List of Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons

The Texas Tech Red Raiders college football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A), representing Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference.[1] Texas Tech has played its home games at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas since 1947.[2]

Texas Tech Red Raider football player stands with the a football in the endzone in the foreground with fans in the stands in the background cheering.
Danny Amendola scores a touchdown in the 2004 game against the Baylor Bears

Texas Tech (then known as Texas Technological College) fielded its first intercollegiate football team during the 1925 season. The team was known as the "Matadors" from 1925 to 1936, a name suggested by the wife of E. Y. Freeland, the first football coach, to reflect the influence of the Spanish Renaissance architecture on campus. In 1932, Texas Tech joined the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, also known as the Border Conference. The school's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially in 1937 with "Red Raiders", a nickname bestowed upon them by a sportswriter impressed by their bright scarlet uniforms that remains to this today. That same year, the team won its first conference championship and was invited to the Sun Bowl. The game was played on January 1, 1938, and resulted in a 7–6 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers. Texas Tech suffered four more bowl losses before their first postseason win in the 1952 Sun Bowl.[3] Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in 1956, the Red Raiders won nine conference championships, the most held by a Border Conference member.

In 1956, Texas Tech was admitted to the Southwest Conference (SWC) but was ineligible for any title during a four-year probationary period. It gained full SWC membership and began official conference play in 1960. The Red Raiders won conference championships in 1976 and 1994. The team remained in the SWC until the conference dissolved in 1996.[4] The university was invited and became a charter member in the South Division of the Big 12 Conference.

This is a list of their annual results.[3][4][5][6][7]

