1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a emmebr of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their third and final season under head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 279 to 246, and finished in a tie for fourth place in the SWC. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Tangerine Bowl, L 17–40 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rex Dockery (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Bill Parcells (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Jones Stadium

1977 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Arkansas	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Houston	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Baylor	No. 8	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 17–7	45,800
September 17	New Mexico*	No. 8	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 49–14	45,108
September 24	No. 6 Texas A&M	No. 7	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 17–33	55,008
October 1	at North Carolina*	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 10–7	48,000
October 8	at Arizona*	No. 17	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 32–26	41,500
October 15	Rice	No. 15	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 42–7	42,689
October 29	at No. 1 Texas	No. 14	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–26	77,809
November 5	TCU		Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas (rivalry)	W 49–17	42,124
November 12	at SMU	No. 18	Ownby Stadium Dallas, TX	W 45–7	21,689
November 19	at Houston	No. 16	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–45	43,989
November 26	No. 6 Arkansas		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 14–17	32,856
December 23	vs. No. 19 Florida State*		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 17–40	44,502
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Tres Adami TE Gregg Adkins QB Rodney Allison OL Terry Anderson RB Sam Bailey TE James Hadnot TE Mark Harrelson OL Dan Irons QB Mark Johnson RB Mark Julian WR Howie Lewis OL Larry Martin RB Eddie Monaco WR Brian Nelson RB Chris Orr RB Billy Taylor WR Godfrey Turner OL Joe Walstad OL Ken Walter OL Greg Wessels RB Jimmy Williams WR Sammy Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Richard Arledge DB Larry Dupre DB Eric Felton DB Larry Flowers DB Greg Frazier DL David Hill LB Don Kelly DL Jim Krahl LB Gary McCright LB Mike Mock DL Curtis Reed DB Willie Stephens DL Kim Taliaferro DL Andrew Thomas DL Olan Tisdale	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Bill Adams K Mike Mock P Eric Jones	Head coach Steve Sloan Coordinators/assistant coaches Rex Dockery Offensive coordinator Bill Parcells Defensive coordinator/Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Vs. No. 19 Florida State (Tangerine Bowl)

See also: 1977 Florida State Seminoles football team and 1977 Tangerine Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	3	6	8	17
No. 19 Seminoles	3	13	11	13	40