Tulsa Football Team History
Tulsa Golden Hurricanes
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
Founded: 1894 Stadium: Skelly Stadium Capacity: 40,385 Colors: Gold, Blue & Red Coach: Don Morton Conference: Missouri Valley-
1985 Season Highlights
Don Morton enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Tulsa.
The Golden Hurricanes won the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.
1985 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 7 vs.
Houston
31
24
W
Sat., Sep. 14 vs.
Texas Tech
17
21
L
Sat., Sep. 21 @
Arkansas
0
24
L
@ Little Rock, AR
Sat., Sep. 28 @
Texas A&M
10
45
L
Sat., Oct. 5 @
Oklahoma State
13
25
L
Sat., Oct. 12 vs. Long Beach State
37
35
W
Sat., Oct. 19 @
Florida State
14
76
L
Sat., Oct. 26 vs. West Texas A&M
44
17
W
Sat., Nov. 2 @ Wichita State
42
26
W
Sat., Nov. 9 vs. Drake
45
15
W
Sat., Nov. 16 @
East Carolina
21
20
W
1985 Season Totals
Record 6-5
Points Scored 274
Scoring Average 24.9
Points Allowed 328
Defense Average 29.8
Opponents Record 47-34
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 4-1
Away Record 2-4
1985 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1985 Missouri Valley- Standings
Season
Bowls
Conference
Team
W/L/T PF PA
W/L/T
PF PA
Coach
Tulsa
6-5 274 328
Don Morton
1985 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1985 All Missouri Valley Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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