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The Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College, which was renamed the University of Tulsa on 1920, during the 1920 college football season. In their second year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Orange and Black compiled a 10–0–1 record, won the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 621 to 21. The team won its first two games by scores of 121–0 over St. Gregory's and 151–0 over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and shut out nine of eleven opponents. Schmidt was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The 1919 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College, which was renamed the University of Tulsa on 1920, during the 1919 college football season. In their first year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Orange and Black compiled an 8–0–1 record, won the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 591 to 27. The team opened the season with a 152–0 victory over Oklahoma Baptist and shut out five of nine opponents. Schmidt was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The 1916 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College, which was later renamed the University of Tulsa, during the 1916 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Sam P. McBirney, the Orange and Black compiled a 10–0 record, won the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference championship, shut out five of ten opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 566 to 40, including high-scoring wins against Missouri Mines (117–0), St. Gregory's (82–0), Arkansas Cumberland (81–0), and Haskell (46–0).
The 1917 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1917 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Hal Mefford, the Orange and Black compiled a 0–8–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 221 to 61.
The 1915 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1915 college football season. In their third year under head coach Sam P. McBirney, the Orange and Black compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 257 to 33. The team played Oklahoma A&M to a scoreless tie and lost a close game to Oklahoma by a score of 14–13. In its six victories, the team outscored opponents 244-19, including one-sided victories over Eastern Oklahoma State College (62–0), Northeastern State (55–0) and Southeastern Oklahoma State (45–7).
The 1914 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1914 college football season. Local businessmen urged Sam P. McBirney, who had coached the team in 1908, to take over as the football coach. Prior to 1913, the bulk of its games had been played against high school teams. From 1914 to 1916, McBirney built the Kendall football team into one of the best in the country. The 1914 team finished with a record of 6–2, outscored opponents 261 to 48, defeated Northwestern Oklahoma State (33–0), East Central (12–0), Pittsburg Normal (63–0), and Oklahoma Methodist (39–9), and played respectably against both Oklahoma A&M and Oklahoma.
The 1913 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1913 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach George "Red" Evans, the team compiled a 5–2 record, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 271 to 59, defeated the Euchee Indian School (92–0), Haskell A&M (58–0) and Oklahoma Methodist (18–0), but lost the final two games of the season against Pittsburg Normal (25–32) and Tulsa Central High School (7–27).
The 1912 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1912 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Harvey Allen, the team compiled a 1–4 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 141 to 75.
The 1910 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1910 college football season. The team compiled a 2–1–1 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 11 to 10. The team did not play any intercollegiate football games, as its four games were played against local high schools from Broken Arrow, Claremore and Tulsa.
The 1909 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College during the 1909 college football season. The team compiled a 2–1 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 33 to 23. The team played only one intercollegiate football game, a 22-6 loss to Northeastern State. Its two victories came in games against Claremore High School.
The 1905 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College—now known as the University of Tulsa—as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Led by Applegate in his first and only season as head coach, Kendall compiled a record of 2–3.
The 1900 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College—now known as the University of Tulsa—as an independent during the 1900 college football season. Led by F. M. Whitmore in his first and only season as head coach, Kendall compiled a 2–1 record. The team defeated Indian University (33–0) and Krebs High School (11–5) and lost to the Cherokee Male Seminary (18–0).
The Oklahoma State–Tulsa football rivalry is a college football rivalry game between Oklahoma State and Tulsa. The two teams first played each other in 1914, and the rivalry has been played on and off for a total of 75 games as of 2021.
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References
- ↑ "Tulsa Yearly Results (1905–1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football, 2017 Record & Fact Book" (PDF). University of Tulsa. 2017. p. 158. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
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