Tulsa vs. Villanova

Tulsa and Villanova have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1949; Tulsa leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Tulsa 3–⁠0, and Tulsa has won the last 3.

Tulsa wins
3
Villanova wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1949
Longest streak
3 Tulsa
Current streak
3 Tulsa
Last 10 meetings
Tulsa 3–⁠0
Most recent
1952

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
Average margin
19.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Tulsa
2–⁠0 Tulsa’s record at home
At Villanova
0–⁠1 Villanova’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 Tulsa and Villanova, 1949 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 Alaska empire's story of the 1949 game: &alass6|ian9& &s6in& Football Roundup

    1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 15, 1949

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Tulsa 'Whiz Kids Upset ViI|anova, 1T

    1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1950

  • The The Key West citizen's story of the 1952 game: Bowl Pickings Get Simmer

    1952 · The Key West citizen, Florida, Nov 14, 1952

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 8, 1952Tulsa 42, 11Villanova 6at Tulsa
Oct 14, 1950Tulsa 27, Villanova 7at Tulsa
Oct 14, 1949Tulsa 21, 17Villanova 19at Villanova

Every game is listed as played on the field.