1933 Texas Tech Matadors football team

The 1933 Texas Tech Matadors football team Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1933 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Pete Cawthon, the Matadors compiled an 8–1 record (1–0 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a combined total of 144 to 30.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Tech Field.

1933 Texas Tech Matadors football
Ticket stub from the November 30 game versus Kansas State
Conference	Border Conference
Record	8–1 (1–0 Border)
Head coach	Pete Cawthon (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–2
Captain	Ross Ayers
Home stadium	Tech Field
Seasons ← 1932 1934 →

1933 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas Tech	1	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
Arizona	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
New Mexico	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Arizona State	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
New Mexico A&M	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Arizona State and Arizona State–Flagstaff played twice, but only the first meeting counted in the conference standings.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		SMU*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 0–14	6,000	[3]
October 6		Dixie (TX)*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 33–0		[4]
October 14		at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 7–0	5,000	[5]
October 20		Louisiana Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 40–10	4,178	[6]
October 28		at Texas Mines*	Mines Stadium El Paso, TX	W 12–0		[7]
November 4	8:00 p.m.	Haskell*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 26–6		[8][9]
November 11		Simmons (TX)*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 7–0	6,500	[10]
November 17		Baylor*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 13–0	4,000	[11]
November 30		Kansas State*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 6–0	7,500	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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