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1950 Texas Tech

3–⁠8 (3–⁠2 Border Conference), coached by Dell Morgan.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1950, game by game: lost vs. Texas 14–28; lost at Texas A&M 13–34; lost vs. West Texas 13–28; lost at TCU 6–19; lost at Baylor 12–26; won vs. UTEP 61–7; lost at Rice 7–13; lost vs. Tulsa 7–39; won at Arizona 39–7; won vs. New Mexico 37–12; lost at Hardin Simmons 13–28+54−32Lost 14–28 vs. Texas-14TexasLost 13–34 at Texas A&M-21Texas A&MLost 13–28 vs. West Texas-15West TexasLost 6–19 at TCU-13TCULost 12–26 at Baylor-14BaylorWon 61–7 vs. UTEP+54UTEPLost 7–13 at Rice-6RiceLost 7–39 vs. Tulsa-32TulsaWon 39–7 at Arizona+32ArizonaWon 37–12 vs. New Mexico+25New MexicoLost 13–28 at Hardin Simmons-15Hardin Simmons
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsTexasL 14–⁠2843%
Sep 30atTexas A&ML 13–⁠3451%
Oct 7vsWest TexasL 13–⁠2854%
Oct 14atTCUL 6–⁠1926%
Oct 21atBaylorL 12–⁠2625%
Oct 28vsUTEPW 61–⁠738%
Nov 4atRiceL 7–⁠1323%
Nov 11vsTulsaL 7–⁠3948%
Nov 18atArizonaW 39–⁠748%
Nov 25vsNew MexicoW 37–⁠1282%
Dec 2atHardin SimmonsL 13–⁠2841%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hardin Simmons 28–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠2 4th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
222–⁠241
Coach
Dell Morgan
Elo
1448 −75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.0 No. 51 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing
Defense
6–⁠2

1950 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Texas6–⁠010–⁠1
Arizona State4–⁠19–⁠2
UTEP4–⁠27–⁠3
Texas Tech3–⁠23–⁠8
Hardin Simmons3–⁠35–⁠5
Arizona2–⁠44–⁠6
New Mexico2–⁠52–⁠8
New Mexico State1–⁠42–⁠7
Northern Arizona0–⁠42–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.