Tulsa at Houston

Saturday, December 2, 1950

Tulsa beat Houston 28–⁠21. It was their first meeting; after it, Tulsa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayTulsa9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1950
28
HomeHouston4–⁠6 in 1950
21

FinalHigh 79°F, low 58°F, 0.52 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tulsa Rallies 10 Win Over Houston, 1911

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 3, 1950, page 43

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    Tulsa Rallies 10 Win Over Houston, 1911 HOUSTON, Dec. 2.-Tulsa’s S Missouri Valley Conference cham pions ground out a 73-yard, final quarter touchdown today to hand University of Houston a 2s-to-21 defeat. Halfback Dwight Redman skirt ed left end on a handoff for the winning score. Three roughing penalties had figured in the drive. Houston had tied the count at 21–⁠21 in the third period on a 49-yard pass from Quarterback jolly Hartsell to Halfback Max Clark after Tulsa had overcome an early 14-point deficit by striking for three touchdowns In the sec ond quarter. An s0-yard touchdown drive. and two scoring passes from Quarterback Ronald Morris to End Ken Click put Tulsa ahead in the second quarter. Halfback Jack Crocker scored from the three. Houston jumped into its first quarter lead on a 67-yard dash through center by Fullback Aubrey Baker and a 7-yard smash through center by Clark after a Tulsa tumble had been recovered on the Oklahomans’ %.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Tulsa 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Houston leads 26–⁠20 in 46 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2022Tulsa 37, Houston 30
2021Houston 45, Tulsa 10
2019Houston 24, Tulsa 14
2018Houston 41, Tulsa 26
2017Tulsa 45, Houston 17
2016Houston 38, Tulsa 31

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