The game was the final competition of the 1974 football season for each team and resulted in a 6–6 tie.
[4] 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.
Vanderbilt led 3–0 at halftime thanks to a 31-yard field goal kicked with ten minutes left in the second quarter.
[5] 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.