1931 Texas Tech Matadors football team

1931 Texas Tech Matadors football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Pete Cawthon (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–2
Captain	Jack Durham
Home stadium	Tech Field

1931 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Catholic University			–					8	–	1	–	0
Texas Mines			–					7	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	1	–	2
William & Mary Norfolk			–					1	–	0	–	1
Furman			–					5	–	2	–	2
George Washington			–					5	–	2	–	2
Texas Tech			–					6	–	3	–	0
Troy State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					6	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest			–					4	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina			–					4	–	4	–	0
Davidson			–					4	–	4	–	2
Western Maryland			–					4	–	4	–	2
Delaware State			–					2	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Richmond			–					4	–	5	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	6	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					3	–	6	–	0
South Georgia Teachers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Jefferson			–					1	–	7	–	1
Jacksonville State			–					0	–	7	–	1

The 1931 Texas Tech Matadors football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their second season under head coach Pete Cawthon, the Matadors compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 150 to 66. The team played its home games at Tech Field.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	West Texas State	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 21–0	5,000
October 3	at New Mexico A&M	Las Cruces, NM	W 7–0
October 13	vs. Haskell	Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX	L 0–8
October 23	Colorado Mines	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 46–0	4,500
October 31	at Baylor	Carroll Field Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 0–32
November 6	Abilene Christian	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 26–6
November 11	at Texas Mines	El Paso HS Stadium El Paso, TX	L 12–14	3,000
November 20	New Mexico	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 32–6	2,500
November 26	at Simmons (TX)	Abilene, TX	W 6–0
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