Arizona at Texas Tech
Saturday, November 5, 1955 Share
Texas Tech beat Arizona 27–7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Texas Tech led the series 15–1–1.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 39°FAttendance 17,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 6, 1955, page 63
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Texus Tech Beuts Arizona, H-7, on RuIIy LUBBOCK, Tex. Nov. 5 Up Texas Tech staged . second. half rally to hand the Arizona Wildcats a 27–7 thrashing in the Red Raiders strongest showing ito date before 4 homecoming crowd Of 1900 today. Four raider backs took part in the scoring, sparked by Ronnie Hers 34-yard touchdown sprint in the second quarter. Tech. how ever, trailed at the half. 7–6. Art Luppino broke loose over left tackle for IS yards and the lone Arizona touchdown early in the first quarter. He also converted. Hers touchdown got the Raiders back in the game and the dominated the second hall completely. Lonnie Graham capped an 8o-yard drive with a 9-yard sprint into paydirt early In the third quarter. IN the final period. Jim Sides plunged 2 yards for the third Tech touchdown. clinaxing a 49, yard march and Buddy Hill plunged q yard to wind up the scoring in q 56-yard Tech drive. Hill converted after both touch downs. Arizona ------9 Q O o. Texas Tech O 8 z l4--27 Arisona scoring = Touchdowns: Art Luppino {45. run1. Conversion: Luppino Texas Tech scoring = TouchdoEns; 10, RUM: Him Sides e., plungc): Buddy Hin a. plungel. Conversions: Hil Q,
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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Arizona–Texas Tech gameTexas Tech leads 27–5–2 in 34 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.
| 2024 | Texas Tech 28, Arizona 22 | |
| 2019 | Arizona 28, Texas Tech 14 | |
| 1989 | Texas Tech 24, Arizona 14 | |
| 1988 | Arizona 35, Texas Tech 19 | |
| 1979 | Texas Tech 14, Arizona 14 | |
| 1978 | Texas Tech 41, Arizona 26 |
Around this game
Arizona
- Next gamevs. MontanaNov. 12, 1955
- SeasonArizona in 1955
- ProgramArizona history and records
Texas Tech
- Next gameat TulsaNov. 12, 1955
- SeasonTexas Tech in 1955
- ProgramTexas Tech history and records

