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.
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (1–7 SWC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tom Wilson (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Spike Dykes (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Jones Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | New Mexico* | W 32–31 | 35,118 | |||
| September 14 | at Tulsa* | W 21–17 | 29,972 | |||
| September 21 | North Texas State* |
| W 28–7 | 33,494 | [2] | |
| September 28 | at Baylor | Raycom | L 0–31 | 36,500 | ||
| October 5 | Texas A&M |
| L 27–28 | 50,148 | ||
| October 12 | No. 6 Arkansas |
| L 7–30 | 38,464 | ||
| October 19 | Rice |
| L 27–29 | 28,194 | ||
| November 2 | at Texas | Raycom | L 21–34 | 65,137 | ||
| November 9 | TCU |
| W 63–7 | 33,536 | ||
| November 16 | at SMU | Raycom | L 7–9 | 29,476 | ||
| November 23 | at Houston | L 16–17 | 14,280 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "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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