Marquette vs. Tulsa

Marquette and Tulsa first met in 1951 and have played 3 times; Tulsa leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Tulsa 2–⁠1.

Marquette wins
1
Tulsa wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1951
Longest streak
1 Tulsa
Current streak
1 Tulsa
Last 10 meetings
Tulsa 2–⁠1
Most recent
1956

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠2
Average margin
24.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Marquette
1–⁠0 Marquette’s record at home
At Tulsa
2–⁠0 Tulsa’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Marquette and Tulsa, 1951 on13001500170019551960

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 1951 game: Marquette and Tulsa Sever Grid Relations

    1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1951

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

Oct 6, 1956Tulsa 54, Marquette 0at Tulsa
Oct 1, 1955Marquette 13, Tulsa 0at Marquette
Oct 20, 1951Tulsa 27, Marquette 21at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.