Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry

Texas A&M Aggies

Texas Tech Red Raiders

First meeting

October 27, 1927
Texas A&M 47, Texas Tech 6

Latest meeting

October 8, 2011
Texas A&M 45, Texas Tech 40

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Texas A&M leads, 37–32–1

Largest victory

Texas A&M, 47-6 (1927)

Longest streak

Texas A&M, 6 (1927–45)
Texas Tech, 6 (1968–73)

Current streak

Texas A&M, 3

The Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Texas A&M Aggies football team of Texas A&M University and Texas Tech Red Raiders football team of Texas Tech University. The series began in 1927. The rivalry had continued uninterrupted since 1957 when the two schools became conference rivals.^[1] Texas A&M leads the series 37–32–1. Texas A&M started the series with a 12–3 advantage while the two teams played each other as non-conference opponents from 1927–1955. Texas Tech took a 2–1 record during its probationary membership in the Southwest Conference from 1957–59. Texas A&M led the series during the Southwest Conference years (1960–95) with an 18–17–1 record. Texas Tech led the series during the Big 12 Conference years (1996–2011) with a 10–6 record. Both teams are tied with six games each for the longest winning streak. Texas Tech holds the longest uninterrupted winning streak of the series, six games between 1968 and 1973, while Texas A&M has the longest nonconsecutive winning streak, six games in 1927, 1932 and 1942 through 1945. Texas A&M currently holds a three-game winning streak but with their departure from the Big 12 Conference in 2012, it is uncertain if the rivalry will continue in the future.

Venues

When both Texas A&M and Texas Tech were members of the Southwest Conference (SWC) from 1960 to 1995, and the Big 12 Conference from 1996 to 2011, the match-up was exclusively a home-and-home series in College Station and Lubbock. In all, 29 games were played in Lubbock and 28 in College Station. Both teams held a 3-game home field advantage as the Red Raiders record was 16–13 in Lubbock while the Aggies record in College Station was 15–12–1.

Prior to Texas Tech joining the SWC for football in 1960, 13 games of the rivalry were held at a neutral site in Amarillo, Dallas, and San Antonio. Only one game was held in Amarillo, a 7–0 Texas A&M victory in 1932. From 1943–50, the series was held at second neutral site, Alamo Stadium in San Antonio. Texas A&M held a 6–2 record over Texas Tech at Alamo Stadium. The 1951, 1955, 1958, and 1959 games were held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and the series at Fair Park was split 2–2. In the early 2000s, an effort was made to move the series back to the Cotton Bowl during the State Fair of Texas but ultimately the rivalry game remained a home-and-home series.

Caption: "Texas A&M came to Lubbock"
Riding Into the Sunset after being vandalized in 1969.

Will Rogers & Soapsuds statue

Main article: Riding Into the Sunset

One of the most well-known landmarks on the campus of Texas Tech University is the statue of Will Rogers on his horse Soapsuds: Riding Into the Sunset. A campus legend holds that the statue was originally intended to be positioned with Will Rogers facing due west, so that it would appear he was riding into the sunset. However, that position would cause Soapsuds' posterior to face due east, towards downtown Lubbock, Texas, potentially insulting the Lubbock business community. To address this issue, the statue was turned 23 degrees to the east, causing Soapsuds' rear to face in the direction of the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.^[2]

The campus legend led to Riding Into the Sunset becoming involved in the rivalry off the field. In 1969, the statue was vandalized after being covered in maroon paint, Texas A&M's primary color, after the Aggies lost to the Red Raiders 13–9.^[3] Following the vandalism in 1969, the Saddle Tramps, a Texas Tech student organization, wrap the statue in red crepe paper prior to every home football game.^[4] After upsetting the #5 Aggies 21–19 in 1999, Texas Tech students tore down and carried a goal post from Jones Stadium to the base of the statue, they then continued south to 19th street where they took it west before finally leaving it just west of the intersection of Flint Ave and 19th street.^[5]

Game results

Texas A&M victories	Texas Tech victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 27, 1927	Lubbock	Texas A&M	47–6
2	September 24, 1932	Amarillo	Texas A&M	7–0
3	October 3, 1942	College Station	Texas A&M	19–0
4	October 2, 1943	San Antonio	Texas A&M	13–0
5	September 30, 1944	San Antonio	Texas A&M	27–14
6	September 29, 1945	San Antonio	Texas A&M	16–6
7	September 28, 1946	San Antonio	Texas Tech	6–0
8	September 27, 1947	San Antonio	Texas A&M	29–7
9	September 25, 1948	San Antonio	Texas Tech	20–14
10	September 24, 1949	San Antonio	Texas A&M	26–7
11	September 30, 1950	San Antonio	Texas A&M	34–13
12	September 29, 1951	Dallas	Texas A&M	20–7
13	October 10, 1953	Lubbock	Texas A&M	27–14
14	September 18, 1954	College Station	Texas Tech	41–9
15	October 6, 1955	Dallas	Texas A&M	40–7
16	September 28, 1957	Lubbock	Texas A&M	21–0
17	September 20, 1958	Dallas	Texas Tech	15–14
18	September 18, 1959	Dallas	Texas Tech	20–14
19	September 24, 1960	College Station	Tie	14–14
20	October 7, 1961	Lubbock	Texas A&M	38–7
21	October 6, 1962	College Station	Texas A&M	7–3
22	October 5, 1963	Lubbock	Texas Tech	10–0
23	October 3, 1964	College Station	Texas Tech	16–12
24	October 2, 1965	Lubbock	Texas Tech	20–16
25	October 1, 1966	College Station	Texas A&M	35–14
26	October 14, 1967	Lubbock	Texas A&M	28–24
27	October 12, 1968	College Station	Texas Tech	21–16
28	October 11, 1969	Lubbock	Texas Tech	13–9
29	October 10, 1970	College Station	Texas Tech	21–7
30	October 9, 1971	Lubbock	Texas Tech	28–7
31	October 14, 1972	College Station	Texas Tech	17–14
32	October 13, 1973	Lubbock	Texas Tech	28–16
33	October 12, 1974	College Station	Texas A&M	28–7
34	October 11, 1975	Lubbock	Texas A&M	38–9
35	October 9, 1976	College Station	Texas Tech	27–16
36	September 24, 1977	Lubbock	Texas A&M	33–17

