1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–4–1 (4–3–1 SWC)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dick Winder (1st season)
Offensive scheme	No-huddle spread
Defensive coordinator	Carlos Mainord (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

1987 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Texas A&M $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Texas	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Baylor	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Houston	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–4–1 record (4–3–1 against SWC opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 315 to 266.^[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 pm	at No. 8 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	HSE	L 16–40	52,893
September 12	7:00 pm	Colorado State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 33–24	28,786
September 19	7:00 pm	Lamar*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 43–14	27,795
September 26	12:00 pm	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 22–36	34,816
October 3	12:00 pm	No. 15 Texas A&M	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 27–21	42,625
October 10	7:00 pm	No. 20 Arkansas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 0–31	40,586
October 17	1:00 pm	Rice	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 59–7	25,314
October 24	2:00 pm	Tulsa*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 42–7	24,341
October 31	1:00 pm	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	HSE	L 27–41	74,984
November 7	12:00 pm	TCU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 36–35	28,516
November 21	7:00 pm	at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)		T 10–10	19,295
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

v t e Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Venues	South Plains Fairgrounds (1925–1926) Tech Field (1926–1947) Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field (1947–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor Houston TCU Texas Texas A&M
Culture & lore	History Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Goin' Band from Raiderland Guns Up 1939 Centenary game 2008 Texas game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 2016 Oklahoma game
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