1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
| 1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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 1940 Texas Tech football team | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 9–1–1 (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | vs. Oklahoma A&M* | T 6–6 | 9,000 | |||
| October 5 | Loyola (CA)* | W 19–0 | 9,000 | [2] | ||
| October 12 | at Montana* | W 32–19 | ||||
| October 19 | BYU* |
| W 21–20 | 7,000 | ||
| October 26 | at Marquette* | W 20–13 | 8,000 | [3] | ||
| November 1 | Miami (FL)* |
| W 61–14 | 9,000 | ||
| November 11 | Centenary* |
| W 26–6 | 8,000 | [4] | |
| November 16 | Wake Forest* |
| W 12–7 | 10,000 | [5] | |
| November 21 | at Saint Louis* | No. 20 |
| W 7–6 | 9,272 | |
| November 30 | at New Mexico | No. 18 | L 14–19 | 7,000 | [6] | |
| December 7 | at San Francisco* | W 23–21 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
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Rankings[edit]
| Week | ||||||||
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| Poll | 1 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-T | 18-T | — |
References[edit]
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Loyolans Bow to Texas Tech". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1940. pp. II-9, II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech Nicks Marquette, 20-13, on Last Minute Touchdown". The Capital Times. October 27, 1940. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders crack Centenary in 2nd half, 26–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 12, 1940. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders defeat Wake Forest in 12–7 thriller". Big Spring Daily Herald. November 17, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Paul Weeks (December 1, 1940). "New Mexico Hands Texas Tech First Defeat". Albuquerque Journal. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Alan Ward (December 8, 1940). "Texas Field Goal Beats Dons, 23-21, In Thriller". Oakland Tribune. p. 12.
- ^ "1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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