Florida vs. Tulsa
Florida and Tulsa have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1948; Florida leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Florida 4–1. Share
- Florida wins
- 4
- Tulsa wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1948
- Longest streak
- 3 Florida
- Current streak
- 1 Florida
- Last 10 meetings
- Florida 4–1
- Most recent
- 1987
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Florida 1, Tulsa 0
- Average margin
- 22 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Florida
- 2–1 Florida’s record at home
- At Tulsa
- 0–1 Tulsa’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Florida first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Florida’s biggest win1987: Florida 52, Tulsa 0by 52 points
- Tulsa’s biggest win1979: Tulsa 20, Florida 10by 10 points
- Ranked showdown1952: Florida 14, Tulsa 13No. 11 Tulsa at No. 17 Florida
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
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Jan 2, 1953
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 12, 1987 | Florida 52, Tulsa 0 | at Florida | ||
| Oct 27, 1979 | Tulsa 20, Florida 10 | at Florida | ||
| Jan 1, 1953 | 17Florida 14, 11Tulsa 13 | Neutral site | Gator Bowl | |
| Oct 1, 1949 | Florida 40, Tulsa 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 2, 1948 | Florida 28, Tulsa 14 | at Florida |
Every game is listed as played on the field.