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1996 Tulsa

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by David Rader.

Schedule and results

Tulsa in 1996, game by game: lost at SMU 10–17; lost at Oklahoma State 9–30; won vs. No. 19 Iowa 27–20; won at Oklahoma 31–24; won vs. Colorado State 20–14; lost vs. No. 18 BYU 30–55; lost at No. 21 Utah 19–45; lost vs. New Mexico 23–34; lost vs. TCU 24–31; won at UTEP 38–21; lost at Rice 14–42+17−28Lost 10–17 at SMU-7SMULost 9–30 at Oklahoma State-21Oklahoma StateWon 27–20 vs. No. 19 Iowa+7No. 19 IowaWon 31–24 at Oklahoma+7OklahomaWon 20–14 vs. Colorado State+6Colorado StateLost 30–55 vs. No. 18 BYU-25No. 18 BYULost 19–45 at No. 21 Utah-26No. 21 UtahLost 23–34 vs. New Mexico-11New MexicoLost 24–31 vs. TCU-7TCUWon 38–21 at UTEP+17UTEPLost 14–42 at Rice-28Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atSMUL 10–⁠1755%
Sep 14atOklahoma StateL 9–⁠3038%
Sep 21vs19IowaW 27–⁠2029%
Sep 28atOklahomaW 31–⁠2438%
Oct 12vsColorado StateW 20–⁠1441%
Oct 19vs18BYUL 30–⁠5535%
Oct 26at21UtahL 19–⁠4518%
Nov 2vsNew MexicoL 23–⁠3458%
Nov 9vsTCUL 24–⁠3153%
Nov 16atUTEPW 38–⁠2154%
Nov 23atRiceL 14–⁠4223%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 42–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 13th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 75th-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 1996.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 13th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
245–⁠333
Coach
David Rader
Elo
1380 −36 this season
SP+ rating
-9.7 No. 80 of 111; offense No. 74, defense No. 81
SRS
−8.5 No. 80 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mark Thomas
Defensive coordinator
Mike Knoll

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 6Muadianvita Kazadi LBSt. Louis Rams

1996 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU9–⁠014–⁠15
Wyoming7–⁠110–⁠222
San Diego State6–⁠28–⁠3
Utah6–⁠28–⁠4
Rice6–⁠27–⁠4
Colorado State6–⁠27–⁠5
Air Force5–⁠36–⁠5
SMU4–⁠45–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠56–⁠5
Fresno State3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU3–⁠54–⁠7
San José State3–⁠53–⁠9
Tulsa2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i1–⁠72–⁠10
UNLV1–⁠81–⁠11
UTEP0–⁠82–⁠9

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