1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

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1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
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1946 Texas Tech football team in action against New Mexico
ConferenceBorder Conference
1946 record8–3 (3–1 Border)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hardin–Simmons $ 6 0 0 11 0 0
Texas Tech 3 1 0 8 3 1
New Mexico 4 2 1 5 5 2
Arizona 2 2 1 4 4 2
West Texas State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 2 1 5 2 2
Texas Mines 2 4 0 3 6 0
Arizona State 1 4 1 2 7 2
New Mexico State 1 4 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech during the 1946 college football season.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21West Texas State
W 26–1410,000
September 28vs. Texas A&M*W 6–023,000
October 5at SMU*W 7–03,000
October 12at Tulsa*L 6–2115,000
October 19Baylor*
W 13–613,000
October 26Denver*
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 21–1611,000
November 2at No. 8 Rice*
L 6–4125,000
November 9at New MexicoW 27–08,000
November 16Oklahoma A&M*
  • Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
W 14–713,000
November 23at ArizonaW 16–08,000
November 30at Hardin–Simmons
L 6–2113,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season[]

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Red Raiders were selected.[2]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
18 157 Roland Nabors Linebacker Boston Yanks
26 243 Gene Standefer Back Los Angeles Rams
28 260 Joe Smith End Chicago Cardinals
30 281 Bernie Winkler Tackle Philadelphia Eagles

References[]

  1. ^ "1946 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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