American college football season
| 1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
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| Record | 5–6 (3–5 SWC) |
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| Head coach | |
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| Offensive coordinator | Vic Wallace (1st season) |
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| Offensive scheme | Option |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jim Bates (1st season) |
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| Base defense | 4–3 |
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| Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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Seasons |
1980 Southwest Conference football standings | 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 |
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| Rankings from AP Poll |
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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | UTEP* | | W 35–7 | 37,122 | |
| September 13 | No. 15 North Carolina* | | L 3–9 | 37,797 | [2] |
| September 20 | New Mexico* | | W 28–17 | 38,873 | |
| September 27 | Baylor | | L 23–24 | 48,539 | |
| October 4 | at Texas A&M | | L 21–41 | 65,490 | |
| October 18 | at Rice | | W 10–3 | 10,000 | |
| November 1 | No. 12 Texas | | W 24–20 | 50,132 | |
| November 8 | at TCU | | L 17–24 | 18,752 | |
| November 15 | No. 18 SMU | | W 14–0 | 42,197 | |
| November 22 | Houston | | L 7–34 | 36,386 | |
| November 29 | at Arkansas | | L 16–22 | 50,926 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
| 1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster |
| Players | Coaches |
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class | | QB | 12 | Ron Reeves | | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
 Injured Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "North Carolina tops Tech". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 14, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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