Marquette at Texas Tech
Saturday, November 26, 1938 Share
No. 17 Texas Tech beat Marquette 21–2. It was their first meeting; after it, Texas Tech led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 41°F, low 17°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1938, page 27
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Texas Tech Smears Marquette, III, For Tenth Win BY the Associated Pre6S. LUBBOCK, Tex, Nov. 26-Texas Techs smearing Red Raiders struck with unconquerable ground and aerial power in the first and third periods here today to smash Mar quette University, 21 to 2. The victory gave the united and undefeated Raiders their 10th consecutive victory. Marquette made Is against Techs 6 first downs, but the Red Raiders plowed the turf for 385 yards against 1874 for Marquette. The Raiders started their scoring quickly after an exchange of punts. Coldigelli fumbled on Marquette’s S and Prince Scott. Tech wingman, pounced on the ball. On the third down, Gene Barnett swept end and went over the goal line. Late in the first period, Tech scored its second touchdown when Barnett shot a 5-yard pass to Elmer Tarbox, who weaved through a broken field for so yards and a touchdown. Marquette scored a safety in the second period when Busler broke through and blocked Marek’s at tempted punt behind the goal line. In the third, Gene Barnett COM pleted q 32-yard pass to George Webb. end, who raced 5 yards for the s,.A
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Texas Tech 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Marquette–Texas Tech gameTexas Tech leads 2–1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1940 | Texas Tech 20, Marquette 13 | |
| 1939 | Marquette 22, Texas Tech 19 | |
| 1938 | Texas Tech 21, Marquette 2 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gameat WisconsinSept. 30, 1939
- SeasonMarquette in 1938
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Texas Tech
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA)Jan. 2, 1939, Cotton Bowl
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1938
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records
