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.

Scheduled 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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠0
2010s2–⁠0
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

  1. Clemson’s biggest win2014: Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6by 34 points
  2. Oklahoma’s biggest win1972: Oklahoma 52, Clemson 3by 49 points
  3. Ranked showdown2015: Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 1 Clemson
  4. Ranked showdown1988: Clemson 13, Oklahoma 6No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 13 Clemson

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Clemson and Oklahoma, 1963 on1300150017001900197019801990200020102020

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 Clemson2015
Clemson QB Cole Stoudt2014
Terry Allen Clemson1988

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story of the 1963 game: Cridiron Squads Get I'm Full Swing

    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, 20151Clemson 37, 4Oklahoma 17Hard Rock StadiumOrange Bowl
Dec 29, 201418Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6Camping World StadiumRussell Athletic Bowl
Jan 2, 198913Clemson 13, 10Oklahoma 6Neutral siteCitrus Bowl
Sep 30, 19722Oklahoma 52, Clemson 3at Oklahoma
Sep 21, 19634Oklahoma 31, Clemson 14at Oklahoma

Every game is listed as played on the field.