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▲ Above its 5-year level +6▼ Down 9 this season
Career68since 1936
Peak902025
Last 574seasons
#11 nationally · 5-0 (2-0 conf)
Résumé #8
Schedule so far #69
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Big 12 · Lubbock, TX · Jones AT&T Stadium · Head coach Joey McGuire
18-55 all time (73 meetings since 1928)
Texas leads
Last: lost 57-7 (2023)
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
1AP top-10
12All-Americans
83NFL picks
54.8%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1926. Every season →
Chemistry
68
75Foundation
57Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▲ Above its norm +5
early · #18 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters50%
QB yrs w/ OC2
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 5-0 | Big 12 | #11 | #11 | 80 | Joey McGuire |
| 2025 | 12-2 | Big 12 | #7 | #4 | 90 | Joey McGuire |
| 2024 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #54 | 69 | Joey McGuire |
| 2023 | 7-6 | Big 12 | — | #35 | 74 | Joey McGuire |
| 2022 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #25 | 77 | Joey McGuire |
| 2021 | 7-6 | Big 12 | — | #78 | 62 | Matt Wells; Sonny Cumbie |
| 2020 | 4-6 | Big 12 | — | #49 | 63 | Matt Wells |
| 2019 | 4-8 | Big 12 | — | #53 | 67 | Matt Wells |
| 2018 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #39 | 72 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2017 | 6-7 | Big 12 | — | #47 | 70 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2016 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #65 | 66 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2015 | 7-6 | Big 12 | — | #50 | 70 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2014 | 4-8 | Big 12 | — | #68 | 63 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2013 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #38 | 72 | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2012 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #37 | 73 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2011 | 5-7 | Big 12 | — | #61 | 64 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2010 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #57 | 65 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2009 | 9-4 | Big 12 | #21 | #17 | 79 | Mike Leach |
| 2008 | 11-2 | Big 12 | #12 | #6 | 87 | Mike Leach |
| 2007 | 9-4 | Big 12 | #22 | #23 | 76 | Mike Leach |
| 2006 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #42 | 71 | Mike Leach |
| 2005 | 9-3 | Big 12 | #20 | #16 | 79 | Mike Leach |
| 2004 | 8-4 | Big 12 | #18 | #16 | 79 | Mike Leach |
| 2003 | 8-5 | Big 12 | — | #32 | 74 | Mike Leach |
| 2002 | 9-5 | Big 12 | — | #24 | 76 | Mike Leach |
| 2001 | 7-5 | Big 12 | — | #29 | 75 | Mike Leach |
| 2000 | 7-6 | Big 12 | — | #43 | 70 | Mike Leach |
| 1999 | 6-5 | Big 12 | — | #74 | 60 | Spike Dykes |
| 1998 | 7-5 | Big 12 | — | #32 | 73 | Spike Dykes |
| 1997 | 6-5 | Big 12 | — | #54 | 66 | Spike Dykes |
| 1996 | 7-5 | Big 12 | — | #21 | 77 | Spike Dykes |
| 1995 | 9-3 | Southwest | #23 | #24 | 74 | Spike Dykes |
| 1994 | 6-6 | Southwest | — | #28 | 72 | Spike Dykes |
| 1993 | 6-6 | Southwest | — | #32 | 73 | Spike Dykes |
| 1992 | 5-6 | Southwest | — | #66 | 61 | Spike Dykes |
| 1991 | 6-5 | Southwest | — | #45 | 67 | Spike Dykes |
| 1990 | 4-7 | Southwest | — | #48 | 65 | Spike Dykes |
| 1989 | 9-3 | Southwest | #19 | #26 | 75 | Spike Dykes |
| 1988 | 5-6 | Southwest | — | #43 | 67 | Spike Dykes |
| 1987 | 6-4-1 | Southwest | — | #46 | 66 | Spike Dykes |
| 1986 | 7-5 | Southwest | — | #48 | 66 | Spike Dykes |
