Arizona vs. Texas Tech

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Arizona’s biggest win1988: Arizona 35, Texas Tech 19by 16 points
2. Texas Tech’s biggest win1951: Texas Tech 41, Arizona 0by 41 points
3. Upset1952: Texas Tech 19, Arizona 14Texas Tech had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1937: Texas Tech 20, Arizona 0Texas Tech had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Ranked showdown1974: Texas Tech 17, Arizona 8No. 9 Arizona at No. 17 Texas Tech

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona’s side (Oliver 1–⁠3–⁠1 against Cawthon). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1951

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  1955 · Evening star, Nov 6, 1955

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Arizona vs. Arizona State89 meetings, Arizona 43–⁠45–⁠1
• Arizona vs. New Mexico51 meetings, Arizona 32–⁠17–⁠2
• Arizona vs. Utah49 meetings, Arizona 21–⁠26–⁠2
• Arizona vs. Washington State48 meetings, Arizona 29–⁠19
• Texas Tech vs. Baylor83 meetings, Texas Tech 40–⁠42–⁠1
• Texas Tech vs. Texas73 meetings, Texas Tech 18–⁠55
• Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M70 meetings, Texas Tech 32–⁠37–⁠1
• Texas Tech vs. TCU67 meetings, Texas Tech 33–⁠31–⁠3