The Texas Tech Red Raiders college football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A), representing Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference.[1] Texas Tech has played its home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas since 1947.[2]
Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate football team during the 1925 season. The team was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference. The school's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially in 1937 with "Red Raiders", a nickname bestowed upon them by a sportswriter impressed by their bright scarlet uniforms that remains to this today. That same year, the team won its first conference championship and was invited to the Sun Bowl. The game was played on January 1, 1938, and resulted in a 7–6 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers. Texas Tech suffered four more bowl losses before their first postseason win in the 1952 Sun Bowl.[3] Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won nine conference championships, the most held by a Border Conference member.
In 1956, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference (SWC) but was ineligible for any title during a four-year probationary period. It gained full SWC membership and began official conference play in 1960. The Red Raiders won conference championships in 1976 and 1994. The team remained in the SWC until the conference dissolved in 1996.[4] The university was invited and became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference.
Seasons
edit| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Y. Freeland (Independent) (1925–1928) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Ewing Y. Freeland | 6–1–2 | |||||||
| 1926 | Ewing Y. Freeland | 6–1–3 | |||||||
| 1927 | Ewing Y. Freeland | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1928 | Ewing Y. Freeland | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| Grady Higginbotham (Independent) (1929) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Grady Higginbotham | 1–7–2 | |||||||
| Pete Cawthon (Independent) (1930–1931) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Pete Cawthon | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1931 | Pete Cawthon | 6–3 | |||||||
| Pete Cawthon (Border Conference) (1932–1940) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Pete Cawthon | 10–2 | 2–0 | 1st[n 1] | |||||
| 1933 | Pete Cawthon | 8–1 | 1–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1934 | Pete Cawthon | 7–2–1 | 1–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1935 | Pete Cawthon | 5–3–2 | 0–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1936 | Pete Cawthon | 5–4–1 | 0–0–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1937 | Pete Cawthon | 8–4 | 3–0 | 1st | L Sun | ||||
| 1938 | Pete Cawthon | 10–1 | 2–0 | 1st | L Cotton | 11 | |||
| 1939 | Pete Cawthon | 5–5–1 | 2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1940 | Pete Cawthon | 9–1–1 | 0–1 | 6th | |||||
| Dell Morgan (Border Conference) (1941–1950) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Dell Morgan | 9–2 | 2–0 | 1st | L Sun | ||||
| 1942 | Dell Morgan | 4–5–1 | 3–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1943 | Dell Morgan | 4–6 | 0–0 | N/A | |||||
| 1944 | Dell Morgan | 4–7 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1945 | Dell Morgan | 3–5–2 | 1–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1946 | Dell Morgan | 8–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1947 | Dell Morgan | 6–5 | 4–0 | 1st | L Sun | ||||
| 1948 | Dell Morgan | 7–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1949 | Dell Morgan | 7–5 | 5–0 | 1st | L Raisin | ||||
| 1950 | Dell Morgan | 3–8 | 3–2 | 4th | |||||
| DeWitt Weaver (Border Conference) (1951–1956) | |||||||||
| 1951 | DeWitt Weaver | 7–4 | 5–0 | 1st | W Sun | ||||
| 1952 | DeWitt Weaver | 3–7–1 | 2–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1953 | DeWitt Weaver | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1st | W Gator | 12 | 12 | ||
| 1954 | DeWitt Weaver | 7–2–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1955 | DeWitt Weaver | 7–3–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | L Sun | ||||
| 1956 | DeWitt Weaver | 2–7–1 | 1–3 | N/A | |||||
| DeWitt Weaver (Independent) (1957–1959) | |||||||||
| 1957 | DeWitt Weaver | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1958 | DeWitt Weaver | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1959 | DeWitt Weaver | 4–6 | |||||||
| DeWitt Weaver (Southwest Conference) (1960) | |||||||||
| 1960 | DeWitt Weaver | 3–6–1 | 1–5–1 | 6th | |||||
| J. T. King (Southwest Conference) (1961–1969) | |||||||||
| 1961 | J. T. King | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–8th | |||||
| 1962 | J. T. King | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 1963 | J. T. King | 5–5 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1964 | J. T. King | 6–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–4th | L Sun | ||||
| 1965 | J. T. King | 8–3 | 5–3 | T–2nd | L Gator | 10 | |||
| 1966 | J. T. King | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1967 | J. T. King | 6–4 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1968 | J. T. King | 5–3–2 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1969 | J. T. King | 5–5 | 4–3 | T–6th | |||||
| Jim Carlen (Southwest Conference) (1970–1974) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Jim Carlen | 8–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1971 | Jim Carlen | 4–7 | 2–5 | 5th | |||||
| 1972 | Jim Carlen | 8–4 | 4–3 | T–2nd | L Sun | ||||
| 1973 | Jim Carlen | 11–1 | 6–1 | 2nd | W Gator | 11 | 11 | ||
| 1974 | Jim Carlen | 6–4–2 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| Steve Sloan (Southwest Conference) (1975–1977) | |||||||||
| 1975 | Steve Sloan | 6–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1976 | Steve Sloan | 10–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L Bluebonnet | 13 | 13 | ||
| 1977 | Steve Sloan | 7–5 | 4–4 | T–4th | L Tangerine | ||||
| Rex Dockery (Southwest Conference) (1978–1980) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Rex Dockery | 7–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1979 | Rex Dockery | 3–6–2 | 2–5–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1980 | Rex Dockery | 5–6 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Jerry Moore (Southwest Conference) (1981–1985) | |||||||||
