Celebrating 150 Years of College Football
9/4/2019 11:00:00 AM | Football
Celebrating 150 Years of College Football
In honor of College Football celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019, TulsaHurricane.com will look back each week at some of the most memorable moments and exciting plays in the history of The University of Tulsa football program.
Tulsa is in its 120th season of fielding a football team. The Tulsa gridiron tradition started as Henry Kendall College in 1895 with the first team posting a 1-0-0 record lead by coach Norman Leard. There were a few seasons in the early years that Kendall College did not field a team, but later becoming The University of Tulsa, the Golden Hurricane football teams have amassed 600+ wins in school history.
Our HISTORICAL LOOK of Tulsa football this week came in 1967.
TWO FOR 300
It's happened only once in the history of college football ––– two receivers each catching passes for 300+ yards in the same game –– and the year was 1967. The school was The University of Tulsa.
On October 7, 1967, Tulsa hosted Idaho State at Skelly Stadium and went on for a 58-0 victory. The defense had an outstanding performance for the Hurricane, but the story of the game was Golden Hurricane receivers Rick Eber and Harry Wood combining for 640 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns on 33 receptions.
Eber caught 20 passes for 322 yards and 3 TDs, while Wood caught 13 passes for 318 yards and also had 3 touchdown receptions.
That record-setting performance still stands today as an NCAA FBS record.
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