Rivalry leaderboard
Houston-Texas Tech Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 63/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 36
- Series record
- Houston 18-17-1 Texas Tech
- Tracked years
- 1951-2025
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
10 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1976Week 12
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 27, Texas Tech 19
Winner: Houston
No. 7 Houston vs. No. 9 Texas Tech · 8-point margin
Ranking 36/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
63
Game score
- 1978Week 13
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 21, Texas Tech 22
Winner: Texas Tech
No. 9 Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 1-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
51
Game score
- 1979Week 13
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 10, Houston 14
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. No. 10 Houston · 4-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 2022Week 22OT
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 30, Texas Tech 33
Winner: Texas Tech
No. 25 Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 3-point margin
Ranking 1/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 11/15
44
Game score
Highlight · 2022 Texas Tech vs. Houston (Regular Season Full Game)
- 1988Week 13
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 30, Texas Tech 29
Winner: Houston
No. 17 Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 1-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1989Week 13
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 24, Houston 40
Winner: Houston
No. 18 Texas Tech vs. No. 13 Houston · 16-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1987Week 13
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 10, Texas Tech 10
Result: Tie
Unranked Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1985Week 13
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 16, Houston 17
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1983Week 13
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 41, Houston 43
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1990Week 4
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 51, Texas Tech 35
Winner: Houston
No. 14 Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 16-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1958Week 12
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 17, Houston 22
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1991Week 14
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 52, Houston 46
Winner: Texas Tech
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1951Week 4
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 0, Houston 6
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1984Week 14
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 24, Texas Tech 17
Winner: Houston
Unranked Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1955Week 6
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 0, Houston 7
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1953Week 10
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 41, Houston 21
Winner: Texas Tech
No. 14 Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 20-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
27
Game score
- 1981Week 12
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 7, Houston 15
Winner: Houston
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 8-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
27
Game score
- 1992Week 13
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 35, Texas Tech 44
Winner: Texas Tech
Unranked Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 9-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
- 1995Week 14
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas Tech 38, Houston 26
Winner: Texas Tech
Unranked Texas Tech vs. Unranked Houston · 12-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
23
Game score
- 1956Week 11
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 20, Texas Tech 7
Winner: Houston
Unranked Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 13-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
22
Game score
- 1952Week 8
Houston at Texas Tech
Houston 20, Texas Tech 7
Winner: Houston
Unranked Houston vs. Unranked Texas Tech · 13-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
22
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.