Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech

Arkansas State and Louisiana Tech have 20 meetings on file, the first in 1974; Louisiana Tech leads the series 16–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Louisiana Tech 9–⁠1, and Louisiana Tech has won the last 3.

Arkansas State wins
4
Louisiana Tech wins
16
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1974
Longest streak
7 Louisiana Tech
Current streak
3 Louisiana Tech
Last 10 meetings
Louisiana Tech 9–⁠1
Most recent
2015

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s2–⁠4
1980s1–⁠3
1990s1–⁠8
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
18.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas State
1–⁠8 Arkansas State’s record at home
At Louisiana Tech
7–⁠2 Louisiana Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Arkansas State first
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas State’s biggest win1996: Arkansas State 55, Louisiana Tech 38by 17 points
  2. Louisiana Tech’s biggest win1998: Louisiana Tech 69, Arkansas State 21by 48 points

Coach against coach

YearsArkansas StateSeriesLouisiana Tech
1974–⁠1978Bill Davidson1–⁠4Maxie Lambright
1993–⁠1995John Bobo0–⁠3Joe Peace

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas State’s side (Davidson 1–⁠4 against Lambright). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas State and Louisiana Tech, 1974 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jeff Driskel Louisiana Tech26 of 38, 458 yards, 3 TD2015 Passing

Named most valuable

Louisiana Tech RB Kenneth Dixon2015

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Nov 21, 2026Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech upcomingat Louisiana Tech
Dec 19, 2015Louisiana Tech 47, Arkansas State 28Caesars SuperdomeNew Orleans Bowl
Nov 7, 1998Louisiana Tech 69, Arkansas State 21at Arkansas State
Oct 18, 1997Louisiana Tech 42, Arkansas State 14at Louisiana Tech
Nov 9, 1996Arkansas State 55, Louisiana Tech 38at Arkansas State
Sep 23, 1995Louisiana Tech 28, Arkansas State 25at Louisiana Tech
Nov 19, 1994Louisiana Tech 20, Arkansas State 14at Arkansas State
Oct 2, 1993Louisiana Tech 17, Arkansas State 3at Louisiana Tech
Oct 31, 1992Louisiana Tech 23, Arkansas State 0at Louisiana Tech
Sep 28, 1991Louisiana Tech 42, Arkansas State 10at Arkansas State
Sep 22, 1990Louisiana Tech 40, Arkansas State 7at Louisiana Tech
Oct 21, 1989Louisiana Tech 40, Arkansas State 37at Arkansas State
Oct 29, 1988Arkansas State 31, Louisiana Tech 22Neutral site
Nov 14, 1981Louisiana Tech 32, Arkansas State 0at Louisiana Tech
Nov 1, 1980Louisiana Tech 28, Arkansas State 0at Arkansas State
Oct 13, 1979Arkansas State 14, Louisiana Tech 7at Louisiana Tech
Nov 11, 1978Louisiana Tech 24, Arkansas State 10at Louisiana Tech
Oct 15, 1977Louisiana Tech 20, Arkansas State 7at Arkansas State
Sep 25, 1976Louisiana Tech 27, Arkansas State 13at Arkansas State
Nov 29, 1975Arkansas State 30, Louisiana Tech 13at Louisiana Tech
Sep 28, 1974Louisiana Tech 20, Arkansas State 7at Arkansas State

Every game is listed as played on the field.