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▲ Above its 5-year level +7▲ Up 3 this season
Career60since 1936
Peak791942
Last 551seasons
#95 nationally · 3-3 (0-2 conf)
Résumé #84 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #89
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
American Athletic · Tulsa, OK · Chapman Stadium · Head coach Tre Lamb
13-17 all time (30 meetings since 1935)
SMU leads
Last: lost 69-10 (2023) · SMU has won 2 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
1AP top-10
2All-Americans
44NFL picks
51.2%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1933. Every season →
Chemistry
62
58Foundation
67Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +11
early · #48 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters41%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-3 | American Athletic | — | #95 | 58 | Tre Lamb |
| 2025 | 4-8 | American Athletic | — | #109 | 53 | Tre Lamb |
| 2024 | 3-9 | American Athletic | — | #132 | 28 | Kevin Wilson; Ryan Switzer |
| 2023 | 4-8 | American Athletic | — | #113 | 51 | Kevin Wilson |
| 2022 | 5-7 | American Athletic | — | #84 | 59 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2021 | 7-6 | American Athletic | — | #77 | 63 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2020 | 6-3 | American Athletic | — | — | — | Philip Montgomery |
| 2019 | 4-8 | American Athletic | — | #61 | 64 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2018 | 3-9 | American Athletic | — | #104 | 53 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2017 | 2-10 | American Athletic | — | #94 | 56 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2016 | 10-3 | American Athletic | — | #42 | 71 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2015 | 6-7 | American Athletic | — | #89 | 59 | Philip Montgomery |
| 2014 | 2-10 | American Athletic | — | #120 | 46 | Bill Blankenship |
| 2013 | 3-9 | Conference USA | — | #108 | 52 | Bill Blankenship |
| 2012 | 11-3 | Conference USA | — | #51 | 69 | Bill Blankenship |
| 2011 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #37 | 70 | Bill Blankenship |
| 2010 | 10-3 | Conference USA | #24 | #48 | 68 | Todd Graham |
| 2009 | 5-7 | Conference USA | — | #88 | 58 | Todd Graham |
| 2008 | 11-3 | Conference USA | — | #25 | 74 | Todd Graham |
| 2007 | 10-4 | Conference USA | — | #60 | 64 | Todd Graham |
| 2006 | 8-5 | Conference USA | — | #55 | 67 | Steve Kragthorpe |
| 2005 | 9-4 | Conference USA | — | #50 | 68 | Steve Kragthorpe |
| 2004 | 4-8 | Western Athletic | — | #95 | 53 | Steve Kragthorpe |
| 2003 | 8-5 | Western Athletic | — | #78 | 59 | Steve Kragthorpe |
| 2002 | 1-11 | Western Athletic | — | #112 | 35 | Keith Burns |
| 2001 | 1-10 | Western Athletic | — | #116 | 24 | Keith Burns |
| 2000 | 5-7 | Western Athletic | — | #88 | 56 | Keith Burns |
| 1999 | 2-9 | Western Athletic | — | #109 | 35 | David Rader |
| 1998 | 4-7 | Western Athletic | — | #71 | 60 | David Rader |
| 1997 | 2-9 | Western Athletic | — | #97 | 51 | David Rader |
| 1996 | 4-7 | Western Athletic | — | #80 | 57 | David Rader |
| 1995 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #85 | 55 | David Rader |
| 1994 | 3-8 | FBS Independents | — | #82 | 54 | David Rader |
| 1993 | 4-6-1 | FBS Independents | — | #66 | 61 | David Rader |
| 1992 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #79 | 57 | David Rader |
| 1991 | 10-2 | FBS Independents | #21 | #37 | 70 | David Rader |
| 1990 | 3-8 | FBS Independents | — | #91 | 52 | David Rader |
| 1989 | 6-6 | FBS Independents | — | #59 | 62 | David Rader |
| 1988 | 4-7 | FBS Independents | — | #64 | 62 | David Rader |
| 1987 | 3-8 | FBS Independents | — | #84 | 53 | George Henshaw |
| 1986 | 7-4 | FBS Independents | — | #41 | 68 | Don Morton |
| 1985 | 6-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #67 | 59 | Don Morton |
| 1984 | 6-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #66 | 62 | John Cooper |
| 1983 | 8-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #41 | 68 | John Cooper |
| 1982 | 10-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #46 | 66 | John Cooper |
| 1981 | 6-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #38 | 71 | John Cooper |
