1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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1942
Tech Field
Seasons
1942 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hardin–Simmons + 4 0 1 9 1 1
Texas Tech + 3 0 1 4 5 1
West Texas State 5 2 0 7 2 0
Arizona 4 2 0 6 4 0
Texas Mines 4 3 0 5 4 0
New Mexico 3 4 0 4 5 2
Arizona State 2 5 0 2 8 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff
1 4 0 1 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as

Border Conference championship
.

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

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

    [2][3]

    References

    1. Newspapers.com
      .
    2. ^ "1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
    3. ^ "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.