Hardin Simmons vs. Tulsa

Hardin Simmons and Tulsa first met in 1951 and have played 12 times; Tulsa leads the series 9–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulsa 7–⁠3, and Tulsa has won the last 4.

Hardin Simmons wins
3
Tulsa wins
9
Ties
0
First meeting
1951
Longest streak
4 Tulsa
Current streak
4 Tulsa
Last 10 meetings
Tulsa 7–⁠3
Most recent
1962

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s3–⁠6
1960s0–⁠3
Average margin
18.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Tulsa
9–⁠3 Tulsa’s record at home
Shutouts
5

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Hardin Simmons’s biggest win1958: Hardin Simmons 14, Tulsa 0by 14 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1962: Tulsa 39, Hardin Simmons 0by 39 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Hardin Simmons and Tulsa, 1951 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1952 game: LITTLE SPORT

    1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 1, 1952

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 15, 1962Tulsa 39, Hardin Simmons 0at Tulsa
Sep 16, 1961Tulsa 27, Hardin Simmons 0at Tulsa
Oct 1, 1960Tulsa 21, Hardin Simmons 7at Tulsa
Oct 17, 1959Tulsa 16, Hardin Simmons 8at Tulsa
Sep 20, 1958Hardin Simmons 14, Tulsa 0at Tulsa
Sep 21, 1957Hardin Simmons 14, Tulsa 0at Tulsa
Oct 27, 1956Tulsa 27, Hardin Simmons 0at Tulsa
Sep 24, 1955Tulsa 41, Hardin Simmons 19at Tulsa
Sep 18, 1954Hardin Simmons 21, Tulsa 14at Tulsa
Oct 17, 1953Tulsa 14, Hardin Simmons 13at Tulsa
Sep 27, 1952Tulsa 56, Hardin Simmons 27at Tulsa
Dec 8, 1951Tulsa 33, Hardin Simmons 14at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.