| 1981 | Jerry Moore | 1–9–1 | 0–7–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1982 | Jerry Moore | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1983 | Jerry Moore | 3–7–1 | 3–4–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1984 | Jerry Moore | 4–7 | 2–6 | 8th | |||||
| 1985 | Jerry Moore | 4–7 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| David McWilliams (Southwest Conference) (1986) | |||||||||
| 1986 | David McWilliams[n 2] | 7–5[n 2] | 5–3 | T–4th | L Independence | ||||
| Spike Dykes (Southwest Conference) (1986–1995) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Spike Dykes | 6–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1988 | Spike Dykes | 5–6 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1989 | Spike Dykes | 9–3 | 5–3 | 4th | W All-American | 16 | 19 | ||
| 1990 | Spike Dykes | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 1991 | Spike Dykes | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1992 | Spike Dykes | 5–6 | 4–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1993 | Spike Dykes | 6–6 | 5–2 | T–2nd | L John Hancock | ||||
| 1994 | Spike Dykes | 6–6 | 4–3 | T–1st | L Cotton | ||||
| 1995 | Spike Dykes | 9–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | W Copper | 20 | 23 | ||
| Spike Dykes (Big 12 Conference) (1996–1999) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Spike Dykes | 7–5 | 5–3 | 2nd (South) | L Alamo | ||||
| 1997 | Spike Dykes | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd (South) | |||||
| 1998 | Spike Dykes | 7–5 | 4–4 | 3rd (South) | L Independence | ||||
| 1999 | Spike Dykes | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd (South) | |||||
| Mike Leach (Big 12 Conference) (2000–2009) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Mike Leach | 7–6 | 3–5 | 4th (South) | L Galleryfurniture.com | ||||
| 2001 | Mike Leach | 7–5 | 4–4 | T–3rd (South) | L Alamo | ||||
| 2002 | Mike Leach | 9–5 | 5–3 | T–3rd (South) | W Tangerine | ||||
| 2003 | Mike Leach | 8–5 | 4–4 | 4th (South) | W Houston | ||||
| 2004 | Mike Leach | 8–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd (South) | W Holiday | 17 | 18 | ||
| 2005 | Mike Leach | 9–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd (South) | L Cotton | 19 | 20 | ||
| 2006 | Mike Leach | 8–5 | 4–4 | 4th (South) | W Insight | ||||
| 2007 | Mike Leach | 9–4 | 4–4 | T–3rd (South) | W Gator | 23 | 22 | ||
| 2008 | Mike Leach | 11–2 | 7–1 | T–1st (South) | L Cotton | 12 | 12 | ||
| 2009 | Mike Leach[n 3] | 9–4[n 3] | 5–3 | T–3rd (South) | W Alamo | 23 | 21 | ||
| Tommy Tuberville (Big 12 Conference) (2010–2012) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Tommy Tuberville | 8–5 | 3–5 | 5th (South) | W TicketCity | ||||
| 2011 | Tommy Tuberville | 5–7 | 2–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2012 | Tommy Tuberville[n 4] | 8–5[n 4] | 4–5 | T–5th | W Texas | ||||
| Kliff Kingsbury (Big 12 Conference) (2013–2018) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Kliff Kingsbury | 8–5 | 4–5 | 6th | W Holiday | ||||
| 2014 | Kliff Kingsbury | 4–8 | 2–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2015 | Kliff Kingsbury | 7–6 | 4–5 | T–5th | L Texas | ||||
| 2016 | Kliff Kingsbury | 5–7 | 3–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 2017 | Kliff Kingsbury | 6–7 | 3–6 | 7th | L Birmingham | ||||
| 2018 | Kliff Kingsbury | 5–7 | 3–6 | T–7th | |||||
| Matt Wells (Big 12 Conference) (2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Matt Wells | 4–8 | 2–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2020 | Matt Wells | 4–6 | 3–6 | 8th | |||||
| 2021 | Matt Wells[n 5] | 7–6[n 5] | 3–6[n 5] | T–7th | W Liberty | ||||
| Joey McGuire (Big 12 Conference) (2022–Present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Joey McGuire | 8–5 | 5–4 | 4th | W Texas | ||||
| 2023 | Joey McGuire | 7–6 | 5–4 | T-7th | W Independence | ||||
| Total: | 597-481–32 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Notes
edit- ^ Although Texas Tech went undefeated in conference play, Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association rules forbade an official conference championship being awarded to a team without a minimum of three games played between conference members.[8]
- ^ a b McWilliams then spent the 1986 season as head coach at Texas Tech, leading the Red Raiders to a bowl bid, before accepting the head coach position of Texas. The team was coached in the bowl game by Spike Dykes.
- ^ a b On December 28, Leach was suspended by Texas Tech pending investigation of alleged inappropriate treatment of Adam James, a redshirt sophomore wide receiver. Leach was terminated by the university on December 30. Ruffin McNeill, the team's defensive coordinator, was named interim head coach and led the team during their appearance in the Alamo Bowl.
- ^ a b At the end of the regular season, Tuberville resigned to take the same position at Cincinnati. Offensive line coach Chris Thomsen served as interim head coach for the team's bowl game.
- ^ a b c The team was led by third-year head coach Matt Wells for the first eight games. Wells was fired on October 25, with offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie being named interim head coach. Baylor associate head coach/outside linebackers coach Joey McGuire was named as Texas Tech's 17th head coach on November 8; Cumbie continued to serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
References
edit- ^ "Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Record by Year".
- ^ "Cultivating the Home Field Advantage, A Memoir Revisited". Texas Tech University. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "Texas Tech Bowl History". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- ^ a b "Texas Tech Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- ^ "Texas Tech Championships". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
- ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 21, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ^ CFRC College Football Database - Texas Tech Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Sep-12.
- ^ "Discontinued Conferences" (PDF). Conference Standings and Champions. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 12. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
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