1998 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1998 Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South
1998 record	7–5 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (12th season)
Home stadium	Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium

1998 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
No. 10 Kansas State x		8	–	0		11	–	2
No. 19 Nebraska		5	–	3		9	–	4
No. 21 Missouri		5	–	3		8	–	4
Colorado		4	–	4		8	–	4
Kansas		1	–	7		4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7		3	–	8
Southern Division
No. 11 Texas A&M x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
No. 15 Texas		6	–	2		9	–	3
Texas Tech		4	–	4		7	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5		5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7		2	–	9
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 12th season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (4–4 against Big 12 opponents), finished in third place in Southern Division of the Big 12, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 315 to 215.^[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 PM	UTEP*		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX		W 35–3	41,087
September 12	6:30 PM	vs. North Texas*		Texas Stadium • Irving, TX		W 30–0	21,496
September 19	6:00 PM	Fresno State*		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX		W 34–28	40,035
September 26	11:30 AM	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	FSN	W 31–24	33,810
October 3	6:00 PM	Baylor		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX		W 31–29	38,801
October 10	6:00 PM	Oklahoma State		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	FSN	W 24–17	47,589
October 17	12:30 PM	at No. 19 Colorado	No. 22	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	FSN	L 17–19	48,969
October 24	2:30 PM	at No. 8 Texas A&M	No. 25	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)	ABC	L 10–17	62,873
October 31	1:00 PM	No. 18 Missouri		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX		L 26–28	41,378
November 14	6:00 PM	No. 18 Texas		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs)	FSN	W 42–35	50,647
November 21	1:00 PM	at Oklahoma		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK		L 17–20	65,583
December 31	7:00 PM	vs. Ole Miss*		Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	L 18–35	46,862
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

↑ "1998 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
↑ "1998 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.

Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Venues	South Plains Fairgrounds (1925–26) Tech Field (1926–46) Jones AT&T Stadium (1947–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor Oklahoma State TCU (Saddle Trophy, 1961–c. 1970) Texas (Chancellor's Spurs) Texas A&M
Culture & lore	Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Goin' Band from Raiderland Guns Up 1939 Centenary game 2008 Texas game
People	Head coaches Captains Honorees NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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