| 1980 | 8-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #58 | 65 | John Cooper |
| 1979 | 6-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #81 | 59 | John Cooper |
| 1978 | 9-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #59 | 65 | John Cooper |
| 1977 | 3-8 | Missouri Valley | — | #115 | 36 | John Cooper |
| 1976 | 7-4-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #56 | 66 | F. Dry |
| 1975 | 7-4 | Missouri Valley | — | #37 | 70 | F. Dry |
| 1974 | 8-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #38 | 71 | F. Dry |
| 1973 | 6-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #74 | 59 | F. Dry |
| 1972 | 4-7 | Missouri Valley | — | #84 | 56 | Claude Gibson; F. Dry |
| 1971 | 4-7 | Missouri Valley | — | #91 | 52 | Claude Gibson |
| 1970 | 6-4 | Missouri Valley | — | #75 | 58 | Claude Gibson |
| 1969 | 1-9 | Missouri Valley | — | #92 | 51 | Vince Carillot |
| 1968 | 3-7 | Missouri Valley | — | #88 | 52 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1967 | 7-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #33 | 71 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1966 | 6-4 | Missouri Valley | — | #31 | 72 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1965 | 8-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #28 | 73 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1964 | 9-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #16 | 78 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1963 | 5-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #87 | 54 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1962 | 5-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #60 | 65 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1961 | 2-8 | Missouri Valley | — | #86 | 51 | Glenn Dobbs |
| 1960 | 5-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #78 | 54 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1959 | 5-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #69 | 59 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1958 | 7-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #43 | 67 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1957 | 4-6 | Missouri Valley | — | #77 | 54 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1956 | 7-2-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #55 | 62 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1955 | 2-7-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #76 | 54 | Robert Dobbs |
| 1954 | 0-11 | Missouri Valley | — | #86 | 47 | Bernie Witucki |
| 1953 | 3-7 | Missouri Valley | — | #72 | 55 | Bernie Witucki |
| 1952 | 8-2-1 | Missouri Valley | #12 | #23 | 73 | John Brothers |
| 1951 | 9-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #38 | 70 | John Brothers |
| 1950 | 9-1-1 | Missouri Valley | #18 | #22 | 76 | John Brothers |
| 1949 | 5-5-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #72 | 57 | John Brothers |
| 1948 | 0-9-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #90 | 47 | John Brothers |
| 1947 | 5-5 | Missouri Valley | — | #62 | 60 | John Brothers |
| 1946 | 9-1 | Missouri Valley | #17 | #36 | 70 | John Brothers |
| 1945 | 8-3 | Missouri Valley | #17 | #17 | 75 | Henry Frnka |
| 1944 | 8-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #14 | 77 | Henry Frnka |
| 1943 | 6-1-1 | Missouri Valley | #15 | #11 | 76 | Henry Frnka |
| 1942 | 10-1 | Missouri Valley | #4 | #11 | 79 | Henry Frnka |
| 1941 | 8-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #40 | 68 | Henry Frnka |
| 1940 | 7-3 | Missouri Valley | — | #46 | 65 | Chet Benefiel |
| 1939 | 4-5-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #75 | 54 | Chet Benefiel |
| 1938 | 4-5-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #70 | 56 | Vic Hurt |
| 1937 | 6-2-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #26 | 74 | Vic Hurt |
| 1936 | 5-2-2 | Missouri Valley | — | #45 | 67 | Vic Hurt |
| 1935 | 3-6-1 | Missouri Valley | — | #60 | 62 early | Gus Henderson |
| 1934 | 5-2-1 | FBS Independents | — | #20 | 74 early | Gus Henderson |
| 1933 | 6-1 | FBS Independents | — | #26 | 74 early | Gus Henderson |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.