Cincinnati vs. Tulsa
Cincinnati and Tulsa have 37 meetings on file, the first in 1946; Cincinnati leads the series 18–17–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Cincinnati 9–1, and Cincinnati has won the last 4. Share
- Cincinnati wins
- 18
- Tulsa wins
- 17
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1946
- Longest streak
- 8 Tulsa
- Current streak
- 4 Cincinnati
- Last 10 meetings
- Cincinnati 9–1
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–4 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Cincinnati 1, Tulsa 0
- Average margin
- 11.8 points; 16 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cincinnati
- 13–5 Cincinnati’s record at home
- At Tulsa
- 12–5–2 Tulsa’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Cincinnati’s biggest win1954: Cincinnati 40, Tulsa 7by 33 points
- Tulsa’s biggest win1965: Tulsa 49, Cincinnati 6by 43 points
- Upset1953: Cincinnati 14, Tulsa 7Cincinnati had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2020: Cincinnati 27, Tulsa 24No. 20 Tulsa at No. 6 Cincinnati
Coach against coach
| Years | Cincinnati | Series | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1960 | George Blackburn | 2–3–1 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1961–1966 | Charles Studley | 2–4 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1973–1976 | Tony Mason | 1–2 | F. Dry |
| 1977–1980 | Ralph Staub | 1–2 | John Cooper |
| 1994–1997 | Rick Minter | 3–0 | David Rader |
| 2019–2022 | Luke Fickell | 4–0 | Philip Montgomery |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cincinnati’s side (Blackburn 2–3–1 against Dobbs). 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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Desmond Ridder Cincinnati | 2020 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 4, 1946
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2021.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Oct 1, 2022 | Cincinnati 31, Tulsa 21 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 6, 2021 | 2Cincinnati 28, Tulsa 20 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Dec 19, 2020 | 6Cincinnati 27, 20Tulsa 24 | at Cincinnati | American Athletic Championship Game | |
| Oct 19, 2019 | 21Cincinnati 24, Tulsa 13 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 25, 2016 | Tulsa 40, Cincinnati 37 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 14, 2015 | Cincinnati 49, Tulsa 38 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Aug 28, 1997 | Cincinnati 34, Tulsa 24 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 18, 1995 | Cincinnati 24, Tulsa 5 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 19, 1994 | Cincinnati 28, Tulsa 13 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 2, 1993 | Cincinnati 22, Tulsa 15 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 13, 1980 | Tulsa 31, Cincinnati 13 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 21, 1978 | Tulsa 27, Cincinnati 26 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 22, 1977 | Cincinnati 28, Tulsa 0 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 16, 1976 | Cincinnati 16, Tulsa 7 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 11, 1975 | Tulsa 24, Cincinnati 16 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 29, 1973 | Tulsa 16, Cincinnati 13 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 12, 1970 | Tulsa 7, Cincinnati 3 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 25, 1969 | Tulsa 40, Cincinnati 24 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 26, 1968 | Tulsa 34, Cincinnati 27 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 21, 1967 | Tulsa 35, Cincinnati 6 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 29, 1966 | Tulsa 13, Cincinnati 0 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 23, 1965 | Tulsa 49, Cincinnati 6 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 24, 1964 | Cincinnati 28, Tulsa 23 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 12, 1963 | Cincinnati 21, Tulsa 15 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 3, 1962 | Tulsa 24, Cincinnati 18 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 4, 1961 | Tulsa 19, Cincinnati 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 22, 1960 | Tulsa 34, Cincinnati 3 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 7, 1959 | Tulsa 14, Cincinnati 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 8, 1958 | Cincinnati 15, Tulsa 6 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 16, 1957 | Tulsa 12, Cincinnati 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 29, 1956 | Cincinnati 7, Tulsa 6 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Oct 22, 1955 | Tulsa 21, Cincinnati 21 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 2, 1954 | Cincinnati 40, Tulsa 7 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Sep 19, 1953 | Cincinnati 14, Tulsa 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 4, 1952 | Tulsa 14, Cincinnati 14 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 29, 1951 | Cincinnati 47, Tulsa 35 | at Cincinnati | ||
| Nov 2, 1946 | Tulsa 20, Cincinnati 0 | at Tulsa |
Every game is listed as played on the field.