Clemson vs. Oklahoma
Clemson and Oklahoma have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1963; Clemson leads the series 3–2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Clemson 3–2, and Clemson has won the last 3. Share
2035 at Clemson; 2036 at Oklahoma. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Clemson wins
- 3
- Oklahoma wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1963
- Longest streak
- 3 Clemson
- Current streak
- 3 Clemson
- Last 10 meetings
- Clemson 3–2
- Most recent
- 2015
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–0 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Clemson 2, Oklahoma 0; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 25.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oklahoma
- 2–0 Oklahoma’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 3–0 Clemson first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Clemson’s biggest win2014: Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6by 34 points
- Oklahoma’s biggest win1972: Oklahoma 52, Clemson 3by 49 points
- Ranked showdown2015: Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 1 Clemson
- Ranked showdown1988: Clemson 13, Oklahoma 6No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 13 Clemson
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
Named most valuable
| Deshaun Watson Clemson | 2015 |
| Clemson QB Cole Stoudt | 2014 |
| Terry Allen Clemson | 1988 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1963 · The Nome nugget, Sep 23, 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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2015.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Dec 31, 2015 | 1Clemson 37, 4Oklahoma 17 | Hard Rock Stadium | Orange Bowl | |
| Dec 29, 2014 | 18Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6 | Camping World Stadium | Russell Athletic Bowl | |
| Jan 2, 1989 | 13Clemson 13, 10Oklahoma 6 | Neutral site | Citrus Bowl | |
| Sep 30, 1972 | 2Oklahoma 52, Clemson 3 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Sep 21, 1963 | 4Oklahoma 31, Clemson 14 | at Oklahoma |
Every game is listed as played on the field.