1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–7 (1–7 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTom Wilson (2nd season)
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorSpike Dykes (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
1985 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Texas A&M $7–1–010–2–0
No. 12 Arkansas6–2–010–2–0
No. 17 Baylor6–2–09–3–0
Texas6–2–08–4–0
SMU5–3–06–5–0
Houston3–5–04–7–0
Rice2–6–03–8–0
Texas Tech1–7–04–7–0
TCU0–8–03–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Jerry Moore, the Red Raiders compiled a 4–7 record (1–7 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 249 to 240 (largely on the strength of a 63-7 victory over TCU), and finished in eighth place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 7New Mexico*
W 32–3135,118[2]
September 14at Tulsa*
W 21–1729,972[3]
September 21North Texas State*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–733,494[4]
September 28at Baylor
RaycomL 0–3136,500[5]
October 5Texas A&M
L 27–2850,148[6]
October 12No. 6 Arkansas
L 7–3038,464[7]
October 19Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 27–2928,194[8]
November 2at Texas
RaycomL 21–3465,137[9]
November 9TCUdagger
W 63–733,536[10]
November 16at SMU
RaycomL 7–929,476[11]
November 23at Houston
L 16–1714,280[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tech's Raiders trim the Lobos". The Abilene Reporter-News. September 8, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Keesee passes Texas Tech to last-minute victory". The Victoria Advocate. September 15, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tech drops NTSU". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 22, 1985. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Baylor buries helpless Tech". San Angelo Standard-Times. September 29, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Texas Tech's pain is Texas A&M's gain". The Monitor. October 6, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Rouse leads Arkansas past Texas Tech, 30–7". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 13, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tech fumbles, dropped passes help Rice pull out close one". Austin American-Statesman. October 20, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Stafford directs Longhorns to win over Red Raiders". The Victoria Advocate. November 3, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Tech QB sets passing mark in 63–7 burial of TCU Frogs". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 10, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Brownlee's 57-yars FG helps SMU escape Tech". Wichita Falls Times. November 17, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Houston nudges Tech, 17–16". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 24, 1985. Retrieved April 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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