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)
Home stadium	Tech Field

1940 Border Conference football standings

	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 Tech during the 1940 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	vs. Oklahoma A&M*		Taft Stadium Oklahoma City, OK (rivalry)	T 6–6	9,000
October 5	Loyola (CA)*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 19–0	9,000
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	9,000
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
November 16	Wake Forest*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 12–7	10,000
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
December 7	at San Francisco*	No. 18	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 23–21	7,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1940 NCAA football rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/4	11/11	11/18	11/25	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	T-20	T-18	NR