Tulsa Golden Hurricane

American AthleticTulsa, OKChapman Stadium

2026: 4–⁠3 (1–⁠2 American Athletic). Last: won at Rice 38–⁠17. Next: Army, Friday, Oct 23, 8:30 p.m. ET.

  1. W 24–⁠10Oklahoma State
  2. W 23–⁠17at Sam Houston
  3. W 42–⁠0East Texas A&M
  4. L 6–⁠34at Arkansas
  5. L 44–⁠45North Texas
  6. L 26–⁠34at Navy
  7. W 38–⁠17at Rice
  8. Oct 23Army
  9. Nov 7at Tulane
  10. Nov 14Florida Atlantic
  11. Nov 21Charlotte
  12. Nov 28at UTSA
  • Live mascot: Goldie

Tulsa has played football since 1895 and is 542–⁠515–⁠22 in the 1,079 games on record here, which start in 1914. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 4, in 1942. They have won 25 Missouri Valley Conference titles (the last in 1985), plus five Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference titles, three Big Four Conference titles, two Conference USA titles, counting shared titles. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 64 players from here in its first seven rounds, 4 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 3 players and 2 coaches from Tulsa. John Cooper (1977–⁠1984) won more games here than any other coach: 56. The most-played rival is Oklahoma State: 78 meetings, Oklahoma State leads 44–⁠29–⁠5. This season, under Tre Lamb, they’re 4–⁠3.

Résumé

All-time record
654–⁠551–⁠27 official; 542–⁠515–⁠22 on file; how we count
Postseason
11–⁠12 matches the official bowl record
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 39 ranked
Elo now
1429 110th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 91 · Composite No. 93 in FBS, Oct 17; up 9 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1942 rated 1680
Conference titles
35 last in 2012
Seasons
111 since 1914, 1,079 games

Identity

Fight song
Hurricane Spirit
Mascot
Gus T.
Student section
The Zone
Apparel
Adidas

2026 season 4–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsOklahoma StateW 24–⁠1060%
Sep 12atSam HoustonW 23–⁠1747%
Sep 19vsEast Texas A&MW 42–⁠083%
Sep 26atArkansasL 6–⁠3442%
Oct 1vsNorth TexasL 44–⁠4534%
Oct 10atNavyL 26–⁠3426%
Oct 17atRiceW 38–⁠1746%
Oct 23vsArmyPreview36%
Nov 7atTulanePreview23%
Nov 14vsFlorida AtlanticPreview53%
Nov 21vsCharlottePreview74%
Nov 28atUTSAWill be played Nov. 27 or Nov. 28Preview20%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Tulsa’s Elo through 2026: 1384 going into the opener, 1429 after the latest game.1375140014251450Elo 1384 going in; beat Oklahoma State 24–10Elo 1405 going in; beat Sam Houston 23–17Elo 1425 going in; beat East Texas A&M 42–0Elo 1437 going in; lost to Arkansas 34–6Elo 1410 going in; lost to North Texas 45–44Elo 1405 going in; lost to Navy 34–26Elo 1395 going in; beat Rice 38–17Now: Elo 1429 after the latest game1429
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20274 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20282 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20293 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20303 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20313 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20322 games: 2 away, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 away, non-conference only
20342 games: 2 home, non-conference only

Tulsa’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of April 13, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Tulsa.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
Gus T. · Official source
Live mascot
Goldie (golden retriever) · Official source
Student section
The Zone · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Kevin Barbay · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Josh Reardon · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, from July 2016. Eight-year deal announced in 2016. An eight-year deal ran through 2023-24. A 2024 report still names Adidas as Tulsa's supplier. The current term hasn't been published.

  • Tulsa Athletics, Feb 16, 2016: Eight-year adidas partnership from July 1, 2016 through the 2023-24 athletic season
  • The Bull: 2024 football uniform story names adidas as official supplier of Tulsa athletics

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1914

Best seasons ever
Tulsa end-of-season Elo from 1914 to 2026, best in 1942 at 1680.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201942 peak: Elo 1680
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Tre Lamb2025–⁠20268–⁠11
Ryan Switzer20240–⁠1
Kevin Wilson2023–⁠20247–⁠16
Philip Montgomery2015–⁠202243–⁠53
Bill Blankenship2011–⁠201424–⁠27
Todd Graham2007–⁠201036–⁠17
Steve Kragthorpe2003–⁠200629–⁠22
Keith Burns2000–⁠20027–⁠28
Pat Henderson19991–⁠3
David Rader1988–⁠199949–⁠80–⁠1
George Henshaw19873–⁠8
Don Morton1985–⁠198613–⁠9
John Cooper1977–⁠198456–⁠32
F. Dry1972–⁠197631–⁠18–⁠1
Claude Gibson1970–⁠197211–⁠16
Vince Carillot19691–⁠9
Glenn Dobbs1961–⁠196845–⁠37
Robert Dobbs1955–⁠196030–⁠28–⁠2
Bernie Witucki1953–⁠19543–⁠18
John Brothers1946–⁠195245–⁠25–⁠4
Henry Frnka1941–⁠194540–⁠9–⁠1
Chet Benefiel1939–⁠194011–⁠8–⁠1
Vic Hurt1936–⁠193815–⁠9–⁠5
Gus Henderson1933–⁠193514–⁠9–⁠2
Hal Medford19170–⁠8–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesTLSA record
Oklahoma State7829–⁠44–⁠5
Arkansas7016–⁠52–⁠2
Houston4620–⁠26
Wichita State4430–⁠13–⁠1
Cincinnati3717–⁠18–⁠2
Memphis3312–⁠21
SMU3013–⁠16 †
Oklahoma297–⁠21–⁠1

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Oklahoma State, Rice.

