The 1951 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 1951 college football season. Led by first-year head coach DeWitt Weaver, the Red Raiders compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the Border Conference title. Texas Tech was invited to the Sun Bowl, where they beat the Pacific Tigers.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	West Texas State	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 46–7	16,000	[1]
September 29	vs. No. 6 Texas A&M*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 7–20	27,000
October 6	at Houston*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 0–6	24,000
October 13	TCU*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 33–19	19,000
October 20	at No. 10 Baylor*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 10–20	22,000
October 27	Arizona	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 41–0	16,000
November 3	at Texas Western	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 27–7	8,500
November 17	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 14–21
November 24	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	W 60–14
December 1	Hardin–Simmons	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 28–21	17,000
January 1	vs. Pacific (CA)	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	W 25–14	17,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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