Colorado vs. Oklahoma
Colorado and Oklahoma have 59 meetings on file, the first in 1912; Oklahoma leads the series 40–17–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 6–4. Share
- Colorado wins
- 17
- Oklahoma wins
- 40
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1912
- Longest streak
- 12 Oklahoma
- Current streak
- 1 Oklahoma
- Last 10 meetings
- Oklahoma 6–4
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–9–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 7–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 13 meetings: Colorado 7, Oklahoma 6; 4 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 18.4 points; 17 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colorado
- 10–16–2 Colorado’s record at home
- At Oklahoma
- 22–7 Oklahoma’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–2 Colorado first
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colorado’s biggest win1994: Colorado 45, Oklahoma 7by 38 points
- Oklahoma’s biggest win1962: Oklahoma 62, Colorado 0by 62 points
- Upset2007: Colorado 27, Oklahoma 24Colorado had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1970: Oklahoma 23, Colorado 15Oklahoma had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1965: Colorado 13, Oklahoma 0Colorado had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1971: Oklahoma 45, Colorado 17No. 6 Colorado at No. 2 Oklahoma
- Ranked showdown1972: Colorado 20, Oklahoma 14No. 2 Oklahoma at No. 9 Colorado
- Ranked showdown1995: Colorado 38, Oklahoma 17No. 4 Colorado at No. 10 Oklahoma
Coach against coach
| Years | Colorado | Series | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–1958 | Dallas Ward | 0–8–1 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1959–1961 | Everett Grandelius | 2–1 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1967–1972 | Eddie Crowder | 2–4 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1974–1978 | Bill Mallory | 1–4 | Barry Switzer |
| 1979–1981 | Chuck Fairbanks | 0–3 | Barry Switzer |
| 1982–1988 | Bill McCartney | 0–7 | Barry Switzer |
| 1989–1994 | Bill McCartney | 5–0–1 | Gary Gibbs |
| 1999–2004 | Gary Barnett | 1–4 | Bob Stoops |
| 2006–2010 | Dan Hawkins | 1–2 | Bob Stoops |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado’s side (Ward 0–8–1 against Wilkinson). 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
| Landry Jones Oklahoma | 32 of 46, 453 yards, 4 TD | 2010 Passing | |
| Ryan Broyles Oklahoma | 9 catches, 208 yards, 3 TD | 2010 Receiving | |
| Adrian Peterson Oklahoma | 28 carries, 172 yards, 3 TD | 2004 Rushing |
Named most valuable
| Malcolm Kelly Oklahoma | 2004 |
| Quentin Griffin Oklahoma | 2002 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1912 · Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], Nov 29, 1912
1913 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 28, 1913
1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 30, 1935
1951 · Evening star, Oct 28, 1951
1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1952
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: 1995.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.