Every opponent (148)

Every program Tulsa has played, A to Z, with Tulsa’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

35, counting shared titles
Conference USA 2
2005, 2012
Missouri Valley Conference 25
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1965, 1966 (shared), 1973 (shared), 1974, 1975, 1976 (shared), 1980, 1981 (shared), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Big Four Conference 3
1929, 1930, 1932
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference 5
1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1925

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1895–⁠1913
  2. Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference 1914–⁠1928
  3. Big Four 1929–⁠1932
  4. Independent 1933–⁠1934 and 1986–⁠1995
  5. Conference USA 2005–⁠2013
  6. American Athletic Conference since 2014
  • 1986Went independent from the MVC in football. Source
  • 1996Joined the WAC from independence. Source
  • 2005Joined Conference USA from the WAC. Source
  • 2014Joined the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA, announced April 2, 2013. Source

Tulsa’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2020Zaven Collins LBLombardi, Nagurski, Bednarik
2007Paul Smith QBWuerffel

Consensus All-Americans 2

2020Zaven Collins LB
1965Howard Twilley WR

Led the nation 13

2015Keyarris Garrett receiving yards (1,588 yds)
2008Brennan Marion yards per catch (25.9)
2007Brennan Marion yards per catch (31.9)
1993Chris Penn receptions (105 catches), receiving yards (1,578 yds)
1984Ronnie Kelley yards per catch (25.0)
1975Steve Largent receiving yards (1,000 yds), receiving touchdowns (14 TD)
1974Steve Largent receiving touchdowns (14 TD)
1965Billy Anderson passing yards (3,464 yds), total offense (3,343 yds), total offense per game (334.3)
1965Howard Twilley receptions (134 catches), receiving yards (1,779 yds), receiving touchdowns (16 TD), points (127 pts)
1964Howard Twilley receptions (95 catches)
1964Jerry Rhome passing yards (2,870 yds), passing touchdowns (32 TD), passer rating (172.6), total offense (3,128 yds), total offense per game (312.8)
1952Howard Waugh rushing yards (1,372 yds), yards per carry (8.53)
1952Ron Morris passer rating (177.4)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1965Howard Twilley WR2nd
1964Jerry Rhome QB2nd

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
3
Coaches
2
2008John Cooper coach here, 1977–⁠1984
1998Jerry Rhome QB
1992Howard Twilley WR
1980Glenn Dobbs RB
1971Francis Schmidt coach, career 1919–⁠1942

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
64 since 1936
First-round picks
4
AAFC picks
2 1947, 1949
2022Tyler Smith OTNo. 24, Dallas Cowboys
2021Zaven Collins OLBNo. 16, Arizona Cardinals
1977Steve August OTNo. 14, Seattle Seahawks
1947Clyde LeForce BNo. 6, San Francisco 49ers (AAFC)
1943Glenn Dobbs RBNo. 3, Chicago Cardinals

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Tulsa
Enrollment
3,914 2,852 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Public or private
Private nonprofit; Research 2
Founded
1894
Graduates’ median earnings
$61,408 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @tulsafootballInstagram @tulsa_footballFacebook TulsaFootball
Athletics department
X @tulsahurricaneInstagram @tulsahurricaneathleticsYouTube TulsaHurricaneVideoFacebook TulsaHurricane

