Texas at Texas Tech

Saturday, September 23, 1950

Texas beat Texas Tech 28–⁠14. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Texas led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayTexas9–⁠2 in 1950
28
HomeTexas Tech3–⁠8 in 1950
14

FinalHigh 77°F, low 56°FAttendance 19,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Winner, 2S-14, lover Texas Tech

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1950, page 1

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    Texas Winner, 2S-14, lover Texas Tech by me ASSoCiCIeo rIeSb LUBBOCK, Tex, Sept. 23.- Texas touted LonghornS. had their hands full today beating a tough Texas Tech team, 28–⁠14. Two touchdowns within Is min utes of the first quarter gave Texas an advantage it needed before its wealth of big, experienced men toned down the keyed-up Red Raiders. Texas scored in less than two minutes when Ben Tompkins passed to Bubba Stands from the Tech 8. Near the end of the quarter, Dan Page passed 81 yards to Ben Proctor for the Sec ond Longhorn tally. Texas scored again in the third when Byron Townsend crashed over from the l and counted in the fourth on a 51-yard pass from TompkinS to Dawson.

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas leads 55–⁠18 in 73 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Texas 57, Texas Tech 7
2022Texas Tech 37, Texas 34
2021Texas 70, Texas Tech 35
2020Texas 63, Texas Tech 56
2019Texas 49, Texas Tech 24
2018Texas 41, Texas Tech 34

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