Media guides are a wealth of information and we had a blast perusing Tulsa's guide. You can be sure to impress your friends on Saturday when telling them about the infamous "tower play," when a Tulsa receiver jumped onto the shoulders of another player to make a catch in 1916.

Tulsa's football history dates back to 1895 when the school was still known as Henry Kendall College. One of the early footnotes in the school's football history came in 1916 when Tulsa used the so-called "tower play" in a 117-0 rout of Colorado School of the Mines. Tulsa quarterback Ivan Grove and wide receivers Virgil Jones and Madison "Puny" Blevins developed a play where the two receivers would run down the field, Blevins would stop, lift Jones onto his shoulders, and Grove would pass the ball to Jones. The play was banned the next year.

Like many other colleges of the era, Tulsa went by several nicknames and needed to find one identity. In the early 1920s Tulsa's team had been referred to as the "Presbyterians," "Orange and Black," and "Kendallites." Tulsa opened up the 1922 season with a dominating win over Texas Christian and sportswriters of the day said Tulsa "blew through its opponents like a tornado." Head coach Howard Acher liked the thought, and coined his team the "Golden Tornadoes." However, Georgia Tech had beaten Tulsa to the punch by claiming that nickname, so the name was changed to "Golden Hurricane." Tulsa would go on to beat Texas A&M by a score of 13-10 in its first game officially known as the Golden Hurricane.

Tulsa plays their home games in Skelly Stadium, which saw its first game on October 4, 1930 against Arkansas. Tulsa won, 26-6. Since then, the Golden Hurricane is 293-135-14 on their home field. The stadium's North endzone seating was demolished prior to the 2005 season, decreasing the capacity to 35,542. The stadium was named after William Skelly, who donated $125,000 to the University of Tulsa Stadium Fund Drive in 1930 to help with construction costs.

Tulsa went to the five straight New Years Day bowl games in the 1940s, becoming the first school to acheive such an accomplishment. The Golden Hurricane played in the Sun Bowl against Texas Western (UTEP) on January 1, 1942, which was followed by the Sugar Bowl in 1943 (vs. Tennessee), another Sugar Bowl in 1944 (vs. Georgia Tech), the Orange Bowl in 1945 (vs. Georgia Tech again) and the Oil Bowl in 1945 (vs. Georgia). Tulsa went 2-3 in those bowl games.

Tulsa had a chance to win a No. 1 ranking in 1942, but lost to Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl. Tulsa ended the year 10-1 and ranked fourth in the nation.

Tulsa went to four bowl games between 1953 and 1976, and in the last 20 years have appeared in the Freedom Bowl twice (1989 vs. Oregon and 1991 vs. San Diego State) and the Humanitarian Bowl (2003 vs. Georgia Tech). The Yellow Jackets defeated Tulsa in Boise 52-10 in 2003, which was Steve Kragthorpe's first season as head coach.

Kragthorpe, who left for Louisville during the offseason, led Tulsa to a Conference USA Championship in 2005 and a victory over Fresno State that year in the Liberty Bowl.

Last season, Tulsa lost to Utah in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Tex.

Glenn Dobbs and Jerry Rhome are arguably the two best players in Tulsa football history. Dobbs was an All-American tailback at Tulsa in the early 1940s and later returned to the school as head coach in 1961 after playing professional football. Dobbs was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980. Rhome, a quarterback, broke all sorts of NCAA passing records in 1963 and 1964. He was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1964 and an All-American. Rhome was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998 and is currently an offensive assistant with the Minnesota Vikings.

Famous NFL players who played for Tulsa include two wide receivers: NFL Hall of Famer Steve Largent and Drew Pearson.

Former Ohio State head coach John Cooper was at Tulsa from 1977 to 1984 where he compiled a 57-31 record.

The Golden Hurricane competed in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1935 to 1985, then played as an independent until 1996 when they joined the Western Athletic Conference.

The University of Tulsa has a long and storied history. The school's roots can be traced to 1882, before Oklahoma even became a state, when the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls opened in Muskogee, Indian Territory. 12 years later in 1894 the Presbyterian Church elevated the school's status and changed the name to Henry Kendall College. Shortly after the turn of the century, as the City of Tulsa was enjoying an oil boom, Kendall College moved to Tulsa in 1907, the same year Oklahoma officially became a state. In 1921, the school became known as the University of Tulsa.

Today, the University of Tulsa is a four-year private liberal arts university with an enrollment of 4,100. The school, which still maintains affiliation with the Presbyterian Church, is located two miles east of downtown Tulsa. The City of Tulsa has an estimated 383,760 residents with over 750,000 in the entire metropolitan area.

The Tulsa football media guide lists several notable alumni. The biggest football name to suit up for the Golden Hurricane was Steve Largent, the NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks and former Oklahoma U.S. Representative. Professional golfer Nancy Lopez also graduated from Tulsa.

A couple famous actresses attended Tulsa, including Rue McClanahan, who starred as "Blanche Devereaux" on NBC's Golden Girls and CBS' Mama's Family during the 1980s and Mary Kay Place of The Big Chill and The Rainmaker.

Media alumni include Bob Brown, reporter for ABC's 20/20 and Bob Losure, former anchor of CNN's Headline News.