Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech

Oklahoma and Texas Tech have 30 meetings on file, the first in 1992; Oklahoma leads the series 23–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 9–⁠1.

Oklahoma wins
23
Texas Tech wins
7
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1992
Longest streak
10 Oklahoma
Current streak
1 Texas Tech
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 9–⁠1
Most recent
2022

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s5–⁠2
2000s7–⁠3
2010s9–⁠1
2020s2–⁠1
Both ranked
3 meetings: Oklahoma 3, Texas Tech 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
18.9 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma
13–⁠2 Oklahoma’s record at home
At Texas Tech
5–⁠9 Texas Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Oklahoma first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oklahoma’s biggest win2002: Oklahoma 60, Texas Tech 15by 45 points
  2. Texas Tech’s biggest win2009: Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma 13by 28 points
  3. Upset1997: Oklahoma 32, Texas Tech 21Oklahoma had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2011: Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma 38Texas Tech had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1998: Oklahoma 20, Texas Tech 17Oklahoma had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2008: Oklahoma 65, Texas Tech 21No. 2 Texas Tech at No. 5 Oklahoma
  7. Ranked showdown2013: Oklahoma 38, Texas Tech 30No. 10 Texas Tech at No. 17 Oklahoma
  8. Ranked showdown2002: Oklahoma 60, Texas Tech 15No. 24 Texas Tech at No. 4 Oklahoma

Coach against coach

YearsOklahomaSeriesTexas Tech
1992–⁠1994Gary Gibbs3–⁠0Spike Dykes
1996–⁠1998John Blake2–⁠1Spike Dykes
2000–⁠2009Bob Stoops7–⁠3Mike Leach
2010–⁠2012Bob Stoops2–⁠1Tommy Tuberville
2013–⁠2016Bob Stoops4–⁠0Kliff Kingsbury

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oklahoma’s side (Gibbs 3–⁠0 against Dykes). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oklahoma and Texas Tech, 1992 on1300150017001995200020052010201520202025

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

Patrick Mahomes Texas Tech52 of 88, 734 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2016 Passing
Baker Mayfield Oklahoma27 of 36, 545 yards, 7 TD2016 Passing
Dillon Gabriel Oklahoma28 of 40, 449 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT2022 Passing
Caleb Williams Oklahoma23 of 30, 402 yards, 6 TD2021 Passing
Seth Doege Texas Tech33 of 52, 441 yards, 4 TD2011 Passing
Landry Jones Oklahoma30 of 55, 412 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2011 Passing

Named most valuable

Cale Gundy Oklahoma1993

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).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2008.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Nov 26, 2022Texas Tech 51, Oklahoma 48at Texas Tech
Oct 30, 20214Oklahoma 52, Texas Tech 21at Oklahoma
Oct 31, 202024Oklahoma 62, Texas Tech 28at Texas Tech
Sep 28, 20196Oklahoma 55, Texas Tech 16at Oklahoma
Nov 3, 20187Oklahoma 51, Texas Tech 46at Texas Tech
Oct 28, 201710Oklahoma 49, Texas Tech 27at Oklahoma
Oct 22, 201616Oklahoma 66, Texas Tech 59at Texas Tech
Oct 24, 201517Oklahoma 63, Texas Tech 27at Oklahoma
Nov 15, 2014Oklahoma 42, Texas Tech 30at Texas Tech
Oct 26, 201317Oklahoma 38, 10Texas Tech 30at Oklahoma
Oct 6, 201217Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 20at Texas Tech
Oct 22, 2011Texas Tech 41, 3Oklahoma 38at Oklahoma
Nov 13, 201019Oklahoma 45, Texas Tech 7at Oklahoma
Nov 21, 2009Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma 13at Texas Tech
Nov 22, 20085Oklahoma 65, 2Texas Tech 21at Oklahoma
Nov 17, 2007Texas Tech 34, 3Oklahoma 27at Texas Tech
Nov 11, 200617Oklahoma 34, Texas Tech 24at Oklahoma
Nov 19, 200521Texas Tech 23, Oklahoma 21at Texas Tech
Oct 2, 20042Oklahoma 28, Texas Tech 13at Oklahoma
Nov 22, 20031Oklahoma 56, Texas Tech 25at Texas Tech
Nov 23, 20024Oklahoma 60, 24Texas Tech 15at Oklahoma
Nov 17, 20013Oklahoma 30, Texas Tech 13at Texas Tech
Nov 18, 20001Oklahoma 27, Texas Tech 13at Oklahoma
Nov 20, 1999Texas Tech 38, Oklahoma 28at Texas Tech
Nov 21, 1998Oklahoma 20, Texas Tech 17at Oklahoma
Nov 22, 1997Oklahoma 32, Texas Tech 21at Texas Tech
Nov 23, 1996Texas Tech 22, Oklahoma 12at Oklahoma
Sep 17, 199421Oklahoma 17, Texas Tech 11at Oklahoma
Dec 24, 199319Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10Neutral siteJohn Hancock Bowl
Sep 3, 199215Oklahoma 34, Texas Tech 9at Texas Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.