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1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference playing sharing the SWC title with Houston. Texas Tech was invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Nebraska. The team outscored opponents 336 to 206 and finished the season with the 38th toughest schedule in NCAA Division I.[1]

1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
SWC co-champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
Record10–2 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRex Dockery (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorBill Parcells (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1975
1977 →
1976 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Texas Tech + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 7 Texas A&M 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Baylor 4 – 3 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Texas 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Arkansas 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Rice 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
SMU 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
TCU 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11Colorado*
W 24–744,132
September 25at New Mexico*No. 20
W 20–1628,501[2]
October 9at No. 17 Texas A&MNo. 15
W 27–1652,651
October 16at RiceNo. 10
W 37–1323,500
October 23Arizona*No. 8
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 52–2744,890[3]
October 30No. 15 TexasNo. 6
W 31–2854,187
November 6at TCUNo. 5
W 14–1020,986
November 13SMU No. 5
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 34–734,780
November 20No. 9 HoustonNo. 5
L 19–2745,102
November 27at ArkansasNo. 9
W 30–741,327
December 4No. 18 BaylorNo. 9
W 24–2137,105
December 31vs. No. 13 NebraskaNo. 9
L 24–2748,618
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

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1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Tres Adami
QB Rodney Allison
OL Terry Anderson
RB Sam Bailey
RB Angel Berlingeri
TE Sylvester Brown
OL Greg Davis
QB Tommy Duniven
TE James Hadnot
OL Dan Irons
RB Larry Isaac
RB Mark Julian
WR Brian Nelson
OL Mike Sears
RB Billy Taylor
OL Kenny Thiel
WR Godfrey Turner
OL Greg Wessels
RB Jimmy Williams
WR Sammy Williams
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Richard Arledge
DL Bill Bothwell
DL Harold Buell
DB Larry Dupre
DB Eric Felton
DB Greg Frazier
LB Thomas Howard Sr.
DL Jim Krahl
LB Gary McCright
LB Mike Mock
DL Curtis Reed
DB Don Roberts
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Brian Hall
K David Mellott
P David Kuykendall
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

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No. 15 Texas

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See also: 1976 Texas Longhorns football team
No. 15 Texas Longhorns at No. 6 Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 15 Longhorns 7 7 7728
No. 5 Red Raiders 7 3 14731

at Jones Stadium, Lubbock, Texas

  • Date: October 30
  • Game attendance: 54,187
  • Source:[6]
Game information
First quarter

Second quarter

  • TEX – Jimmy Johnson 1-yard run (Russell Erxleben kick). Longhorns 14–7.
  • TTU – Brian Hall 34-yard field goal. Longhorns 14–10.

Third quarter

  • TEX – Jimmy Johnson 60-yard run (Russell Erxleben kick). Longhorns 21–10.
  • TTU – Rodney Allison 5-yard run (Brian Hall kick). Longhorns 21–17.
  • TTU – Larry Isaac 15-yard run (Brian Hall kick). Red Raiders 24–21.

Fourth quarter

  • TEX – Jimmy Johnson 1-yard run (Russell Erxleben kick). Longhorns 28–24.
  • TTU – Billy Taylor 1-yard (Brian Hall kick). Red Raiders 31–28.

Vs. No. 13 Nebraska (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)

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See also: 1976 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Main article: 1976 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
No. 13 Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. No. 9 Texas Tech Red Raiders (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 13 Cornhuskers 7 7 13027
No. 9 Red Raiders 3 14 7024

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Game information
First quarter
  • NEB – Rick Berns 1-yard run (Al Eveland kick), 5:42. Cornhuskers 7–0.
  • TTU – Brian Hall 28-yard field goal, 1:22. Cornhuskers 7–3.

Second quarter

  • TTU – Billy Taylor 14-yard pass from Rodney Allison (Brian Hall kick), 12:08. Red Raiders 10–7.
  • TTU – Billy Taylor 11-yard pass from Rodney Allison (Brian Hall kick), 2:14. Red Raiders 17–7.
  • NEB – Mark Dufresne 22-yard pass from Vince Ferragamo (Al Eveland kick), 0:33. Red Raiders 17–14.

Third quarter

  • TTU – Billy Taylor 8-yard run (Brian Hall kick), 11:32. Red Raiders 24–14.
  • NEB – Rick Berns 18-yard run (kick failed), 9:19. Red Raiders 24–20.
  • NEB – Chuck Malito 23-yard pass from Vince Ferragamo (Al Eveland kick), 7:01. Cornhuskers 27–24.

Fourth quarter

  • No scoring plays

Despite losing the game, Texas Tech quarterback Rodney Allison was named the game's MVP.[7] Nebraska trailed by ten in the second half, coming back to win 27–24.[8][9] The Red Raiders looked to take the lead back late in the fourth quarter, but lost a fumble that was recovered by Nebraska's Reg Gast to seal the Cornhuskers' victory.[10][11][12]

Rankings

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See also: 1976 NCAA Division I football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
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Players drafted into the NFL

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See also: 1977 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
3 67 Thomas Howard Sr. LB Kansas City Chiefs
6 196 Tommy Duniven QB Cincinnati Bengals

References

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  1. ^ "1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tech rallies to nip Lobos 20–16". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 26, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Texas Tech ruins Wildcats, 52–27". Clovis News-Journal. October 24, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  5. ^ "The Rex Dockery Award". Bradley Central High School. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2009.
  6. ^ "'Greatest Game': Texas Tech Beats Texas." Eugene Register-Guard. October 31, 1976
  7. ^ "Nebraska aerials key to win over Raiders". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 1, 1977. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Nebraska rally sinks Texas Tech, 27-24". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. January 1, 1977. p. 1B.
  9. ^ "Bonnet bowl win for Nebraska, 27-24". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 1, 1977. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "1976 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl".
  12. ^ "Auto PDF p hotos s chools text sports m footbl auto PDF 05mediaguide bowlhistory".
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