Texas A&M vs. Tulsa

Texas A&M and Tulsa have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1922; Texas A&M leads the series 6–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Texas A&M 6–⁠2, and Texas A&M has won the last 3.

Texas A&M wins
6
Tulsa wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1922
Longest streak
3 Texas A&M
Current streak
3 Texas A&M
Last 10 meetings
Texas A&M 6–⁠2
Most recent
1999

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1980s1–⁠0
1990s3–⁠1
Average margin
24.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas A&M
5–⁠1 Texas A&M’s record at home
At Tulsa
1–⁠0 Tulsa’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Texas A&M first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas A&M’s biggest win1999: Texas A&M 62, Tulsa 13by 49 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1922: Tulsa 13, Texas A&M 10by 3 points
  3. Upset1922: Tulsa 13, Texas A&M 10Tulsa had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1991: Tulsa 35, Texas A&M 34Tulsa had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsTexas A&MSeriesTulsa
1991–⁠1999R.C. Slocum3–⁠1David Rader

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas A&M’s side (Slocum 3–⁠1 against Rader). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Texas A&M and Tulsa, 1922 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: SOUTHWEST SCENE OF CLOSE BATTLE Texas Aggies Face Strong Up position For Title From At Least Three Teams

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 10, 1940

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 18, 19997Texas A&M 62, Tulsa 13at Texas A&M
Sep 16, 19953Texas A&M 52, Tulsa 9at Texas A&M
Sep 12, 19927Texas A&M 19, Tulsa 9at Texas A&M
Sep 21, 1991Tulsa 35, 15Texas A&M 34at Tulsa
Sep 28, 1985Texas A&M 45, Tulsa 10at Texas A&M
Oct 5, 1940Texas A&M 41, Tulsa 6at Texas A&M
Oct 1, 1938Texas A&M 20, Tulsa 0Neutral site
Oct 10, 1922Tulsa 13, Texas A&M 10at Texas A&M

Every game is listed as played on the field.