Texas vs. Texas Tech
Texas and Texas Tech have 73 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Texas leads the series 55–18 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 7–3. The winner takes home the Chancellor’s Spurs, played for since about 1997. Texas has held it since the 2023 game. Share
- Texas wins
- 55
- Texas Tech wins
- 18
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1928
- Longest streak
- 8 Texas
- Current streak
- 1 Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 7–3
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–1 |
- Both ranked
- 5 meetings: Texas 3, Texas Tech 2; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 17.3 points; 25 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Texas
- 33–7 Texas’s record at home
- At Texas Tech
- 11–22 Texas Tech’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Chancellor’s Spurs
- Played for since
- about 1997
- Games for it on file
- 27 Texas 20, Texas Tech 7
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting since about 1997 (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). The rivalry’s article counts the games for it: Texas leads, 21–6. From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Chancellor’s Spurs.
Games that tell the story
- No. 6 vs. No. 12008: Texas Tech 39, Texas 33Michael Crabtree’s touchdown catch with one second left gave Texas Tech the upset of No. 1 Texas.
- Texas’s biggest win1999: Texas 58, Texas Tech 7by 51 points
- Texas Tech’s biggest win1994: Texas Tech 33, Texas 9by 24 points
- Upset2017: Texas Tech 27, Texas 23Texas Tech had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1967: Texas Tech 19, Texas 13Texas Tech had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1934: Texas 12, Texas Tech 6Texas had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2005: Texas 52, Texas Tech 17No. 10 Texas Tech at No. 2 Texas
- Ranked showdown1977: Texas 26, Texas Tech 0No. 14 Texas Tech at No. 1 Texas
Coach against coach
| Years | Texas | Series | Texas Tech |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–1950 | Blair Cherry | 3–0 | Dell Morgan |
| 1961–1969 | Darrell Royal | 7–2 | J.T. King |
| 1970–1974 | Darrell Royal | 4–1 | Jim Carlen |
| 1978–1980 | Fred Akers | 2–1 | Rex Dockery |
| 1981–1985 | Fred Akers | 5–0 | Jerry Moore |
| 1987–1991 | David McWilliams | 3–2 | Spike Dykes |
| 1992–1997 | John Mackovic | 3–3 | Spike Dykes |
| 2000–2009 | Mack Brown | 8–2 | Mike Leach |
| 2010–2012 | Mack Brown | 3–0 | Tommy Tuberville |
| 2014–2016 | Charlie Strong | 2–1 | Kliff Kingsbury |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas’s side (Cherry 3–0 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
| Graham Harrell Texas Tech | 42 of 61, 519 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT | 2006 Passing | |
| Graham Harrell Texas Tech | 36 of 48, 466 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2007 Passing | |
| Graham Harrell Texas Tech | 36 of 53, 474 yards, 2 TD | 2008 Passing | |
| Jett Duffey Texas Tech | 37 of 47, 444 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT | 2018 Passing | |
| Taylor Potts Texas Tech | 46 of 62, 420 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT | 2009 Passing | |
| Jett Duffey Texas Tech | 36 of 58, 399 yards, 2 TD | 2019 Passing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1928 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 7, 1928
1937 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1937
1949 · Evening star, Sep 18, 1949
1950 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1950
1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 18, 1955
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game three times: 2009, 2008, 2005.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.