Baylor vs. Tulsa
Baylor and Tulsa have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1940; Baylor leads the series 5–4 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Baylor 5–4, and Baylor has won the last 4. Share
- Baylor wins
- 5
- Tulsa wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1940
- Longest streak
- 4 Tulsa
- Current streak
- 4 Baylor
- Last 10 meetings
- Baylor 5–4
- Most recent
- 2002
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 16.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 3–1 Baylor’s record at home
- At Tulsa
- 3–2 Tulsa’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win1995: Baylor 37, Tulsa 5by 32 points
- Tulsa’s biggest win1942: Tulsa 24, Baylor 0by 24 points
- Upset1947: Baylor 7, Tulsa 6Baylor had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Baylor | Series | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941–1945 | Frank Kimbrough | 0–3 | Henry Frnka |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Kimbrough 0–3 against Frnka). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
![The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: CARO- INA DOWNS DUKE BY 6 TO 3 SCOR] title Davv Spencer Leads Davidson Wildcats To 26-0 Vii Football Scores](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ndnp:ncu:batch_ncu_fennel_ver02:data:sn78002169:00279559071:1940111701:0210/pct:2.88,5.22,95.62,51.27/!800,1200/0/default.jpg)
1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 17, 1940

1941 · Evening star, Nov 16, 1941

1942 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Nov 16, 1942

1946 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1946

1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 17, 1947
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Sep 21, 2002 | Baylor 37, Tulsa 25 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 2, 1995 | Baylor 37, Tulsa 5 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 25, 1948 | Baylor 42, Tulsa 19 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 15, 1947 | Baylor 7, Tulsa 6 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 16, 1946 | Tulsa 17, Baylor 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 17, 1945 | 19Tulsa 26, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 14, 1942 | 9Tulsa 24, Baylor 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 15, 1941 | Tulsa 20, Baylor 13 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 16, 1940 | Baylor 20, Tulsa 6 | at Baylor |
Every game is listed as played on the field.