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1970 Texas Tech

8–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Carlen.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1970, game by game: won vs. Tulane 21–14; won at Kansas 23–0; lost vs. No. 2 Texas 13–35; won vs. California–Santa Barbara 63–21; won at Texas A&M 21–7; lost at Mississippi State 16–20; won vs. SMU 14–10; won at Rice 3–0; won vs. TCU 22–14; won at Baylor 7–3; lost vs. No. 6 Arkansas 10–24; lost vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech 9–17+42−22Won 21–14 vs. Tulane+7TulaneWon 23–0 at Kansas+23KansasLost 13–35 vs. No. 2 Texas-22No. 2 TexasWon 63–21 vs. California–Santa Barbara+42California–Sant…Won 21–7 at Texas A&M+14Texas A&MLost 16–20 at Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…Won 14–10 vs. SMU+4SMUWon 3–0 at Rice+3RiceWon 22–14 vs. TCU+8TCUWon 7–3 at Baylor+4BaylorLost 10–24 vs. No. 6 Arkansas-14No. 6 ArkansasLost 9–17 vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech-8No. 13 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsTulaneW 21–⁠1464%
Sep 19atKansasW 23–⁠048%
Sep 26vs2TexasL 13–⁠3534%
Oct 3vsCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 63–⁠2187%
Oct 10atTexas A&MW 21–⁠748%
Oct 17atMississippi StateL 16–⁠2060%
Oct 24vsSMUW 14–⁠1064%
Oct 31atRiceW 3–⁠060%
Nov 7vsTCUW 22–⁠1469%
Nov 14atBaylorW 7–⁠374%
Nov 21vs6ArkansasL 10–⁠2440%
Dec 19Bowls & playoffvs13Georgia TechSun BowlL 9–⁠1745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 17–⁠9 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 17
  2. Wk 11: 19
  3. Wk 14: 19
Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
222–⁠165
Coach
Jim Carlen
Elo
1539 +46 this season
SP+ rating
8.5 No. 40 of 117; offense No. 76, defense No. 12
SRS
13.2 No. 25 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Richard Bell
Offense
No-huddle option
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Bruce DowdyDEAP-1
  • Wayne McDermandDTAP-1
  • Ken PerkinsDBAP-1

Second team

  • Johnny OdomFlankersAP-2
  • Jesse RichardsonCAP-2
  • Doug McCutcheonFBAP-2
  • Larry MolinareLBAP-2
  • Dale ReboldDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠211
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠62–⁠9
Texas A&M0–⁠72–⁠9

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