1949 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1949 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Border champion
Raisin Bowl, L 13–20 vs. San Jose State
Conference	Border Conference
Record	7–5 (5–0 Border)
Head coach	Dell Morgan (9th season)
Home stadium	Jones Stadium

1949 Border Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas Tech $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Texas Western	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
Hardin–Simmons	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
West Texas State	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Arizona	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
New Mexico A&M	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1949 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1949 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	Abilene Christian*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 20–0	10,500
September 17	at Texas*	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–43	28,000
September 24	vs. Texas A&M*	Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX (rivalry)	L 7–26	19,740
October 1	West Texas State	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 35–19	16,800
October 8	Tulsa*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 15–0	15,000
October 15	No. 20 Baylor*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 7–28	18,000
October 22	Arizona	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 27–7	9,000
October 29	at No. 5 Rice*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 0–28	18,000
November 5	at Texas Western	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 13–10	13,000
November 19	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	W 27–0	10,000
November 26	Hardin–Simmons	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 23–13	15,500
December 31	vs. San Jose State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA (Raisin Bowl)	L 13–20	10,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game