Pete Cawthon

Head coach, Texas Tech, 1936 to 1940

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

2-1 against his rivals. Nobody he faced three or more times has a winning record against him.

Rivalry record

2-1-1

50.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

14-9-3

53.8% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Oklahoma State2-0-167%

Texas0-10%

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

1-0 100.0%

National Program

4-5 44.4%

Regional Program

14-2 87.5%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1936-1940) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least3Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

At least 3 — his 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 3 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1940	R7.53	Estimated
1939	R3.16	Estimated
1938	R6.38	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.