Phillips vs. Tulsa

Phillips and Tulsa first met in 1917 and have played 3 times; the series is tied 1–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Phillips wins
1
Tulsa wins
1
Ties
1
First meeting
1917
Longest streak
1 Phillips
Current streak
1 Tulsa
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s0–⁠1–⁠1
Average margin
8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Phillips
0–⁠0–⁠1 Phillips’s record at home
At Tulsa
1–⁠1 Tulsa’s record at home

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 Phillips and Tulsa, 1917 on130015001700192019251930

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 The Oklahoma City times's story of the 1917 game: KENDALL LOSES EVERY CONTEST Phillips Closes Season With Victory Over PresbyterianS,

    1917 · The Oklahoma City times, Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov 30, 1917

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

Nov 24, 1921Tulsa 21, Phillips 10at Tulsa
Nov 19, 1920Phillips 0, Tulsa 0at Phillips
Nov 29, 1917Phillips 20, Tulsa 7at Tulsa

Every game is listed as played on the field.