1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (11th season);
Offensive coordinator	Rick Dykes (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Goodner (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5/4–4 hybrid
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 2 Nebraska † xy$	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 8 Kansas State %	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 23 Missouri	5	–	3	7	–	5
Colorado	3	–	5	5	–	6
Kansas	3	–	5	5	–	6
Iowa State	1	–	7	1	–	10
South Division
No. 20 Texas A&M xy	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 24 Oklahoma State	5	–	3	8	–	4
Texas Tech	5	–	3	6	–	5
Texas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Oklahoma	2	–	6	4	–	8
Baylor	1	–	7	2	–	9
Championship: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15
x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † – Coaches Poll National Champion $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 11th season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 245 to 217.^[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	Source
August 30	6:45 pm	at No. 5 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN	L 17–52	106,285	^[2]
September 13	6:30 pm	Southwestern Louisiana*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 59–14	35,953
September 20	6:30 pm	North Texas*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 27–30	43,620
October 4	6:00 pm	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 35–14	35,275
October 11	6:30 pm	Kansas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 17–7	43,012
October 18	12:30 pm	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 0–29	75,764
October 25	1:00 pm	No. 20 Texas A&M	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 16–13	50,513
November 1	11:30 am	No. 13 Kansas State	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	FSN	L 2–13	38,322
November 8	6:00 pm	at Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 24–10	76,110
November 15	2:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 27–3	39,400
November 22	1:00 pm	Oklahoma	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 21–32	40,013
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "Vols crush Red Raiders". The Odessa American. August 31, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.