Missouri vs. Oklahoma

Missouri and Oklahoma first met in 1902 and have played 98 times; Oklahoma leads the series 68–⁠25–⁠5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 8–⁠2. The winner takes home the Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe. Oklahoma holds it.

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

Missouri wins
25
Oklahoma wins
68
Ties
5
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
14 Oklahoma
Current streak
1 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 8–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s4–⁠4–⁠1
1920s5–⁠5
1930s4–⁠5–⁠1
1940s2–⁠6–⁠2
1950s0–⁠10
1960s4–⁠5–⁠1
1970s0–⁠10
1980s2–⁠8
1990s1–⁠7
2000s0–⁠6
2010s1–⁠1
2020s1–⁠1
Both ranked
16 meetings: Missouri 3, Oklahoma 13; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
17 points; 27 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Missouri
18–⁠32 Missouri’s record at home
At Oklahoma
34–⁠7–⁠5 Oklahoma’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Missouri first
Shutouts
26

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

Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe

Played for since
—
Held by
Oklahoma

Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe.

Games that tell the story

  1. Missouri’s biggest win1969: Missouri 44, Oklahoma 10by 34 points
  2. Oklahoma’s biggest win1986: Oklahoma 77, Missouri 0by 77 points
  3. Upset1961: Oklahoma 7, Missouri 0Oklahoma had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1932: Missouri 14, Oklahoma 6Missouri had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1912: Missouri 14, Oklahoma 0Missouri had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2007: Oklahoma 38, Missouri 17No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 1 Missouri
  7. Ranked showdown1973: Oklahoma 31, Missouri 3No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 Missouri
  8. Ranked showdown1978: Oklahoma 45, Missouri 23No. 14 Missouri at No. 1 Oklahoma

Coach against coach

YearsMissouriSeriesOklahoma
1911–⁠1913Chester Brewer2–⁠1Bennie Owen
1914–⁠1917Henry Schulte1–⁠3Bennie Owen
1923–⁠1926Gwinn Henry2–⁠2Bennie Owen
1927–⁠1931Gwinn Henry3–⁠1–⁠1Adrian Lindsey
1932–⁠1934Frank Carideo1–⁠2Lewie Hardage
1937–⁠1940Don Faurot1–⁠3Tom Stidham
1943–⁠1945Chauncey Simpson1–⁠1–⁠1Snorter Luster
1947–⁠1956Don Faurot0–⁠10Bud Wilkinson
1958–⁠1963Dan Devine1–⁠5Bud Wilkinson
1967–⁠1970Dan Devine1–⁠3Chuck Fairbanks
1973–⁠1977Al Onofrio0–⁠5Barry Switzer
1978–⁠1984Warren Powers2–⁠5Barry Switzer
1985–⁠1988Woody Widenhofer0–⁠4Barry Switzer
1989–⁠1993Bob Stull0–⁠5Gary Gibbs
2002–⁠2011Gary Pinkel1–⁠7Bob Stoops

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Missouri’s side (Brewer 2–⁠1 against Owen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Missouri and Oklahoma, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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

Sam Bradford Oklahoma34 of 49, 384 yards, 2 TD2008 Passing
Chris Brown Oklahoma27 carries, 122 yards, 3 TD2008 Rushing
Juaquin Iglesias Oklahoma9 catches, 125 yards, 2 TD2008 Receiving

Named most valuable

Sam Bradford2008
Sam Bradford2007

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

  • The The Guthrie daily leader's story of the 1910 game: | SOONER" CLAWED BY n TIGERS" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VARSITY TEAMS ON GRIDIRoN 8tf N FINE exhibition UNDER NEW FOOTBALL RULES Str II LIZ New STATE Team Fought Oss- peratsIy, But Beaten, Score rs to 0

    1910 · The Guthrie daily leader, Guthrie, Okla., Oct 29, 1910

  • The Ottumwa tri-weekly courier's story of the 1911 game: OKLAHOMA WHIPS MISSOURI Score Is Fourteen to Six In Hard Fought Game at Columbia, ..- --E. ~ Missouri

    1911 · Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, Nov 7, 1911

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1912 game: MISSOURI WINS FROM OKLAHOMA

    1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 26, 1912

  • The El Paso herald's story of the 1913 game: MISSOURI WINS FROM OKLAHOMA

    1913 · El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., Oct 19, 1913

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1914 game: TIGERS LOSE, 10 TO Q Oklahoma Defeat Missouri Eleven / Hot Dusty Battle at Norman.

