Texas Tech vs. Tulsa

Texas Tech and Tulsa have 23 meetings on file, the first in 1941; Tulsa leads the series 12–⁠11 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas Tech 6–⁠4, and Texas Tech has won the last 3.

Texas Tech wins
11
Tulsa wins
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1941
Longest streak
5 Tulsa
Current streak
3 Texas Tech
Last 10 meetings
Texas Tech 6–⁠4
Most recent
1987

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s3–⁠5
1950s4–⁠6
1970s1–⁠0
1980s3–⁠1
Average margin
17 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Texas Tech
7–⁠5 Texas Tech’s record at home
At Tulsa
6–⁠4 Tulsa’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Texas Tech first
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Texas Tech’s biggest win1954: Texas Tech 55, Tulsa 13by 42 points
  2. Tulsa’s biggest win1983: Tulsa 59, Texas Tech 20by 39 points
  3. Upset1985: Texas Tech 21, Tulsa 17Texas Tech had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsTexas TechSeriesTulsa
1941–⁠1945Dell Morgan0–⁠4Henry Frnka
1946–⁠1950Dell Morgan3–⁠2John Brothers
1955–⁠1959DeWitt Weaver2–⁠3Robert Dobbs

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Texas Tech’s side (Morgan 0–⁠4 against Frnka). 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 Tech and Tulsa, 1941 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 daily monitor's story of the 1941 game: Only Rams 20 vittory Lacks Teedes Oregon Stote Upsets Dope; 'Bomo Mokes ! First Down, Wins

    1941 · The daily monitor, Mount Clemens, Mich., Jan 2, 1942

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1947 game

    1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 13, 1947

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: 1O1-Yard Run Starts Texas Tech Rampage

    1953 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Texus Tech Gives Tulsu Ninth Licking, 55-13

    1954 · Evening star, Nov 14, 1954

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 24, 1987Texas Tech 42, Tulsa 7at Texas Tech
Sep 14, 1985Texas Tech 21, Tulsa 17at Tulsa
Oct 27, 1984Texas Tech 20, Tulsa 17at Texas Tech
Oct 22, 1983Tulsa 59, Texas Tech 20at Texas Tech
Oct 7, 1972Texas Tech 35, Tulsa 18at Texas Tech
Oct 3, 1959Texas Tech 8, Tulsa 7at Texas Tech
Nov 15, 1958Tulsa 9, Texas Tech 7at Tulsa
Nov 9, 1957Tulsa 3, Texas Tech 0at Texas Tech
Nov 17, 1956Tulsa 10, Texas Tech 7at Tulsa
Nov 12, 1955Texas Tech 34, Tulsa 7at Tulsa
Nov 13, 1954Texas Tech 55, Tulsa 13at Texas Tech
Nov 14, 195319Texas Tech 49, Tulsa 7at Tulsa
Dec 6, 1952Tulsa 26, Texas Tech 20at Texas Tech
Nov 17, 1951Tulsa 21, Texas Tech 14at Tulsa
Nov 11, 1950Tulsa 39, Texas Tech 7at Texas Tech
Oct 8, 1949Texas Tech 15, Tulsa 0at Texas Tech
Oct 9, 1948Texas Tech 41, Tulsa 20at Tulsa
Oct 11, 1947Texas Tech 14, Tulsa 7at Texas Tech
Oct 12, 1946Tulsa 21, Texas Tech 6at Tulsa
Oct 13, 194516Tulsa 18, Texas Tech 7at Texas Tech
Oct 14, 194413Tulsa 34, Texas Tech 7at Tulsa
Oct 9, 1943Tulsa 34, Texas Tech 7at Tulsa
Jan 1, 1942Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0Neutral siteSun Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.