Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry
First meeting | November 2, 1929 Baylor 34, Texas Tech 0 |
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Latest meeting | October 3, 2015 Baylor 63, Texas Tech 35 |
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Meetings total | 74 |
All-time series | Baylor leads, 37–36–1 |
Longest win streak | Texas Tech, 15 (1996–2010) |
Current win streak | Baylor 5 |
The Baylor–Texas Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Baylor Bears and Texas Tech Red Raiders. Each school is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The rivalry began in 1929. The game has been played every year since 1956 despite the fact that Texas Tech was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.[1] In 1960, Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference, ensuring the rivalry would continue. In 1996, the Southwest Conference dissolved, and both teams were invited, along with the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies, with former members of the Big Eight Conference to form the Big 12 Conference. From 1996–2010, Texas Tech won 15 straight times. However, in recent years, Baylor has won 5 straight games, retaking the series lead.
The rivalry is often called "The BUTT Bowl" as a joke, due to the Baylor University initials and Texas Tech initials forming the word "butt" when put together.[2]
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In 2009, the game was held at AT&T Stadium (then Cowboy Stadium), the first time in the series the match-up was held on a neutral site. The game was the highest attended in the series' history, with 71,964 in attendance.[3]
After the 2010 game was held at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park, Dallas during the State Fair of Texas, the series returned to AT&T Stadium for the 2011 to 2014 games. The two schools are close to finalizing a contract that would extend the series there through 2018. [4]
Game results
Baylor victories | Texas Tech victories | Tie games |
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References
- ↑ http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/texastech_database.htm
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- ↑ http://www.collegefootball.bz/baylor/opponents/texas-tech
- ↑ http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/texas_tech/opponents_records.php?teamid=282