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LSU vs. Oklahoma

LSU and Oklahoma have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1949; LSU leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s LSU 3–⁠2.

Scheduled 2027 at LSU. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

LSU wins
3
Oklahoma wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1949
Longest streak
3 LSU
Current streak
1 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
LSU 3–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠1
Both ranked
3 meetings: LSU 2, Oklahoma 1; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
20.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At LSU
1–⁠0 LSU’s record at home
At Oklahoma
1–⁠0 Oklahoma’s record at home
Neutral sites
2–⁠1 LSU first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. LSU’s biggest win2019: LSU 63, Oklahoma 28by 35 points
  2. Oklahoma’s biggest win1949: Oklahoma 35, LSU 0by 35 points
  3. Ranked showdown2003: LSU 21, Oklahoma 14No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 3 LSU
  4. Ranked showdown2019: LSU 63, Oklahoma 28No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 1 LSU
  5. Ranked showdown1949: Oklahoma 35, LSU 0No. 13 LSU at No. 3 Oklahoma

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of LSU and Oklahoma, 1949 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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

Joe Burrow LSU29 of 39, 493 yards, 7 TD2019 Passing
Justin Jefferson LSU14 catches, 227 yards, 4 TD2019 Receiving

Named most valuable

Joe Burrow LSU2019
K’Lavon Chaisson LSU2019
LSU RB Justin Vincent2003

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).

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2003.

2025ABC6.4 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). 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

Nov 29, 20258Oklahoma 17, LSU 13at Oklahoma
Nov 30, 2024LSU 37, Oklahoma 17at LSU
Dec 28, 20191LSU 63, 4Oklahoma 28Mercedes-Benz StadiumPeach Bowl, CFP Semifinal
Jan 4, 20043LSU 21, 1Oklahoma 14Caesars SuperdomeSugar Bowl
Jan 2, 19503Oklahoma 35, 13LSU 0Neutral siteSugar Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.