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1983 Tulsa

8–⁠3 (5–⁠0 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by John Cooper.

Schedule and results

Tulsa in 1983, game by game: won vs. San Diego State 34–9; lost at Arkansas 14–17; won vs. Northwestern State 26–19; lost at No. 8 Oklahoma 18–28; lost at Oklahoma State 0–9; won vs. New Mexico State 24–10; won vs. Illinois State 39–25; won at Texas Tech 59–20; won vs. Wichita State 30–19; won at Drake 22–13; won vs. West Texas 31–16+39−10Won 34–9 vs. San Diego State+25San Diego StateLost 14–17 at Arkansas-3ArkansasWon 26–19 vs. Northwestern State+7Northwestern St…Lost 18–28 at No. 8 Oklahoma-10No. 8 OklahomaLost 0–9 at Oklahoma State-9Oklahoma StateWon 24–10 vs. New Mexico State+14New Mexico StateWon 39–25 vs. Illinois State+14Illinois StateWon 59–20 at Texas Tech+39Texas TechWon 30–19 vs. Wichita State+11Wichita StateWon 22–13 at Drake+9DrakeWon 31–16 vs. West Texas+15West Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsSan Diego StateW 34–⁠969%
Sep 10atArkansasL 14–⁠1744%
Sep 17vsNorthwestern StateW 26–⁠1989%
Sep 24at8OklahomaL 18–⁠2844%
Oct 1atOklahoma StateL 0–⁠946%
Oct 8vsNew Mexico StateW 24–⁠1083%
Oct 15vsIllinois StateW 39–⁠2586%
Oct 22atTexas TechW 59–⁠2062%
Oct 29vsWichita StateW 30–⁠1985%
Nov 5atDrakeW 22–⁠1391%
Nov 12vsWest TexasW 31–⁠1694%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Texas 31–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1983.

Missouri Valley Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
297–⁠185
Coach
John Cooper
Elo
1632 +24 this season
SP+ rating
10.7 No. 33 of 108; offense No. 34, defense No. 32
SRS
4.2 No. 41 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Hollis
Defensive coordinator
Bill Young

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 4Michael Gunter RBTampa Bay Buccaneers

1983 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulsa5–⁠08–⁠3
Southern Illinois5–⁠113–⁠1
New Mexico State3–⁠25–⁠6
Indiana State3–⁠39–⁠4
Wichita State3–⁠33–⁠8
Illinois State2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Drake1–⁠61–⁠10
West Texas0–⁠5–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.