1990 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1990 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1990 record	4–7 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (4th season)
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
Seasons

1990 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#12 Texas †	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#10 Houston	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#15 Texas A&M	5	–	2	–	1			9	–	3	–	1
Baylor	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Rice	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
SMU	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against SWC opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 356 to 322. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	2:30 PM	at No. 18 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 10–17	88,707
September 13	7:00 PM	No. 18 Houston	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	ESPN	L 35–51	36,794
September 22	6:30 PM	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 34–32	15,530
September 29	7:00 PM	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 15–21	48,926
October 6	2:00 PM	at No. 19 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 24–28	68,593
October 13	1:00 PM	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)		W 49–44	50,114
October 20	2:00 PM	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		L 21–42	15,200
October 27	12:00 PM	No. 8 Miami (FL)*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	Raycom	L 10–45	50,028
November 3	12:00 PM	No. 14 Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	L 22–41	50,276
November 10	2:00 PM	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 40–28	28,730
November 17	2:00 PM	SMU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 62–7	31,355
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time