Tulsa at Texas Tech

Saturday, November 13, 1954

Texas Tech beat Tulsa 55–⁠13. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Tulsa led the series 8–⁠5.

AwayTulsa0–⁠11 in 1954
13
HomeTexas Tech7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1954
55

FinalHigh 71°F, low 37°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texus Tech Gives Tulsu Ninth Licking, 55-13

    Evening star, November 14, 1954, page 65

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    Texus Tech Gives Tulsu Ninth Licking, 55–⁠13 LUBBOCK, Tex. Nov. 49,. Texas Tech today handed Tulsa its ninth and worst licking this football season, 55–⁠13. A homecoming crowd Of $4,000 watched the Red Raiders storm 572 yards on the ground and through the air as 10 different players took part In the scoring spree. Tulsa --- o 6–⁠13 Tulsa SCORING: Touchdowns -Waush, HukheS. ConversiOn--Backus. Texas Tech scoring: Touchdowns-- Schmidt ca. Northam. Bryan. Tripper, versions Kirkpatrick t3l. johnson CD. Graham. Hill.

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tulsa leads 12–⁠11 in 23 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1987Texas Tech 42, Tulsa 7
1985Texas Tech 21, Tulsa 17
1984Texas Tech 20, Tulsa 17
1983Tulsa 59, Texas Tech 20
1972Texas Tech 35, Tulsa 18
1959Texas Tech 8, Tulsa 7

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