1978 Texas Tech
7–4 (5–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Rex Dockery. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 5 Houston 22–21Nov 25
Houston was ranked No. 5, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at 9USC | L 9–17 | 31% |
| Sep 23 | vs Arizona | W 41–26 | 61% |
| Sep 30 | vs 6Texas | L 7–24 | 41% |
| Oct 7 | at 7Texas A&M | L 9–38 | 26% |
| Oct 14 | at New Mexico | W 36–23 | 49% |
| Oct 21 | at Rice | W 42–28 | 72% |
| Nov 4 | vs Baylor | W 27–9 | 63% |
| Nov 11 | at TCU | W 27–17 | 75% |
| Nov 18 | vs SMU | W 19–16 | 69% |
| Nov 25 | vs 5Houston | W 22–21 | 44% |
| Dec 2 | at 8Arkansas | L 7–49 | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 49–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).
- Record
- 7–4
- Conference
- 5–3 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 246–268
- Coach
- Rex Dockery
- Elo
- 1589 +38 this season
- SP+ rating
- 14.1 No. 25 of 133; offense No. 14, defense No. 54
- SRS
- 12.1 No. 27 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- Sam Robertson
- Offense
- Option
- Defense
- 4–4
All-Southwest Conference
4 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
James HadnotRBAP-1- Don KellyLBAP-1
- Rex DockeryMiscellaneousAP
- Ron ReevesMiscellaneousAP
Second team
- Joe WalstadOGAP-2
- Curtis ReedDLAP-2
- Larry FlowersDBAP-2
- Willie StephensDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1978 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 7–1 | 9–3 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 6–2 | 9–2–1 | 11 |
| Texas | 6–2 | 9–3 | 9 |
| Texas Tech | 5–3 | 7–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 4–4 | 8–4 | 19 |
| SMU | 3–5 | 4–6–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–5 | 3–8 | |
| Rice | 2–6 | 2–9 | |
| TCU | 0–8 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.