Tulsa — American Athletic
HC
Tre Lamb · Chapman Stadium · Tulsa, OK · 30,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.11 / 0.15
2025
Class rank
#93
class of 2026
Returning PPA
41%
returning production
| 2021 |
OSU W 41–20 | Columbus |
| 2016 |
OSU W 48–3 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (4–8)
Statistical comps — 2025 Tulsa's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (21 in / 22 out)
Origins
The 1940s teams under Henry Frnka scored at a pace nobody had seen and went to four straight bowls. Bill Blankenship, Gus Malzahn and Todd Graham all passed through as coaches on their way up.
Founded 1894 · A Presbyterian school for Indian Territory, before Oklahoma was a state · first football 1895 · defined by Glenn Dobbs
All-time record
All-time
538–512–22
1914–2025
Win %
51.2%
110 seasons played
Winning seasons
53
48% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 20–22–5 (1914–1932) · FBS 518–490–17 (1933–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 3 | Conference USA |
| 2008 | 11 | 3 | Conference USA |
| 1982 | 10 | 1 | Missouri Valley |
| 1942 | 10 | 1 | Missouri Valley |
| 1991 | 10 | 2 | FBS Independents |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1914 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 367 | 58% |
44% | 58 of 136 | 5.8 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 272 | 50% |
37% | 116 of 136 | 5.0 | 11% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 47 | 64% |
60% | — | 5.6 | 11% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 70 | 41% |
47% | — | 6.7 | 13% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 67 | 24% |
9% | — | 3.6 | 3% |
| 4th down | 45 | 51% |
51% | — | 4.0 | 11% |
158 drives · 29% ended in points · 7.2 plays and 41.3 yards per drive · 0.67 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 5 | Tulane |
Baylor Hayes pass complete to Brody Foley for 72 yds for a TD (Seth Morgan KICK) |
72 | 6.44 |
| 1 | Abilene Christian |
Dominic Richardson 57 Yd Run (Braylin Presley Pass to Kirk Francis for Two-Point Conversio… |
57 | 5.85 |
| 1 | Abilene Christian |
Ajay Allen run for 40 yds for a TD (Seth Morgan KICK) |
40 | 4.40 |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic |
End of 3rd quarter. |
55 | 4.26 |
| 13 | Army |
(13:57) Shotgun #10 B.Hayes pass complete deep right to #18 D.Gee Jr. caught at Army32, fo… |
50 | 4.21 |
| 8 | East Carolina |
Baylor Hayes pass complete to Brody Foley for 36 yds to the ECU 23 for a 1ST down |
36 | 4.06 |
| 12 | Oregon State |
(13:02) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Hayes pass complete short right to #80 B.Foley caught at T… |
40 | 4.01 |
| 9 | Temple |
End of OT. |
68 | 4.01 |