| First meeting | October 6, 1951 Houston, 6–0 |
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| Latest meeting | September 30, 2023 Texas Tech, 49–28 |
| Next meeting | 2025 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 35 |
| All-time series | Houston leads, 18–16–1[1] |
| Largest victory | Texas Tech, 58–7 (1993) |
| Longest win streak | Houston, 7 (1979–1985) |
| Current win streak | Texas Tech, 6 (2010–present) |
The Houston–Texas Tech football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Cougars from Houston and The Red Raiders from Texas Tech. The rivalry dates back to 1951 from the old Southwest Conference.[2][3]
Series history
Historically, Texas Tech and Houston are original rivals, playing every year from 1976 to 1995 when both schools were part of the now-defunct Southwest Conference. The two teams have had numerous close games over their history, with 16 of the first 34 matchups being decided by single digits and a tie in 1987.[4] On September 4, 2021, the two met again to play the Texas Kickoff game at NRG Stadium.[5] After the game, several fans broke out into a fight in the stands.[6]
After having received an invitation in September 2021, Houston announced that they would join the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2023, which meant that the rivalry would resume as a conference game for the first time since the breakup of the Southwest Conference.[7]
Game results
Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.
| Houston victories | Texas Tech victories |
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Notes
See also
References
- 1 2 "Houston Cougars vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders football series history". Winsipedia.
- ↑ "University of Houston will join Big 12 in 2023 after agreeing to exit fee with AAC". houstonchronicle.com. 10 June 2022.
- ↑ "Football History vs University of Houston". texastech.com.
- ↑ "Texas Tech football: Red Raiders have dominated UH series since 90's". wreckemred.com. September 14, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Texas Tech football: What to know about the Houston Cougars". wreckemred.com. September 1, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Video: Wild Fight At Saturday Night College Football Game". thespun.com. September 5, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ↑ Barron, David (2022-06-10). "UH to join Big 12 sooner than expected after AAC exit fee agreement". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-10-16.