1986 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1986 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1986 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Independence Bowl, L 17–20 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–5 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach	David McWilliams (1st season; regular season); Spike Dykes (bowl game);
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Spike Dykes (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a memnber of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first and only season under head coach David McWilliams, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–4 record in the regular season (5–3 against SWC opponents) and finished in a tie for fourth place in the conference. The team was invited to play in the 1986 Independence Bowl and lost to Ole Miss, 20 to 17. The team was coached in the bowl game by Spike Dykes. Over the course of the full 1986 season, the team outscored opponents by a combined total of 271 to 268.^[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Record7–5 (5–3 SWC)

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OffensiveschemeMultiple

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1986 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 12 Baylor	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Houston	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	7:00 pm	Kansas State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 41–7	37,842	^[2]
September 13	6:30 pm	at No. 2 Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		L 11–61	41,925	^[3]
September 20	7:00 pm	New Mexico*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 14–7	36,520	^[4]
September 27	12:00 pm	No. 17 Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 14–45	41,046	^[5]
October 4	1:30 pm	at No. 14 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 8–45	62,876	^[6]
October 11	1:00 pm	at No. 8 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		W 17–7	49,012	^[7]
October 18	12:00 pm	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	Raycom	W 49–21	18,000	^[8]
November 1	12:00 pm	Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	USA	W 23–21	44,820	^[9]
November 8	2:00 pm	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 36–14	25,729	^[10]
November 15	2:00 pm	SMU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 7–13	35,887	^[11]
November 22	2:00 pm	Houston	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 34–7	30,196	^[12]
December 20	7:00 pm	vs. Ole Miss*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	USA	L 17–20	46,369	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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