| 1985 | 4-7 | Southwest | — | #63 | 61 | Jerry Moore |
| 1984 | 4-7 | Southwest | — | #73 | 58 | Jerry Moore |
| 1983 | 3-7-1 | Southwest | — | #78 | 56 | Jerry Moore |
| 1982 | 4-7 | Southwest | — | #65 | 59 | Jerry Moore |
| 1981 | 1-9-1 | Southwest | — | #67 | 63 | Jerry Moore |
| 1980 | 5-6 | Southwest | — | #53 | 66 | Rex Dockery |
| 1979 | 3-6-2 | Southwest | — | #39 | 71 | Rex Dockery |
| 1978 | 7-4 | Southwest | — | #27 | 76 | Rex Dockery |
| 1977 | 7-5 | Southwest | — | #32 | 73 | Steve Sloan |
| 1976 | 10-2 | Southwest | #13 | #17 | 79 | Steve Sloan |
| 1975 | 6-5 | Southwest | — | #27 | 75 | Steve Sloan |
| 1974 | 6-4-2 | Southwest | — | #33 | 73 | Jim Carlen |
| 1973 | 11-1 | Southwest | #11 | #12 | 79 | Jim Carlen |
| 1972 | 8-4 | Southwest | — | #27 | 74 | Jim Carlen |
| 1971 | 4-7 | Southwest | — | #55 | 63 | Jim Carlen |
| 1970 | 8-4 | Southwest | — | #25 | 74 | Jim Carlen |
| 1969 | 5-5 | Southwest | — | #41 | 67 | J.T. King |
| 1968 | 5-3-2 | Southwest | — | #42 | 68 | J.T. King |
| 1967 | 6-4 | Southwest | — | #41 | 69 | J.T. King |
| 1966 | 4-6 | Southwest | — | #42 | 67 | J.T. King |
| 1965 | 8-3 | Southwest | — | #29 | 73 | J.T. King |
| 1964 | 6-4-1 | Southwest | — | #41 | 70 | J.T. King |
| 1963 | 5-5 | Southwest | — | #53 | 67 | J.T. King |
| 1962 | 1-9 | Southwest | — | #87 | 54 | J.T. King |
| 1961 | 4-6 | Southwest | — | #61 | 60 | J.T. King |
| 1960 | 3-6-1 | Southwest | — | #45 | 67 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1959 | 4-6 | FBS Independents | — | #53 | 64 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1958 | 3-7 | FBS Independents | — | #66 | 59 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1957 | 2-8 | FBS Independents | — | #69 | 56 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1956 | 2-7-1 | Border | — | #64 | 60 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1955 | 7-3-1 | Border | — | #42 | 68 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1954 | 7-2-1 | Border | — | #19 | 76 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1953 | 11-1 | Border | #12 | #8 | 83 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1952 | 3-7-1 | Border | — | #71 | 56 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1951 | 7-4 | Border | — | #44 | 69 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1950 | 3-8 | Border | — | #51 | 65 | Dell Morgan |
| 1949 | 7-5 | Border | — | #59 | 61 | Dell Morgan |
| 1948 | 7-3 | Border | — | #49 | 66 | Dell Morgan |
| 1947 | 6-5 | Border | — | #58 | 61 | Dell Morgan |
| 1946 | 8-3 | Border | — | #53 | 63 | Dell Morgan |
| 1945 | 3-5-2 | Border | — | — | — | |
| 1944 | 4-7 | Border | — | — | — | |
| 1943 | 4-6 | Border | — | — | — | |
| 1942 | 4-5-1 | Border | — | — | — | |
| 1941 | 9-2 | Border | — | — | — | |
| 1940 | 9-1-1 | Border | — | #65 | 60 | Pete Cawthon |
| 1939 | 5-5-1 | Border | — | #77 | 54 | Pete Cawthon |
| 1938 | 10-1 | Border | #11 | #47 | 67 | Pete Cawthon |
| 1937 | 8-4 | Border | — | #51 | 63 | Pete Cawthon |
| 1936 | 5-4-1 | Border | — | #69 | 59 | Pete Cawthon |
| 1935 | 5-3-2 | Border | — | #66 | 58 early | Pete Cawthon |
| 1934 | 7-2-1 | Border | — | #39 | 67 early | Pete Cawthon |
| 1933 | 8-1 | Border | — | #39 | 69 early | Pete Cawthon |
| 1932 | 10-2 | Border | — | #54 | 62 early | Pete Cawthon |
| 1931 | 3-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1929 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1928 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1927 | 0-2 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1926 | 0-1 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.