1937 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1937 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Border champion
Sun Bowl, L 6–7 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Border Conference
Record	8–4 (3–0 Border)
Head coach	Pete Cawthon (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–2
Captains	Lewis Jones Red Ramsey
Home stadium	Tech Field

1937 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas Tech $	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
New Mexico A&M	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Arizona	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Texas Mines	2	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
New Mexico	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Arizona State–Flagstaff	1	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1937 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 1937 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title. Texas Tech was invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to West Virginia. The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Arizona State–Flagstaff	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 6–0	4,200	[1]
September 25	at Texas*	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 12–25	10,000	[2]
October 2	Montana*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 6–13	8,000
October 9	at Detroit*	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–34	11,000
October 16	Arizona	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 20–0	4,500
October 23	New Mexico	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 27–0	7,500
October 30	at Oklahoma A&M*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 14–6
November 5	at Loyola (LA)*	New Orleans, LA	W 25–6	5,000
November 11	Duquesne*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 13–0	12,000	[3][4]
November 20	at Centenary*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	W 7–2	7,000	[5]
November 25	Creighton*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 27–0	7,000
January 1	vs. West Virginia*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	L 6–7	12,000	[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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References

1. "Texas Tech wins over Flagstaff". The Austin American-Statesman. September 19, 1937. Retrieved March 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Roach breaks leg as Longhorn crush Tech Matadors, 25–12". The Kilgore Daily News. September 26, 1936. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Texas Tech Upsets Dukes, 13-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1937. p. 22. Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Texas Tech Top Dukes, 13 To 0 (continued)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 12, 1937. p. 24. Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Centenary loses rough game". The Shreveport Times. November 21, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "W. Va. defeats Texas Tech". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. January 2, 1938. Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.