Houston at Tulsa

Saturday, November 23, 1957

Houston beat Tulsa 13–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–⁠4.

AwayHouston5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1957
13
HomeTulsa4–⁠6 in 1957
7

FinalHigh 54°F, low 23°FAttendance 13,486

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Houston Beats Tulsa, 1877

    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.

Houston leads 26–⁠20 in 46 meetings, counting the 38 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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