The Baylorâ€"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. 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 1947â€"64, Baylor won 14 of the 15 games. From 1996â€"2010, Texas Tech won 15 straight games. Baylor then won 5 straight meetings. In the 2 most recent meetings of the two teams, Texas Tech has a 2 game win streak to retake the series lead.
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Baylor vs Texas Tech Highlights | 2014 Big 12 Football Highlights - Baylor holds on to defeat Texas Tech 48-46 in Arlington, TX.
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.
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 2016 games. The two schools are close to finalizing a contract that would extend the series there through 2018.
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