History Programs Kansas vs. Oklahoma Kansas vs. Oklahoma Kansas and Oklahoma have 114 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Oklahoma leads the series 80–28–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 9–1. Share
Kansas wins 28
Oklahoma wins 80
Ties 6
Longest streak 18 Oklahoma
Current streak 1 Kansas
Last 10 meetings Oklahoma 9–1
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1900s 7–0 1910s 3–5–2 1920s 5–4–1 1930s 3–6–1 1940s 1–8–1 1950s 0–10 1960s 2–7–1 1970s 1–9 1980s 1–9 1990s 4–4 2000s 0–6 2010s 0–9 2020s 1–3
Both ranked 7 meetings: Kansas 1, Oklahoma 6; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin 20.1 points; 24 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas 16–38–4 Kansas’s record at home
At Oklahoma 41–12–2 Oklahoma’s record at home
Neutral sites 0–1 Kansas first
Shutouts 28 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story Kansas’s biggest win 1905: Kansas 34, Oklahoma 0 by 34 points Oklahoma’s biggest win 1954: Oklahoma 65, Kansas 0 by 65 points Upset 1975: Kansas 23, Oklahoma 3 Kansas had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1984: Kansas 28, Oklahoma 11 Kansas had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1962: Oklahoma 13, Kansas 7 Oklahoma had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Ranked showdown 1952: Oklahoma 42, Kansas 20 No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas Ranked showdown 2008: Oklahoma 45, Kansas 31 No. 16 Kansas at No. 4 Oklahoma Ranked showdown 1976: Oklahoma 28, Kansas 10 No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 15 Kansas
Coach against coach Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas’s side (Kennedy 6–0 against Owen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and Oklahoma, 1903 on 1300 1500 1700 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers 1904 , Topeka, Kansas , Oct 22, 1904
1906 , Topeka, Kansas , Oct 22, 1906
1910 , District of Columbia , Nov 13, 1910
1911 , Omaha [Neb.] , Nov 12, 1911
1912 , Topeka, Kansas , Nov 4, 1912
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.
Every game Oct 28, 2023 Kansas 38, 6 Oklahoma 33at Kansas Oct 15, 2022 Oklahoma 52, 19 Kansas 42at Oklahoma Oct 23, 2021 3 Oklahoma 35,Kansas 23 at Kansas Nov 7, 2020 19 Oklahoma 62,Kansas 9 at Oklahoma Oct 5, 2019 6 Oklahoma 45,Kansas 20 at Kansas Nov 17, 2018 6 Oklahoma 55,Kansas 40 at Oklahoma Nov 18, 2017 3 Oklahoma 41,Kansas 3 at Kansas Oct 29, 2016 16 Oklahoma 56,Kansas 3 at Oklahoma Oct 31, 2015 14 Oklahoma 62,Kansas 7 at Kansas Nov 22, 2014 23 Oklahoma 44,Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Oct 19, 2013 18 Oklahoma 34,Kansas 19 at Kansas Oct 20, 2012 10 Oklahoma 52,Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Oct 15, 2011 3 Oklahoma 47,Kansas 17 at Kansas Oct 24, 2009 25 Oklahoma 35,24 Kansas 13at Kansas Oct 18, 2008 4 Oklahoma 45,16 Kansas 31at Oklahoma Oct 15, 2005 Oklahoma 19, Kansas 3 Neutral site Oct 23, 2004 2 Oklahoma 41,Kansas 10 at Oklahoma Oct 13, 2001 3 Oklahoma 38,Kansas 10 at Kansas Sep 30, 2000 14 Oklahoma 34,Kansas 16 at Oklahoma Oct 4, 1997 Kansas 20, Oklahoma 17 at Kansas Oct 5, 1996 Kansas 52, Oklahoma 24 at Oklahoma Oct 21, 1995 7 Kansas 38,15 Oklahoma 17at Oklahoma Oct 22, 1994 Oklahoma 20, Kansas 17 at Kansas Oct 23, 1993 17 Oklahoma 38,Kansas 23 at Oklahoma Oct 24, 1992 22 Kansas 27,Oklahoma 10 at Kansas Oct 26, 1991 21 Oklahoma 41,Kansas 3 at Oklahoma Sep 29, 1990 9 Oklahoma 31,Kansas 17 at Oklahoma Sep 30, 1989 16 Oklahoma 45,Kansas 6 at Kansas Oct 29, 1988 8 Oklahoma 63,Kansas 14 at Oklahoma Oct 31, 1987 1 Oklahoma 71,Kansas 10 at Kansas Nov 1, 1986 4 Oklahoma 64,Kansas 3 at Kansas Nov 2, 1985 9 Oklahoma 48,Kansas 6 at Oklahoma Oct 27, 1984 Kansas 28, 2 Oklahoma 11at Kansas Oct 29, 1983 14 Oklahoma 45,Kansas 14 at Oklahoma Oct 16, 1982 Oklahoma 38, Kansas 14 at Kansas Oct 17, 1981 Oklahoma 45, Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Nov 8, 1980 11 Oklahoma 21,Kansas 19 at Kansas Nov 10, 1979 6 Oklahoma 38,Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Oct 14, 1978 1 Oklahoma 17,Kansas 16 at Kansas Oct 1, 1977 1 Oklahoma 