Tulsa·American Athletic

2020 — The 2020 Season

Tulsa's 2020 season (6-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-3
Final result Bowl season Lost the Armed Forces Bowl
AP final #20 post-bowls
SP+ -0.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Okla St 7-16 W @ UCF 34-26 W @ Sout Flo 42-13 W vs East Car 34-30 W vs SMU 28-24 W vs Tulane 30-24 W @ Navy 19-6 L @ Cincin 24-27 L @ Miss St 26-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Tulsa 42, South Florida 13. A 29-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Tulsa 7, Oklahoma State 16. A 9-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Tulsa fell to Mississippi State 26-28 in the postseason.

"Reign Cane"
— Tulsa fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Tulsa — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.