    1914 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 19, 1914

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: 2010, 2007, 2007.

2025ABC5.4 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.

Every game

Nov 28, 2026Oklahoma at Missouri upcomingat Missouri
Nov 22, 20258Oklahoma 17, 23Missouri 6at Oklahoma
Nov 9, 2024Missouri 30, Oklahoma 23at Missouri
Sep 24, 20111Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28at Oklahoma
Oct 23, 201018Missouri 36, 3Oklahoma 27at Missouri
Dec 6, 20084Oklahoma 62, 19Missouri 21Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK)Big 12 Championship Game
Dec 1, 20079Oklahoma 38, 1Missouri 17AlamodomeBig 12 Championship Game
Oct 13, 20076Oklahoma 41, 11Missouri 31at Oklahoma
Oct 28, 200619Oklahoma 26, 23Missouri 10at Missouri
Oct 18, 20031Oklahoma 34, 24Missouri 13at Oklahoma
Oct 5, 20023Oklahoma 31, Missouri 24at Missouri
Nov 6, 1999Oklahoma 37, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Oct 17, 199820Missouri 20, Oklahoma 6at Missouri
Oct 28, 199523Oklahoma 13, Missouri 9at Missouri
Nov 5, 1994Oklahoma 30, Missouri 13at Oklahoma
Nov 6, 199320Oklahoma 42, Missouri 23at Missouri
Nov 7, 1992Oklahoma 51, Missouri 17at Oklahoma
Nov 9, 199120Oklahoma 56, Missouri 16at Missouri
Nov 3, 1990Oklahoma 55, Missouri 10at Missouri
Nov 4, 1989Oklahoma 52, Missouri 14at Oklahoma
Nov 12, 19888Oklahoma 16, Missouri 7at Missouri
Nov 14, 19871Oklahoma 17, Missouri 13at Oklahoma
Nov 8, 19864Oklahoma 77, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 9, 19857Oklahoma 51, Missouri 6at Missouri
Nov 3, 198410Oklahoma 49, Missouri 7at Oklahoma
Nov 5, 1983Missouri 10, 11Oklahoma 0at Missouri
Nov 13, 198215Oklahoma 41, Missouri 14at Oklahoma
Nov 14, 1981Missouri 19, 15Oklahoma 14at Missouri
Nov 15, 198010Oklahoma 17, Missouri 7at Oklahoma
Nov 17, 19797Oklahoma 24, Missouri 22at Missouri
Sep 30, 19781Oklahoma 45, 14Missouri 23at Oklahoma
Oct 15, 19777Oklahoma 21, Missouri 17at Missouri
Nov 13, 197614Oklahoma 27, 11Missouri 20at Oklahoma
Nov 15, 19756Oklahoma 28, 18Missouri 27at Missouri
Nov 9, 19742Oklahoma 37, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 10, 19733Oklahoma 31, 10Missouri 3at Missouri
Nov 11, 19727Oklahoma 17, 14Missouri 6at Oklahoma
Nov 6, 19712Oklahoma 20, Missouri 3at Missouri
Nov 7, 1970Oklahoma 28, Missouri 13at Oklahoma
Nov 8, 19699Missouri 44, 20Oklahoma 10at Missouri
Nov 16, 1968Oklahoma 28, 6Missouri 14at Oklahoma
Oct 28, 1967Oklahoma 7, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 12, 1966Missouri 10, Oklahoma 7at Oklahoma
Nov 13, 19659Missouri 30, Oklahoma 0at Missouri
Nov 14, 1964Oklahoma 14, Missouri 14at Oklahoma
Nov 16, 19635Oklahoma 13, Missouri 3at Missouri
