1950 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1950 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record3–8 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–2
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Arizona State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Texas Western 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 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 1950 college football season. Led by Dell Morgan in his tenth and final season as head coach, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the Border Conference.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23No. 5 Texas
L 14–2819,500[1]
September 30vs. Texas A&M*
L 13–3424,000
October 7West Texas State
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 13–2817,000
October 14at TCU*
L 6–1912,000
October 21at Baylor*
L 12–2612,000
October 28Texas Western
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 61–713,000
November 4at Rice*
L 7–1320,000
November 11Tulsa*dagger
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 7–3918,000
November 18at Arizona
W 39–715,500
November 25New Mexico
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
W 37–127,000
December 2Hardin–Simmons
  • Jones Stadium
  • Lubbock, TX
L 13–289,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

References

  1. ^ "Longhorns stop tough Red Raiders in 28–14 battle". The Paris News. September 24, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1950 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 23, 2022.


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