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1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Sun Bowl, L 0–7 vs. Georgia
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–4–1 (3–3–1 SWC)
Head coach	J. T. King (4th season);
Offensive scheme	T formation
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
	Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Arkansas $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Texas	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Rice	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
SMU	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place in the SWC, lost to Georgia in the 1964 Sun Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 166 to 120.^[1]^[2] The team's statistical leaders included Tom Wilson with 777 passing yards and Donny Anderson with 966 rushing yards and 396 receiving yards.^[3]^[4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Mississippi State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 21–7	38,000	^[5]
September 26	No. 4 Texas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 0–23	47,100	^[6]
October 3	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 16–12	25,000
October 10	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 25–10	23,902
October 17	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		L 10–28	19,165
October 24	SMU	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 12–0	36,000
October 31	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	NBC	T 6–6
November 7	West Texas State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 48–0	34,500
November 14	Washington State*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 28–10	25,500
November 21	No. 3 Arkansas	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		L 0–17	45,000	^[7]
December 26	vs. Georgia*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 0–7	23,292	^[8]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ ^a ^b "1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
^ "1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.
^ "Tech stuns Mississippi State, 21–7". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 20, 1964. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Steers hook Raiders". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. September 27, 1964. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Arkansas Blanks TT, Closes Out Unbeaten". The Pampa Daily News. November 22, 1964. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bulldogs blind Raiders in Sun Bowl". Waco Tribune-Herald. December 27, 1964. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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