| Year: | 1942 |
| Team: | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Border Conference |
| Short Conf: | Border |
| Record: | 4–5–1 |
| Conf Record: | 3–0–1 |
| Head Coach: | Dell Morgan |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Single-wing |
| Def Scheme: | 6–2 |
| Stadium: | Tech Field |
| Champion: | Border co-champion |
The 1942 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 1942 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dell Morgan, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 4–5–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, sharing the Border Conference title with Hardin–Simmons. This was Texas Tech's The second Border Conference championship.
Texas Tech was ranked at No. 71 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]
The team played home games at Tech Field in Lubbock, Texas.