Kansas State vs. Tulsa

Kansas State and Tulsa have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1934; Tulsa leads the series 11–⁠6–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulsa 6–⁠4, and Tulsa has won the last 6.

Kansas State wins
6
Tulsa wins
11
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1934
Longest streak
6 Kansas State
Current streak
6 Tulsa
Last 10 meetings
Tulsa 6–⁠4
Most recent
1988

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠2–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠2
1970s5–⁠2
1980s0–⁠4
Average margin
11.7 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas State
3–⁠2 Kansas State’s record at home
At Tulsa
9–⁠3–⁠1 Tulsa’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas State’s biggest win1973: Kansas State 21, Tulsa 0by 21 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1988: Tulsa 35, Kansas State 9by 26 points
  3. Upset1975: Kansas State 17, Tulsa 16Kansas State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsKansas StateSeriesTulsa
1978–⁠1981Jim Dickey0–⁠4John Cooper

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Dickey 0–⁠4 against Cooper). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas State and Tulsa, 1934 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1936 game: FIELD GOAL IS DECISIVE Tulsa Downs Kansas State, 1917, on Boot by Sophomore,

    1936 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1936

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 3, 1988Tulsa 35, Kansas State 9at Tulsa
Oct 3, 1987Tulsa 37, Kansas State 25at Kansas State
Oct 3, 1981Tulsa 35, Kansas State 21at Tulsa
Oct 4, 1980Tulsa 3, Kansas State 0at Tulsa
Oct 6, 1979Tulsa 9, Kansas State 6at Kansas State
Sep 23, 1978Tulsa 24, Kansas State 14at Tulsa
Sep 13, 1975Kansas State 17, Tulsa 16at Tulsa
Sep 14, 1974Kansas State 31, Tulsa 14at Kansas State
Sep 22, 1973Kansas State 21, Tulsa 0at Kansas State
Sep 9, 1972Kansas State 21, Tulsa 13at Kansas State
Sep 18, 1971Kansas State 19, Tulsa 10at Tulsa
Oct 16, 1954Kansas State 20, Tulsa 13at Tulsa
Oct 18, 1952Tulsa 26, Kansas State 7at Tulsa
Nov 10, 1951Tulsa 42, Kansas State 26at Tulsa
Nov 19, 1949Tulsa 48, Kansas State 27at Tulsa
Oct 31, 1936Tulsa 10, Kansas State 7at Tulsa
Nov 2, 1935Tulsa 13, Kansas State 13at Tulsa
Oct 27, 1934Tulsa 21, Kansas State 0at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.