Michael Peters

Tulsa World TU Sports Reporter

Tre Lamb has been on the other side of Tulsa’s season opener numerous times in his head coaching career — leading a Football Championship Subdivision team with nothing to lose looking to upset a bigger program.

But when the Hurricane opens the 2025 season against Abilene Christian on Saturday at 7 p.m. inside Chapman Stadium, not only have the tables turned on Lamb, the stakes have been greatly raised.

Eight-plus months of staff building, portal hunting and fan outreach can be largely undone with one poor performance against the Wildcats.

“The thing I’ve talked to our team a lot about this week — this is first impression week, right,” Lamb said. “This will be the only game in the history of the Tre Lamb era at Tulsa where it's the first ti

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