TCU at Texas Tech

Saturday, November 10, 1956

Texas Tech beat No. 17 TCU 21–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, TCU led the series 8–⁠6.

Away17TCU8–⁠3 in 1956
7
HomeTexas Tech2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1956
21

FinalHigh 75°F, low 30°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: STATISTICS

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1956, page 79

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    STATISTICS strike of so yards when the clock had licked off only 80 seconds. He subbed for Gene Bentley who was injured on the first scrimmage play. Hugh Fewin made the other tallies, one on a 2-yard plunge and another on a lateral from Don Williams on the Texas Christian Is. a play that covered 81 yards. Texas Christian ----- Q Q z o. Texas Tech 7 z o 7–⁠21 TCC scoring: Touehdowns-Swing a RCNL conversion; Pollard. Tech scoring: Touchdowns-Dixon $50, rum, Fewin %, rum (2l, lataeral from Don Williams. Conversions-Don Will liams 90.

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)

TCU 64% to win. Texas Tech pulled the upset.

Texas Tech leads 33–⁠31–⁠3 in 67 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024TCU 35, Texas Tech 34
2023Texas Tech 35, TCU 28
2022TCU 34, Texas Tech 24
2021TCU 52, Texas Tech 31
2020TCU 34, Texas Tech 18
2019TCU 33, Texas Tech 31

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