1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Tangerine Bowl, L 17–40 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Rex Dockery (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Bill Parcells (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their third and final season under head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 279 to 246, and finished in a tie for fourth place in the SWC.^[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Record7–5 (4–4 SWC)

Headcoach

OffensivecoordinatorRex Dockery (3rd season)

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1977 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Arkansas	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Houston	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Baylor	No. 8	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 17–7	45,800	^[2]
September 17	New Mexico*	No. 8	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 49–14	45,108	^[3]
September 24	No. 6 Texas A&M	No. 7	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 17–33	55,008	^[4]
October 1	at North Carolina*	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 10–7	48,000	^[5]
October 8	at Arizona*	No. 17	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 32–26	41,500	^[6]
October 15	Rice	No. 15	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 42–7	42,689	^[7]
October 29	at No. 1 Texas	No. 14	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–26	77,809	^[8]
November 5	TCU		Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas (rivalry)	W 49–17	42,124	^[9]
November 12	at SMU	No. 18	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 45–7	21,689	^[10]
November 19	at Houston	No. 16	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–45	43,989	^[11]
November 24	No. 6 Arkansas		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 14–17	32,856	^[12]
December 23	vs. No. 19 Florida State*		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 17–40	44,502	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	3	6	8	17
No. 19 Seminoles	3	13	11	13	40