1978_Texas_Tech_Red_Raiders_football_team

1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–4 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach	Rex Dockery (1st season);
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Sam Robertson (1st season)
Base defense	4–4
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

American college football season

The 1978 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 268 to 246, and finished in fourth place in the conference.^[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	at No. 9 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 9–17	50,321
September 23	Arizona*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 41–26	41,732
September 30	No. 6 Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 7–24	54,012
October 7	at No. 7 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 9–38	56,121
October 14	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 36–23	23,167
October 31	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 42–28	20,000
November 4	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 27–9	48,895
November 11	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 27–17	17,228
November 18	No. 18 SMU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 19–16	45,101
November 25	No. 5 Houston	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 22–21	36,691
December 2	at No. 8 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	L 7–49	43,301
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Houston $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Texas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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