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Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Aggies football The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...  – Texas Tech Red Raiders Texas Tech Red Raiders football Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
History
First meeting	October 29, 1927
Last meeting	October 8, 2011
Number of meetings	70
Series leader	Texas A&M: 37–32–1
Largest victory	Texas A&M: 41 (47–6 in 1927)
Current win streak	Texas A&M: 3
Longest win streak	Texas A&M: 6 Texas Tech: 6

The Texas A&M–Texas Tech football rivalry is an American college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

 between the Texas A&M Aggies football

Texas A&M Aggies football

The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in college football. The Aggies have competed in the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996. They will join the Southeastern Conference in July 2012. Texas A&M football has earned one national title and 18...

 team of Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

 and the Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Texas Tech Red Raiders football

Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

 team of Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...

. The series began as a non-conference rivalry when the first game was played in 1927. The rivalry has continued uninterrupted since 1957 when the two schools became conference rivals. Texas A&M leads the all-time series with a total record of 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 to 1959. Texas A&M led the series during the Southwest Conference years (1960–1995) with a 18–17–1 record. Texas Tech led the series during the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 years (1996–2011) with a 10–6 record. With Texas A&M's departure from the Big 12 Conference in 2012, it is uncertain if the rivalry will continue in the future.

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.

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

Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

 and 28 in College Station

College Station, Texas

College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...

. 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

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...

, Dallas, and San Antonio. Only one game was held in Amarillo, a 7–0 Texas A&M victory in 1932. From 1943 through 1950, the series was held at second neutral site, Alamo Stadium

Alamo Stadium

Alamo Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in San Antonio, Texas. Nicknamed "the rock pile" due to its primarily limestone construction it was completed in September 1940 as a Works Progress Administration project. The stadium is currently owned and operated by the San Antonio Independent...

 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

Cotton Bowl (stadium)

The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1929 and became known as "The House That Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. Originally known as Fair Park Stadium, it is located in Fair Park,...

 in Dallas and the series at Fair Park

Fair Park

Dallas Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas . The complex is registered as a Dallas Landmark, National Historic Landmark and is home to nine museums, six performance facilities, a lagoon, and the largest Ferris wheel in North America...

 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

State Fair of Texas

The State Fair of Texas is an annual state fair held in Dallas, Texas . The fair season usually begins the last Friday in September and ends 24 days later. The fair is held at the historic Fair Park where it has been held since 1886. The 2012 State Fair of Texas will run from September 28th...

 but ultimately the rivalry game remained a home-and-home series.

Will Rogers & Soapsuds statue

One of the most well-known landmarks on the Texas Tech campus is the statue of Will Rogers

Will Rogers

William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....

 on his horse Soapsuds: Riding Into the Sunset

Riding Into the Sunset

Riding Into the Sunset is a public sculpture by Electra Waggoner Biggs, depicting Will Rogers on his horse, Soapsuds, and is located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Three additional castings were commissioned...

. 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

Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

, potentially insulting the Lubbock business community. To address this issue, the statue was turned 23 degrees

Degree (angle)

A degree , usually denoted by ° , is a measurement of plane angle, representing 1⁄360 of a full rotation; one degree is equivalent to π/180 radians...

 to the east, causing Soapsuds' rear to face in the direction of the Texas A&M campus

Campus of Texas A&M University

The campus of Texas A&M University, also known as Aggieland, is situated in College Station, Texas, USA. Aggieland is centrally located within 200 miles of three of the 10 largest cities in the United States and 75% of the Texas and Louisiana populations...

 in College Station, Texas

College Station, Texas

College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...

.

The campus legend led to Riding Into the Sunset becoming involved in rivalry off the field. In 1969, the statue was vandalized after being covered in maroon paint, Texas A&M' primary color, after the Aggies football team lost to the Red Raiders 9–13. 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. Following the 1999 upset of a No. 5-ranked Texas A&M Aggies team, a group of Texas Tech students tore down and carried a goal post from Jones Stadium

Jones AT&T Stadium

Jones AT&T Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, United States. It is the home field of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team of the Big 12 Conference.-Planning and funding:Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium opened in 1947...

to the base of the statue.

