The 2021 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane played their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in

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, and competed in the

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. They were led by seventh-year head coach Philip Montgomery.

Preseason

American Athletic Conference preseason media poll

The American Athletic Conference preseason media poll was released at the virtual media day held August 4, 2021.

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, who finished the 2020 season ranked No. 8 nationally, was tabbed as the preseason favorite in the 2021 preseason media poll.

Roster

Schedule

Tulsa opened the 2021 season at home against

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on Thursday, September 2, before a pair of road games at

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, September 11 in Stillwater and

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, September 18 in Columbus. Schedule Source:

Rankings

References

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football seasons Myrtle Beach Bowl champion seasons

Tulsa Golden Hurricane football The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football program represents the University of Tulsa in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. Tulsa has competed in the American Athletic Conference (The American) since the 2 ...

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