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Texas Tech football: The best home seasons in Red Raider history

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 07: The sun sets behind Jones AT&T Stadium during the first half of the college football game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the UTEP Miners on September 07, 2019 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - SEPTEMBER 07: The sun sets behind Jones AT&T Stadium during the first half of the college football game between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the UTEP Miners on September 07, 2019 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /
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General view of Jones AT&T Stadium. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***
General view of Jones AT&T Stadium. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /

1995

As we look at the third most-recent season in which Tech went undefeated at home, a pattern emerges.  In 1995, 2005, and 2008, Tech didn’t lose a home contest and the reward was a trip to the Cotton Bowl.

But unlike the two most recent seasons, the Red Raiders’ 1995 record of 5-0 at home was part of a conference championship season, the last in program history.

That year, Zach Thomas and the Red Raider defense led the way.  Most memorably was the 14-7 victory over No. 8 Texas A&M in which the All-American LB intercepted a pass and returned it for a TD with just seconds remaining to help his team pull the upset.

Tech also picked up a very tight 31-26 win over Rice at home that season.  In addition, Spike Dykes’ team notched a 27-6 victory over TCU and a 41-14 triumph over Missouri.

But one strange stat emerges from these five wins.  Tech’s average home attendance in this SWC Co-Championship season was just 39,217.  At that time, the capacity of Jones Stadium was over 50,000 fans as the crowd for the A&M gave surpassed 51K.

However, the early-season win over the Aggies couldn’t help generate too much buzz at home the rest of the way.  Hopefully, if Wells can get off to a great start at home this year and fans are allowed to attend, it will do more for this year’s home attendance numbers than the famous upset of A&M did for the ’95 team.

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