Creighton vs. Tulsa

Creighton and Tulsa first met in 1931 and have played 5 times; Tulsa leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Tulsa 5–⁠0, and Tulsa has won the last 5.

Creighton wins
0
Tulsa wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1931
Longest streak
5 Tulsa
Current streak
5 Tulsa
Last 10 meetings
Tulsa 5–⁠0
Most recent
1942

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠3
Average margin
18.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Creighton
0–⁠2 Creighton’s record at home
At Tulsa
3–⁠0 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

  1. Tulsa’s biggest win1940: Tulsa 32, Creighton 0by 32 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Creighton and Tulsa, 1931 on13001500170019351940

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 Evening star's story of the 1931 game: HAWKEYES HAVEN'T RECONNO|TEREDFOE coIonials Boast Vital Parts OF Fine Grid Machine. Lineup Changed.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1931

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

Nov 21, 19426Tulsa 33, Creighton 19at Creighton
Oct 11, 1941Tulsa 19, Creighton 7at Tulsa
Oct 12, 1940Tulsa 32, Creighton 0at Tulsa
Oct 7, 1939Tulsa 21, Creighton 14at Creighton
Oct 23, 1931Tulsa 28, Creighton 0at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.