1969 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Texas Tech Red Raiders football
	1969 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1969 record	5–5 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach	J. T. King (9th season)
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

Template:1969 Southwest Conference football standings The 1969 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1969 college football season. In their ninth and final season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), tied for third place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 240 to 212.^[1]^[2] The team's statistical leaders included Charles Napper with 901 passing yards, Danny Hardaway with 483 rushing yards, and David May with 340 receiving yards.^[3]^[4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	Kansas*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 38–22	42,250
September 27	at No. 4 Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 7–49	65,200
October 4	at Oklahoma State*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	L 10–17	28,500
October 11	Texas A&M	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 13–9	49,000
October 18	Mississippi State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 26–30	34,000
October 25	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 27–24	27,465
November 1	Rice	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 24–14	38,500
November 8	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 26–35	25,278
November 15	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 41–7	32,000
November 27	at No. 2 Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	L 7–3	35,287
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1969 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
T	`73`	Barney, PhilPhil Barney	3.0 !So
FB	`41`	Bennett, JimmyJimmy Bennett	7.0 !Sr
WR	`82`	Best, RobbyRobby Best	3.0 !So
T	`76`	Browning, DavidDavid Browning	3.0 !So
WR	`87`	Evans, CharlesCharles Evans	7.0 !Sr
RB	`44`	Hardaway, DannyDanny Hardaway	3.0 !So
RB	`42`	Hargrave, LarryLarry Hargrave	5.0 !Jr
C	`54`	Hazelwood, MarkMark Hazelwood	5.0 !Jr
C	`51`	Hill, JonJon Hill	3.0 !So
T	`79`	Holladay, MikeMike Holladay	7.0 !Sr
RB	`26`	Kattner, KenKen Kattner	3.0 !So
RB	`43`	Kleinert, JohnJohn Kleinert	3.0 !So
RB	`34`	Langehennig, MilesMiles Langehennig	3.0 !So
QB	`17`	Matulich, JoeJoe Matulich	7.0 !Sr
WR	`83`	May, DavidDavid May	5.0 !Jr
QB	`15`	Napper, CharlesCharles Napper	3.0 !So
G	`60`	Newton, TomTom Newton	5.0 !Jr
TE	`80`	Odom, JohnnyJohnny Odom	3.0 !So
C	`50`	Richardson, JesseJesse Richardson	5.0 !Jr
WR	`89`	Ross, RonnieRonnie Ross	3.0 !So
T	`72`	Ryan, JerryJerry Ryan	3.0 !So
QB	`13`	Sawyer, TomTom Sawyer	7.0 !Sr
WR	`16`	Wade, LaneLane Wade	5.0 !Jr
G	`68`	Yarbrough, WaterWater Yarbrough	5.0 !Jr
RB	`30`	Young, ReaganReagan Young	3.0 !So
T	`71`	Zeller, ChuckChuck Zeller	3.0 !So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`58`	Brady, ScottScott Brady	3.0 !So
S	`22`	Bushong, BruseBruse Bushong	3.0 !So
DE	`88`	Campbell, RichardRichard Campbell	7.0 !Sr
DE	`91`	Dowdy, BruceBruce Dowdy	5.0 !Jr
LB	`32`	Fincannon, MarkMark Fincannon	5.0 !Jr
DB	`31`	Fox, DentonDenton Fox	7.0 !Sr
DT	`56`	Grigg, DickieDickie Grigg	7.0 !Sr
DB	`21`	Howard, JohnJohn Howard	5.0 !Jr
LB	`62`	Lane, DennisDennis Lane	7.0 !Sr
DT	`77`	McDermand, WayneWayne McDermand	5.0 !Jr
LB	`52`	Molinare, LarryLarry Molinare	3.0 !So
DT	`67`	Norwood, PetePete Norwood	5.0 !Jr
DB	`25`	Rebold, DaleDale Rebold	3.0 !So
DB	`23`	Watson, JerryJerry Watson	5.0 !Jr