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.

Scheduled 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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠2
1920s5–⁠3
1930s1–⁠1
1940s0–⁠3–⁠1
1950s6–⁠2
1960s8–⁠1
1970s7–⁠3
1980s1–⁠0
2020s0–⁠1
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

  1. Arkansas’s biggest win1969: Arkansas 39, Oklahoma State 0by 39 points
  2. Oklahoma State’s biggest win1914: Oklahoma State 46, Arkansas 0by 46 points
  3. Upset1967: Oklahoma State 7, Arkansas 6Oklahoma State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArkansasSeriesOklahoma State
1922–⁠1927Francis Schmidt4–⁠2John Maulbetsch
1950–⁠1952Otis Douglas2–⁠1Jennings Whitworth
1955–⁠1957Jack Mitchell3–⁠0Cliff Speegle
1959–⁠1962Frank Broyles3–⁠0Cliff Speegle
1963–⁠1968Frank Broyles5–⁠1Phil Cutchin
1969–⁠1971Frank Broyles3–⁠0Floyd Gass
1973–⁠1976Frank Broyles1–⁠3Jim 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas and Oklahoma State, 1912 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 State16 tackles, 4.5 for loss2024 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1946 game

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1963 game: Southern Cal Still No. | by Slim Margin

    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

Sep 7, 202416Oklahoma State 39, Arkansas 31at Oklahoma State
Sep 20, 198017Arkansas 33, Oklahoma State 20at Arkansas
Sep 22, 197915Arkansas 27, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Sep 23, 19782Arkansas 19, Oklahoma State 7at Oklahoma State
Sep 17, 1977Arkansas 28, 15Oklahoma State 6at Arkansas
Sep 18, 197612Arkansas 16, Oklahoma State 10at Arkansas
Sep 20, 1975Oklahoma State 20, 16Arkansas 13at Oklahoma State
Sep 21, 1974Oklahoma State 26, 10Arkansas 7at Arkansas
Sep 22, 197317Oklahoma State 38, Arkansas 6at Arkansas
Sep 23, 1972Arkansas 24, Oklahoma State 23at Arkansas
Sep 18, 19716Arkansas 31, Oklahoma State 10at Arkansas
Sep 19, 197011Arkansas 23, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Sep 20, 19692Arkansas 39, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Sep 21, 1968Arkansas 32, Oklahoma State 15at Arkansas
Sep 23, 1967Oklahoma State 7, Arkansas 6at Arkansas
Sep 17, 19665Arkansas 14, Oklahoma State 10at Arkansas
Sep 18, 19656Arkansas 28, Oklahoma State 14at Arkansas
Sep 19, 1964Arkansas 14, Oklahoma State 10at Arkansas
Sep 21, 19638Arkansas 21, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Sep 22, 1962Arkansas 34, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Sep 17, 196019Arkansas 9, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Sep 26, 1959Arkansas 13, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Sep 21, 1957Arkansas 12, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Sep 29, 1956Arkansas 19, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Sep 24, 1955Arkansas 21, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Sep 26, 1953Oklahoma State 7, Arkansas 6at Arkansas
Sep 20, 1952Arkansas 22, Oklahoma State 20at Arkansas
Sep 22, 1951Arkansas 42, Oklahoma State 7at Oklahoma State
Sep 23, 1950Oklahoma State 12, Arkansas 7at Arkansas
Sep 28, 1946Oklahoma State 21, Arkansas 21at Oklahoma State
Sep 29, 1945Oklahoma State 19, Arkansas 14at Arkansas
Sep 29, 1944Oklahoma State 19, Arkansas 0at Oklahoma State
Nov 19, 1943Oklahoma State 19, Arkansas 13Neutral site
Sep 24, 1938Arkansas 27, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Nov 8, 1930Oklahoma State 26, Arkansas 0at Arkansas
Nov 28, 1929Arkansas 32, Oklahoma State 6at Oklahoma State
Nov 12, 1927Arkansas 33, Oklahoma State 20at Arkansas
Nov 19, 1926Arkansas 24, Oklahoma State 2at Oklahoma State
Nov 21, 1925Arkansas 9, Oklahoma State 7at Arkansas
Nov 21, 1924Oklahoma State 20, Arkansas 0at Oklahoma State
Dec 1, 1923Arkansas 13, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Nov 30, 1922Oklahoma State 13, Arkansas 0at Arkansas
Oct 22, 1921Oklahoma State 7, Arkansas 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 23, 1915Arkansas 14, Oklahoma State 9at Arkansas
Oct 31, 1914Oklahoma State 46, Arkansas 0at Oklahoma State
Oct 18, 1913Arkansas 3, Oklahoma State 0at Arkansas
Oct 12, 1912Oklahoma State 13, Arkansas 7at Arkansas

Every game is listed as played on the field.