Houston at Tulsa
Saturday, November 23, 1957 Share
Houston beat Tulsa 13–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–4.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 23°FAttendance 13,486
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1957, page 1
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Houston Beats Tulsa, 1877 TULSA, Okla, Nov. % (R.-- Houston’s Missouri Valley Conference football champions cashing in on a big penalty break, moved 18 yards early in the fourth quarter today for the deciding touchdown in a 1877 triumph over Tulsa’s Gold en- Hurricane. The score came on q 3-yard pass from Don Brown to Gene Ward. 1t was set UP by Browns 21-yard punt return when Tulsa’s Ronnie Morris kicked from his 5 following a 15-yard Hurricane setback for holding. The Houston victory that spoiled Tulsa’s homecoming effort before q crowd of 13,486, was the Cougars first at Skelly Stadium since the two schools started their series in 1850. It gave the visitors a Sal seasons record and nipped a three-game Tulsa winning streak started after five straight losses. Houston - 0 o 6–13 Tulsa ---- o o o. z Hotiston scoring: TouchdownS-from Brown. COMMUNICATIONS tplscement). .s~sg Tulsa scoring: Touchdown-Cagliol II. rum. Conversion-Gandy (placemenO.
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)
Houston 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Houston–Tulsa gameHouston leads 26–20 in 46 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
| 2022 | Tulsa 37, Houston 30 | |
| 2021 | Houston 45, Tulsa 10 | |
| 2019 | Houston 24, Tulsa 14 | |
| 2018 | Houston 41, Tulsa 26 | |
| 2017 | Tulsa 45, Houston 17 | |
| 2016 | Houston 38, Tulsa 31 |
Around this game
Houston
- Next gamevs. Texas A&MSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonHouston in 1957
- ProgramHouston history and records
Tulsa
- Next gameat Wichita StateNov. 30, 1957
- SeasonTulsa in 1957
- ProgramTulsa history and records

