| 1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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| Border co-champion | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (3–0–1 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 26 | West Texas State | W 39–0 | 6,000 | |
| October 3 | at Texas A&M* | L 0–19 | 10,000 | |
| October 10 | Oklahoma A&M* |
| L 6–9 | 6,000 |
| October 17 | Baylor* |
| L 7–14 | 8,000 |
| October 24 | at New Mexico | W 20–0 | ||
| October 31 | at Rice* | L 7–19 | 10,000 | |
| November 7 | TCU* |
| W 13–6 | 10,000 |
| November 14 | at Creighton* | L 6–13 | ||
| November 21 | No. 17 Hardin–Simmons |
| T 0–0 | 7,000 |
| November 26 | at Arizona | W 13–7 | 8,000 | |
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References
- Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
- "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
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