Game results

Texas A&M victories are colored ██ maroon. Texas Tech victories are colored ██ scarlet. Ties are white.

Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Series
October 27, 1927	Lubbock	Texas A&M	47	Texas Tech	6	Texas A&M 1–0–0
September 24, 1932	Amarillo	Texas A&M	7	Texas Tech	0	Texas A&M 2–0–0
October 3, 1942	College Station	Texas A&M	19	Texas Tech	0	Texas A&M 3–0–0
October 2, 1943	San Antonio	Texas A&M	13	Texas Tech	0	Texas A&M 4–0–0
September 30, 1944	San Antonio	Texas A&M	27	Texas Tech	14	Texas A&M 5–0–0
September 29, 1945	San Antonio	Texas A&M	16	Texas Tech	6	Texas A&M 6–0–0
September 28, 1946	San Antonio	Texas Tech	6	Texas A&M	0	Texas A&M 6–1–0
September 27, 1947	San Antonio	Texas A&M	29	Texas Tech	7	Texas A&M 7–1–0
September 25, 1948	San Antonio	Texas Tech	20	Texas A&M	14	Texas A&M 7–2–0
September 24, 1949	San Antonio	Texas A&M	26	Texas Tech	7	Texas A&M 8–2–0
September 30, 1950	San Antonio	Texas A&M	34	Texas Tech	13	Texas A&M 9–2–0
September 29, 1951	Dallas	Texas A&M	20	Texas Tech	7	Texas A&M 10–2–0
October 10, 1953	Lubbock	Texas A&M	27	Texas Tech	14	Texas A&M 11–2–0
September 18, 1954	College Station	Texas Tech	41	Texas A&M	9	Texas A&M 11–3–0
October 6, 1955	Dallas	Texas A&M	40	Texas Tech	7	Texas A&M 12–3–0
September 28, 1957	Lubbock	Texas A&M	21	Texas Tech	0	Texas A&M 13–3–0
September 20, 1958	Dallas	Texas Tech	15	Texas A&M	14	Texas A&M 13–4–0
September 18, 1959	Dallas	Texas Tech	20	Texas A&M	14	Texas A&M 13–5–0
September 24, 1960	College Station	Texas A&M	14	Texas Tech	14	Texas A&M 13–5–1
October 7, 1961	Lubbock	Texas A&M	38	Texas Tech	7	Texas A&M 14–5–1
October 6, 1962	College Station	Texas A&M	7	Texas Tech	3	Texas A&M 15–5–1
October 5, 1963	Lubbock	Texas Tech	10	Texas A&M	0	Texas A&M 15–6–1
October 3, 1964	College Station	Texas Tech	16	Texas A&M	12	Texas A&M 15–7–1
October 2, 1965	Lubbock	Texas Tech	20	Texas A&M	16	Texas A&M 15–8–1
October 1, 1966	College Station	Texas A&M	35	Texas Tech	14	Texas A&M 16–8–1
October 14, 1967	Lubbock	Texas A&M	28	Texas Tech	24	Texas A&M 17–8–1
October 12, 1968	College Station	Texas Tech	21	Texas A&M	16	Texas A&M 17–9–1
October 11, 1969	Lubbock	Texas Tech	13	Texas A&M	9	Texas A&M 17–10–1
October 10, 1970	College Station	Texas Tech	21	Texas A&M	7	Texas A&M 17–11–1
October 9, 1971	Lubbock	Texas Tech	28	Texas A&M	7	Texas A&M 17–12–1
October 14, 1972	College Station	Texas Tech	17	Texas A&M	14	Texas A&M 17–13–1
October 13, 1973	Lubbock	Texas Tech	28	Texas A&M	16	Texas A&M 17–14–1
October 12, 1974	College Station	Texas A&M	28	Texas Tech	7	Texas A&M 18–14–1
October 11, 1975	Lubbock	Texas A&M	38	Texas Tech	9	Texas A&M 19–14–1
October 9, 1976	College Station	Texas Tech	27	Texas A&M	16	Texas A&M 19–15–1
