1939 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1939 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1939 Texas Tech football team
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–5–1 (2–1 Border)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–2
Home stadiumTech Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 4 0 0 8 2 1
New Mexico 4 2 0 8 2 0
Texas Tech 2 1 0 5 5 1
Texas Mines 3 2 0 5 4 0
Arizona 1 2 0 6 4 0
New Mexico A&M 1 4 0 3 6 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 4 0 1 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 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 1939 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Pete Cawthon, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing third in the Border Conference. The team outscored its opponents by a total of 150 to 74 on the season. Texas Tech played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.

On November 11, Texas Tech played Centenary to a scoreless tie in a game in which the two teams combined for an NCAA-record 77 punts.

Texas Tech was ranked at No. 90 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

  1. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.