Iowa State vs. Tulsa

Iowa State and Tulsa have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1961; Iowa State leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Iowa State 3–⁠1.

Iowa State wins
3
Tulsa wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1961
Longest streak
2 Iowa State
Current streak
1 Iowa State
Last 10 meetings
Iowa State 3–⁠1
Most recent
2013

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
2010s2–⁠1
Average margin
16.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa State
1–⁠0 Iowa State’s record at home
At Tulsa
0–⁠2 Tulsa’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Iowa State first

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

Coach against coach

YearsIowa StateSeriesTulsa
2012–⁠2013Paul Rhoads2–⁠1Bill Blankenship

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Rhoads 2–⁠1 against Blankenship). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa State and Tulsa, 1961 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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

Trey Watts Tulsa2012

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 26, 2013Iowa State 38, Tulsa 21at Tulsa
Dec 31, 2012Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17Simmons Bank Liberty StadiumLiberty Bowl
Sep 1, 2012Iowa State 38, Tulsa 23at Iowa State
Nov 18, 1961Iowa State 27, Tulsa 6at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.