Oklahoma vs. Pittsburgh

Oklahoma and Pittsburgh have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1952; Oklahoma leads the series 9–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 8–⁠1, and Oklahoma has won the last 5.

Oklahoma wins
9
Pittsburgh wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1952
Longest streak
5 Oklahoma
Current streak
5 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 8–⁠1
Most recent
1990

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s3–⁠0–⁠1
1960s2–⁠1
1970s2–⁠0
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
Both ranked
4 meetings: Oklahoma 4, Pittsburgh 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
21.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma
6–⁠0 Oklahoma’s record at home
At Pittsburgh
1–⁠3–⁠1 Pittsburgh’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oklahoma’s biggest win1990: Oklahoma 52, Pittsburgh 10by 42 points
  2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1965: Pittsburgh 13, Oklahoma 9by 4 points
  3. Ranked showdown1957: Oklahoma 26, Pittsburgh 0No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 8 Pittsburgh
  4. Ranked showdown1975: Oklahoma 46, Pittsburgh 10No. 15 Pittsburgh at No. 1 Oklahoma
  5. Ranked showdown1990: Oklahoma 52, Pittsburgh 10No. 13 Pittsburgh at No. 14 Oklahoma
  6. Ranked showdown1984: Oklahoma 42, Pittsburgh 10No. 15 Oklahoma at No. 17 Pittsburgh

Coach against coach

YearsOklahomaSeriesPittsburgh
1955–⁠1960Bud Wilkinson3–⁠0John Michelosen

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oklahoma and Pittsburgh, 1952 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen's story of the 1953 game: Page s

    1953 · The Key West citizen, Oct 5, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1955 game: Noyy Is Working Hard To Get Even With Pitt

    1955 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1955

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.

Every game

Sep 15, 199014Oklahoma 52, 13Pittsburgh 10at Oklahoma
Sep 15, 198415Oklahoma 42, 17Pittsburgh 10at Pittsburgh
Sep 20, 19751Oklahoma 46, 15Pittsburgh 10at Oklahoma
Sep 25, 197111Oklahoma 55, Pittsburgh 29at Pittsburgh
Sep 27, 19696Oklahoma 37, Pittsburgh 8at Oklahoma
Sep 25, 1965Pittsburgh 13, Oklahoma 9at Pittsburgh
Oct 1, 1960Oklahoma 15, Pittsburgh 14at Oklahoma
Sep 21, 19571Oklahoma 26, 8Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 1, 1955Oklahoma 26, Pittsburgh 14at Oklahoma
Oct 3, 1953Pittsburgh 7, 8Oklahoma 7at Pittsburgh
Oct 4, 195220Oklahoma 49, Pittsburgh 20at Oklahoma

Every game is listed as played on the field.