TCU–Texas Tech football rivalry

TCU Horned Frogs

Texas Tech Red Raiders

First meeting

October 30, 1926
TCU 28, Texas Tech 16

Latest meeting

September 26, 2015
TCU 55, Texas Tech 52

Trophy

Saddle Trophy (1961–c. 1970)

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Texas Tech leads, 30–25–3

Largest victory

Texas Tech, 63–7 (1985)

Longest win streak

Texas Tech, 6 (1973–78, 1985–90)

Current win streak

TCU, 2 (2014–present)

The TCU–Texas Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the TCU Horned Frogs football team of Texas Christian University (TCU) and Texas Tech Red Raiders football team of Texas Tech University.^[1] The teams have met on the gridiron in 58 games since 1926. For a period in the mid-20th century, this rivalry game was called the "West Texas Championship", and the winner claimed the "Saddle Trophy."

History

From 1926 through 1955, TCU and Texas Tech frequently played as non-conference opponents.

In 1956, Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference (SWC), and the teams played annually as conference opponents, except in 1957 (as Texas Tech was not a full member of the SWC until 1960), until the conference's dissolution in 1995.

After the dissolution of the SWC, the teams played a home-and-home series in 2004 and 2006 with the home team winning each time (Texas Tech in 2004, TCU in 2006).

In 2012, TCU joined the Big 12 Conference and the teams renewed their annual rivalry.

Texas Tech leads the series 30–25–3.^[2] The series' 3 ties came in 3 straight games in Lubbock in 1979, 1981 and 1983. The series has featured many large margins of victory. Texas Tech's largest victory was by 56 points, in a 63–7 victory on November 9, 1985, in Lubbock, and TCU's largest victory was by 55 points, in a 82–27 victory in Fort Worth on October 25, 2014. The Frogs and Raiders have only met twice with both teams ranked in the top 25, in 2006 and 2012. Both games were played in Fort Worth and won by the higher-ranked team (TCU 12–3 in 2006 and Texas Tech in 3OT 56–53 in 2012).

Game results

Rankings based on the Associated Press Poll released prior to the game.

TCU victories	Texas Tech victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 30, 1926	Fort Worth	TCU	28–16
2	October 8, 1927	Fort Worth	TCU	16–6
3	October 27, 1928	Fort Worth	TCU	28–6
4	October 26, 1929	Lubbock	TCU	22–0
5	October 25, 1930	Fort Worth	TCU	26–0
6	September 26, 1936	Lubbock	Texas Tech	7–0
7	November 7, 1942	Lubbock	Texas Tech	13–6
8	November 6, 1943	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	40–20
9	November 11, 1944	Fort Worth	TCU	14–0
10	November 10, 1945	Lubbock	Texas Tech	12–0
11	October 14, 1950	Fort Worth	TCU	19–6
12	October 13, 1951	Lubbock	Texas Tech	33–19
13	September 24, 1955	Lubbock	TCU	32–0
14	November 10, 1956	Lubbock	Texas Tech	21–7
15	October 11, 1958	Fort Worth	TCU	26–0
16	October 10, 1959	Lubbock	TCU	14–8
17	October 8, 1960	Fort Worth	TCU	21–7
18	October 14, 1961	Lubbock	Texas Tech	10–0
19	October 13, 1962	Fort Worth	TCU	35–13
20	October 12, 1963	Lubbock	TCU	35–3
21	October 10, 1964	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	25–10
22	October 9, 1965	Lubbock	Texas Tech	28–24
23	October 8, 1966	Fort Worth	TCU	6–3
24	November 11, 1967	Fort Worth	TCU	16–0
25	November 9, 1968	Lubbock	Texas Tech	31–14
26	November 8, 1969	Fort Worth	TCU	35–26
27	November 7, 1970	Lubbock	Texas Tech	22–14
28	November 6, 1971	Fort Worth	TCU	17–6
29	November 11, 1972	Lubbock	TCU	31–7
30	November 10, 1973	Fort Worth	#12 Texas Tech	24–10

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
31	November 9, 1974	Lubbock	#19 Texas Tech	28–0
32	November 8, 1975	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	34–0
33	November 6, 1976	Fort Worth	#5 Texas Tech	14–10
34	November 6, 1977	Lubbock	Texas Tech	49–17
35	November 11, 1978	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	21–17
36	November 10, 1979	Lubbock	Tie	3–3
37	November 8, 1980	Fort Worth	TCU	24–17
38	November 7, 1981	Lubbock	Tie	39–39
39	November 6, 1982	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	16–14
40	November 5, 1983	Lubbock	Tie	10–10
41	November 10, 1984	Fort Worth	#15 TCU	27–16
42	November 9, 1985	Lubbock	Texas Tech	63–7
43	November 8, 1986	Fort Worth	#23 Texas Tech	36–14
44	November 7, 1987	Lubbock	Texas Tech	36–35
45	November 5, 1988	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	23–10
46	November 11, 1989	Lubbock	#23 Texas Tech	37–7
47	November 10, 1990	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	40–28
48	September 28, 1991	Lubbock	TCU	30–16
49	November 14, 1992	Fort Worth	Texas Tech	31–28
50	November 6, 1993	Lubbock	Texas Tech	49–21
51	November 24, 1994	Fort Worth	TCU	24–17
52	November 11, 1995	Lubbock	Texas Tech	27–6
53	September 18, 2004	Lubbock	Texas Tech	70–35
54	September 16, 2006	Fort Worth	#12 TCU	12–3
55	October 20, 2012	Fort Worth	#17 Texas Tech	56–53
56	September 12, 2013	Lubbock	Texas Tech	20–10
57	October 25, 2014	Fort Worth	#10 TCU	82–27
58	September 26, 2015	Lubbock	#3 TCU	55–52
59	October 29, 2016	Fort Worth
Series: Texas Tech leads 30–25–3

References

TCU Horned Frogs football

Venues	Clark Field (?–1929) Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor SMU Texas A&M Texas Tech

Culture & lore	Super Frog "TCU Fight" Texas Christian University Marching Band Building Dreams, Friendships, & Memories

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Venues	South Plains Fairgrounds (1925–26) Tech Field (1926–46) Jones AT&T Stadium (1947–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor Oklahoma State TCU (Saddle Trophy, 1961–c. 1970) Texas (Chancellor's Spurs) Texas A&M

Culture & lore	Raider Red The Masked Rider "Fight, Raiders, Fight" "The Matador Song" Goin' Band from Raiderland Guns Up 1939 Centenary game 2008 Texas game

People	Head coaches Captains Honorees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Big 12 Conference football rivalry games

Conference	Baylor–TCU Baylor–Texas Tech Bedlam Series (Oklahoma–Oklahoma State) Texas–Texas Tech Red River Showdown (Oklahoma–Texas) Kansas–Kansas State Iowa State–Kansas State TCU–Texas Tech Oklahoma State–Texas Tech

Non-conference	Arkansas–Texas Battle of the Brazos (Baylor–Texas A&M) Border War (Kansas–Missouri) Iowa–Iowa State Iowa State–Missouri Missouri–Oklahoma Nebraska–Oklahoma Nebraska–Texas SMU–TCU TCU–Texas A&M Texas A&M–Texas Tech Texas–Texas A&M Friends of Coal Bowl (Marshall–West Virginia) Maryland–West Virginia Penn State–West Virginia Syracuse–West Virginia Virginia Tech–West Virginia Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia)

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