1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

American college football season

1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Tangerine Bowl, L 17–40 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rex Dockery (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Bill Parcells (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
Seasons← 1976 1978 →

1977 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Arkansas	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Houston	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a emmebr of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their third and final season under head coach Steve Sloan, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against SWC opponents), outscored opponents by a combined total of 279 to 246, and finished in a tie for fourth place in the SWC. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	at Baylor	No. 8	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 17–7	45,800
September 17	New Mexico*	No. 8	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 49–14	45,108
September 24	No. 6 Texas A&M	No. 7	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 17–33	55,008
October 1	at North Carolina*	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 10–7	48,000
October 8	at Arizona*	No. 17	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 32–26	41,500
October 15	Rice	No. 15	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 42–7	42,689
October 29	at No. 1 Texas	No. 14	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–26	77,809
November 5	TCU		Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas (rivalry)	W 49–17	42,124
November 12	at SMU	No. 18	Ownby Stadium Dallas, TX	W 45–7	21,689
November 19	at Houston	No. 16	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 7–45	43,989
November 26	No. 6 Arkansas		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 14–17	32,856
December 23	vs. No. 19 Florida State*		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 17–40	44,502
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Tres Adami
TE		Gregg Adkins
QB		Rodney Allison
OL		Terry Anderson
RB		Sam Bailey
TE		James Hadnot
TE		Mark Harrelson
OL		Dan Irons
QB		Mark Johnson
RB		Mark Julian
WR		Howie Lewis
OL		Larry Martin
RB		Eddie Monaco
WR		Brian Nelson
RB		Chris Orr
RB		Billy Taylor
WR		Godfrey Turner
OL		Joe Walstad
OL		Ken Walter
OL		Greg Wessels
RB		Jimmy Williams
WR		Sammy Williams

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL		Richard Arledge
DB		Larry Dupre
DB		Eric Felton
DB		Larry Flowers
DB		Greg Frazier
DL		David Hill
LB		Don Kelly
DL		Jim Krahl
LB		Gary McCright
LB		Mike Mock
DL		Curtis Reed
DB		Willie Stephens
DL		Kim Taliaferro
DL		Andrew Thomas
DL		Olan Tisdale

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Bill Adams
K		Mike Mock
P		Eric Jones

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	0	3	6	8	17
No. 19 Seminoles	3	13	11	13	40

"1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
"Texas Tech rolls 49–14". The Charlotte Observer. September 18, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Johnson directs Raiders to victory". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 2, 1977. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Adams' accurate foot leads Tech past Arizona". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 9, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"1977 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.

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Venues	South Plains Fairgrounds (1925–1926) Tech Field (1926–1947) Jones AT&T Stadium (1947–present)
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