Bedlam History: Every Score in the Rivalry Series Since 1904

November 22, 2021

Oklahoma State and Oklahoma have played each other on the gridiron 115 times since the rivalry series began in 1904. It is, decidedly, a lopsided affair historically.

OU in that span has tallied 90 wins. OSU has won 18 times. The other seven are ties.

It’s been closer of late from a competitive standpoint, though. Seven of those OSU wins have come since the 1990s. And there have been some toss-up tussles, like overtime battles in 2012 and 2014, or one possession games, like in 2018, 2010, 2006, 2004 and 2001 that could have gone either way but mostly went OU’s way.

Still, despite success by OSU under Mike Gundy, OU has dominated the series the last two decades much like it has since the rivalry began. So below is a look back at the history of the series as we barrel towards another chapter in the ongoing story of OU vs. OSU.

Series advantage: OU

OU owns a 90-18-7 advantage over OSU. It has won six consecutive games in the series. Of the 21 games played between the two since 2000, OU has won 17 of them.

Longest winning streaks

Hard to believe, but OSU’s longest winning streak in the series is . . . two. That happened a few times, in 1932 and 1933, in 1944 and 1945, in 1966 and 1967, in 1997 and 1998, and most recently in 2001 and 2002.

OU’s longest winning streak in the series is 19, which came from 1946 to 1964, according to Winsipedia data. Twice in the series OU has recorded winning streaks of 10 games or longer. Its current six-game winning streak is the seventh-longest streak for OU in the series.

Bedlam history results
Date Location Winning team Score
November 6, 1904 Guthrie OU 75-0
October 12, 1906 Stillwater OU 23-0
November 9, 1907 Norman OU 67-0
October 3, 1908 Stillwater OU 18-0
October 21, 1910 Norman OU 12-0
October 20, 1911 Stillwater OU 22-0
November 16, 1912 Norman OU 16-0
November 21, 1913 Stillwater OU 7-0
November 6, 1914 Norman OU 28-6
November 25, 1915 OKC OU 26-7
November 30, 1916 OKC OU 41-7
November 29, 1917 OKC Oklahoma A&M 9-0
November 28, 1918 OKC OU 27-0
November 27, 1919 OKC OU 33-6
November 13, 1920 Stillwater OU 36-0
October 15, 1921 Norman OU 6-0
November 25, 1922 Stillwater Tie 3-3
October 27, 1923 Norman OU 12-0
November 1, 1924 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M 6-0
November 26, 1925 Norman OU 35-0
November 25, 1926 Stillwater Tie 14-14
November 19, 1927 Norman Oklahoma A&M 13-7
November 24, 1928 Stillwater OU 46-0
November 23, 1929 Norman Tie 7-7
November 22, 1930 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M 7-0
November 26, 1931 Norman Tie 0-0
October 29, 1932 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M 7-0
November 23, 1933 Norman Oklahoma A&M 13-0
November 22, 1934 Stillwater Tie 0-0
November 28, 1935 Norman OU 25-0
November 26, 1936 Stillwater OU 35-13
November 25, 1937 Norman OU 16-0
November 24, 1938 Stillwater #6 OU 19-0
October 28, 1939 Norman #6 OU 41-0
October 5, 1940 Norman OU 29-27
October 4, 1941 Norman OU 19-0
September 26, 1942 Stillwater Tie 0-0
October 2, 1943 OKC OU 22-13
November 25, 1944 OKC Oklahoma A&M 28-6
November 24, 1945 Norman #6 Oklahoma A&M 47-0
November 30, 1946 Stillwater #17 OU 73-12
November 29, 1947 Norman #20 OU 21-13
November 27, 1948 Stillwater #6 OU 19-15
November 26, 1949 Norman #3 OU 41-0
December 2, 1950 Stillwater #1 OU 41-14
December 1, 1951 Norman #10 OU 41-6
November 29, 1952 Stillwater #4 OU 54-7
November 28, 1953 Norman #4 OU 42-7
November 27, 1954 Stillwater #3 OU 14-0
November 26, 1955 Norman #1 OU 53-0
December 1, 1956 Stillwater #1 OU 53-0
November 30, 1957 Norman #5 OU 53-6
November 29, 1958 Stillwater #3 OU 7-0
November 28, 1959 Norman #17 OU 17-7
November 26, 1960 Stillwater OU 17-6
December 2, 1961 Norman OU 21-13
December 1, 1962 Stillwater #8 OU 37-6
November 30, 1963 Norman #10 OU 34-10
November 28, 1964 Stillwater OU 21-16
December 4, 1965 Norman OSU 17-16
December 3, 1966 Stillwater OSU 15-14
December 2, 1967 Norman #3 OU 38-14
November 30, 1968 Stillwater #11 OU 41-7
November 29, 1969 Stillwater OU 28-27
November 28, 1970 Norman OU 66-6
December 4, 1971 Stillwater #3 OU 58-14
December 2, 1972 Norman #3 OU 38-15
December 1, 1973 Stillwater #2 OU 45-18
November 30, 1974 Norman #1 OU 44-13
November 1, 1975 Stillwater #2 OU 27-7
October 23, 1976 Norman OSU 31-21
November 5, 1977 Stillwater #3 OU 61-28
November 18, 1978 Norman #4 OU 62-7
November 3, 1979 Stillwater #7 OU 38-7
November 29, 1980 Norman #6 OU 63-14
November 28, 1981 Stillwater OU 27-3
October 23, 1982 Norman #20 OU 27-9
October 15, 1983 Stillwater #15 OU 21-20
November 24, 1984 Norman #2 OU 24-14
November 30, 1985 Stillwater #3 OU 13-0
October 18, 1986 Norman #5 OU 19-0
November 7, 1987 Norman #1 OU 29-10
November 5, 1988 Stillwater #8 OU 31-28
October 7, 1989 Norman #16 OU 37-15
October 6, 1990 Stillwater #7 OU 31-17
November 16, 1991 Norman #18 OU 21-6
November 14, 1992 Stillwater Tie 15-15
November 13, 1993 Norman #17 OU 31-0
November 13, 1994 Stillwater OU 33-14
November 11, 1995 Norman OSU 12-0
November 8, 1996 Stillwater OU 27-17
November 8, 1997 Norman #25 OSU 30-7
October 24, 1998 Stillwater OSU 41-26
November 27, 1999 Norman OU 44-7
November 25, 2000 Stillwater #1 OU 12-7
November 24, 2001 Norman OSU 16-13
November 30, 2002 Stillwater OSU 38-28
November 1, 2003 Norman #1 OU 52-9
October 30, 2004 Stillwater #2 OU 38-35
November 26, 2005 Norman OU 42-14
November 25, 2006 Stillwater #13 OU 27-21
November 24, 2007 Norman #10 OU 49-17
November 29, 2008 Stillwater #3 OU 61-41
November 28, 2009 Norman OU 27-0
November 27, 2010 Stillwater #14 OU 47-41
December 3, 2011 Stillwater #3 OSU 44-10
November 24, 2012 Norman #13 OU 51-48 (OT)
December 7, 2013 Stillwater #17 OU 33-24
December 6, 2014 Norman OSU 38-35 (OT)
November 28, 2015 Stillwater #3 OU 58-23
December 3, 2016 Norman #5 OU 38-20
November 4, 2017 Stillwater #5 OU 62-52
November 10, 2018 Norman #6 OU 48-47
November 30, 2019 Stillwater #7 OU 34-16
November 21, 2020 Norman #18 OU 41-13

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