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Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State

Iowa State and Oklahoma State have 59 meetings on file, the first in 1926; Oklahoma State leads the series 34–⁠22–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma State 6–⁠4, and Iowa State has won the last 2.

Iowa State wins
22
Oklahoma State wins
34
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1926
Longest streak
6 Oklahoma State
Current streak
2 Iowa State
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma State 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1960s5–⁠4–⁠1
1970s4–⁠6
1980s3–⁠7
1990s2–⁠4–⁠2
2000s3–⁠3
2010s2–⁠7
2020s3–⁠2
Both ranked
3 meetings: Iowa State 0, Oklahoma State 3
Average margin
13.2 points; 29 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa State
14–⁠15–⁠1 Iowa State’s record at home
At Oklahoma State
19–⁠8–⁠2 Oklahoma State’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Iowa State’s biggest win1971: Iowa State 54, Oklahoma State 0by 54 points
  2. Oklahoma State’s biggest win2008: Oklahoma State 59, Iowa State 17by 42 points
  3. Upset1985: Iowa State 15, Oklahoma State 10Iowa State had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2011: Iowa State 37, Oklahoma State 31Iowa State had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1926: Oklahoma State 13, Iowa State 0Oklahoma State had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2020: Oklahoma State 24, Iowa State 21No. 17 Iowa State at No. 6 Oklahoma State
  7. Ranked showdown1976: Oklahoma State 42, Iowa State 21No. 14 Iowa State at No. 16 Oklahoma State
  8. Ranked showdown2017: Oklahoma State 49, Iowa State 42No. 12 Oklahoma State at No. 24 Iowa State

Coach against coach

YearsIowa StateSeriesOklahoma State
1960–⁠1962Clay Stapleton3–⁠0Cliff Speegle
1963–⁠1967Clay Stapleton2–⁠2–⁠1Phil Cutchin
1969–⁠1971Johnny Majors1–⁠2Floyd Gass
1973–⁠1978Earle Bruce3–⁠3Jim Stanley
1979–⁠1982Donnie Duncan1–⁠3Jimmy Johnson
1987–⁠1994Jim Walden2–⁠4–⁠2Pat Jones
1995–⁠2000Dan McCarney2–⁠2Bob Simmons
2009–⁠2015Paul Rhoads1–⁠5Mike Gundy
2016–⁠2023Matt Campbell3–⁠5Mike Gundy

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Stapleton 3–⁠0 against Speegle). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa State and Oklahoma State, 1926 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

Brandon Weeden Oklahoma State42 of 58, 476 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT2011 Passing
Zac Robinson Oklahoma State18 of 27, 395 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2008 Passing
Desmond Roland Oklahoma State26 carries, 219 yards, 4 TD2013 Rushing
Keith Toston Oklahoma State25 carries, 206 yards, 3 TD2009 Rushing
Dez Bryant Oklahoma State9 catches, 171 yards, 4 TD2008 Receiving

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

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1961 game: Hoppmun Scores Two Touchdowns For Iowa Stute

