoma game

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* Head coaches
* Captains
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* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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