List of Tulsa Golden Hurricane football seasons explained

The following is the list of Tulsa Golden Hurricane football seasons by Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program.^[1]

Seasons

Conference Champions *	Division Champions	Bowl game berth ^	Not applicable

Season	Head coach(es)	Division	Regular season results							Championship and postseason results	Final ranking
			Conference				Overall				AP	Coaches'
			Finish¹	Win(s)	Tie(s)²	Loss(es)	Win(s)	Tie(s)²	Loss(es)		AP	Coaches'
Kendall Orange and Black/Kendallites/Presbyterians/Tulsans/Tigers/Yellow Jackets (1895–1922)
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (1922–present)
Independent (1895–1913)
1895	Norman Leard						1	0	0
1896	Norman Leard						2	0	1
1897	Norman Leard						2	0	1
1898	Fred Taylor						1	0	0
1899	Fred Taylor						0	1	1
1900	Unknown						2	0	1
1901	Unknown						0	0	1
1902	Unknown						0	0	1
1905	Unknown						1	0	3
1908							2	0	3
1909	Unknown						2	0	1
1910	Unknown						2	1	1
1912							1	0	4
1913	George "Red" Evans						5	0	2
Oklahoma Collegiate Conference (1914–1928)
1914	Sam P. McBirney		3rd	3	0	2	6	0	2
1915	Sam P. McBirney		2nd	4	1	1	6	1	1
1916 *	Sam P. McBirney		1st	4	0	0	10	0	0
1917	Hal Mefford	Did not compete	0	1	8
1918	Arthur F. Smith	Did not compete	1	0	2
1919 *	Francis Schmidt		1st	5	1	0	8	1	0
1920 *	Francis Schmidt		1st	6	1	0	10	1	0
1921	Francis Schmidt		2nd	5	0	1	6	0	3
1922 *	Howard Acher		1st	4	0	0	8	0	0
1923	Howard Acher	Did not compete	2	1	5
1924	Howard Acher	Did not compete	1	1	6
1925 *	Gus Henderson		1st	4	0	0	6	0	2
1926	Gus Henderson		2nd	5	0	1	7	0	2
1927	Gus Henderson		T–3rd	3	0	1	8	0	1
1928	Gus Henderson		2nd	7	1	2	3	1	1
Big Four Conference (1929–1932)
1929 *	Gus Henderson		1st	4	1	0	6	1	3
1930 *	Gus Henderson		1st	3	0	0	7	0	2
1931	Gus Henderson		2nd	8	0	3	2	0	1
1932 *	Gus Henderson		1st	3	0	0	7	1	1
Independent (1933–1934)
1933	Gus Henderson						6	0	1
1934	Gus Henderson						5	1	2
Missouri Valley Conference (1935–1985)
1935 *	Gus Henderson		T–1st	3	0	0	3	1	6
1936 *	Vic Hurt		T–1st	3	0	0	5	2	2
1937 *	Vic Hurt		1st	3	0	0	6	2	2
1938 *	Vic Hurt		1st	3	0	1	4	1	5
1939	Chet Benefiel		3rd	2	1	1	4	1	5
1940 *	Chet Benefiel		1st	4	0	0	7	0	3
1941 *	Henry Frnka		1st	5	0	0	8	0	2	Won Sun Bowl against Texas Tech, 6–0 ^
1942 *	Henry Frnka		1st	5	0	0	10	0	1	Lost Sugar Bowl against Tennessee, 7–14 ^	4
1943 *	Henry Frnka		1st	1	0	0	6	1	1	Lost Sugar Bowl against Georgia Tech, 18–20 ^	15
1944	Henry Frnka		2nd	0	0	1	8	0	2	Won Orange Bowl against Georgia Tech, 18–20 ^
1945	Henry Frnka		2nd	2	0	1	8	0	3	Lost Oil Bowl against Georgia, 6–20 ^	17
1946 *	Buddy Brothers		1st	3	0	0	9	0	1		17
1947 *	Buddy Brothers		1st	3	0	0	5	0	5
1948	Buddy Brothers		4th	0	1	1	0	1	9
1949	Buddy Brothers		4th	1	1	2	5	1	5
1950 *	Buddy Brothers		1st	3	1	0	9	1	1		18
1951 *	Buddy Brothers		1st	4	0	0	9	0	2
1952	Buddy Brothers		2nd	3	0	1	8	1	2	Lost Gator Bowl against Florida, 13–14 ^	12
1953	Bernie Witucki		5th	1	0	3	3	0	7
1954	Bernie Witucki		5th	0	0	4	0	0	11
1955	Bobby Dobbs		T–4th	1	0	3	2	1	7
1956	Bobby Dobbs		T–2nd	2	1	1	7	1	2
1957	Bobby Dobbs		3rd	2	0	2	4	0	6
1958	Bobby Dobbs		T–2nd	2	0	2	7	0	3
1959	Bobby Dobbs		3rd	2	0	2	5	0	5
1960	Bobby Dobbs		2nd	2	0	1	5	0	5
1961	Glenn Dobbs		T–2nd	1	0	2	2	0	8
1962 *	Glenn Dobbs		1st	3	0	0	5	0	5
1963	Glenn Dobbs		T–3rd	2	0	2	5	0	5
1964	Glenn Dobbs		2nd	2	0	2	5	0	5	Won Bluebonnet Bowl against Ole Miss, 14–7 ^		18
