1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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The 1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1942 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dell Morgan, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 4–5–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, sharing the Border Conference title with Hardin–Simmons. This was Texas Tech's The second Border Conference championship.

Record4–5–1 (3–0–1 Border)
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeSingle-wing
Quick facts Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Border co-champion ...
1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Border co-champion
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–0–1 Border)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–2
Home stadiumTech Field
Seasons
 1941
1943 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1942 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Hardin–Simmons +401911
Texas Tech +301451
West Texas State520720
Arizona420640
Texas Mines430540
New Mexico340452
Arizona State250280
Arizona State–Flagstaff140150
New Mexico A&M060180
  • + Conference co-champions
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Texas Tech was ranked at No. 71 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26West Texas StateW 39–06,000[2]
October 3at Texas A&M*L 0–1910,000[3]
October 10Oklahoma A&M*
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
L 6–96,000[4]
October 17Baylor*
L 7–148,000[5]
October 24at New MexicoW 20–04,500[6]
October 31at Rice*L 7–1910,000[7]
November 7TCU*dagger
W 13–610,000[8]
November 14at Creighton*L 6–13[9]
November 21No. 17 Hardin–Simmons
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
T 0–07,000[10]
November 26at ArizonaW 13–78,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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