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones tulsahurricane.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠31–⁠2Tre Lamb1429-5.1
20254–⁠81–⁠7Tre Lamb1326-10.0
20243–⁠91–⁠7Kevin Wilson, Ryan Switzer1242-20.6
20234–⁠82–⁠6Kevin Wilson1360-13.7
20225–⁠73–⁠5Philip Montgomery1473-6.1
20217–⁠65–⁠3Philip Montgomery15465.8
20206–⁠36–⁠0Philip Montgomery15575.6
20194–⁠82–⁠6Philip Montgomery1411-2.5
20183–⁠92–⁠6Philip Montgomery1366-11.2
20172–⁠101–⁠7Philip Montgomery1427-10.7
201610–⁠36–⁠2Philip Montgomery16327.4
20156–⁠73–⁠5Philip Montgomery1421-8.5
20142–⁠102–⁠6Bill Blankenship1312-15.8
20133–⁠92–⁠6Bill Blankenship1395-18.7
201211–⁠37–⁠1Bill Blankenship16392.6
20118–⁠57–⁠1Bill Blankenship16042.5
201010–⁠36–⁠224Todd Graham16240.4
20095–⁠73–⁠5Todd Graham1479-1.1
200811–⁠37–⁠1Todd Graham16317.0
200710–⁠46–⁠2Todd Graham1602-0.4
20068–⁠55–⁠3Steve Kragthorpe15332.1
20059–⁠46–⁠2Steve Kragthorpe15941.5
20044–⁠83–⁠5Steve Kragthorpe1387-14.0
20038–⁠56–⁠2Steve Kragthorpe1441-5.6
20021–⁠111–⁠7Keith Burns1223-28.5
Every season back to 1914 (86 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20011–⁠100–⁠8Keith Burns1250-28.1
20005–⁠74–⁠4Keith Burns1387-13.3
19992–⁠91–⁠6David Rader, Pat Henderson1311-25.5
19984–⁠72–⁠6David Rader1393-3.8
19972–⁠92–⁠6David Rader1341-13.8
19964–⁠72–⁠6David Rader1380-9.7
19954–⁠7David Rader1373-9.7
19943–⁠8David Rader1349-15.9
19934–⁠6–⁠1David Rader1436-7.9
19924–⁠7David Rader1438-8.0
199110–⁠221David Rader15627.5
19903–⁠8David Rader1375-18.5
19896–⁠6David Rader1467-3.1
19884–⁠7David Rader1429-0.5
19873–⁠8George Henshaw1396-15.3
19867–⁠4Don Morton15717.9
19856–⁠53–⁠0Don Morton1519-1.2
19846–⁠55–⁠0John Cooper15807.8
19838–⁠35–⁠0John Cooper163210.7
198210–⁠16–⁠0John Cooper166112.0
19816–⁠55–⁠1John Cooper155212.4
19808–⁠34–⁠1John Cooper15634.6
19796–⁠52–⁠0John Cooper1501-9.7
19789–⁠23–⁠1John Cooper15337.7
19773–⁠82–⁠2John Cooper1366-21.7
19767–⁠4–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1F. Dry15248.2
19757–⁠44–⁠0F. Dry15666.5
19748–⁠36–⁠0F. Dry158810.3
19736–⁠55–⁠1F. Dry14441.2
19724–⁠73–⁠1Claude Gibson, F. Dry1376-8.1
19714–⁠72–⁠1Claude Gibson1387-13.3
19706–⁠43–⁠1Claude Gibson1434-0.9
19691–⁠91–⁠4Vince Carillot1315
19683–⁠72–⁠3Glenn Dobbs1422
19677–⁠33–⁠1Glenn Dobbs1546
19666–⁠43–⁠1Glenn Dobbs1538
19658–⁠34–⁠0Glenn Dobbs1614
19649–⁠23–⁠1Glenn Dobbs1617
19635–⁠52–⁠2Glenn Dobbs1425
19625–⁠53–⁠0Glenn Dobbs1458
19612–⁠81–⁠2Glenn Dobbs1371
19605–⁠52–⁠1Robert Dobbs1510
19595–⁠52–⁠2Robert Dobbs1508
19587–⁠32–⁠2Robert Dobbs1540
19574–⁠62–⁠2Robert Dobbs1444
19567–⁠2–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Robert Dobbs1497
19552–⁠7–⁠11–⁠3Robert Dobbs1325
19540–⁠110–⁠4Bernie Witucki1294
19533–⁠71–⁠3Bernie Witucki1412
19528–⁠2–⁠13–⁠112John Brothers1651
19519–⁠24–⁠0John Brothers1620
19509–⁠1–⁠13–⁠0–⁠118John Brothers1595
19495–⁠5–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1John Brothers1380
19480–⁠9–⁠10–⁠1–⁠1John Brothers1314
19475–⁠53–⁠0John Brothers1543
19469–⁠13–⁠017John Brothers1671
19458–⁠32–⁠11617Henry Frnka1633
19448–⁠20–⁠113Henry Frnka1664
19436–⁠1–⁠11–⁠015Henry Frnka1677
194210–⁠15–⁠04Henry Frnka1680
19418–⁠24–⁠0Henry Frnka1588
19407–⁠34–⁠0Chet Benefiel1531
19394–⁠5–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Chet Benefiel1426
19384–⁠5–⁠13–⁠1Vic Hurt1469
19376–⁠2–⁠23–⁠0Vic Hurt1552
19365–⁠2–⁠23–⁠0Vic Hurt1500
19353–⁠6–⁠13–⁠0Gus Henderson1432
19345–⁠2–⁠1Gus Henderson1522
19336–⁠1Gus Henderson1399
19322–⁠1–⁠11285
19312–⁠21251
19301–⁠11203
19290–⁠21168
19281–⁠11223
19271–⁠01232
19262–⁠01268
19250–⁠11215
19223–⁠01292
19211–⁠11223
19201–⁠0–⁠11251
1919few games on file2–⁠0–⁠11274
1918few games on file0–⁠21105
19170–⁠8–⁠1Hal Medford1133
1916few games on file3–⁠01278
1915few games on file1–⁠1–⁠11136
1914few games on file0–⁠21095

Officially 654–⁠551–⁠27 since 1895 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 542–⁠515–⁠22 (1,079 of its 1,232 games are on file). Our file starts in 1914; the program began in 1895. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1923–⁠24: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.