American college football season
The 1998 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference 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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 6:00 pm | UTEP* | | | | W 35–3 | 41,087 | |
September 12 | 6:30 pm | vs. North Texas* | | | | W 30–0 | 21,496 | |
September 19 | 6:00 pm | Fresno State* | | | | W 34–28 | 40,035 | |
September 26 | 11:30 am | at Iowa State | | | FSN | W 31–24 | 33,810 | |
October 3 | 6:00 pm | Baylor | | | | W 31–29 | 38,801 | |
October 10 | 6:00 pm | Oklahoma State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | | FSN | W 24–17 | 47,589 | |
October 17 | 12:30 pm | at No. 19 Colorado | No. 22 | | FSN | L 17–19 | 48,969 | |
October 24 | 2:30 pm | at No. 8 Texas A&M | No. 25 | | ABC | L 10–17 | 62,873 | |
October 31 | 1:00 pm | No. 18 Missouri | | | | L 26–28 | 41,378 | |
November 14 | 6:00 pm | No. 18 Texas | | | FSN | W 42–35 | 50,647 | |
November 21 | 1:00 pm | at Oklahoma | | | | L 17–20 | 65,583 | |
December 31 | 7:00 pm | vs. Ole Miss* | | | ESPN | L 18–35 | 46,862 | [2] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Ranking movements
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AP | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — |
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Coaches | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — |
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