1942 Texas Tech
4–5–1 (3–0–1 Border Conference), coached by Dell Morgan. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat West Texas 39–0Sep 26
By 39 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vsWest Texas | W 39–0 | 78% |
| Oct 3 | at Texas A&M | L 0–19 | 40% |
| Oct 10 | vs Oklahoma State | L 6–9 | 67% |
| Oct 17 | vs Baylor | L 7–14 | 61% |
| Oct 24 | at New Mexico | W 20–0 | 54% |
| Oct 31 | at Rice | L 7–19 | 44% |
| Nov 7 | vs TCU | W 13–6 | 49% |
| Nov 14 | atCreighton | L 6–13 | 57% |
| Nov 21 | vs17Hardin Simmons | T 0–0 | 40% |
| Nov 26 | at Arizona | W 13–7 | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Arizona 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; Border Conference champions.
In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1942.
Border Conference champions3–0–1 in the conference
- Record
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 3–0–1 2nd in Border Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 111–87
- Coach
- Dell Morgan
- Elo
- 1553 −25 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 2.6 No. 56 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Single-wing
- Defense
- 6–2
1942 Border Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin Simmons | 4–0–1 | 9–1–1 | |
 Texas Tech | 3–0–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| West Texas | 5–2 | 7–2 | |
| Arizona | 4–2 | 6–4 | |
 UTEP | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| New Mexico | 3–4 | 4–5–2 | |
 Arizona State | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
 Northern Arizona | 1–4 | 1–5 | |
 New Mexico State | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.