2017 TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL MEDIA SUPPLEMENT Texas Tech University Athletics Communications Summer 2017 2017 Red Raider Football SPIKE DYKES IN REMEMBRANCE... During his 13 seasons as head coach at Texas Tech and the years that followed, tion’s stingiest defenses in his two seasons under Moore and then another under Spike Dykes was a legend in every sense of the word. David McWilliams until T. Jones promoted him to head coach just two weeks prior to the 1986 Independence Bowl. Born in Lubbock, Dykes was a West Texan through and through. He led his home- town school to a then school-record 82 wins from 1986-99, cementing his legacy as Dykes brought stability to a program in need of it after Tech went through five head one of the most adored figures in Texas Tech history. coaches in the preceding 17 seasons. The Red Raiders had also suffered through seven losing seasons in the eight years before his promotion. Dykes remained on Dykes passed away April 10 in his home at Horseshoe Bay near the job for 13 years, still the longest tenure for any head coach in Tech history. Austin. He was 79. After narrowly falling to Ole Miss in his debut, Dykes led the Red Raiders to six more “Red Raider Nation mourns the loss of legendary head coach bowl appearances during his tenure and had his teams qualified for bowl games in Spike Dykes,” Tech Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. each of his last seven seasons. Tech endured just three losing seasons during Dykes’ “Anyone who met Spike quickly learned how much he loved 13 years where he finished with an 82-67-1 career record, including a 57-40-1 mark West Texas and most importantly, Texas Tech. The legacy he left at Texas Tech will in conference games. be remembered forever.” Dykes regularly had the Red Raiders near the top of the conference standings as he The son of a cotton ginner, Dykes spent most of his youth in the small town of Oasis, was a three-time Southwest Conference Coach of the Year recipient and was also near the New Mexico state line before eventually moving south to Ballinger where the inaugural Big 12 Coach of the Year honoree in 1996 after leading Tech to a 7-5 he was an all-state center and helped lead the Bearcats to the Class 2A state finals. record and an appearance in the Alamo Bowl. His teams topped rivals Texas and Texas A&M a total of 12 times during his illustrious career. After graduating from Stephen F. Austin in 1959, Dykes embarked on a successful career as a high school coach with stops in small Texas towns like Eastland, San In addition, Dykes boasted a pair of nine-win campaigns on his resume, the first Angelo, Coahoma, Belton, Big Spring, Alice and of course, Ballinger. of which came in 1989, just his third full season. The Red Raiders closed the 1989 season with a 9-3 record, marking the most wins for the program since 1976. Dykes “I think you coach because you love kids,” Dykes, known for his wit and West Texas would follow with another 9-3 campaign in 1995, the third of seven-consecutive charm, said early in his Tech career. “And if you do that, every day is rewarding. That seasons with at least six wins to close his career. way you never get your priorities out of perspective. It all boils down to the chance to work with young people, hopefully be an influence on them for the better and Before retiring in 1999, Dykes coached nine first team All-Americans, two Doak help them make something of themselves that is positive.” Walker Award winners in Byron Hanspard and Bam Morris and one Dick Butkus Award finalist in Zach Thomas. He was enshrined into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame in Influence he did. 2001 shortly after his retirement. Dykes received his first collegiate position as an assistant coach under Darrell Royal “Words cannot describe what Coach Dykes meant to West Texas, Texas Tech Univer- at the University of Texas in 1972. He spent five seasons at Texas in various roles sity, this program and me, personally,” said Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who from coaching the freshmen team to special teams and eventually the offensive was recruited by Dykes and was the starting quarterback in his final game as head and defensive lines. coach. “He was a great coach and an even better person. He will forever be remem- bered as one of the all-time greatest Red Raiders.” Dykes spent three more seasons at the collegiate level – two at New Mexico (1977- 78) and one at Mississippi State – before West Texas called him home to be the In the years following his retirement, Dykes would always proclaim he was “the head coach at Midland Lee High School in 1980. He led the Rebels past rival Odessa luckiest guy in the world” at many of Tech’s recruiting reviews and banquets. Permian twice during his final season in 1983 en route to an appearance in the Class 5A state title game. His belief in that statement was not due to his coaching career but instead by his family which consisted of his wife of over 50 years Sharon as well as their two sons, The phone rang soon after from then Tech head coach Jerry Moore, who offered Rick and Sonny, and their daughter, Bebe Petree. Sharon preceded Spike in death Dykes the defensive coordinator position at Texas Tech. Dykes built one of the na- in 2010. 2 TEXASTECH.COM TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 Red Raider Football TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS RED RAIDERS STAFF ‘16 REVIEW HISTORY RECORDS INTRODUCTION National Awards 125 In Remembrance 2 Team Awards 126-127 Table of Contents 3 All-Star Games 128-129 Quick Facts 4 Red Raiders In The NFL 130-133 Red Raiders In The NFL Draft 134-135 THE RED RAIDERS Texas Tech Hall of Fame 136-138 Numerical Roster 6-7 Texas Tech Hall of Honor 138 Alphabetical Roster 8-9 Texas Tech Ring of Honor 139 Post-Spring Depth Chart 10 Player Biographies 11-39 RECORD BOOK 2017 Signing Class 40-44 Passing Records 142-143 Rushing Records 144-145 COACHING STAFF Receiving Records 146-147 Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury 46-48 Total Offense Records 148 Assistant Coaches 49-58 All-Purpose Yards Records 149 Support Staff 58-61 Scoring Records 150-151 Sports Medicine 62 Defense Records 152 Kick Return Records 153 2016 SEASON REVIEW Punting Records 154 Notes and Standings 64-65 Punt Return Records 155 Season Results 66 Team Records 156-157 Offensive/Special Teams Individual Statistics 66-67 Year-by-Year Leaders 158-160 Defensive Individual Statistics 68 Year-by-Year Stats 161-164 Game-By-Game Comparisons 69 Jones AT&T Stadium Records 165-166 Game-By-Game Starters/Career Starts 70 Game-By-Game Individual Statistics 71-72 MEDIA INFORMATION Scoring Drives 73-74 Texas Tech Athletics Communications/Media Information 168-169 Miscellaneous Stats 74 Texas Tech Sports Network 170 Longest Plays 75 Style Guide 171 Superlatives 76 Jones AT&T Stadium Map 172 Game Recaps 77-88 University Administration 173-175 Texas Tech University 176-178 HISTORY & TRADITION Coaching Records 90-91 CREDITS Assistant Coaches 92 Editor: Matt Dowdy Series Records 93 Editorial Assistance: Blake Zimmerman, Malley Stoddard, Curry Wilson, Year-by-Year Results 94-102 Preston Jordan, Kristina Janet, Audra McMath and Amy Hughes Texas Tech in the National Rankings 103-104 Cover Design: Wes Peters Bowl History/Records 105-106 Photography: Michael Strong, Norvelle Kennedy, Logan Hawk, USA Today TEXAS TECH All-Time Letterwinners 107-115 Derrick Spencer, Tech Office of Communications and Marketing, NFL Teams. 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