Oklahoma vs. Tulsa

Oklahoma and Tulsa have 29 meetings on file, the first in 1914; Oklahoma leads the series 21–⁠7–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 10–⁠0, and Oklahoma has won the last 10.

Scheduled 2030 at Oklahoma; 2033 at Oklahoma. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Oklahoma wins
21
Tulsa wins
7
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1914
Longest streak
10 Oklahoma
Current streak
10 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 10–⁠0
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s3–⁠2
1930s3–⁠2–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
1970s1–⁠0
1980s2–⁠0
1990s2–⁠1
2000s5–⁠0
2010s4–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
27.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma
13–⁠3–⁠1 Oklahoma’s record at home
At Tulsa
4–⁠8 Tulsa’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oklahoma’s biggest win1917: Oklahoma 80, Tulsa 0by 80 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1919: Tulsa 27, Oklahoma 0by 27 points
  3. Upset1916: Tulsa 16, Oklahoma 0Tulsa had a 4% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1919: Tulsa 27, Oklahoma 0Tulsa had a 5% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1933: Tulsa 20, Oklahoma 6Tulsa had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsOklahomaSeriesTulsa
2011–⁠2014Bob Stoops3–⁠0Bill Blankenship

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oklahoma’s side (Stoops 3–⁠0 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 Oklahoma and Tulsa, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

Baker Mayfield Oklahoma32 of 38, 487 yards, 4 TD2015 Passing
Dillon Gabriel Oklahoma28 of 31, 421 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2023 Passing
Landry Jones Oklahoma35 of 47, 375 yards, 1 TD2011 Passing

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

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: OKLAHOMA is VICTOR IN CHARITY CONTEST

    1931 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 13, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: TULSA PASSES TALLY Thompson Star HEAVIER In 1917 Victory Over Oklahoma.

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 26, 1937

  • The Evening star's story of the 1938 game: S0ONERS BURY TULSA Oklahoma Captures Ninth Straight Gridiron Victory, 2S-6.

    1938 · Evening star, Oct 30, 1938

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: Trouble for Nebraska Looms in Grid Tilt With Hoosiers Air Defense Iowa State Problem; Kunsos Feels Shortage Of Reserves

    1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 8, 1942

  • The Evening star's story of the 1943 game: Georgia a Tech, Pacific, Michigan Will Make Foes Prove Class

    1943 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1943

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 16, 202319Oklahoma 66, Tulsa 17at Tulsa
Sep 19, 201516Oklahoma 52, Tulsa 38at Oklahoma
Sep 6, 20144Oklahoma 52, Tulsa 7at Tulsa
Sep 14, 201314Oklahoma 51, Tulsa 20at Oklahoma
Sep 3, 20111Oklahoma 47, Tulsa 14at Oklahoma
Sep 19, 200912Oklahoma 45, Tulsa 0at Oklahoma
Sep 21, 20074Oklahoma 62, Tulsa 21at Tulsa
Sep 10, 200518Oklahoma 31, Tulsa 15at Oklahoma
Aug 30, 20021Oklahoma 37, Tulsa 0at Tulsa
Nov 3, 20013Oklahoma 58, Tulsa 0at Oklahoma
Sep 28, 1996Tulsa 31, Oklahoma 24at Oklahoma
Sep 25, 199310Oklahoma 41, Tulsa 20at Oklahoma
Sep 22, 199011Oklahoma 52, Tulsa 10at Oklahoma
Sep 26, 19871Oklahoma 65, Tulsa 0at Tulsa
Sep 24, 19838Oklahoma 28, Tulsa 18at Oklahoma
Sep 22, 19793Oklahoma 49, Tulsa 13at Oklahoma
Oct 16, 1943Tulsa 20, Oklahoma 6at Tulsa
Oct 3, 1942Tulsa 23, Oklahoma 0at Tulsa
Oct 29, 193810Oklahoma 28, Tulsa 6at Oklahoma
Sep 25, 1937Tulsa 19, Oklahoma 7at Tulsa
Sep 26, 1936Oklahoma 0, Tulsa 0at Oklahoma
Oct 7, 1933Tulsa 20, Oklahoma 6at Tulsa
Oct 1, 1932Oklahoma 7, Tulsa 0at Oklahoma
Dec 12, 1931Oklahoma 20, Tulsa 7at Tulsa
Oct 11, 1919Tulsa 27, Oklahoma 0at Oklahoma
Nov 24, 1917Oklahoma 80, Tulsa 0at Oklahoma
Oct 14, 1916Tulsa 16, Oklahoma 0at Oklahoma
Nov 6, 1915Oklahoma 14, Tulsa 13at Tulsa
Nov 30, 1914Oklahoma 26, Tulsa 7at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.