Bedlam

Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State

112 of their 118 meetings are on file: they first met in 1904, and the earliest on file is 1912; officially, Oklahoma leads 91–⁠20–⁠7; as played, 85–⁠20–⁠7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 7–⁠3. The winner takes home the Bedlam Bell. Oklahoma State holds it. The official count covers every meeting. Share

Official series: Oklahoma leads 91–⁠20–⁠7
Oklahoma wins on file: 85
Oklahoma State wins on file: 20
Ties: 7
Earliest on file: 1912 first met 1904
Longest streak: 19 Oklahoma
Current streak: 1 Oklahoma State
Last 10 meetings: Oklahoma 7–⁠3
Most recent: 2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1910s											7–⁠1
1920s											5–⁠2–⁠3
1930s											5–⁠3–⁠2
1940s											7–⁠2–⁠1
1950s											10–⁠0
1960s											8–⁠2
1970s											9–⁠1
1980s											10–⁠0
1990s											6–⁠3–⁠1
2000s											8–⁠2
2010s											8–⁠2
2020s											2–⁠2

Both ranked: 19 meetings: Oklahoma 17, Oklahoma State 2; 3 both in the top 10
Average margin: 19.5 points; 28 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma: 46–⁠9–⁠2 Oklahoma’s record at home
At Oklahoma State: 10–⁠38–⁠5 Oklahoma State’s record at home
Neutral sites: 1–⁠1 Oklahoma first
Shutouts: 29

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

Bedlam Bell

Played for since: —
Held by: Oklahoma State

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 Bedlam Bell.

Games that tell the story

Oklahoma’s biggest win1946: Oklahoma 73, Oklahoma State 12by 61 points
Oklahoma State’s biggest win1945: Oklahoma State 47, Oklahoma 0by 47 points
Upset2001: Oklahoma State 16, Oklahoma 13Oklahoma State had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1976: Oklahoma State 31, Oklahoma 24Oklahoma State had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset2014: Oklahoma State 38, Oklahoma 35Oklahoma State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Ranked showdown1984: Oklahoma 24, Oklahoma State 14No. 3 Oklahoma State at No. 2 Oklahoma
Ranked showdown1987: Oklahoma 29, Oklahoma State 10No. 12 Oklahoma State at No. 1 Oklahoma
Ranked showdown2015: Oklahoma 58, Oklahoma State 23No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 9 Oklahoma State

Coach against coach

Years	Oklahoma	Series	Oklahoma State
1912–⁠1914	Bennie Owen	3–⁠0	Paul Davis
1921–⁠1926	Bennie Owen	3–⁠1–⁠2	John Maulbetsch
1929–⁠1931	Adrian Lindsey	0–⁠1–⁠2	Pappy Waldorf
1941–⁠1945	Snorter Luster	2–⁠2–⁠1	Jim Lookabaugh
1947–⁠1949	Bud Wilkinson	3–⁠0	Jim Lookabaugh
1950–⁠1954	Bud Wilkinson	5–⁠0	Jennings Whitworth
1955–⁠1962	Bud Wilkinson	8–⁠0	Cliff Speegle
1969–⁠1971	Chuck Fairbanks	3–⁠0	Floyd Gass
1973–⁠1978	Barry Switzer	5–⁠1	Jim Stanley
1979–⁠1983	Barry Switzer	5–⁠0	Jimmy Johnson
1984–⁠1988	Barry Switzer	5–⁠0	Pat Jones
1989–⁠1994	Gary Gibbs	5–⁠0–⁠1	Pat Jones
1996–⁠1998	John Blake	1–⁠2	Bob Simmons
2001–⁠2004	Bob Stoops	2–⁠2	Les Miles
2005–⁠2016	Bob Stoops	10–⁠2	Mike Gundy
2017–⁠2021	Lincoln Riley	4–⁠1	Mike Gundy

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oklahoma’s side (Owen 3–⁠0 against Davis). 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

