Kansas State vs. Oklahoma
Kansas State and Oklahoma have 102 meetings on file, the first in 1914; Oklahoma leads the series 76–22–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 6–4. Share
- Kansas State wins
- 22
- Oklahoma wins
- 76
- Ties
- 4
- Earliest on file
- 1914
- Longest streak
- 32 Oklahoma
- Current streak
- 1 Kansas State
- Last 10 meetings
- Oklahoma 6–4
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 5–2–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–7 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 3–6 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–1 |
- Both ranked
- 10 meetings: Kansas State 6, Oklahoma 4; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 23 points; 24 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kansas State
- 11–38–1 Kansas State’s record at home
- At Oklahoma
- 37–10–3 Oklahoma’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 Kansas State first
- Shutouts
- 27
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kansas State’s biggest win1995: Kansas State 49, Oklahoma 10by 39 points
- Oklahoma’s biggest win1942: Oklahoma 76, Kansas State 0by 76 points
- Upset2022: Kansas State 41, Oklahoma 34Kansas State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2020: Kansas State 38, Oklahoma 35Kansas State had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2019: Kansas State 48, Oklahoma 41Kansas State had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2000: Oklahoma 41, Kansas State 31No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 2 Kansas State
- Ranked showdown2000: Oklahoma 27, Kansas State 24No. 11 Kansas State at No. 1 Oklahoma
- Ranked showdown2003: Kansas State 35, Oklahoma 7No. 13 Kansas State at No. 1 Oklahoma
Coach against coach
| Years | Kansas State | Series | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–1926 | Charlie Bachman | 4–0–3 | Bennie Owen |
| 1928–1931 | Bo McMillin | 1–3 | Adrian Lindsey |
| 1937–1939 | Wesley Fry | 0–3 | Tom Stidham |
| 1942–1944 | Ward Haylett | 0–3 | Snorter Luster |
| 1948–1950 | Ralph Graham | 0–3 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1951–1954 | Bill Meek | 0–4 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1955–1959 | Bernard Mertes | 0–5 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1960–1963 | Doug Weaver | 0–4 | Bud Wilkinson |
| 1967–1972 | Vince Gibson | 2–4 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| 1975–1977 | Ellis Rainsberger | 0–3 | Barry Switzer |
| 1978–1984 | Jim Dickey | 0–7 | Barry Switzer |
| 1986–1988 | Stan Parrish | 0–3 | Barry Switzer |
| 1989–1994 | Bill Snyder | 2–4 | Gary Gibbs |
| 2000–2016 | Bill Snyder | 3–10 | Bob Stoops |
| 2019–2021 | Chris Klieman | 2–1 | Lincoln Riley |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Bachman 4–0–3 against Owen). 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 | 35 of 47, 505 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT | 2011 Passing | |
| Josh Freeman Kansas State | 29 of 51, 478 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT | 2008 Passing | |
| Tyler Lockett Kansas State | 12 catches, 278 yards, 3 TD | 2013 Receiving | |
| Dede Westbrook Oklahoma | 9 catches, 184 yards, 3 TD | 2016 Receiving | |
| Sterling Shepard Oklahoma | 15 catches, 197 yards, 1 TD | 2014 Receiving |
Named most valuable
| Ell Roberson Kansas State | 2003 |
| Josh Heupel Oklahoma | 2000 |
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
1933 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 19, 1933
1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 17, 1935
1936 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 9, 1936
1938 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 6, 1938
1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 13, 1939
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 three times: 2001, 2000, 2000.
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.