1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1940 Texas Tech football team
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record9–1–1 (0–1 Border)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–2
Home stadiumTech Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
Arizona 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
New Mexico 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Texas Tech 0 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. Led by Pete Cawthon in his 11th and final season as head coach, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 9–1–1 with a mark of 0–1 in conference play.

Texas Tech was ranked at No. 70 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27vs. Oklahoma A&M*
T 6–69,000
October 5Loyola (CA)*
W 19–09,000[2]
October 12at Montana*
W 32–19
October 19BYU*
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 21–207,000
October 26at Marquette*
W 20–138,000[3]
November 1Miami (FL)*
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 61–149,000
November 11Centenary*
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 26–68,000[4]
November 16Wake Forest*dagger
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 12–710,000[5]
November 21at Saint Louis*No. 20
W 7–69,272
November 30at New MexicoNo. 18
L 14–197,000[6]
December 7at San Francisco*
W 23–217,000[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[8]

Rankings

See also: 1940 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below
Week
Poll1
Oct 14		2
Oct 21		3
Oct 28		4
Nov 4		5
Nov 11		6
Nov 18		7
Nov 25		Final
Dec 2
AP—————20-T18-T—

References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Loyolans Bow to Texas Tech". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1940. pp. II-9, II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Texas Tech Nicks Marquette, 20-13, on Last Minute Touchdown". The Capital Times. October 27, 1940. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Raiders crack Centenary in 2nd half, 26–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 12, 1940. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Raiders defeat Wake Forest in 12–7 thriller". Big Spring Daily Herald. November 17, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Paul Weeks (December 1, 1940). "New Mexico Hands Texas Tech First Defeat". Albuquerque Journal. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Alan Ward (December 8, 1940). "Texas Field Goal Beats Dons, 23-21, In Thriller". Oakland Tribune. p. 12.
  8. ^ "1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.


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