1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

American college football season

1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record4–7 (1–7 SWC)
Head coach
  • Jerry Moore (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorTom Wilson (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorSpike Dykes (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Southwest Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Texas A&M $ 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 12 Arkansas 6 2 0 10 2 0
No. 17 Baylor 6 2 0 9 3 0
Texas 6 2 0 8 4 0
SMU 5 3 0 6 5 0
Houston 3 5 0 4 7 0
Rice 2 6 0 3 8 0
Texas Tech 1 7 0 4 7 0
TCU 0 8 0 3 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
September 14at Tulsa*W 21–1729,972
September 21North Texas State*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 28–733,494[2]
September 28at BaylorRaycomL 0–3136,500
October 5Texas A&M
L 27–2850,148
October 12No. 6 Arkansas
L 7–3038,464
October 19Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 27–2928,194
November 2at TexasRaycomL 21–3465,137
November 9TCUdagger
W 63–733,536
November 16at SMU
RaycomL 7–929,476
November 23at HoustonL 16–1714,280
  • *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 drops NTSU". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 22, 1985. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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