Miami vs. Oklahoma

Miami and Oklahoma have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1973; Miami leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Miami 4–⁠3.

Miami wins
4
Oklahoma wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1973
Longest streak
3 Miami
Current streak
1 Miami
Last 10 meetings
Miami 4–⁠3
Most recent
2009

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠2
1980s3–⁠0
2000s1–⁠1
Both ranked
4 meetings: Miami 3, Oklahoma 1; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
11 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
2–⁠1 Miami’s record at home
At Oklahoma
2–⁠1 Oklahoma’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Miami first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Miami’s biggest win1985: Miami 27, Oklahoma 14by 13 points
  2. Oklahoma’s biggest win2007: Oklahoma 51, Miami 13by 38 points
  3. Upset2009: Miami 21, Oklahoma 20Miami had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown1987: Miami 20, Oklahoma 14No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 2 Miami
  5. Ranked showdown1986: Miami 28, Oklahoma 16No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 2 Miami
  6. Ranked showdown1973: Oklahoma 24, Miami 20No. 17 Miami at No. 6 Oklahoma
  7. Ranked showdown2009: Miami 21, Oklahoma 20No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 17 Miami

Coach against coach

YearsMiamiSeriesOklahoma
1985–⁠1987Jimmy Johnson3–⁠0Barry Switzer

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Miami and Oklahoma, 1973 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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

Named most valuable

Bernard Clark Miami1987
Darrell Reed Oklahoma1987

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 3, 200917Miami 21, 8Oklahoma 20at Miami
Sep 8, 20075Oklahoma 51, Miami 13at Oklahoma
Jan 1, 19882Miami 20, 1Oklahoma 14Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Sep 27, 19862Miami 28, 1Oklahoma 16at Miami
Oct 19, 1985Miami 27, 3Oklahoma 14at Oklahoma
Sep 26, 19751Oklahoma 20, Miami 17at Miami
Oct 6, 19736Oklahoma 24, 17Miami 20at Oklahoma

Every game is listed as played on the field.