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The 2005 Texas Tech at Texas football game was held October 22 2005 at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders came into the game ranked number 10 in the nation, with high hopes of not only beating Texas but possibly even winning out the season and playing for a national championship themselves.

Texas Tech won the toss and elected to take the ball on offense. They were only able to move the ball four yards on their first possession and they punted the ball off to the Longhorns. The Longhorns drove to the Tech 22 but had to settle for a field goal to give them an early three point lead. On their second drive, the Red Raiders advanced 25 yards but again had to punt the ball to Texas. Texas drove for 26 yards but a Vince Young pass intended for Limas Sweed was picked off by Chris Parker at the Tech 42 yard line and returned 37 yards to the UT21. Four plays later Tech punched in the touchdown and the successful extra point gave them a 7-3 lead. Texas' third drive ended in Young's second interception of the day, this one to K. Naziruddin; but Tech started with bad field position at their own two yard-line and they again punted after not making a first down. UT's Quan Cosby returned the ball from Texas Tech 46 to the Tech 8. It took four&nbps;plays for Texas to score a touchdown on a one yard rush by Henry Melton. The extra point gave Texas a 10-7 lead which is where the score stood as Texas Tech advanced with the ball at the end of the first quarter. The Red Raider drive continued into the third quarter. It ended up consisting of 14 plays, 65 yards, and 5:01 in time of possession, culminating in a 32 yard field goal by Alex Trlica to tie the score at 10-all. Texas' next drive resulted in a ten yard touchdown run by Selvin Young, which put the Longhorns in the lead by 7. UT was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct on the kickoff which helped the Red Raiders to get good starting field position at their 28 yard line. Tech made it to their 40 before punting, but the punt was blocked by UT's Michael Griffin and Texas took over at the Texas Tech 23 yard line. Two plays later the 'Horns scored on a Vince Young pass to Billy Pittman. The extra point made the score Texas 24, Tech 10. The Red Raiders drove down to within four yards of the goal line but Tech quarterback Cody Hodges threw a pass that was intercepted by UT's Tim Crowder. Texas used 4 plays and 49 game-clock seconds to go 88 yards for a touchdown and a 31-10 lead. Tech got the ball down to the UT 15 yard line but ran out of time in the half. Texas got the ball to start the second half. Their first play from scrimmage was a eight yard gain by Selvin Young. This was followed by a three yard loss, also by Selvin Young. On third down and five, Vince Young completed a 75 yard pass to Billy Pittman for a touchdown. Texas Tech's first drive of the second half matched UT's opening touchdown; the drive finished with a Cody Hodges six yard crossing pass to Joel Filani for a touchdown. The score was Texas Tech 17, Texas 38. UT answered with an eleven play, 65 yard touchdown effort. Each team was then forced to punt once, and the third quarter ended with the Red Raiders making a first down at their own 29 yard line.

The Tech drive stalled out at the Texas 31 yard line as the Red Raiders were forced to turn the ball over on downs. The next 3 possessions (Texas, Texas Tech, Texas) all resulted in punts. Then Tech fumbled the ball to allow the Longhorns to take over at the Texas Tech 26 yard line. Vince Young handed off to fullback Chris Ogbonnaya, who ran straight into the middle for a four yard gain. They ran another rushing play on second down, but this time Ogbonnaya broke free and ran the 22 yards for a touchdown. Tech got the ball again with six and one half minutes left to play. Hodges threw one five yard pass and was sacked twice to force a punt by the Red Raiders. Texas put in back-up quarterback Matt Nordgren and ran four straight running plays. They turned the ball over on downs with just over two minutes to play. Tech elected to leave in their starting quarterback, but they were unable to score again. Texas won the game 52-17.

After the win over the previously undefeated Texas Tech team, Texas moved into first place in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings for the first time since their creation. The BCS formula takes into account strength of schedule and this allowed Texas to advance in the rankings since they beat an unbeaten team while University of Southern California beat Washington, a 1-6 team.

The week between the Texas Tech game and the Oklahoma State game was marked by celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Hook 'em Horns hand gesture, one of the most widely recognized hand signs in college sports. The same week, Vince Young was quoted as saying he still planned to return for his senior season in 2006. Young, a candidate for the Heisman trophy, also apologized for striking the "Heisman pose" during the win over Texas Tech.