Texas Tech at Texas

Saturday, September 17, 1955

Texas Tech beat Texas 20–⁠14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Texas led the series 7–⁠1.

AwayTexas Tech7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1955
20
HomeTexas5–⁠5 in 1955
14

FinalHigh 94°F, low 70°FAttendance 47,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Is Upset By Texas Tech

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 18, 1955, page 1

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    Texas Is Upset By Texas Tech AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. II R!- Crafty quarterbacking by Jack Kirkpatrick and bruising block. ing bought Texas Tech q tradi. n-shattering upset football victory over Texas tonight. 20–⁠14. Texas, after three quarters Of fumbling Illustration, made . driving finish that had the crowd of $4,000 In an uproar az it seemed the Longhorns might avert the first loss ever suffered by Q Texas team in . season home opener. But the Red Raiders snufed out the threat with its third touchdown less than three minutes before the final gun. Tsx.: r ..s 9 g g III q. ar runS. Ernst d. ps:sj. csonversions: o Te1sa t Teeh scorins Touchdoxns: Schmidt . Il, plunge; 70. run), Herr Il, plunge). Conversions: kirkpasrac& ,.

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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Texas leads 55–⁠18 in 73 meetings, counting the 65 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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