September 24, 1977	Lubbock	Texas A&M	33	Texas Tech	17	Texas A&M 20–15–1
October 7, 1978	College Station	Texas A&M	38	Texas Tech	9	Texas A&M 21–15–1
October 6, 1979	Lubbock	Texas Tech	21	Texas A&M	20	Texas A&M 21–16–1
October 4, 1980	College Station	Texas A&M	41	Texas Tech	21	Texas A&M 22–16–1
October 3, 1981	Lubbock	Texas A&M	24	Texas Tech	23	Texas A&M 23–16–1
October 2, 1982	College Station	Texas Tech	24	Texas A&M	15	Texas A&M 23–17–1
October 1, 1983	Lubbock	Texas Tech	3	Texas A&M	0	Texas A&M 23–18–1
October 6, 1984	College Station	Texas Tech	30	Texas A&M	12	Texas A&M 23–19–1
October 5, 1985	Lubbock	Texas A&M	28	Texas Tech	27	Texas A&M 24–19–1
October 4, 1986	College Station	Texas A&M	45	Texas Tech	8	Texas A&M 25–19–1
October 3, 1987	Lubbock	Texas Tech	27	Texas A&M	21	Texas A&M 25–20–1
October 1, 1988	College Station	Texas A&M	50	Texas Tech	15	Texas A&M 26–20–1
October 7, 1989	Lubbock	Texas Tech	27	Texas A&M	24	Texas A&M 26–21–1
October 6, 1990	College Station	#19 Texas A&M	28	Texas Tech	24	Texas A&M 27–21–1
October 5, 1991	Lubbock	#23 Texas A&M	37	Texas Tech	14	Texas A&M 28–21–1
October 3, 1992	College Station	#5 Texas A&M	19	Texas Tech	17	Texas A&M 29–21–1
October 2, 1993	Lubbock	#14 Texas A&M	31	Texas Tech	6	Texas A&M 30–21–1
October 1, 1994	College Station	Texas A&M	23	Texas Tech	17	Texas A&M 31–21–1
October 7, 1995	Lubbock	Texas Tech	14	#8 Texas A&M	7	Texas A&M 31–22–1
October 26, 1996	College Station	Texas Tech	13	Texas A&M	10	Texas A&M 31–23–1
October 25, 1997	Lubbock	Texas Tech	16	#20 Texas A&M	13	Texas A&M 31–24–1
October 24, 1998	College Station	#8 Texas A&M	17	#25 Texas Tech	10	Texas A&M 32–24–1
October 2, 1999	Lubbock	Texas Tech	21	#5 Texas A&M	19	Texas A&M 32–25–1
September 30, 2000	College Station	Texas A&M	33	Texas Tech	15	Texas A&M 33–25–1
November 3, 2001	Lubbock	Texas Tech	12	#17 Texas A&M	0	Texas A&M 33–26–1
October 5, 2002	College Station	Texas Tech	48 (2OT)	#23 Texas A&M	47	Texas A&M 33–27–1
October 4, 2003	Lubbock	Texas Tech	59	Texas A&M	28	Texas A&M 33–28–1
November 11, 2004	College Station	#23 Texas A&M	32 (OT)	#25 Texas Tech	25	Texas A&M 34–28–1
November 5, 2005	Lubbock	#16 Texas Tech	56	Texas A&M	17	Texas A&M 34–29–1
September 30, 2006	College Station	#24 Texas Tech	31	Texas A&M	27	Texas A&M 34–30–1
October 13, 2007	Lubbock	Texas Tech	35	Texas A&M	7	Texas A&M 34–31–1
October 18, 2008	College Station	#5 Texas Tech	43	Texas A&M	25	Texas A&M 34–32–1
October 24, 2009	Lubbock	Texas A&M	52	#24 Texas Tech	30	Texas A&M 35–32–1
October 30, 2010	College Station	Texas A&M	45	Texas Tech	27	Texas A&M 36–32–1
October 8, 2011	Lubbock	#24 Texas A&M	45	Texas Tech	40	Texas A&M 37–32–1