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1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Alamo Bowl, L 0–27 vs. Iowa
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Record	7–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Spike Dykes (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	Rick Dykes (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	John Goodner (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5/4–4 hybrid
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 8 Colorado	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 17 Kansas State	6	–	2	9	–	3
Missouri	3	–	5	5	–	6
Kansas	2	–	6	4	–	7
Iowa State	1	–	7	2	–	9
South Division
No. 23 Texas x$	6	–	2	8	–	5
Texas Tech	5	–	3	7	–	5
Texas A&M	4	–	4	6	–	6
Oklahoma	3	–	5	3	–	8
Oklahoma State	2	–	6	5	–	6
Baylor	1	–	7	4	–	7
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
x – Division champion/co-champions $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[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 31	2:30 pm	at No. 21 Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC	L 14–21	43,143
September 7	11:30 am	vs. Oklahoma State	Texas Stadium Irving, TX	FSN	W 31–3	30,269
September 21	5:30 pm	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	L 12–15	73,116	^[2]
September 28	6:30 pm	Utah State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 58–20	39,778
October 5	6:30 pm	Baylor	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 45–24	50,594
October 12	1:00 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 30–17	48,500
October 19	2:30 pm	No. 5 Nebraska	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	L 10–24	51,344
October 26	11:30 am	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	FSN	W 13–10	70,147
November 9	6:00 pm	Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FSN	L 32–38	50,607
November 16	1:00 pm	Southwestern Louisiana*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 56–21	38,097
November 23	2:30 pm	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 22–12	61,127
December 29	7:00 pm	vs. No. 21 Iowa*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 0–27	55,677
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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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

Roster

1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense 60 Jayson Hansen OG 6-4 297 Jr. Kelowna, B.C. 4 Byron Hanspard TB 6-0 193 Jr. DeSoto, Texas 82 Donnie Hart SE 6-1 187 So. 17 Malcolm McKenzie SE 6-2 211 Jr. San Antonio, Texas 6 Stacy Mitchell FL 5-5 150 Jr. DeSoto, Texas 42 Sammy Morris FB 6-0 212 Fr. San Antonio, Texas David Nichol WR 5-10 182 Fr. Dallas, Texas *Ahndre Patterson TE 6-4 250 Jr 78 J.T. Sprouse OG 6-2 286 Sr. Simi Valley, Calif. 16 Matt Tittle QB 6-3 209 So

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`85`	Brad Spinks	Sr

Defense William Culpepper LB 6-0 222 Fr. Cleburne, Texas 46 Keith Cumby DE 5-10 209 So. Van, Texas 86 Tony Daniels DE 6-5 249 Jr. Odessa, Texas 11 Tony Darden CB 6-0 196 Jr

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Spike Dykes

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

^ "1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "Texas Tech can't handle Georgia's knockout punch". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 22, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1996 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2016.