1937 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1937
| team = Texas Tech Red Raiders
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Border Conference
| short_conf = Border
| record = 8–4
| conf_record = 3–0
| head_coach = Pete Cawthon
| hc_year = 8th
| off_scheme = Single-wing
| def_scheme = 6–2
| captain = Lewis Jones
| captain2 = Red Ramsey
| stadium = Tech Field
| champion = Border champion
| bowl = Sun Bowl
| bowl_result = L 6–7 vs. West Virginia
| prev = 1936
}}
{{1937 Border Conference football standings}}
The 1937 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 1937 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title. Texas Tech was invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to West Virginia. The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Arizona State–Flagstaff
| site_stadium = Tech Field
| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX
| score = 6–0
| attend = 4,200
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-texas-tech-wins-over/144431997/|work=The Austin American-Statesman|title=Texas Tech wins over Flagstaff|date=September 19, 1937|accessdate=March 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Texas
| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Austin, TX
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–25
| attend = 10,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123655207/roach-breaks-leg-as-longhorn-crush-tech/|work=The Kilgore Daily News|title=Roach breaks leg as Longhorn crush Tech Matadors, 25–12|date=September 26, 1937|accessdate=April 27, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Montana
| site_stadium = Tech Field
| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX
| score = 6–13
| attend = 8,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review-milt-popovich-shine/169436238/|work=The Spokesman-Review|title=Milt Popovich shines in win|date=October 3, 1937|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Detroit
| site_stadium = University of Detroit Stadium
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| score = 0–34
| attend = 11,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Texas Tech Is Given Lesson in Air Attack|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Lewis H. Walter|date=October 10, 1937|pages=Sports 1, 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15754700/texas_tech_is_given_lesson_in_air_attack/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = Tech Field
| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX
| score = 20–0
| attend = 4,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-tech-topples-ar/169436384/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Tech topples Arizona, 20–0|date=October 17, 1937|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| opponent = New Mexico
| site_stadium = Tech Field
| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX
| score = 27–0
| attend = 7,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-tech-downs-lobos-270/169436543/|work=The El Paso Times|title=Tech downs Lobos, 27–0|date=October 24, 1937|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Oklahoma A&M
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 14–6
| attend = 6,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-aggies-bow-to-raiders/169436824/|work=The Oklahoma News|title=Aggies bow to Raiders|date=October 31, 1937|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Loyola (LA)
| site_stadium = Loyola University Stadium
| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA
| score = 25–6
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67733222/texas-tech-smears-loyola-25-to-6/|work=Lubbock Morning Avalanche|title=Texas Tech smears Loyola, 25 to 6|date=November 6, 1937|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Duquesne
| site_stadium = Tech Field
| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX
| score = 13–0
| attend = 12,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Texas Tech Upsets Dukes, 13-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106806832/pittsburgh-post-gazette/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=November 12, 1937 |page=22 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Texas Tech Top Dukes, 13 To 0 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106806924/pittsburgh-post-gazette/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=November 12, 1937 |page=24 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Centenary
| site_stadium = State Fair Stadium
| site_cityst = Shreveport, LA
| score = 7–2
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81993057/centenary-loses-rough-game/|work=The Shreveport Times|title=Centenary loses rough game|date=November 21, 1937|accessdate=July 22, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Creighton
| site_stadium = Tech Field
| site_cityst = Lubbock, TX
| score = 27–0
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-bluejays-lose-to/169437023/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=Bluejays lose to Texas Tech|date=November 26, 1937|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = January 1
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = West Virginia
| site_stadium = Kidd Field
| site_cityst = El Paso, TX
| gamename = Sun Bowl
| score = 6–7
| attend = 12,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-w-va-defeats/151717969/|newspaper=Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph|title=W. Va. defeats Texas Tech|date=January 2, 1938|accessdate=July 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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