Kansas vs. Tulsa

Kansas and Tulsa have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1933; the series is tied 5–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Kansas has won the last 4.

Kansas wins
5
Tulsa wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1933
Longest streak
4 Tulsa
Current streak
4 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2004

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
1940s0–⁠2
1980s1–⁠1
1990s2–⁠0
2000s2–⁠0
Average margin
17.3 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas
2–⁠1 Kansas’s record at home
At Tulsa
4–⁠3 Tulsa’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas’s biggest win1992: Kansas 40, Tulsa 7by 33 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1946: Tulsa 56, Kansas 0by 56 points
  3. Upset1933: Tulsa 7, Kansas 0Tulsa had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1981: Kansas 15, Tulsa 11Kansas had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and Tulsa, 1933 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.

Every game

Sep 4, 2004Kansas 21, Tulsa 3at Kansas
Sep 28, 2002Kansas 43, Tulsa 33at Tulsa
Sep 19, 1992Kansas 40, Tulsa 7at Tulsa
Sep 14, 1991Kansas 23, Tulsa 17at Kansas
Oct 2, 1982Tulsa 20, Kansas 15at Kansas
Sep 5, 1981Kansas 15, Tulsa 11at Tulsa
Oct 26, 1946Tulsa 56, Kansas 0at Tulsa
Oct 7, 1944Tulsa 27, Kansas 0at Tulsa
Oct 6, 1934Tulsa 7, Kansas 0at Tulsa
Oct 21, 1933Tulsa 7, Kansas 0at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.