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
37	October 7, 1978	College Station	Texas A&M	38–9
38	October 6, 1979	Lubbock	Texas Tech	21–20
39	October 4, 1980	College Station	Texas A&M	41–21
40	October 3, 1981	Lubbock	Texas A&M	24–23
41	October 2, 1982	College Station	Texas Tech	24–15
42	October 1, 1983	Lubbock	Texas Tech	3–0
43	October 6, 1984	College Station	Texas Tech	30–12
44	October 5, 1985	Lubbock	Texas A&M	28–27
45	October 4, 1986	College Station	Texas A&M	45–8
46	October 3, 1987	Lubbock	Texas Tech	27–21
47	October 1, 1988	College Station	Texas A&M	50–15
48	October 7, 1989	Lubbock	Texas Tech	27–24
49	October 6, 1990	College Station	#19 Texas A&M	28–24
50	October 5, 1991	Lubbock	#23 Texas A&M	37–14
51	October 3, 1992	College Station	#5 Texas A&M	19–17
52	October 2, 1993	Lubbock	#14 Texas A&M	31–6
53	October 1, 1994	College Station	Texas A&M	23–17
54	October 7, 1995	Lubbock	Texas Tech	14–7
55	October 26, 1996	College Station	Texas Tech	13–10
56	October 25, 1997	Lubbock	Texas Tech	16–13
57	October 24, 1998	College Station	#8 Texas A&M	17–10
58	October 2, 1999	Lubbock	Texas Tech	21–19
59	September 30, 2000	College Station	Texas A&M	33–15
60	November 3, 2001	Lubbock	Texas Tech	12–0
61	October 5, 2002	College Station	Texas Tech	48^‡–47
62	October 4, 2003	Lubbock	Texas Tech	59–28
63	November 11, 2004	College Station	#23 Texas A&M	32^†–25
64	November 5, 2005	Lubbock	#16 Texas Tech	56–17
65	September 30, 2006	College Station	#24 Texas Tech	31–27
66	October 13, 2007	Lubbock	Texas Tech	35–7
67	October 18, 2008	College Station	#5 Texas Tech	43–25
68	October 24, 2009	Lubbock	Texas A&M	52–30
69	October 30, 2010	College Station	Texas A&M	45–27
70	October 8, 2011	Lubbock	#24 Texas A&M	45–40
Series: Texas A&M leads 37–32–1
† = Overtime, ‡ = Double overtime, Source:^[6]

References

↑ Texas Tech became a probationary member of the Southwest Conference in 1956, but did not obtain full membership and become eligible to be conference champion until 1960.
↑ "Will Rogers & Soapsuds". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
↑ La Ventana 45. 1970. p. 607.
↑ http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2011-10-04/texas-tech-will-rogers-and-legend-am#.TpEbt8kk6so
↑ http://lubbockonline.com/stories/101307/loc_101307098.shtml
↑ http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/texas_tech/opponents_records.php?teamid=3199

Texas A&M Aggies football

Venues	Kyle Field (1927–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech

Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 2005 Texas game "Manziel beats Bama" 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys Sherman era

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1894 1895 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 (1925–1926) Tech Field (1926–1946) 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

Southeastern Conference football rivalry games

Conference	Iron Bowl (Alabama–Auburn) Alabama–LSU Alabama–Mississippi State Alabama–Ole Miss Third Saturday in October (Alabama–Tennessee) Arkansas–LSU Battle Line Rivalry (Arkansas–Missouri) Arkansas–Ole Miss Arkansas–Texas A&M Auburn–Florida Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (Auburn–Georgia) Auburn–LSU Auburn–Tennessee Florida–Georgia Florida–LSU Florida–Tennessee Georgia–South Carolina Georgia–Tennessee Georgia–Vanderbilt Kentucky–Mississippi State Kentucky–Tennessee Kentucky–Vanderbilt LSU–Mississippi State Magnolia Bowl (LSU–Ole Miss) LSU–Texas A&M Egg Bowl (Mississippi State–Ole Miss) Ole Miss–Vanderbilt Tennessee–Vanderbilt

Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Arkansas–Texas Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Auburn–Tulane Battle of the Brazos (Baylor–Texas A&M) Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Florida–Florida State Florida–Miami Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa State–Missouri Border War (Kansas–Missouri) Centre–Kentucky Kentucky–Louisville Battle On Broadway (Kentucky–Transylvania) Battle for the Rag (LSU–Tulane) Memphis–Ole Miss Missouri–Nebraska Missouri–Oklahoma NC State–South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina Ole Miss–Tulane Sewanee–Vanderbilt TCU–Texas A&M Texas A&M–Texas Tech Texas–Texas A&M

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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