Florida State vs. Texas Tech

Florida State and Texas Tech have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1966; Florida State leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Florida State 4–⁠1, and Florida State has won the last 2.

Florida State wins
4
Texas Tech wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1966
Longest streak
2 Florida State
Current streak
2 Florida State
Last 10 meetings
Florida State 4–⁠1
Most recent
1987

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s2–⁠0
1970s1–⁠1
1980s1–⁠0
Average margin
16.6 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Florida State
2–⁠0 Florida State’s record at home
At Texas Tech
1–⁠1 Texas Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Florida State first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Florida State’s biggest win1987: Florida State 40, Texas Tech 16by 24 points
  2. Texas Tech’s biggest win1975: Texas Tech 31, Florida State 20by 11 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida State and Texas Tech, 1966 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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

Named most valuable

Jimmy Jordan Florida State1977

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 5, 19878Florida State 40, Texas Tech 16at Florida State
Dec 23, 197719Florida State 40, Texas Tech 17Neutral siteTangerine Bowl
Sep 13, 1975Texas Tech 31, Florida State 20at Texas Tech
Oct 21, 1967Florida State 28, Texas Tech 12at Florida State
Oct 15, 1966Florida State 42, Texas Tech 33at Texas Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.