The 1949 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public university, public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship instit ...

—as a member of the

Border Conference The Border Conference, officially known as the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, was an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961–62 school year. Centered in the southwestern Unite ...

during the

1949 college football season The 1949 college football season was the 81st season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. It concluded with the top four teams undefeated and untied at the end of the regular season: * 1949 Notre Dame Fighting Iris ...

. Led by ninth-year head coach

Dell Morgan John O'Dell Morgan''COP TOPS MARINES, LEBARON, 37 TO 14'' Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1950 (February 14, 1900 – March 3, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball. He served as the head football co ...

, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title for the third consecutive year. Texas Tech was invited to the

Raisin Bowl The Raisin Bowl was an annual post-season American football, American college football bowl game played at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, from 1946 to 1949. The first four games were played on January 1, the last on December 31. The g ...

, where they lost to

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Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons Border Conference football champion seasons

Texas Tech Red Raiders football The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University (variously "TTU"). The Red Raiders competes as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (for ...

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