TCU vs. Tulsa
TCU and Tulsa have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1921; TCU leads the series 14–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s TCU 7–3, and TCU has won the last 3. Share
- TCU wins
- 14
- Tulsa wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1921
- Longest streak
- 6 TCU
- Current streak
- 3 TCU
- Last 10 meetings
- TCU 7–3
- Most recent
- 2000
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 12.9 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At TCU
- 5–2 TCU’s record at home
- At Tulsa
- 3–9 Tulsa’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- TCU’s biggest win1999: TCU 56, Tulsa 17by 39 points
- Tulsa’s biggest win1922: Tulsa 21, TCU 0by 21 points
- Upset1931: Tulsa 13, TCU 0Tulsa had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1979: TCU 24, Tulsa 17TCU had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | TCU | Series | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936–1938 | Dutch Meyer | 3–0 | Vic Hurt |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from TCU’s side (Meyer 3–0 against Hurt). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
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 21, 2000 | 11TCU 17, Tulsa 3 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 16, 1999 | TCU 56, Tulsa 17 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 14, 1998 | TCU 17, Tulsa 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 18, 1997 | Tulsa 33, TCU 22 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 9, 1996 | TCU 31, Tulsa 24 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 18, 1980 | Tulsa 23, TCU 17 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 20, 1979 | TCU 24, Tulsa 17 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 14, 1972 | TCU 35, Tulsa 9 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 27, 1941 | TCU 6, Tulsa 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 26, 1940 | Tulsa 7, TCU 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 11, 1939 | TCU 16, Tulsa 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 5, 1938 | 2TCU 21, Tulsa 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 9, 1937 | TCU 20, Tulsa 13 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 10, 1936 | TCU 10, Tulsa 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 12, 1935 | TCU 13, Tulsa 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 13, 1934 | TCU 14, Tulsa 12 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 3, 1931 | Tulsa 13, TCU 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 28, 1922 | Tulsa 21, TCU 0 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 21, 1921 | TCU 16, Tulsa 0 | at TCU |
Every game is listed as played on the field.