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1975 Texas Tech

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1975, game by game: won vs. Florida State 31–20; won vs. New Mexico 24–17; lost at No. 6 Texas 18–42; lost at No. 15 Oklahoma State 16–17; lost vs. No. 6 Texas A&M 9–38; lost at No. 13 Arizona 28–32; won vs. SMU 37–20; won vs. Rice 28–24; won at TCU 34–0; won vs. Baylor 33–10; lost at No. 19 Arkansas 14–31+34−29Won 31–20 vs. Florida State+11Florida StateWon 24–17 vs. New Mexico+7New MexicoLost 18–42 at No. 6 Texas-24No. 6 TexasLost 16–17 at No. 15 Oklahoma State-1No. 15 Oklahoma StateLost 9–38 vs. No. 6 Texas A&M-29No. 6 Texas A&MLost 28–32 at No. 13 Arizona-4No. 13 ArizonaWon 37–20 vs. SMU+17SMUWon 28–24 vs. Rice+4RiceWon 34–0 at TCU+34TCUWon 33–10 vs. Baylor+23BaylorLost 14–31 at No. 19 Arkansas-17No. 19 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsFlorida StateW 31–⁠2080%
Sep 20vsNew MexicoW 24–⁠1770%
Sep 27at6TexasL 18–⁠4233%
Oct 4at15Oklahoma StateL 16–⁠1735%
Oct 11vs6Texas A&ML 9–⁠3842%
Oct 18at13ArizonaL 28–⁠3229%
Oct 25vsSMUW 37–⁠2060%
Nov 1vsRiceW 28–⁠2467%
Nov 8atTCUW 34–⁠077%
Nov 15vsBaylorW 33–⁠1067%
Nov 22at19ArkansasL 14–⁠3132%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 31–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
272–⁠251
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1559 +9 this season
SP+ rating
12.7 No. 32 of 132; offense No. 14, defense No. 68
SRS
11.5 No. 27 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rex Dockery
Defensive coordinator
Bill Parcells
Offense
Option
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 6Curtis Jordan DBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Pat FeluxTEAP-1
  • Ecomet BurleyNGAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠27
Texas6–⁠110–⁠26
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠211
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠5
SMU2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor2–⁠53–⁠6–⁠2
Rice1–⁠62–⁠9
TCU1–⁠61–⁠10

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