BYU at Texas Tech
Friday, October 18, 1940 Share
Texas Tech beat BYU 21–20. It was their first meeting; after it, Texas Tech led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 41°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, October 19, 1940, page 5 (results column)
Read the text
FridayNighf Grid Results The following are scores of foot ball games played last night in var iCus parts of the country: Temple 21 Michigan State 19. Catholic University 20; Miami 18 Detroit 6; Manhattan O. Texas Tech 21; Brigham Young 20. Georgetown 46, Virginia Tech 4. Fresno State g. College of Paci- l’t 0.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Texas Tech 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every BYU–Texas Tech gameTexas Tech leads 3–1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 2025 | Texas Tech 34, BYU 7 | Big 12 Championship |
| 2025 | Texas Tech 29, BYU 7 | |
| 2023 | BYU 27, Texas Tech 14 | |
| 1940 | Texas Tech 21, BYU 20 |
Around this game
BYU
- Next gamevs. Utah StateNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonBYU in 1940
- ProgramBYU history and records
Texas Tech
- Next gameat MarquetteOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1940
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records