Texas at Texas Tech
Saturday, September 23, 1950 Share
Texas beat Texas Tech 28–14. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Texas led the series 7–0.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 56°FAttendance 19,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1950, page 1
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Texas–Texas Tech gameTexas leads 55–18 in 73 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2023 | Texas 57, Texas Tech 7 | |
| 2022 | Texas Tech 37, Texas 34 | |
| 2021 | Texas 70, Texas Tech 35 | |
| 2020 | Texas 63, Texas Tech 56 | |
| 2019 | Texas 49, Texas Tech 24 | |
| 2018 | Texas 41, Texas Tech 34 |
Around this game
Texas
- Next gamevs. PurdueSept. 30, 1950
- SeasonTexas in 1950
- ProgramTexas history and records
Texas Tech
- Next gameat Texas A&MSept. 30, 1950
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1950
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records

