American college football season
The 1985 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Jerry Moore, the Red Raiders compiled a 4–7 record (1–7 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 249 to 240 (largely on the strength of a 63-7 victory over TCU), and finished in eighth place in the conference.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | New Mexico* | | | W 32–31 | 35,118 | |
September 14 | at Tulsa* | | | W 21–17 | 29,972 | |
September 21 | North Texas State* | | | W 28–7 | 33,494 | [2] |
September 28 | at Baylor | | Raycom | L 0–31 | 36,500 | |
October 5 | Texas A&M | | | L 27–28 | 50,148 | |
October 12 | No. 6 Arkansas | | | L 7–30 | 38,464 | |
October 19 | Rice | | | L 27–29 | 28,194 | |
November 2 | at Texas | | Raycom | L 21–34 | 65,137 | |
November 9 | TCU![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | | W 63–7 | 33,536 | |
November 16 | at SMU | | Raycom | L 7–9 | 29,476 | |
November 23 | at Houston | | | L 16–17 | 14,280 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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