North Carolina vs. Texas Tech

North Carolina and Texas Tech have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1972; North Carolina leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s North Carolina 2–⁠1.

North Carolina wins
2
Texas Tech wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1972
Longest streak
1 North Carolina
Current streak
1 North Carolina
Last 10 meetings
North Carolina 2–⁠1
Most recent
1980

The series at a glance

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

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of North Carolina and Texas Tech, 1972 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

Named most valuable

George Smith Texas Tech1972

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

Every game

Sep 13, 198015North Carolina 9, Texas Tech 3at Texas Tech
Oct 1, 197713Texas Tech 10, North Carolina 7at North Carolina
Dec 30, 197216North Carolina 32, Texas Tech 28Neutral siteSun Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.