Seasons

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsCoaches#AP°
Ewing Y. Freeland (Independent) (1925–1928)
1925Ewing Y. Freeland6–1–2
1926Ewing Y. Freeland6–1–3
1927Ewing Y. Freeland5–4
1928Ewing Y. Freeland4–4–1
Grady Higginbotham (Independent) (1929)
1929Grady Higginbotham1–7–2
Pete Cawthon (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930Pete Cawthon3–6
1931Pete Cawthon6–3
Pete Cawthon (Border Conference) (1932–1940)
1932Pete Cawthon10–22–01st[n 1]
1933Pete Cawthon8–11–01st
1934Pete Cawthon7–2–11–01st
1935Pete Cawthon5–3–20–16th
1936Pete Cawthon5–4–10–0–14th
1937Pete Cawthon8–43–01stL Sun
1938Pete Cawthon10–12–01stL Cotton11
1939Pete Cawthon5–5–12–13rd
1940Pete Cawthon9–1–10–16th
Dell Morgan (Border Conference) (1941–1950)
1941Dell Morgan9–22–01stL Sun
1942Dell Morgan4–5–13–0–1T–1st
1943Dell Morgan4–60–0N/A
1944Dell Morgan4–72–01st
1945Dell Morgan3–5–21–0–1T–1st
1946Dell Morgan8–33–12nd
1947Dell Morgan6–54–01stL Sun
1948Dell Morgan7–35–01st
1949Dell Morgan7–55–01stL Raisin
1950Dell Morgan3–83–24th
DeWitt Weaver (Border Conference) (1951–1956)
1951DeWitt Weaver7–45–01stW Sun
1952DeWitt Weaver3–7–12–1–12nd
1953DeWitt Weaver11–15–01stW Gator1212
1954DeWitt Weaver7–2–14–01st
1955DeWitt Weaver7–3–13–0–11stL Sun
1956DeWitt Weaver2–7–11–3N/A
DeWitt Weaver (Independent) (1957–1959)
1957DeWitt Weaver2–8
1958DeWitt Weaver3–7
1959DeWitt Weaver4–6
DeWitt Weaver (Southwest Conference) (1960)
1960DeWitt Weaver3–6–11–5–16th
J. T. King (Southwest Conference) (1961–1969)
1961J. T. King4–62–5T–8th
1962J. T. King1–90–78th
1963J. T. King5–52–5T–6th
1964J. T. King6–4–13–3–1T–4thL Sun
1965J. T. King8–35–3T–2ndL Gator10
1966J. T. King4–62–5T–6th
1967J. T. King6–45–22nd
1968J. T. King5–3–24–34th
1969J. T. King5–54–3T–6th
Jim Carlen (Southwest Conference) (1970–1974)
1970Jim Carlen8–45–23rd
1971Jim Carlen4–72–55th
1972Jim Carlen8–44–3T–2ndL Sun
1973Jim Carlen11–16–12ndW Gator1111
1974Jim Carlen6–4–23–46th
Steve Sloan (Southwest Conference) (1975–1977)
1975Steve Sloan6–54–34th
1976Steve Sloan10–26–1T–1stL Bluebonnet1313
1977Steve Sloan7–54–4T–4thL Tangerine
Rex Dockery (Southwest Conference) (1978–1980)
1978Rex Dockery7–45–34th
1979Rex Dockery3–6–22–5–17th
1980Rex Dockery5–63–5T–6th
Jerry Moore (Southwest Conference) (1981–1985)
1981Jerry Moore1–9–10–7–19th
1982Jerry Moore4–73–5T–6th
1983Jerry Moore3–7–13–4–1T–5th
1984Jerry Moore4–72–68th
1985Jerry Moore4–71–78th
David McWilliams (Southwest Conference) (1986)
1986David McWilliams[n 2]7–5[n 2]5–3T–4thL Independence
Spike Dykes (Southwest Conference) (1986–1995)
1987Spike Dykes6–4–13–3–14th
1988Spike Dykes5–64–34th
1989Spike Dykes9–35–34thW All-American1619
1990Spike Dykes4–73–5T–5th
1991Spike Dykes6–55–3T–2nd
1992Spike Dykes5–64–3T–2nd
1993Spike Dykes6–65–2T–2ndL John Hancock
1994Spike Dykes6–64–3T–1stL Cotton
1995Spike Dykes9–35–2T–2ndW Copper2023
Spike Dykes (Big 12 Conference) (1996–1999)
1996Spike Dykes7–55–32nd (South)L Alamo
1997Spike Dykes6–55–3T–2nd (South)
1998Spike Dykes7–54–43rd (South)L Independence
1999Spike Dykes6–55–3T–2nd (South)
Mike Leach (Big 12 Conference) (2000–2009)
2000Mike Leach7–63–54th (South)L Galleryfurniture.com
2001Mike Leach7–54–4T–3rd (South)L Alamo
2002Mike Leach9–55–3T–3rd (South)W Tangerine
2003Mike Leach8–54–44th (South)W Houston
2004Mike Leach8–45–3T–3rd (South)W Holiday1718
2005Mike Leach9–36–2T–2nd (South)L Cotton1920
2006Mike Leach8–54–44th (South)W Insight
2007Mike Leach9–44–4T–3rd (South)W Gator2322
2008Mike Leach11–27–1T–1st (South)L Cotton1212
2009Mike Leach[n 3]9–4[n 3]5–3T–3rd (South)W Alamo2321
Tommy Tuberville (Big 12 Conference) (2010–2012)
2010Tommy Tuberville8–53–55th (South)W TicketCity
2011Tommy Tuberville5–72–79th
2012Tommy Tuberville[n 4]8–5[n 4]4–5T–5thW Texas
Kliff Kingsbury (Big 12 Conference) (2013–2018)
2013Kliff Kingsbury8–54–56thW Holiday
2014Kliff Kingsbury4–82–78th
2015Kliff Kingsbury7–64–5T–5thL Texas
2016Kliff Kingsbury5–73–6T–6th
2017Kliff Kingsbury6–73–67thL Birmingham
2018Kliff Kingsbury5–73–6T–7th
Matt Wells (Big 12 Conference) (2019–2021)
2019Matt Wells4–82–79th
2020Matt Wells4–63–68th
2021Matt Wells[n 5]7–6[n 5]3–6[n 5]T–7thW Liberty
Joey McGuire (Big 12 Conference) (2022–Present)
2022Joey McGuire8–55–44thW Texas
2023Joey McGuire7–65–4T-7thW Independence
Total:597-481–32
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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