1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	4–7 (1–7 SWC)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom Wilson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Spike Dykes (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Texas A&M $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Baylor	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
SMU	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Texas Tech	1	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Jerry Moore, the Red Raiders compiled a 4–7 record (1–7 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 249 to 240 (largely on the strength of a 63-7 victory over TCU), and finished in eighth 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	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	New Mexico*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 32–31	35,118
September 14	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 21–17	29,972
September 21	North Texas State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 28–7	33,494	^[2]
September 28	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 0–31	36,500
October 5	Texas A&M	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 27–28	50,148
October 12	No. 6 Arkansas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 7–30	38,464
October 19	Rice	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 27–29	28,194
November 2	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 21–34	65,137
November 9	TCU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 63–7	33,536
November 16	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	Raycom	L 7–9	29,476
November 23	at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)		L 16–17	14,280
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "Tech drops NTSU". The Tyler Courier-Times. September 22, 1985. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.

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