1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1940 Texas Tech football team
Conference	Border Conference
Record	9–1–1 (0–1 Border)
Head coach	Pete Cawthon (11th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–2
Home stadium	Tech Field

1940 Border Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	vs. Oklahoma A&M*		Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	T 6–6	9,000
October 5	Loyola (CA)*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 19–0	9,000	[2]
October 12	at Montana*		Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 32–19
October 19	BYU*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 21–20	7,000
October 26	at Marquette*		Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 20–13	8,000	[3]
November 1	Miami (FL)*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 61–14	9,000
November 11	Centenary*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 26–6	8,000	[4]
November 16	Wake Forest*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 12–7	10,000	[5]
November 21	at Saint Louis*	No. 20	Walsh Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 7–6	9,272
November 30	at New Mexico	No. 18	Hilltop Stadium Albuquerque, NM	L 14–19	7,000	[6]
December 7	at San Francisco*		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 23–21	7,000	[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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
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

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.