1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1979 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Rex Dockery, the Red Raiders compiled a 3–6–2 record (2–5–1 against SWC opponents), were outscored by a combined total of 182 to 141, and finished in seventh place in the conference. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.