Marshall vs. Tulsa

Marshall and Tulsa have 5 meetings on file, the first in 2007; Tulsa leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Tulsa 4–⁠1.

Marshall wins
1
Tulsa wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2007
Longest streak
4 Tulsa
Current streak
1 Marshall
Last 10 meetings
Tulsa 4–⁠1
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
2000s0–⁠2
2010s1–⁠2
Average margin
14 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Marshall
0–⁠2 Marshall’s record at home
At Tulsa
2–⁠1 Tulsa’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Marshall’s biggest win2013: Marshall 45, Tulsa 34by 11 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win2011: Tulsa 59, Marshall 17by 42 points

Coach against coach

YearsMarshallSeriesTulsa
2011–⁠2013Doc Holliday1–⁠2Bill Blankenship

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Marshall’s side (Holliday 1–⁠2 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 Marshall and Tulsa, 2007 on1300150017002010201520202025

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

Biggest days

Rakeem Cato Marshall33 of 58, 456 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2013 Passing
Rakeem Cato Marshall31 of 44, 391 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT2012 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 14, 2013Marshall 45, Tulsa 34at Tulsa
Oct 6, 2012Tulsa 45, Marshall 38at Marshall
Nov 12, 2011Tulsa 59, Marshall 17at Tulsa
Nov 29, 2008Tulsa 38, Marshall 35at Marshall
Oct 13, 2007Tulsa 38, Marshall 31at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.