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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 3–1 |
- 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
- Texas Tech’s biggest win1954: Texas Tech 55, Tulsa 13by 42 points
- Tulsa’s biggest win1983: Tulsa 59, Texas Tech 20by 39 points
- Upset1985: Texas Tech 21, Tulsa 17Texas Tech had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Texas Tech | Series | Tulsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941–1945 | Dell Morgan | 0–4 | Henry Frnka |
| 1946–1950 | Dell Morgan | 3–2 | John Brothers |
| 1955–1959 | DeWitt Weaver | 2–3 | Robert 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
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

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

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

1953 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1953

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, 1987 | Texas Tech 42, Tulsa 7 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Sep 14, 1985 | Texas Tech 21, Tulsa 17 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 27, 1984 | Texas Tech 20, Tulsa 17 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 22, 1983 | Tulsa 59, Texas Tech 20 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 7, 1972 | Texas Tech 35, Tulsa 18 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 3, 1959 | Texas Tech 8, Tulsa 7 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Nov 15, 1958 | Tulsa 9, Texas Tech 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 9, 1957 | Tulsa 3, Texas Tech 0 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Nov 17, 1956 | Tulsa 10, Texas Tech 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 12, 1955 | Texas Tech 34, Tulsa 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 13, 1954 | Texas Tech 55, Tulsa 13 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Nov 14, 1953 | 19Texas Tech 49, Tulsa 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Dec 6, 1952 | Tulsa 26, Texas Tech 20 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Nov 17, 1951 | Tulsa 21, Texas Tech 14 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 11, 1950 | Tulsa 39, Texas Tech 7 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 8, 1949 | Texas Tech 15, Tulsa 0 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 9, 1948 | Texas Tech 41, Tulsa 20 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 11, 1947 | Texas Tech 14, Tulsa 7 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 12, 1946 | Tulsa 21, Texas Tech 6 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 13, 1945 | 16Tulsa 18, Texas Tech 7 | at Texas Tech | ||
| Oct 14, 1944 | 13Tulsa 34, Texas Tech 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 9, 1943 | Tulsa 34, Texas Tech 7 | at Tulsa | ||
| Jan 1, 1942 | Tulsa 6, Texas Tech 0 | Neutral site | Sun Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.