Texas A&M vs. Texas Tech
Texas A&M and Texas Tech have 70 meetings on file, the first in 1927; Texas A&M leads the series 37–32–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas Tech 6–4, and Texas A&M has won the last 3. Share
- Texas A&M wins
- 37
- Texas Tech wins
- 32
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 6 Texas A&M
- Current streak
- 3 Texas A&M
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas Tech 6–4
- Most recent
- 2011
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 4–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 |
- Both ranked
- 4 meetings: Texas A&M 3, Texas Tech 1; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 13.7 points; 30 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Texas A&M
- 25–12–1 Texas A&M’s record at home
- At Texas Tech
- 20–12 Texas Tech’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Texas A&M’s biggest win1927: Texas A&M 47, Texas Tech 6by 41 points
- Texas Tech’s biggest win2005: Texas Tech 56, Texas A&M 17by 39 points
- Upset2009: Texas A&M 52, Texas Tech 30Texas A&M had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1982: Texas Tech 24, Texas A&M 15Texas Tech had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1984: Texas Tech 30, Texas A&M 12Texas Tech had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1977: Texas A&M 33, Texas Tech 17No. 6 Texas A&M at No. 7 Texas Tech
- Ranked showdown1974: Texas A&M 28, Texas Tech 7No. 9 Texas Tech at No. 16 Texas A&M
- Ranked showdown1976: Texas Tech 27, Texas A&M 16No. 15 Texas Tech at No. 17 Texas A&M
Coach against coach
| Years | Texas A&M | Series | Texas Tech |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942–1947 | Homer Norton | 5–1 | Dell Morgan |
| 1948–1950 | Harry Stiteler | 2–1 | Dell Morgan |
| 1954–1957 | Bear Bryant | 2–1 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1958–1960 | Jim Myers | 0–2–1 | DeWitt Weaver |
| 1962–1964 | Hank Foldberg | 1–2 | J.T. King |
| 1965–1969 | Gene Stallings | 2–3 | J.T. King |
| 1972–1974 | Emory Bellard | 1–2 | Jim Carlen |
| 1975–1977 | Emory Bellard | 2–1 | Steve Sloan |
| 1982–1985 | Jackie Sherrill | 1–3 | Jerry Moore |
| 1989–1999 | R.C. Slocum | 6–5 | Spike Dykes |
| 2000–2002 | R.C. Slocum | 1–2 | Mike Leach |
| 2003–2007 | Dennis Franchione | 1–4 | Mike Leach |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas A&M’s side (Norton 5–1 against Morgan). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
| Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M | 36 of 50, 449 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT | 2010 Passing | |
| Graham Harrell Texas Tech | 30 of 37, 425 yards, 3 TD | 2007 Passing | |
| Graham Harrell Texas Tech | 32 of 45, 392 yards, 4 TD | 2006 Passing | |
| Seth Doege Texas Tech | 44 of 66, 391 yards, 3 TD | 2011 Passing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1932 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Sep 26, 1932
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.