1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
American college football season
| 1987 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 6–4–1 (4–3–1 SWC) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| September 5 | 6:00 pm | at No. 8 Florida State* | HSE | L 16–40 | 52,893 | |
| September 12 | 7:00 pm | Colorado State* | W 33–24 | 28,786 | ||
| September 19 | 7:00 pm | Lamar* |
| W 43–14 | 27,795 | |
| September 26 | 12:00 pm | at Baylor | Raycom | L 22–36 | 34,816 | |
| October 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 15 Texas A&M |
| Raycom | W 27–21 | 42,625 |
| October 10 | 7:00 pm | No. 20 Arkansas |
| L 0–31 | 40,586 | |
| October 17 | 1:00 pm | Rice |
| W 59–7 | 25,314 | |
| October 24 | 2:00 pm | Tulsa* |
| W 42–7 | 24,341 | |
| October 31 | 1:00 pm | at Texas | HSE | L 27–41 | 74,984 | |
| November 7 | 12:00 pm | TCU |
| Raycom | W 36–35 | 28,516 |
| November 21 | 7:00 pm | at Houston | T 10–10 | 19,295 | ||
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