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1980 Texas Tech

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Rex Dockery.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1980, game by game: won vs. UTEP 35–7; lost vs. No. 15 North Carolina 3–9; won vs. New Mexico 28–17; lost vs. Baylor 3–11; lost at Texas A&M 21–41; won at Rice 10–3; won vs. No. 12 Texas 24–20; lost at TCU 17–24; won vs. No. 18 SMU 14–0; lost vs. Houston 7–34; lost at Arkansas 16–22+28−27Won 35–7 vs. UTEP+28UTEPLost 3–9 vs. No. 15 North Carolina-6No. 15 North CarolinaWon 28–17 vs. New Mexico+11New MexicoLost 3–11 vs. Baylor-8BaylorLost 21–41 at Texas A&M-20Texas A&MWon 10–3 at Rice+7RiceWon 24–20 vs. No. 12 Texas+4No. 12 TexasLost 17–24 at TCU-7TCUWon 14–0 vs. No. 18 SMU+14No. 18 SMULost 7–34 vs. Houston-27HoustonLost 16–22 at Arkansas-6Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsUTEPW 35–⁠778%
Sep 13vs15North CarolinaL 3–⁠944%
Sep 20vsNew MexicoW 28–⁠1758%
Sep 27vsBaylorL 3–⁠1142%
Oct 4atTexas A&ML 21–⁠4136%
Oct 18atRiceW 10–⁠355%
Nov 1vs12TexasW 24–⁠2033%
Nov 8atTCUL 17–⁠2469%
Nov 15vs18SMUW 14–⁠035%
Nov 22vsHoustonL 7–⁠3442%
Nov 29atArkansasL 16–⁠2229%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 22–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
178–⁠188
Coach
Rex Dockery
Elo
1480 −11 this season
SP+ rating
1.0 No. 65 of 133; offense No. 102, defense No. 33
SRS
3.6 No. 54 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Vic Wallace
Defensive coordinator
Jim Bates
Offense
Option
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 1Ted Watts DBOakland Raiders

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Baylor8–⁠010–⁠214
SMU5–⁠38–⁠420
Houston5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas4–⁠47–⁠5
Rice4–⁠45–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠57–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠71–⁠10

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