The 1976 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented

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as a member of the

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(SWC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach

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, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference playing sharing the SWC title with

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. Texas Tech was invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to

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. The team outscored opponents 336 to 206 and finished the season with the 38th toughest schedule in NCAA Division I.

Schedule

Personnel

Game summaries

No. 15 Texas

Vs. No. 13 Nebraska (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)

Despite losing the game, Texas Tech quarterback

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was named the game's MVP. Nebraska trailed by ten in the second half, coming back to win 27–24. The Red Raiders looked to take the lead back late in the fourth quarter, but lost a fumble that was recovered by Nebraska's Reg Gast to seal the Cornhuskers' victory.

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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