    1961 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 24, 1961

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

2025ESPNU0.1 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Oct 31, 2026Oklahoma State at Iowa State upcomingat Iowa State
Nov 29, 2025Iowa State 20, Oklahoma State 13at Oklahoma State
Sep 23, 2023Iowa State 34, Oklahoma State 27at Iowa State
Nov 12, 2022Oklahoma State 20, Iowa State 14at Oklahoma State
Oct 23, 2021Iowa State 24, 8Oklahoma State 21at Iowa State
Oct 24, 20206Oklahoma State 24, 17Iowa State 21at Oklahoma State
Oct 26, 2019Oklahoma State 34, 23Iowa State 27at Iowa State
Oct 6, 2018Iowa State 48, 25Oklahoma State 42at Oklahoma State
Nov 11, 201712Oklahoma State 49, 24Iowa State 42at Iowa State
Oct 8, 2016Oklahoma State 38, Iowa State 31at Oklahoma State
Nov 14, 20155Oklahoma State 35, Iowa State 31at Iowa State
Oct 4, 201421Oklahoma State 37, Iowa State 20at Oklahoma State
Oct 26, 201319Oklahoma State 58, Iowa State 27at Iowa State
Oct 20, 2012Oklahoma State 31, Iowa State 10at Oklahoma State
Nov 18, 2011Iowa State 37, 2Oklahoma State 31at Iowa State
Nov 7, 200918Oklahoma State 34, Iowa State 8at Iowa State
Nov 1, 20089Oklahoma State 59, Iowa State 17at Oklahoma State
Oct 22, 2005Iowa State 37, Oklahoma State 10at Iowa State
Oct 2, 200425Oklahoma State 36, Iowa State 7at Oklahoma State
Oct 20, 2001Iowa State 28, Oklahoma State 14at Iowa State
Oct 14, 2000Iowa State 33, Oklahoma State 26at Oklahoma State
Aug 30, 1997Oklahoma State 21, Iowa State 14at Iowa State
Oct 19, 1996Oklahoma State 28, Iowa State 27at Oklahoma State
Oct 28, 1995Iowa State 38, Oklahoma State 14at Iowa State
Oct 22, 1994Oklahoma State 31, Iowa State 31at Oklahoma State
Oct 23, 1993Iowa State 20, Oklahoma State 17at Iowa State
Oct 24, 1992Oklahoma State 27, Iowa State 21at Oklahoma State
Oct 26, 1991Iowa State 6, Oklahoma State 6at Iowa State
Nov 17, 1990Oklahoma State 25, Iowa State 17at Iowa State
Nov 18, 1989Iowa State 31, Oklahoma State 21at Oklahoma State
Nov 19, 198813Oklahoma State 49, Iowa State 28at Iowa State
Nov 21, 198713Oklahoma State 48, Iowa State 27at Oklahoma State
Nov 22, 1986Oklahoma State 21, Iowa State 14at Oklahoma State
Nov 23, 1985Iowa State 15, 7Oklahoma State 10at Iowa State
Nov 17, 19844Oklahoma State 16, Iowa State 10at Oklahoma State
Nov 19, 1983Oklahoma State 30, Iowa State 7at Iowa State
Nov 20, 1982Oklahoma State 49, Iowa State 13at Oklahoma State
Nov 21, 1981Oklahoma State 27, Iowa State 7at Iowa State
Nov 22, 1980Iowa State 23, Oklahoma State 21at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 1979Oklahoma State 13, Iowa State 10at Iowa State
Nov 11, 1978Iowa State 28, Oklahoma State 15at Oklahoma State
Nov 19, 1977Iowa State 21, Oklahoma State 13at Iowa State
Nov 20, 197616Oklahoma State 42, 14Iowa State 21at Oklahoma State
Nov 22, 1975Oklahoma State 14, Iowa State 7at Iowa State
Nov 23, 1974Oklahoma State 14, Iowa State 12at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 1973Iowa State 28, 18Oklahoma State 12at Iowa State
Nov 25, 1972Oklahoma State 45, 17Iowa State 14at Oklahoma State
Nov 20, 1971Iowa State 54, Oklahoma State 0at Iowa State
Nov 21, 1970Oklahoma State 36, Iowa State 27at Oklahoma State
Nov 22, 1969Oklahoma State 35, Iowa State 0at Iowa State
Nov 16, 1968Oklahoma State 26, Iowa State 17at Oklahoma State
Nov 18, 1967Oklahoma State 28, Iowa State 14at Iowa State
Oct 29, 1966Oklahoma State 14, Iowa State 14at Oklahoma State
Oct 30, 1965Iowa State 14, Oklahoma State 10at Iowa State
Sep 26, 1964Oklahoma State 29, Iowa State 14at Oklahoma State
Nov 2, 1963Iowa State 33, Oklahoma State 28at Iowa State
Nov 3, 1962Iowa State 34, Oklahoma State 7at Oklahoma State
Sep 23, 1961Iowa State 14, Oklahoma State 7at Iowa State
Oct 29, 1960Iowa State 13, Oklahoma State 6at Oklahoma State
Oct 9, 1926Oklahoma State 13, Iowa State 0at Iowa State

Every game is listed as played on the field.