Tulsa Golden Hurricane football | |||
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First season | 1895 | ||
Athletic director | Derrick Gragg | ||
Head coach |
Philip Montgomery 3rd season, 17–13 (.567) |
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Stadium |
Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) |
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Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||
Conference | The American | ||
Division | West | ||
All-time record | 601–477–28 (.556) | ||
Bowl record | 10–11 (.476) | ||
Conference titles | 35 | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 2 | ||
Colors | Old Gold, Royal Blue, and Crimson |
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Fight song | Hurricane Spirit | ||
Mascot | Captain Cane | ||
Marching band | The Sound of the Golden Hurricane | ||
Website | tulsahurricane.com |
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program represents the University of Tulsa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. Tulsa has competed in the American Athletic Conference (The American) since the 2014 season and was previously a member of Conference USA (C-USA). The team is currently led by head coach Philip Montgomery. Tulsa plays its home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The University of Tulsa has the smallest undergraduate enrollment of all schools that participate at the FBS level.
Tulsa was known as Henry Kendall College until the move from Muskogee to Tulsa was completed in 1907. It was during this time that the first football team would represent the University. The team would go 1–0, defeating the Bacone Indians. Both the exact date and score of the game were not recorded. Over the next twelve years, Kendall would play 17 games, going 8–8–1, but not fielding a team for four years (1903, 1904, 1906, 1907). The most common opponent was Arkansas, who met with Tulsa four times.
Now established in Tulsa, the football team began to grow. In 1913, Kendall went 5–2 under George Evans.Sam P. McBirney, who coached the 2–3 1908 squad, would then return to coach the team in 1914. His first two years back would both be successful, a 6–2 record in 1914 and 6–1–1 the following year, but the undefeated 1916 squad would bring national recognition to Tulsa. The 1916 Hurricane outscored its opponents 566–40, including an 81–0 defeat of Cumberland (TN) and a 117–0 drubbing of Missouri–Rolla. There were rumors of playing Notre Dame for the Mid-America Championship, but the two teams never met.