1965 *	Glenn Dobbs		1st	4	0	0	8	0	3	Lost Bluebonnet Bowl against Tennessee, 6–27 ^		16
1966 *	Glenn Dobbs		T–1st	3	0	1	6	0	4
1967	Glenn Dobbs		2nd	3	0	1	7	0	3
1968	Glenn Dobbs		T–4th	2	0	3	3	0	7
1969	Vince Carillot		6th	1	0	4	1	0	9
1970	Claude Gibson		2nd	3	0	1	6	0	4
1971	Claude Gibson		4th	2	0	1	4	0	7
1972	Claude Gibson, F. A. Dry		4th	3	0	1	4	0	7
1973 *	F. A. Dry		T–1st	5	0	1	6	0	5
1974 *	F. A. Dry		1st	6	0	0	8	0	3			19
1975 *	F. A. Dry		1st	4	0	0	7	0	4
1976 *	F. A. Dry		T–1st	2	1	1	7	1	4	Lost Independence Bowl against McNeese, 16–20 ^
1977	John Cooper		4th	2	0	3	3	0	8
1978	John Cooper		2nd	3	0	1	9	0	2
1979	John Cooper		Did not compete for league title	5	0	5
1980 *	John Cooper		1st	4	0	1	8	0	3
1981 *	John Cooper		T–1st	5	0	1	6	0	5
1982 *	John Cooper		1st	6	0	0	10	0	1
1983 *	John Cooper		1st	5	0	0	8	0	3
1984 *	John Cooper		1st	5	0	0	6	0	5
1985 *	Don Morton		1st	3	0	0	6	0	5
Independent (1986–1995)
1986	Don Morton						7	0	4
1987	George Henshaw						3	0	8
1988	David Rader						4	0	7
1989	David Rader						6	0	6	Lost Independence Bowl against Oregon, 24–27 ^
1990	David Rader						3	0	8
1991	David Rader						10	0	2	Won Freedom Bowl against San Diego State, 28–17 ^	21	21
1992	David Rader						4	0	7
1993	David Rader						4	1	6
1994	David Rader						3	0	8
1995	David Rader						4	0	7
Western Athletic Conference (1996–2004)
1996	David Rader	Mountain	6th	2		6	4		7
1997	David Rader	Mountain	7th	2		6	2		9
1998	David Rader	Mountain	6th	2		6	4		7
1999	David Rader, Pat Henderson		8th	1		6	2		9
2000	Keith Burns		5th	4		4	5		7
2001	Keith Burns		10th	0		8	1		10
2002	Keith Burns		T–9th	1		7	1		11
2003	Steve Kragthorpe		T–3rd	6		2	8		5
2004	Steve Kragthorpe		T–6th	3		5	4		8
Conference USA (2005–2013)
2005 *	Steve Kragthorpe	West	1st	6		2	9		4	Won Liberty Bowl against Fresno State, 31–24 ^
2006	Steve Kragthorpe	West	3rd	5		3	8		5	Lost Armed Forces Bowl against Utah, 13–25 ^
2007	Todd Graham	West	1st	6		2	10		4	Won GMAC Bowl against Bowling Green, 63–7 ^
2008	Todd Graham	West	T–1st	7		1	11		3	Won GMAC Bowl against Ball State, 45–24 ^
2009	Todd Graham	West	3rd	3		5	5		7
2010	Todd Graham	West	T–1st	6		2	10		3	Won Hawaii Bowl against Hawaii, 62–35 ^	24
2011	Bill Blankenship	West	2nd	7		1	8		5	Lost Armed Forces Bowl against BYU, 21–24 ^
2012 *	Bill Blankenship	West	1st	7		1	11		3	Won Liberty Bowl against Iowa State, 31–17 ^		25
2013	Bill Blankenship	West	6th	2		6	3		9
American Athletic Conference (2014–present)
2014	Bill Blankenship		T–8th	2		6	2		10
2015	Philip Montgomery	West	4th	3		5	6		7	Lost Independence Bowl against Virginia Tech, 52–55 ^
2016	Philip Montgomery	West	2nd	6		2	10		3	Won Miami Beach Bowl against Central Michigan, 55–10 ^
2017	Philip Montgomery	West	6th	1		7	2		10
2018	Philip Montgomery	West	T–5th	2		6	3		9
2019	Philip Montgomery	West	T–5th	2		6	4		8
2020	Philip Montgomery		T–1st	6		0	6		3	Lost Armed Forces Bowl against Mississippi State, 26–28 ^
2021	Philip Montgomery		T–3rd	5		3	7		6	Won Myrtle Beach Bowl against Old Dominion, 30–17 ^
2022	Philip Montgomery		T–8th	3		5	5		8
2023	Kevin Wilson		T-11th	2		6	4		8

¹ When in a division, it shows their position within the division otherwise the overall position in the division-less conference.

² Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football 2024 Record and Fact Book . tulsahurricane.com . 16 October 2024.
News: Kelly . Whiteside . Overtime system still excites coaches . USA Today . August 25, 2006 . 2008-09-29.