1972 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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1972
No-huddle option
Defensive coordinatorRichard Bell (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
1972 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Texas $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Texas Tech 4 3 0 8 4 0
SMU 4 3 0 7 4 0
Arkansas 3 4 0 6 5 0
Rice 3 4 0 5 5 1
Baylor 3 4 0 5 6 0
TCU 2 5 0 5 6 0
Texas A&M 2 5 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1972 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented

Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium
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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Utah*W 45–238,180
September 23at New Mexico*W 41–1624,860
September 30No. 12 Texas
L 20–2552,187
October 5Tulsa*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 35–1834,175
October 14at Texas A&MW 17–1434,200
October 21Arizona*
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 35–1033,320
October 28at No. 18 SMUW 17–335,953
November 4at RiceNo. 18W 10–620,000
November 11TCUdaggerNo. 15
L 7–3140,120
November 16at BaylorW 13–718,000
November 23ArkansasNo. 20
L 14–2435,275
December 30vs. No. 16 North Carolina*L 28–3227,877[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ a b "1972 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. 98. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1972 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
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