1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Border co-champion
Conference	Border Conference
Record	4–5–1 (3–0–1 Border)
Head coach	Dell Morgan (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–2
Home stadium	Tech Field
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

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.^[1]

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	West Texas State	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 39–0	6,000
October 3	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 0–19	10,000
October 10	Oklahoma A&M*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 6–9	6,000
October 17	Baylor*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 7–14	8,000
October 24	at New Mexico	Hilltop Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 20–0
October 31	at Rice*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 7–19	10,000
November 7	TCU*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 13–6	10,000
November 14	at Creighton*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	L 6–13
November 21	No. 17 Hardin–Simmons	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	T 0–0	7,000
November 26	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 13–7	8,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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