1951 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

American college football season

1951 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

MVC champion

Conference| Missouri Valley Conference
Record| 9–2 (4–0 MVC)
Head coach|

* Buddy Brothers (6th season)

Home stadium| Skelly Field

Seasons

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1952 ->

1951 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Tulsa $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Drake | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Oklahoma A&M | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Houston | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Detroit | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Wichita | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Bradley | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1951 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1951 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Buddy Brothers, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 9–2 record, 4–0 against conference opponents, and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship. The team's losses were against Cincinnati (47–35) and Arkansas (24–7)[1] The team was ranked at No. 32 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 22| Hawaii*|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 58–0| 14,479|
September 29| at Cincinnati*|

* Nippert Stadium
* Cincinnati, OH

| L 35–47| 19,000–25,000| [3]
October 13| Houston|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK (rivalry)

| W 46–27| 14,651–15,000| [4]
October 20| Marquette*|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 27–21| 17,500|
October 27| at Wichita|

* Veterans Field
* Wichita, KS

| W 33–0| 8,082|
November 3| at Oklahoma A&M|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK (rivalry)

| W 35–7| 28,000|
November 10| Kansas State*|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 42–26| 13,226|
November 17| Texas Tech*|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 21–14| 9,984–12,000| [5][6]
November 24| at Arkansas*|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Little Rock, AR

| L 7–24| 11,500| [7]
December 1| Detroit|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 34–20| 8,025| [8]
December 8| Hardin–Simmons*|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| W 33–14| 5,282| [9]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

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## After the season

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### 1952 NFL draft

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The following Golden Hurricane players were in the selected in the 1952 NFL draft following the season.[11][12]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | NFL club

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6 | 70 | Jim Beasley | Center | San Francisco 49ers
12 | 145 | Jake Roberts | Back | Los Angeles Rams
14 | 161 | Bob Stringer | Linebacker | Philadelphia Eagles

## References

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1. ^ "1951 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
2. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Cincinnati Dumps Tulsa, 47 to 35". The Shawnee News-Star. Shawnee, Oklahoma. Associated Press. September 30, 1951. p. 12A. Retrieved January 15, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Tulsa Blazes by Houston, 46 to 27". Shawnee News-Star. October 14, 1951. Retrieved April 5, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Texas Tech scares Tulsa, but loses 21–14 thriller". The Monitor. November 18, 1951. Retrieved April 5, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 182. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
7. ^ "SMU aerials befuddle Arkansas, 47 to 7". The Commercial Appeal. November 18, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "U-D Drops Finale To Hurricanes". Detroit Free Press. December 2, 1951. pp. C1, C3.
9. ^ "Morris leads Tulsa Hurricane past Texas team". Stillwater News-Press. December 9, 1951. Retrieved April 5, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 182. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
11. ^ "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
12. ^ "Tulsa Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

Venues|

* South Main Park (1912–1914)
* Association Park (1915–1917)
* McNulty Park (1919–1929)
* Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Houston
* Oklahoma State

Culture & lore|

* Captain Cane
* "Hurricane Spirit"
* The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1895
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Missouri Valley Conference football champions

Pre-split|

* Iowa & Nebraska (1907)
* Kansas (1908)
* Missouri (1909)
* Nebraska (1910)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1911)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1912)
* Missouri & Nebraska (1913)
* Nebraska (1914)
* Nebraska (1915)
* Nebraska (1916)
* Nebraska (1917)
* Missouri (1919)
* Oklahoma (1920)
* Nebraska (1921)
* Drake & Nebraska (1922)
* Kansas & Nebraska (1923)
* Missouri (1924)
* Missouri (1925)
* Oklahoma A&M (1926)
* Missouri (1927)

Post-split|

* Drake (1928)
* Drake (1929)
* Drake & Oklahoma A&M (1930)
* Drake (1931)
* Oklahoma A&M (1932)
* Oklahoma A&M (1933)
* Washington University (1934)
* Tulsa & Washington University (1935)
* Creighton & Tulsa (1936)
* Tulsa (1937)
* Tulsa (1938)
* Washington University (1939)
* Tulsa (1940)
* Tulsa (1941)
* Tulsa (1942)
* Tulsa (1943)
* Oklahoma A&M (1944)
* Oklahoma A&M (1945)
* Tulsa (1946)
* Tulsa (1947)
* Oklahoma A&M (1948)
* Detroit (1949)
* Tulsa (1950)
* Tulsa (1951)
* Houston (1952)
* Detroit & Oklahoma A&M (1953)
* Wichita (1954)
* Detroit & Wichita (1955)
* Houston (1956)
* Houston (1957)
* North Texas State (1958)
* Houston & North Texas State (1959)
* Wichita (1960)
* Wichita (1961)
* Tulsa (1962)
* Cincinnati & Wichita (1963)
* Cincinnati (1964)
* Tulsa (1965)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1966)
* North Texas State (1967)
* Memphis State (1968)
* Memphis State (1969)
* Louisville (1970)
* Memphis State (1971)
* Drake, Louisville, & West Texas State (1972)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1973)
* Tulsa (1974)
* Tulsa (1975)
* New Mexico State & Tulsa (1976)
* West Texas State (1977)
* New Mexico State (1978)
* West Texas State (1979)
* Tulsa (1980)
* Drake & Tulsa (1981)
* Tulsa (1982)
* Tulsa (1983)
* Tulsa (1984)
* Tulsa (1985)

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