Arkansas–Texas Tech football rivalry

Arkansas–Texas Tech football rivalry
Arkansas Razorbacks
Texas Tech Red Raiders
First meeting November 23, 1957
Arkansas 47, Texas Tech 26
Latest meeting September 19, 2015
Texas Tech 35, Arkansas 24
Next meeting TBA
Statistics
Meetings total 37
All-time series Arkansas leads, 29–8
Largest victory Arkansas, 49–7 (1978)
Longest win streak Arkansas, 9 (1957–65, 1977–85)
Current win streak Texas Tech, 1 (2015–present)

The Arkansas–Texas Tech football rivalry is a college football rivalry[1][2] game between the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas and the Red Raiders of Texas Tech University.

History

The two schools first met in 1957, with Arkansas defeating Texas Tech by a score of 47–26 in Little Rock, Arkansas.[3] Arkansas won the first nine games in the rivalry before Texas Tech broke through with a 21–16 victory in 1966.[4] The Red Raiders also defeated the Razorbacks the following year, winning 31–27.[5] After a 30–7 Texas Tech victory in 1976,[6] Arkansas embarked on another nine-game winning streak, winning every year until 1986.[2] Arkansas and Texas Tech played every year from 1957–1991, when the teams were members of the Southwest Conference.[7] In 1992, Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference,[8] and the two schools have only played twice since: a 49–28 Arkansas victory in 2014[9] and a 35–24 Texas Tech victory in 2015.[10] There are no current plans for the teams to get together again.

Game results

Arkansas victoriesTexas Tech victories

See also

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Don. "It's about time: Texas Tech-Arkansas rivalry a casualty of this era". lubbockonline.com.
  2. 1 2 "A look at the rivalry between Texas Tech and Arkansas". wreckemred.com. 11 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Archives, Oct 7, 1981, p. 16". newspaperarchive.com. 7 October 1981.
  4. ↑ Daughters, Amy. "Top Ten Games in Texas Tech Red Raider Football History". bleacherreport.com.
  5. ↑ "TEXAS TECH TOPS ARKANSAS, 31-27; Matulich Leads Raiders to 17-Point Half-Time Margin STATISTICS OF THE GAME". nytimes.com.
  6. ↑ "The Most Bitter Loss In Texas Tech History – Raiderland Looks Back On Texas Tech Vs Houston 1976". theraiderland.com. 22 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Decline and Fall of the Southwest Conference". texasmonthly.com. 31 August 1974.
  8. ↑ WOJCIECHOWSKI, GENE (2 August 1990). "Arkansas Joins SEC; There May Be More : Colleges: Miami, Texas, Florida State, South Carolina, Texas A&M also might wind up in Southeastern Conference" – via LA Times.
  9. ↑ "Arkansas vs. Texas Tech - Game Recap - September 13, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  10. ↑ "Texas Tech vs. Arkansas - Game Recap - September 19, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
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