Tulsa vs. West Texas
Tulsa and West Texas first met in 1945 and have played 15 times; Tulsa leads the series 13–1–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Tulsa 8–1, and Tulsa has won the last 7. Share
- Tulsa wins
- 13
- West Texas wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1945
- Longest streak
- 7 Tulsa
- Current streak
- 7 Tulsa
- Last 10 meetings
- Tulsa 8–1
- Most recent
- 1985
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 20.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Tulsa
- 9–0–1 Tulsa’s record at home
- At West Texas
- 1–4 West Texas’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Tulsa’s biggest win1973: Tulsa 48, West Texas 3by 45 points
- West Texas’s biggest win1977: West Texas 57, Tulsa 21by 36 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Tulsa | Series | West Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1980 | John Cooper | 2–1 | Bill Yung |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Tulsa’s side (Cooper 2–1 against Yung). 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

1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 22, 1947
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 26, 1985 | Tulsa 44, West Texas 17 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 5, 1984 | Tulsa 35, West Texas 7 | at West Texas | ||
| Nov 12, 1983 | Tulsa 31, West Texas 16 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 6, 1982 | Tulsa 59, West Texas 21 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 14, 1981 | Tulsa 24, West Texas 10 | at West Texas | ||
| Oct 25, 1980 | Tulsa 44, West Texas 24 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 4, 1978 | Tulsa 44, West Texas 23 | at Tulsa | ||
| Nov 19, 1977 | West Texas 57, Tulsa 21 | at West Texas | ||
| Nov 27, 1976 | Tulsa 17, West Texas 17 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 20, 1975 | Tulsa 23, West Texas 14 | at West Texas | ||
| Oct 19, 1974 | Tulsa 17, West Texas 14 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 15, 1973 | Tulsa 48, West Texas 3 | at Tulsa | ||
| Oct 2, 1971 | Tulsa 17, West Texas 13 | at West Texas | ||
| Sep 20, 1947 | Tulsa 26, West Texas 13 | at Tulsa | ||
| Sep 29, 1945 | Tulsa 32, West Texas 0 | at Tulsa |
Every game is listed as played on the field.