24,Kansas 9 at Oklahoma Oct 16, 1976 6 Oklahoma 28,15 Kansas 10at Kansas Nov 8, 1975 Kansas 23, 2 Oklahoma 3at Oklahoma Nov 16, 1974 1 Oklahoma 45,Kansas 14 at Kansas Nov 17, 1973 3 Oklahoma 48,18 Kansas 20at Oklahoma Nov 18, 1972 4 Oklahoma 31,Kansas 7 at Kansas Nov 13, 1971 2 Oklahoma 56,Kansas 10 at Oklahoma Nov 14, 1970 Oklahoma 28, Kansas 24 at Kansas Nov 15, 1969 Oklahoma 31, Kansas 15 at Oklahoma Nov 9, 1968 Oklahoma 27, 3 Kansas 23at Kansas Nov 18, 1967 7 Oklahoma 14,Kansas 10 at Oklahoma Oct 15, 1966 Oklahoma 35, Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 16, 1965 Oklahoma 21, Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Oct 17, 1964 Kansas 15, Oklahoma 14 at Kansas Oct 19, 1963 6 Oklahoma 21,Kansas 18 at Oklahoma Oct 20, 1962 Oklahoma 13, Kansas 7 at Kansas Oct 21, 1961 Kansas 10, Oklahoma 0 at Oklahoma Oct 15, 1960 9 Kansas 13,Oklahoma 13 at Kansas Oct 24, 1959 18 Oklahoma 7,Kansas 6 at Oklahoma Oct 18, 1958 11 Oklahoma 43,Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 19, 1957 2 Oklahoma 47,Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Oct 20, 1956 1 Oklahoma 34,Kansas 12 at Kansas Oct 15, 1955 Oklahoma 44, Kansas 6 at Oklahoma Oct 16, 1954 1 Oklahoma 65,Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 17, 1953 12 Oklahoma 45,Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Oct 18, 1952 6 Oklahoma 42,8 Kansas 20at Kansas Oct 20, 1951 19 Oklahoma 33,Kansas 21 at Oklahoma Nov 11, 1950 3 Oklahoma 33,19 Kansas 13at Kansas Oct 15, 1949 3 Oklahoma 48,Kansas 26 at Oklahoma Nov 20, 1948 8 Oklahoma 60,Kansas 7 at Kansas Oct 18, 1947 Oklahoma 13, Kansas 13 at Oklahoma Nov 9, 1946 Kansas 16, 16 Oklahoma 13at Kansas Oct 20, 1945 Oklahoma 39, Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Nov 18, 1944 Oklahoma 20, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 6, 1943 Oklahoma 26, Kansas 13 at Oklahoma Oct 17, 1942 Oklahoma 25, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 1, 1941 Oklahoma 38, Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Nov 9, 1940 Oklahoma 13, Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 21, 1939 3 Oklahoma 27,Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Oct 15, 1938 Oklahoma 19, Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 23, 1937 Kansas 6, Oklahoma 3 at Oklahoma Oct 17, 1936 Oklahoma 14, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 2, 1935 Kansas 7, Oklahoma 0 at Oklahoma Oct 27, 1934 Kansas 7, Oklahoma 7 at Kansas Nov 4, 1933 Oklahoma 20, Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Oct 8, 1932 Oklahoma 21, Kansas 6 at Kansas Nov 7, 1931 Oklahoma 10, Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Nov 15, 1930 Kansas 13, Oklahoma 0 at Kansas Nov 9, 1929 Kansas 7, Oklahoma 0 at Oklahoma Nov 17, 1928 Oklahoma 7, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 12, 1927 Oklahoma 26, Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Nov 11, 1926 Kansas 10, Oklahoma 9 at Kansas Nov 7, 1925 Oklahoma 0, Kansas 0 at Oklahoma Nov 15, 1924 Kansas 20, Oklahoma 0 at Kansas Nov 3, 1923 Kansas 7, Oklahoma 3 at Oklahoma Nov 4, 1922 Kansas 19, Oklahoma 3 at Kansas Nov 5, 1921 Oklahoma 24, Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Nov 6, 1920 Oklahoma 21, Kansas 9 at Oklahoma Nov 8, 1919 Kansas 0, Oklahoma 0 at Kansas Nov 9, 1918 Oklahoma 33, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 10, 1917 Kansas 13, Oklahoma 6 at Oklahoma Nov 4, 1916 Kansas 21, Oklahoma 13 at Kansas Oct 30, 1915 Oklahoma 23, Kansas 14 at Oklahoma Oct 31, 1914 Kansas 16, Oklahoma 16 at Kansas Nov 1, 1913 Oklahoma 21, Kansas 7 at Oklahoma Nov 2, 1912 Oklahoma 6, Kansas 5 at Kansas Nov 11, 1911 Oklahoma 3, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 12, 1910 Kansas 2, Oklahoma 0 at Oklahoma Oct 9, 1909 Kansas 11, Oklahoma 0 at Kansas Oct 17, 1908 Kansas 11, Oklahoma 0 at Kansas Oct 19, 1907 Kansas 15, Oklahoma 0 at Oklahoma Oct 20, 1906 Kansas 20, Oklahoma 4 at Kansas Oct 21, 1905 Kansas 34, Oklahoma 0 at Kansas Oct 21, 1904 Kansas 16, Oklahoma 0 at Oklahoma Nov 7, 1903 Kansas 17, Oklahoma 5 at Kansas
Every game is listed as played on the field.
