1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
BIAA co-champion
Conference	Border Conference
Record	4–5–1 (3–0–1 Border)
Head coach	Dell Morgan (2nd season)

1942 Border Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Hardin–Simmons +	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Texas Tech +	3	–	0	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
West Texas State	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Arizona	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Texas Mines	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
New Mexico	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	2
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
New Mexico A&M	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1942 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1942 college football season. The team won its second Border Conference championship (shared with Hardin–Simmons).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	West Texas State	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 39–0	6,000
October 3	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 0–19	10,000
October 10	Oklahoma A&M*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 6–9	6,000
October 17	Baylor*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 7–14	8,000
October 24	at New Mexico	Hilltop Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 20–0
October 31	at Rice*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 7–19	10,000
November 7	TCU*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 13–6	10,000
November 14	at Creighton*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	L 6–13
November 21	No. 17 Hardin–Simmons	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	T 0–0	7,000
November 26	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 13–7	8,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game