Hardin Simmons vs. Texas Tech

Hardin Simmons and Texas Tech first met in 1932 and have played 18 times; Texas Tech leads the series 12–⁠4–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas Tech 7–⁠2.

Hardin Simmons wins
4
Texas Tech wins
12
Ties
2
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
4 Texas Tech
Current streak
1 Texas Tech
Last 10 meetings
Texas Tech 7–⁠2
Most recent
1957

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠3
1940s1–⁠4–⁠1
1950s2–⁠5–⁠1
Average margin
11.7 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Hardin Simmons
3–⁠3–⁠1 Hardin Simmons’s record at home
At Texas Tech
9–⁠1–⁠1 Texas Tech’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Hardin Simmons’s biggest win1956: Hardin Simmons 41, Texas Tech 14by 27 points
  2. Texas Tech’s biggest win1954: Texas Tech 61, Hardin Simmons 19by 42 points
  3. Upset1932: Hardin Simmons 13, Texas Tech 12Hardin Simmons had a 6% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsHardin SimmonsSeriesTexas Tech
1941–⁠1950Warren Woodson2–⁠4–⁠1Dell Morgan

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Hardin Simmons’s side (Woodson 2–⁠4–⁠1 against Morgan). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Hardin Simmons and Texas Tech, 1932 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: FOOTBALL :. SCORES :.

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 2, 1946

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Texas Tech Hammers Hardin-Simmons, 46-12

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 29, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Texas Tech WaIIops Hardin-Simmons

    1954 · Evening star, Nov 28, 1954

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

Nov 16, 1957Texas Tech 26, Hardin Simmons 21at Texas Tech
Dec 1, 1956Hardin Simmons 41, Texas Tech 14at Hardin Simmons
Nov 26, 1955Texas Tech 16, Hardin Simmons 14at Texas Tech
Nov 27, 1954Texas Tech 61, Hardin Simmons 19at Hardin Simmons
Nov 28, 195314Texas Tech 46, Hardin Simmons 12at Texas Tech
Nov 15, 1952Hardin Simmons 14, Texas Tech 14at Hardin Simmons
Dec 1, 1951Texas Tech 28, Hardin Simmons 21at Texas Tech
Dec 2, 1950Hardin Simmons 28, Texas Tech 13at Hardin Simmons
Nov 26, 1949Texas Tech 23, Hardin Simmons 13at Texas Tech
Nov 27, 1948Texas Tech 28, Hardin Simmons 20at Hardin Simmons
Nov 29, 1947Texas Tech 14, Hardin Simmons 6at Texas Tech
Nov 30, 1946Hardin Simmons 21, Texas Tech 6at Hardin Simmons
Nov 21, 1942Texas Tech 0, 17Hardin Simmons 0at Texas Tech
Nov 21, 1941Texas Tech 7, Hardin Simmons 0at Texas Tech
Sep 20, 1935Texas Tech 9, Hardin Simmons 0at Hardin Simmons
Nov 9, 1934Texas Tech 13, Hardin Simmons 0at Texas Tech
Nov 11, 1933Texas Tech 7, Hardin Simmons 0at Texas Tech
Nov 24, 1932Hardin Simmons 13, Texas Tech 12at Texas Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.