The 1941 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Texas Tech University as a member of the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their first season under head coach Dell Morgan, the Red Raiders compiled a 9–2 record (2–0 against conference opponents), lost to Tulsa in the 1942 Sun Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 226 to 36. The team shut out six opponents, allowed only 3.3 points per game, and ranked second ranked in scoring defense among 119 major college teams during the 1941 season.[1] The team did not play sufficient number of games against conference opponents to qualify for the conference championship.
| 1941 Texas Tech Red Raiders football | |
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 1941 Texas Tech football team in action against the Miami Hurricanes | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (2–0 Border) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Base defense | 6–2 |
| Home stadium | Tech Field |
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| Arizona $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback Tyrus Bain and fullback Charles Dvoracek were selected by the conference coaches as second-team players on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team.[2]
Texas Tech was ranked at No. 46 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]
Home games were played at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Abilene Christian* | W 7–0 | 9,000 | [4] | |
| October 3 | vs. Oklahoma A&M* | W 16–6 | 5,000 | [5] | |
| October 10 | at Loyola (CA)* | W 14–0 | 15,000 | [6] | |
| October 18 | Centenary* |
| W 25–0 | 7,000 | [7] |
| October 24 | New Mexico |
| W 36–0 | 7,000 | [8] |
| October 31 | at Miami (FL)* | L 0–6 | 25,000 | [9] | |
| November 8 | Creighton* |
| W 13–6 | 6,000 | [10] |
| November 15 | Saint Louis* |
| W 46–6 | 4,000 | [11] |
| November 21 | Hardin–Simmons |
| W 7–0 | 16,000 | [12] |
| November 29 | vs. Wake Forest* | W 35–6 | 7,000 | [13] | |
| January 1 | vs. Tulsa* | L 0–6 | 12,000–14,000 | [14] | |
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References
edit- ^ "1941 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "Arizona, Hardin-Simmons Dominate All-Border Eleven". Arizona Republic. December 15, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Tech Crushes Abilene Christian". Paris News. September 21, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Arthur Edson (October 4, 1941). "Texas Tech Rolls Up Early Lead, Dumps Aggies, 16-6". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Charles Curtis (October 11, 1941). "Texas Speed Masters Loyola Defense, 14-0". Los Angeles Times. pp. I-7, I-9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech Wallops Centenary 25-0". The El Paso Times. October 19, 1941. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lobos Blanked by Texas Tech as Red Raiders Pile Up 36 Points". Albuquerque Journal. October 25, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Guy Butler (November 1, 1941). "Hurricane Stock Hits New High With Brilliant Upset Of Texans". The Miami News. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Creighton Falls, 13-6: Texas Tech Rally Beats Jays". The Des Moines Register. November 9, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Billikens Routed by Texas Tech". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 16, 1941. p. 2E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech Beats Hardin-Simmons: Red Raiders Hand Cowboys Third Loss of Season". The Amarillo Daily News. November 21, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest Falls Before Raiders, 35-6". Austin American-Statesman. November 30, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rifle-Armed Tailback Glenn Dobbs Leads Tulsa to 6-0 Win in Sun Bowl; Border Loop Jinx Still On". Del Paso Herald-Post. January 2, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.