| Year: | 1997 |
| Team: | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Division: | South Division |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Record: | 6–5 |
| Conf Record: | 5–3 |
| Head Coach: | Spike Dykes |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Off Coach: | Rick Dykes |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | John Goodner |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Scheme: | 4–2–5/4–4 hybrid |
| Stadium: | Jones Stadium |
The 1997 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 11th season under head coach Spike Dykes, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–5 record (5–3 against Big 12 opponents), finished in a tie for second place in Southern Division of the Big 12, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 245 to 217.[1] The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.