Texas Tech at Texas
Saturday, September 17, 1955 Share
Texas Tech beat Texas 20–14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Texas led the series 7–1.
FinalHigh 94°F, low 70°FAttendance 47,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Texas Tech–Texas gameTexas leads 55–18 in 73 meetings, counting the 65 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 Tech
- Next gamevs. TCUSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1955
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records
Texas
- Next gamevs. TulaneSept. 24, 1955
- SeasonTexas in 1955
- ProgramTexas history and records

