1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
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 →

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.

Record5–6 (3–5 SWC)

Headcoach

OffensivecoordinatorVic Wallace (1st season)

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1980 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
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

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	UTEP*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 35–7	37,122	^[2]
September 13	No. 15 North Carolina*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 3–9	37,797	^[3]
September 20	New Mexico*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 28–17	38,873	^[4]
September 27	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 23–24	48,539	^[5]
October 4	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 21–41	65,490	^[6]
October 18	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 10–3	10,000	^[7]
November 1	No. 12 Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 24–20	50,132	^[8]
November 8	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 17–24	18,752	^[9]
November 15	No. 18 SMU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 14–0	42,197	^[10]
November 22	Houston	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 7–34	36,386	^[11]
November 29	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	L 16–22	50,926	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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