# 1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the newly formed Big 12 Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 7–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, outscored opponents by a combined total of 323 to 232, and lost to Iowa in the 1996 Alamo Bowl. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 2:30 pm | at No. 21 Kansas State | KSU StadiumManhattan, KS | ABC | L 14–21 | 43,143 |
| September 7 | 11:30 am | vs. Oklahoma State | Texas StadiumIrving, TX | FSN | W 31–3 | 30,269 |
| September 21 | 5:30 pm | at Georgia* | Sanford StadiumAthens, GA | ESPN2 | L 12–15 | 73,116 |
| September 28 | 6:30 pm | Utah State* | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX | | W 58–20 | 39,778 |
| October 5 | 6:30 pm | Baylor | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) | | W 45–24 | 50,594 |
| October 12 | 1:00 pm | at Kansas | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | | W 30–17 | 48,500 |
| October 19 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Nebraska | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX | ABC | L 10–24 | 51,344 |
| October 26 | 11:30 am | at Texas A&M | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | FSN | W 13–10 | 70,147 |
| November 9 | 6:00 pm | Texas | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) | FSN | L 32–38 | 50,607 |
| November 16 | 1:00 pm | Southwestern Louisiana* | Jones StadiumLubbock, TX | | W 56–21 | 38,097 |
| November 23 | 2:30 pm | at Oklahoma | Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | ABC | W 22–12 | 61,127 |
| December 29 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 21 Iowa* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) | ESPN | L 0–27 | 55,677 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| No. 21 Wildcats | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Vs. Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Red Raiders | 10 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 31 |

### At Georgia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |

### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Red Raiders | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 58 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Red Raiders | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |

### At Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 30 |
| Jayhawks | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Cornhuskers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Red Raiders | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Aggies | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Longhorns | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| Red Raiders | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 32 |

### Southwestern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Red Raiders | 0 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 56 |

### At Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| Sooners | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |

### Vs. Iowa (Alamo Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 21 Hawkeyes | 6 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 27 |