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1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
1965 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Arkansas $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Texas Tech 5 2 0 8 3 0
TCU 5 2 0 6 5 0
Texas 3 4 0 6 4 0
Baylor 3 4 0 5 5 0
SMU 3 4 0 4 5 1
Texas A&M 1 6 0 3 7 0
Rice 1 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1965 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled an 8–3 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, lost to Georgia in the 1965 Gator Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 278 to 222.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Tom Wilson with 2,119 passing yards and Donny Anderson with 705 rushing yards and 797 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 18Kansas*W 26–7
September 25at No. 3 TexasL 7–33
October 2Texas A&M
W 20–16
October 9TCU
W 28–24
October 16Oklahoma State*
W 17–14
October 23at SMUW 26–24
October 30Rice
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 27–0
November 6New Mexico State*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 48–9
November 13Baylor
W 34–22
November 20at No. 2 ArkansasNo. 9L 24–42
December 31vs. Georgia Tech*No. 10L 21–31
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1965 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.