Arkansas vs. Texas Tech

Arkansas and Texas Tech have 38 meetings on file, the first in 1957; Arkansas leads the series 30–⁠8 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Arkansas 6–⁠4.

Scheduled 2030 neutral site; 2031 at Arkansas; 2034 at Texas Tech. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Arkansas wins
30
Texas Tech wins
8
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1957
Longest streak
9 Arkansas
Current streak
1 Arkansas
Last 10 meetings
Arkansas 6–⁠4
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s3–⁠0
1960s8–⁠2
1970s8–⁠2
1980s9–⁠1
1990s0–⁠2
2010s1–⁠1
2020s1–⁠0
Both ranked
2 meetings: Arkansas 2, Texas Tech 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
17.2 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Arkansas
13–⁠6 Arkansas’s record at home
At Texas Tech
2–⁠16 Texas Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Arkansas first
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Arkansas’s biggest win1978: Arkansas 49, Texas Tech 7by 42 points
  2. Texas Tech’s biggest win1976: Texas Tech 30, Arkansas 7by 23 points
  3. Upset1986: Texas Tech 17, Arkansas 7Texas Tech had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1966: Texas Tech 21, Arkansas 16Texas Tech had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2014: Arkansas 49, Texas Tech 28Arkansas had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown1965: Arkansas 42, Texas Tech 24No. 9 Texas Tech at No. 2 Arkansas
  7. Ranked showdown1970: Arkansas 24, Texas Tech 10No. 6 Arkansas at No. 19 Texas Tech

Coach against coach

YearsArkansasSeriesTexas Tech
1958–⁠1960Frank Broyles3–⁠0DeWitt Weaver
1961–⁠1969Frank Broyles7–⁠2J.T. King
1970–⁠1974Frank Broyles4–⁠1Jim Carlen
1978–⁠1980Lou Holtz3–⁠0Rex Dockery
1981–⁠1983Lou Holtz3–⁠0Jerry Moore
1987–⁠1989Ken Hatfield3–⁠0Spike Dykes

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Broyles 3–⁠0 against Weaver). 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 and Texas Tech, 1957 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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

Alex Collins Arkansas27 carries, 212 yards, 2 TD2014 Rushing

Named most valuable

Taylen Green Arkansas2024

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).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1960 game: TEXAS TECH BOWS, 34-6 Arkansas CIinches Cotton Bowl Berth

    1960 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 20, 1960

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

Dec 27, 2024Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 26Simmons Bank Liberty StadiumLiberty Bowl
Sep 19, 2015Texas Tech 35, Arkansas 24at Arkansas
Sep 13, 2014Arkansas 49, Texas Tech 28at Texas Tech
Nov 9, 1991Texas Tech 38, Arkansas 21at Texas Tech
Oct 13, 1990Texas Tech 49, Arkansas 44at Arkansas
Oct 14, 19897Arkansas 45, Texas Tech 13at Texas Tech
Oct 8, 198820Arkansas 31, Texas Tech 10at Arkansas
Oct 10, 198720Arkansas 31, Texas Tech 0at Texas Tech
Oct 11, 1986Texas Tech 17, 8Arkansas 7at Arkansas
Oct 12, 19856Arkansas 30, Texas Tech 7at Texas Tech
Oct 13, 1984Arkansas 24, Texas Tech 0at Arkansas
Nov 26, 1983Arkansas 16, Texas Tech 13at Texas Tech
Oct 9, 19829Arkansas 21, Texas Tech 3at Arkansas
Oct 10, 1981Arkansas 26, Texas Tech 14at Texas Tech
Nov 29, 1980Arkansas 22, Texas Tech 16at Arkansas
Oct 13, 197912Arkansas 20, Texas Tech 6at Texas Tech
Dec 2, 19788Arkansas 49, Texas Tech 7at Arkansas
Nov 24, 19776Arkansas 17, Texas Tech 14at Texas Tech
Nov 27, 19769Texas Tech 30, Arkansas 7at Arkansas
Nov 22, 197519Arkansas 31, Texas Tech 14at Arkansas
Nov 23, 1974Arkansas 21, Texas Tech 13at Texas Tech
Nov 24, 197312Texas Tech 24, Arkansas 17at Arkansas
Nov 25, 1972Arkansas 24, 20Texas Tech 14at Texas Tech
Nov 20, 197117Arkansas 15, Texas Tech 0at Arkansas
Nov 21, 19706Arkansas 24, 19Texas Tech 10at Texas Tech
Nov 27, 19692Arkansas 33, Texas Tech 0at Arkansas
Nov 23, 19689Arkansas 42, Texas Tech 7at Texas Tech
Nov 25, 1967Texas Tech 31, Arkansas 27at Arkansas
Nov 19, 1966Texas Tech 21, 6Arkansas 16at Texas Tech
Nov 20, 19652Arkansas 42, 9Texas Tech 24at Arkansas
Nov 21, 19643Arkansas 17, Texas Tech 0at Texas Tech
Nov 23, 1963Arkansas 27, Texas Tech 20at Arkansas
Nov 24, 19627Arkansas 34, Texas Tech 0at Texas Tech
Nov 25, 1961Arkansas 28, Texas Tech 0at Arkansas
Nov 19, 19607Arkansas 34, Texas Tech 6at Texas Tech
Nov 21, 195913Arkansas 27, Texas Tech 8at Arkansas
Nov 22, 1958Arkansas 14, Texas Tech 8at Texas Tech
Nov 23, 1957Arkansas 47, Texas Tech 26at Arkansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.