Baker Mayfield Oklahoma	24 of 36, 598 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT	2017 Passing
Taylor Cornelius Oklahoma State	34 of 53, 501 yards, 3 TD	2018 Passing
Landry Jones Oklahoma	46 of 71, 500 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT	2012 Passing
Mason Rudolph Oklahoma State	28 of 54, 448 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT	2017 Passing
Marquise Brown Oklahoma	9 catches, 265 yards, 2 TD	2017 Receiving
Adrian Peterson Oklahoma	24 carries, 237 yards, 2 TD	2005 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

1912 · Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], Nov 17, 1912
1918 · Bisbee daily review, Nov 29, 1918
1926 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 26, 1926
1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 28, 1942
1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Dec 1, 1957

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 seven times: 2020, 2017, 2015, 2010, 2008, 2004, 2003.

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

Every game

Nov 4, 2023	Oklahoma State 27, 10Oklahoma 24	at Oklahoma State
Nov 19, 2022	Oklahoma 28, 24Oklahoma State 13	at Oklahoma
Nov 27, 2021	7Oklahoma State 37, 10Oklahoma 33	at Oklahoma State
Nov 21, 2020	18Oklahoma 41, 14Oklahoma State 13	at Oklahoma
Nov 30, 2019	7Oklahoma 34, 21Oklahoma State 16	at Oklahoma State
Nov 10, 2018	6Oklahoma 48, Oklahoma State 47	at Oklahoma
Nov 4, 2017	8Oklahoma 62, 11Oklahoma State 52	at Oklahoma State
Dec 3, 2016	7Oklahoma 38, 11Oklahoma State 20	at Oklahoma
Nov 28, 2015	5Oklahoma 58, 9Oklahoma State 23	at Oklahoma State
Dec 6, 2014	Oklahoma State 38, 18Oklahoma 35	at Oklahoma
Dec 7, 2013	18Oklahoma 33, 6Oklahoma State 24	at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 2012	14Oklahoma 51, 22Oklahoma State 48	at Oklahoma
Dec 3, 2011	3Oklahoma State 44, 13Oklahoma 10	at Oklahoma State
Nov 27, 2010	14Oklahoma 47, 10Oklahoma State 41	at Oklahoma State
Nov 28, 2009	Oklahoma 27, 11Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 29, 2008	3Oklahoma 61, 11Oklahoma State 41	at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 2007	10Oklahoma 49, Oklahoma State 17	at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 2006	13Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 21	at Oklahoma State
Nov 26, 2005	Oklahoma 42, Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma
Oct 30, 2004	2Oklahoma 38, 20Oklahoma State 35	at Oklahoma State
Nov 1, 2003	1Oklahoma 52, 14Oklahoma State 9	at Oklahoma
Nov 30, 2002	Oklahoma State 38, 3Oklahoma 28	at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 2001	Oklahoma State 16, 4Oklahoma 13	at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 2000	1Oklahoma 12, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma State
Nov 27, 1999	Oklahoma 44, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Oct 24, 1998	Oklahoma State 41, Oklahoma 26	at Oklahoma State
Nov 8, 1997	25Oklahoma State 30, Oklahoma 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 9, 1996	Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 17	at Oklahoma State
Nov 11, 1995	Oklahoma State 12, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 12, 1994	Oklahoma 33, Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma State
Nov 13, 1993	17Oklahoma 31, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 14, 1992	Oklahoma State 15, Oklahoma 15	at Oklahoma State
Nov 16, 1991	18Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma
Oct 6, 1990	7Oklahoma 31, Oklahoma State 17	at Oklahoma State
Oct 7, 1989	16Oklahoma 37, Oklahoma State 15	at Oklahoma
Nov 5, 1988	8Oklahoma 31, 12Oklahoma State 28	at Oklahoma State
Nov 7, 1987	1Oklahoma 29, 12Oklahoma State 10	at Oklahoma
Oct 18, 1986	5Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 30, 1985	3Oklahoma 13, 17Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 1984	2Oklahoma 24, 3Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma
Oct 15, 1983	15Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 20	at Oklahoma State
Oct 23, 1982	20Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 9	at Oklahoma
Nov 28, 1981	Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 3	at Oklahoma State
Nov 29, 1980	6Oklahoma 63, Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma
Nov 3, 1979	7Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma State
Nov 18, 1978	4Oklahoma 62, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 5, 1977	3Oklahoma 61, Oklahoma State 28	at Oklahoma State
Oct 23, 1976	Oklahoma State 31, 5Oklahoma 24	at Oklahoma
Nov 1, 1975	2Oklahoma 27, 19Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma State
