Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State
Arkansas and Oklahoma State have 47 meetings on file, the first in 1912; Arkansas leads the series 30–16–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Arkansas 6–4. Share
2027 at Arkansas; 2032 at Oklahoma State; 2033 at Arkansas. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Arkansas wins
- 30
- Oklahoma State wins
- 16
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1912
- Longest streak
- 10 Arkansas
- Current streak
- 1 Oklahoma State
- Last 10 meetings
- Arkansas 6–4
- Most recent
- 2024
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 14 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arkansas
- 26–9 Arkansas’s record at home
- At Oklahoma State
- 6–4–1 Oklahoma State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Arkansas first
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arkansas’s biggest win1969: Arkansas 39, Oklahoma State 0by 39 points
- Oklahoma State’s biggest win1914: Oklahoma State 46, Arkansas 0by 46 points
- Upset1967: Oklahoma State 7, Arkansas 6Oklahoma State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Arkansas | Series | Oklahoma State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–1927 | Francis Schmidt | 4–2 | John Maulbetsch |
| 1950–1952 | Otis Douglas | 2–1 | Jennings Whitworth |
| 1955–1957 | Jack Mitchell | 3–0 | Cliff Speegle |
| 1959–1962 | Frank Broyles | 3–0 | Cliff Speegle |
| 1963–1968 | Frank Broyles | 5–1 | Phil Cutchin |
| 1969–1971 | Frank Broyles | 3–0 | Floyd Gass |
| 1973–1976 | Frank Broyles | 1–3 | Jim Stanley |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arkansas’s side (Schmidt 4–2 against Maulbetsch). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Nick Martin Oklahoma State | 16 tackles, 4.5 for loss | 2024 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1946 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Oct 3, 1946

1963 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1963
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.