1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Alamo Bowl, L 0–27 vs. Iowa
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRick Dykes (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorJohn Goodner (2nd season)
Base defense4–2–5/4–4 hybrid
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%   8 0     11 2  
No. 8 Colorado   7 1     10 2  
No. 17 Kansas State   6 2     9 3  
Missouri   3 5     5 6  
Kansas   2 6     4 7  
Iowa State   1 7     2 9  
South Division
No. 23 Texas x$   6 2     8 5  
Texas Tech   5 3     7 5  
Texas A&M   4 4     6 6  
Oklahoma   3 5     3 8  
Oklahoma State   2 6     5 6  
Baylor   1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the newly formed Big 12 Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, outscored opponents by a combined total of 323 to 232, and lost to Iowa in the 1996 Alamo Bowl.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

  1. ^ "1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.