Louisville vs. Tulsa

Louisville and Tulsa have 26 meetings on file, the first in 1962; Tulsa leads the series 14–⁠12 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Louisville 6–⁠4, and Louisville has won the last 3.

Louisville wins
12
Tulsa wins
14
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1962
Longest streak
5 Tulsa
Current streak
3 Louisville
Last 10 meetings
Louisville 6–⁠4
Most recent
1994

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s3–⁠5
1970s4–⁠6
1980s1–⁠2
1990s4–⁠1
Average margin
16.8 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Louisville
9–⁠4 Louisville’s record at home
At Tulsa
10–⁠3 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. Louisville’s biggest win1977: Louisville 33, Tulsa 0by 33 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1964: Tulsa 58, Louisville 0by 58 points
  3. Upset1972: Tulsa 28, Louisville 26Tulsa had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsLouisvilleSeriesTulsa
1962–⁠1968Frank Camp2–⁠5Glenn Dobbs
1977–⁠1979Vince Gibson2–⁠1John Cooper
1988–⁠1994Howard Schnellenberger5–⁠2David Rader

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Louisville’s side (Camp 2–⁠5 against Dobbs). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Louisville and Tulsa, 1962 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.

Every game

Nov 26, 1994Louisville 34, Tulsa 27at Louisville
Nov 25, 1993Louisville 28, Tulsa 0at Tulsa
Oct 17, 1992Louisville 32, Tulsa 27at Louisville
Nov 16, 1991Tulsa 40, Louisville 0at Tulsa
Oct 6, 1990Louisville 38, Tulsa 14at Louisville
Oct 21, 1989Tulsa 31, Louisville 24at Tulsa
Oct 8, 1988Louisville 9, Tulsa 3at Louisville
Oct 31, 1987Tulsa 26, Louisville 22at Tulsa
Oct 13, 1979Louisville 24, Tulsa 7at Louisville
Oct 7, 1978Tulsa 24, Louisville 7at Tulsa
Oct 8, 1977Louisville 33, Tulsa 0at Louisville
Oct 30, 1976Tulsa 20, Louisville 10at Louisville
Nov 1, 1975Tulsa 38, Louisville 14at Tulsa
Nov 2, 1974Tulsa 37, Louisville 7at Louisville
Nov 3, 1973Tulsa 17, Louisville 9at Tulsa
Nov 4, 1972Tulsa 28, 17Louisville 26at Louisville
Nov 6, 1971Louisville 17, Tulsa 0at Tulsa
Oct 10, 1970Louisville 14, Tulsa 8at Louisville
Nov 27, 1969Louisville 35, Tulsa 29at Tulsa
Oct 12, 1968Louisville 16, Tulsa 7at Louisville
Dec 2, 1967Tulsa 35, Louisville 23at Tulsa
Nov 19, 1966Louisville 29, Tulsa 18at Louisville
Nov 6, 1965Tulsa 51, Louisville 18at Tulsa
Oct 17, 1964Tulsa 58, Louisville 0at Louisville
Dec 7, 1963Tulsa 22, Louisville 16at Tulsa
Oct 20, 1962Tulsa 25, Louisville 7at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.