1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach	Rex Dockery (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Vic Wallace (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Jim Bates (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jones Stadium

1980 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Baylor $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 SMU	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Houston	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Rice	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Arkansas	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third and final season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 188 to 178, and finished in a tie for sixth place in the conference. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	UTEP*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 35–7	37,122
September 13	No. 15 North Carolina*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 3–9	37,797
September 20	New Mexico*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 28–17	38,873
September 27	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 23–24	48,539
October 4	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 21–41	65,490
October 18	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 10–3	10,000
November 1	No. 12 Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 24–20	50,132
November 8	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 17–24	18,752
November 15	No. 18 SMU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 14–0	42,197
November 22	Houston	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 7–34	36,386
November 29	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	L 16–22	50,926
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1980 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 12 Ron Reeves	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 49 Jeff McKinney SS 25 Tate Randle DT 60 Gabriel Rivera FS 21 Ted Watts	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 7 Maury Buford	Head coach Rex Dockery Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt