Texas Tech entered the game with a 6-4-1 record and had been ranked most of the season, rising as high as #9 in the AP poll during the season.[3] Losses in Texas Tech's final two regular season games bumped them out of the poll.[2] Vanderbilt entered the game with a 7-3-1 record, closing their regular season with a tie against rival Tennessee.[1]
Neither team scored in the first quarter. Vanderbilt led 3-0 at halftime thanks to a 31 yard field goal kicked with ten minutes left in the second quarter.[4]
With three minutes left in the third quarter the Red Raiders drove to the Vanderbilt 16 yard line but only got 3 points out of the drive on a 26 yard field goal. Texas Tech then attempted another field goal after a Vanderbilt fumble but the attempt was blocked.[4]
In the fourth quarter Vanderbilt retook the lead, 6-3, after a 26 yard field goal. Texas Tech responded with a 35 yard field goal with two minutes left in the game. Vanderbilt could not turn its final possession into a score and the game ended in a 6-6 tie.[4]
Texas Tech finished with 19 first downs to Vanderbilt's 10 and with 306 yards of rushing offense to Vanderbilt's 140.[4]
