1945 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
American college football season
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The 1945 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 1945 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Dell Morgan, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 3–5–2 with a mark of 1–0–1 in conference play. No Border Conference title was awarded. The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record3–5–2 (1–0–1 Border)
Headcoach
- Dell Morgan (5th season)
OffensiveschemeSingle-wing
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 3–5–2 (1–0–1 Border) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Base defense | 6–2 |
| Home stadium | Tech Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | 8:15 p.m. | Southwestern (TX)* | W 7–0 | 7,000 | [1][2] | |
| September 29 | vs. Texas A&M* | L 6–16 | 22,831 | [3] | ||
| October 6 | at Texas* | L 0–33 | [4] | |||
| October 13 | No. 16 Tulsa* |
| L 7–18 | 9,000 | [5] | |
| October 20 | Baylor* |
| T 7–7 | 9,000 | [6] | |
| October 27 | West Texas State |
| W 12–6 | 6,000 | [7] | |
| November 3 | at Rice* | L 0–13 | 17,000 | [8] | ||
| November 10 | TCU* |
| W 12–0 | 10,000 | [9] | |
| November 17 | at No. 8 Oklahoma A&M* | L 6–46 | 10,000 | [10] | ||
| November 24 | at New Mexico | T 6–6 | 8,000 | [11] | ||
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