1955 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1955 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Border champion
Sun Bowl, L 14–21 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Border Conference
Record	7–3–1 (3–0–1 Border)
Head coach	DeWitt Weaver (5th season)
Offensive scheme	T formation
Base defense	5–3
Home stadium	Jones Stadium
Seasons ←  1954 1956  →

1955 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas Tech $	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
Hardin–Simmons	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Texas Western	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Arizona	1	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
West Texas State	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
New Mexico A&M	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1955 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 1955 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach DeWitt Weaver, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–3–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title for the third consecutive season. Texas Tech was invited to the Sun Bowl, where they lost to Wyoming. This was Texas Tech's final season in the Border Conference. The team competed as an independent from 1956 to 1959 before joining the Southwest Conference (SWC) in 1960.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Texas *		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 20–14	47,000	[1]
September 24	TCU *	No. 12	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	L 0–32	28,000
October 1	at Oklahoma A&M *		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 24–6	16,000
October 8	at Texas Western		Kidd Field El Paso, TX	T 27–27	14,000
October 22	at Houston *		Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 0–7	28,000
October 29	West Texas State		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 27–24	16,000	[2]
November 5	Arizona		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 27–7	17,000
November 12	at Tulsa *		Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 34–7	14,322
November 19	Pacific (CA) *		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 13–7	16,500
November 26	Hardin–Simmons		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 16–14	13,000
January 2	vs. Wyoming *		Kidd Field El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	L 14–21	14,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Raiders out-maneuver Longhorns, 20–14". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 18, 1955. Retrieved April 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Texas Tech Outguns Buffaloes, 27-24". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Fort Worth, Texas. October 30, 1955. p. 27. Retrieved January 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
3. "1951 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". Sports Reference . Retrieved August 23, 2022.
4. "2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement". Texas Tech University Department of Athletics. July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.