Nov 17, 1962Oklahoma 13, 6Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 11, 1961Oklahoma 7, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 12, 19602Missouri 41, Oklahoma 19at Oklahoma
Oct 17, 1959Oklahoma 23, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 15, 19586Oklahoma 39, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 9, 19572Oklahoma 39, 19Missouri 14at Missouri
Nov 17, 19562Oklahoma 67, Missouri 14at Oklahoma
Nov 5, 1955Oklahoma 20, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 13, 19543Oklahoma 34, Missouri 13at Oklahoma
Nov 7, 19538Oklahoma 14, Missouri 7at Missouri
Nov 15, 19528Oklahoma 47, Missouri 7at Oklahoma
Nov 10, 195114Oklahoma 34, Missouri 20at Missouri
Nov 18, 19502Oklahoma 41, Missouri 7at Oklahoma
Nov 12, 19493Oklahoma 27, Missouri 7at Missouri
Nov 6, 194815Oklahoma 41, 9Missouri 7at Oklahoma
Nov 15, 1947Oklahoma 21, 17Missouri 12at Missouri
Nov 16, 1946Oklahoma 27, Missouri 6at Oklahoma
Nov 17, 1945Missouri 14, 14Oklahoma 6at Missouri
Nov 11, 1944Oklahoma 21, Missouri 21at Oklahoma
Nov 13, 1943Oklahoma 20, Missouri 13at Missouri
Nov 14, 1942Oklahoma 6, Missouri 6at Oklahoma
Nov 15, 194116Missouri 28, Oklahoma 0at Missouri
Nov 16, 1940Oklahoma 7, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 18, 193912Missouri 7, 5Oklahoma 6at Missouri
Nov 12, 193810Oklahoma 21, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 13, 1937Oklahoma 7, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 14, 1936Missouri 21, Oklahoma 14at Oklahoma
Nov 9, 1935Oklahoma 20, Missouri 6at Missouri
Nov 3, 1934Oklahoma 31, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 11, 1933Oklahoma 21, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 5, 1932Missouri 14, Oklahoma 6at Oklahoma
Nov 14, 1931Missouri 7, Oklahoma 0at Missouri
Nov 27, 1930Oklahoma 0, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 28, 1929Missouri 13, Oklahoma 0at Missouri
Nov 29, 1928Oklahoma 14, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Nov 24, 1927Missouri 20, Oklahoma 7at Missouri
Nov 6, 1926Oklahoma 10, Missouri 7at Oklahoma
Nov 14, 1925Missouri 16, Oklahoma 14at Missouri
Nov 8, 1924Missouri 10, Oklahoma 0at Oklahoma
Nov 10, 1923Oklahoma 13, Missouri 0at Missouri
Nov 11, 1922Oklahoma 18, Missouri 14at Oklahoma
Nov 12, 1921Missouri 24, Oklahoma 14at Missouri
Oct 30, 1920Oklahoma 28, Missouri 7at Missouri
Nov 1, 1919Oklahoma 6, Missouri 6at Oklahoma
Nov 3, 1917Oklahoma 14, Missouri 7at Missouri
Oct 28, 1916Missouri 23, Oklahoma 14at Oklahoma
Oct 16, 1915Oklahoma 24, Missouri 0at Missouri
Oct 17, 1914Oklahoma 13, Missouri 0at Oklahoma
Oct 18, 1913Missouri 20, Oklahoma 17at Missouri
Oct 25, 1912Missouri 14, Oklahoma 0at Oklahoma
Nov 4, 1911Oklahoma 14, Missouri 6at Missouri
Oct 28, 1910Missouri 26, Oklahoma 0at Missouri
Nov 12, 1902Missouri 22, Oklahoma 5at Missouri

Every game is listed as played on the field.