1939 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

The 1939 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 1939 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Pete Cawthon, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing third in the Border Conference. The team outscored its opponents by a total of 150 to 74 on the season. Texas Tech played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.

1939 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
1939 Texas Tech football team
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–5–1 (2–1 Border)
Head coach
  • Pete Cawthon (10th season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–2
Home stadiumTech Field
1939 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona State $ 4 0 08 2 1
New Mexico 4 2 08 2 0
Texas Tech 2 1 05 5 1
Texas Mines 3 2 05 4 0
Arizona 1 2 06 4 0
New Mexico A&M 1 4 03 6 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 4 01 6 1
  • $ Conference champion

On November 11, Texas Tech played Centenary to a scoreless tie in a game in which the two teams combined for an NCAA-record 77 punts.

Texas Tech was ranked at No. 90 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

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