Kansas vs. Oklahoma State
Kansas and Oklahoma State have 75 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Oklahoma State leads the series 41–31–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma State 8–2. Share
- Kansas wins
- 31
- Oklahoma State wins
- 41
- Ties
- 3
- Earliest on file
- 1923
- Longest streak
- 12 Oklahoma State
- Current streak
- 1 Kansas
- Last 10 meetings
- Oklahoma State 8–2
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–3 |
- Average margin
- 16.9 points; 25 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kansas
- 17–22–1 Kansas’s record at home
- At Oklahoma State
- 19–14–2 Oklahoma State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kansas’s biggest win1949: Kansas 55, Oklahoma State 14by 41 points
- Oklahoma State’s biggest win2021: Oklahoma State 55, Kansas 3by 52 points
- Upset1924: Oklahoma State 3, Kansas 0Oklahoma State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2022: Kansas 37, Oklahoma State 16Kansas had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1972: Kansas 13, Oklahoma State 10Kansas had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Kansas | Series | Oklahoma State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1925 | Potsy Clark | 2–1 | John Maulbetsch |
| 1950–1953 | Jules Sikes | 3–1 | Jennings Whitworth |
| 1955–1957 | Chuck Mather | 3–0 | Cliff Speegle |
| 1958–1962 | Jack Mitchell | 4–1 | Cliff Speegle |
| 1963–1966 | Jack Mitchell | 3–1 | Phil Cutchin |
| 1975–1978 | Bud Moore | 0–4 | Jim Stanley |
| 1979–1982 | Don Fambrough | 0–2–2 | Jimmy Johnson |
| 1988–1994 | Glen Mason | 5–2 | Pat Jones |
| 2015–2018 | David Beaty | 0–4 | Mike Gundy |
| 2021–2023 | Lance Leipold | 1–2 | Mike Gundy |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas’s side (Clark 2–1 against Maulbetsch). 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
| Bobby Reid Oklahoma State | 23 of 35, 411 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2006 Passing | |
| Adarius Bowman Oklahoma State | 13 catches, 300 yards, 4 TD | 2006 Receiving | |
| Marcus Henry Kansas | 8 catches, 199 yards, 3 TD | 2007 Receiving | |
| Devin Neal Kansas | 32 carries, 224 yards, 1 TD | 2022 Rushing | |
| Tylan Wallace Oklahoma State | 9 catches, 148 yards, 2 TD | 2020 Receiving |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 28, 1962
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.