Ohio vs. West Texas

Ohio and West Texas first met in 1962 and have played 3 times; West Texas leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s West Texas 2–⁠1.

Ohio wins
1
West Texas wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1962
Longest streak
1 West Texas
Current streak
1 West Texas
Last 10 meetings
West Texas 2–⁠1
Most recent
1965

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠2
Average margin
3.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ohio
0–⁠1 Ohio’s record at home
At West Texas
0–⁠1 West Texas’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Ohio first
Shutouts
1

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

Coach against coach

YearsOhioSeriesWest Texas
1962–⁠1965Bill Hess1–⁠2Joe Kerbel

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ohio and West Texas, 1962 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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

Jerry Logan1962

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

Every game

Sep 18, 1965West Texas 7, Ohio 0at Ohio
Sep 19, 1964Ohio 16, West Texas 14at West Texas
Dec 31, 1962West Texas 15, Ohio 14Neutral siteSun Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.