Nov 30, 1974	1Oklahoma 44, Oklahoma State 13	at Oklahoma
Dec 1, 1973	2Oklahoma 45, Oklahoma State 18	at Oklahoma State
Dec 2, 1972	3Oklahoma 38, 20Oklahoma State 15	at Oklahoma
Dec 4, 1971	3Oklahoma 58, Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma State
Nov 28, 1970	Oklahoma 66, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma
Nov 29, 1969	Oklahoma 28, Oklahoma State 27	at Oklahoma State
Nov 30, 1968	11Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma State
Dec 2, 1967	Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma
Dec 3, 1966	Oklahoma State 15, Oklahoma 14	at Oklahoma State
Dec 4, 1965	Oklahoma State 17, Oklahoma 16	at Oklahoma
Nov 28, 1964	Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 16	at Oklahoma State
Nov 30, 1963	10Oklahoma 34, Oklahoma State 10	at Oklahoma
Dec 1, 1962	8Oklahoma 37, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma State
Dec 2, 1961	Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 13	at Oklahoma
Nov 26, 1960	Oklahoma 17, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma State
Nov 28, 1959	17Oklahoma 17, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 29, 1958	3Oklahoma 7, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 30, 1957	5Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma
Dec 1, 1956	1Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 26, 1955	2Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 27, 1954	3Oklahoma 14, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 28, 1953	4Oklahoma 42, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 29, 1952	4Oklahoma 54, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma State
Dec 1, 1951	10Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma
Dec 2, 1950	Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 14	at Oklahoma State
Nov 26, 1949	3Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 27, 1948	6Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 15	at Oklahoma State
Nov 29, 1947	20Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 13	at Oklahoma
Nov 30, 1946	17Oklahoma 73, Oklahoma State 12	at Oklahoma State
Nov 24, 1945	6Oklahoma State 47, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 1944	Oklahoma State 28, Oklahoma 6	Neutral site
Oct 2, 1943	Oklahoma 22, Oklahoma State 13	Neutral site
Sep 26, 1942	Oklahoma State 0, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma State
Sep 27, 1941	Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Oct 5, 1940	Oklahoma 29, Oklahoma State 27	at Oklahoma
Oct 28, 1939	6Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 24, 1938	6Oklahoma 19, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 20, 1937	Oklahoma 16, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 26, 1936	Oklahoma 35, Oklahoma State 13	at Oklahoma State
Nov 28, 1935	Oklahoma 25, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 22, 1934	Oklahoma State 0, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 23, 1933	Oklahoma State 13, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma
Oct 29, 1932	Oklahoma State 7, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 26, 1931	Oklahoma 0, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 22, 1930	Oklahoma State 7, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 23, 1929	Oklahoma 7, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 24, 1928	Oklahoma 46, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 19, 1927	Oklahoma State 13, Oklahoma 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 1926	Oklahoma State 14, Oklahoma 14	at Oklahoma State
Nov 26, 1925	Oklahoma 35, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 1, 1924	Oklahoma State 6, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma State
Oct 27, 1923	Oklahoma 12, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 1922	Oklahoma State 3, Oklahoma 3	at Oklahoma State
Oct 15, 1921	Oklahoma 6, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 13, 1920	Oklahoma 36, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 27, 1919	Oklahoma 33, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma
Nov 28, 1918	Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma
Nov 29, 1917	Oklahoma State 9, Oklahoma 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 30, 1916	Oklahoma 41, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 25, 1915	Oklahoma 26, Oklahoma State 7	at Oklahoma
Nov 6, 1914	Oklahoma 23, Oklahoma State 6	at Oklahoma
Nov 21, 1913	Oklahoma 7, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma State
Nov 16, 1912	Oklahoma 16, Oklahoma State 0	at Oklahoma

Every game is listed as played on the field.