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TCU-Texas Tech

TCU and Texas Tech have met 67 times since 1926. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
31-33-3
Current streak
TCU 1 game
Longest streak
Texas Tech 6 games (1973-1978)
Avg. margin / points
14.8 / 43.2

Series overview

TCU 31-33-3 Texas Tech. Current streak: TCU 1 game.

Last five meetings

TCU 4 | Texas Tech 1

Largest margin

56 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1926 through 2024.
  • 67 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 26, 2024.

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What this rivalry is

TCU and Texas Tech have a tracked series that starts in 1926 and spans 67 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Saddle Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1926-2024
Busiest era
1960s, 10 games
Longest pause
8 years (1995-2004)
  • 1960s10 games
  • 1970s10 games
  • 1980s10 games
  • 2010s8 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Oct 26, 2024

TCU 35, Texas Tech 34. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1983 - Nov 5, 1983

TCU 10, Texas Tech 10. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2014 - Oct 25, 2014

TCU 82, Texas Tech 27. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1985 - Nov 9, 1985

TCU 7, Texas Tech 63. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
TCU 4, Texas Tech 1 across 5 games
Last ten
TCU 7, Texas Tech 3 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 43.2, average margin 14.8.
Current streak
TCU 1 game

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Cam Cook

    TCU, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 460

  • Jack Bech

    TCU, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 1034

  • Josh Hoover

    TCU, 2024

    Passing Yards: 3949

  • Behren Morton

    Texas Tech, 2024

    Passing Yards: 3300

  • Josh Kelly

    Texas Tech, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 1023

  • Tahj Brooks

    Texas Tech, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 1505

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Sonny Dykes

    TCU - 2022-2024 - 27-13

  • Joey McGuire

    Texas Tech - 2022-2024 - 23-16

  • Gary Patterson

    TCU - 2020-2021 - 9-9

  • Matt Wells

    Texas Tech - 2020-2021 - 9-9

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 74F, 1 windy.

Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 1 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.

TCU team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Texas Tech team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

TCU season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Texas Tech season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

TCU weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Texas Tech weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

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Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 26, 2024Texas Tech at TCUTCU 35, Texas Tech 34Venue unavailableTCU
Nov 2, 2023TCU at Texas TechTCU 28, Texas Tech 35Venue unavailableTexas Tech
Nov 5, 2022Texas Tech at TCUTCU 34, Texas Tech 24Venue unavailableTCU
Oct 9, 2021TCU at Texas TechTCU 52, Texas Tech 31Venue unavailableTCU
Nov 7, 2020Texas Tech at TCUTCU 34, Texas Tech 18Venue unavailableTCU
Nov 16, 2019TCU at Texas TechTCU 33, Texas Tech 31Venue unavailableTCU
Oct 11, 2018Texas Tech at TCUTCU 14, Texas Tech 17Venue unavailableTexas Tech
Nov 18, 2017TCU at Texas TechTCU 27, Texas Tech 3Venue unavailableTCU
Oct 29, 2016Texas Tech at TCUTCU 24, Texas Tech 27Venue unavailableTexas Tech
Sep 26, 2015TCU at Texas TechTCU 55, Texas Tech 52Venue unavailableTCU

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