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1964 Texas Tech

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by J.T. King.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1964, game by game: won vs. Mississippi State 21–7; lost vs. No. 4 Texas 0–23; won at Texas A&M 16–12; won at TCU 25–10; lost at Baylor 10–28; won vs. SMU 12–0; tied at Rice 6–6; won vs. West Texas 48–0; won vs. Washington State 28–10; lost vs. No. 3 Arkansas 0–17; lost vs. Georgia 0–7+48−23Won 21–7 vs. Mississippi State+14Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–23 vs. No. 4 Texas-23No. 4 TexasWon 16–12 at Texas A&M+4Texas A&MWon 25–10 at TCU+15TCULost 10–28 at Baylor-18BaylorWon 12–0 vs. SMU+12SMUTied 6–6 at Rice0RiceWon 48–0 vs. West Texas+48West TexasWon 28–10 vs. Washington State+18Washington StateLost 0–17 vs. No. 3 Arkansas-17No. 3 ArkansasLost 0–7 vs. Georgia-7Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsMississippi StateW 21–⁠743%
Sep 26vs4TexasL 0–⁠2328%
Oct 3atTexas A&MW 16–⁠1247%
Oct 10atTCUW 25–⁠1048%
Oct 17atBaylorL 10–⁠2842%
Oct 24vsSMUW 12–⁠067%
Oct 31atRiceT 6–⁠642%
Nov 7vsWest TexasW 48–⁠060%
Nov 14vsWashington StateW 28–⁠1072%
Nov 21vs3ArkansasL 0–⁠1739%
Dec 26Bowls & playoffvsGeorgiaSun BowlL 0–⁠741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 7–⁠0 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠120
Coach
J.T. King
Elo
1508 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.4 No. 43 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 1Donny Anderson RBGreen Bay Packers

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • C.C. WillisCUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠011–⁠02
Texas6–⁠110–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠35–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Rice3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6
Texas A&M1–⁠61–⁠9
SMU0–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.