1936 Texas Tech Matadors football team

The 1936 Texas Tech Matadors football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Border Conference during the 1936 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach, the Matadors compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 0–0 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the Border Conference.^[1] The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.

1936 Texas Tech Matadors football
1936 Texas Tech football team in action against Oklahoma A&M
Conference	Border Conference
Record	5–4–1 (0–0 Border)
Head coach	Pete Cawthon (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–2
Captain	Demp Cannon
Home stadium	Tech Field
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Arizona $	3	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	3
Texas Mines	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
New Mexico A&M	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Arizona State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion Arizona State and Arizona State–Flagstaff played twice, but only the first meeting counted in the conference standings. The game between Arizona and Texas Tech also did not count in the conference standings.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Texas Wesleyan*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 26–7	4,500	[2]
September 26	TCU*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 7–0	12,000	[3]
October 3	Oklahoma City*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 34–6	7,000	[4]
October 9	at Wichita*	Shocker Field Wichita, KS	L 0–6		[5]
October 24	Centenary*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 12–6	8,000	[6]
November 6	Oklahoma A&M*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 12–0	7,000	[7]
November 11	at Loyola (CA)*	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA	L 7–26	35,000	[8]
November 20	DePaul*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 6–13	5,000	[9]
November 26	at Loyola (LA)*	Loyola University Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–13	5,000	[10]
December 5	at Arizona[n 1]*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	T 7–7	7,500	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Notes

1. The game between Arizona and Texas Tech did not count in the Border Conference standings.