Oklahoma vs. Stanford

Oklahoma and Stanford have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1978; Oklahoma leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Oklahoma 4–⁠1, and Oklahoma has won the last 3.

Oklahoma wins
4
Stanford wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1978
Longest streak
3 Oklahoma
Current streak
3 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 4–⁠1
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
1970s1–⁠0
1980s2–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
Average margin
10.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma
1–⁠1 Oklahoma’s record at home
At Stanford
0–⁠2 Stanford’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Oklahoma first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oklahoma’s biggest win1983: Oklahoma 27, Stanford 14by 13 points
  2. Stanford’s biggest win1980: Stanford 31, Oklahoma 14by 17 points
  3. Upset1980: Stanford 31, Oklahoma 14Stanford had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oklahoma and Stanford, 1978 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

Biggest days

Ryan Broyles Oklahoma13 catches, 156 yards, 3 TD2009 Receiving

Named most valuable

Ryan Broyles2009

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).

Every game

Dec 31, 2009Oklahoma 31, 19Stanford 27Sun BowlSun Bowl
Sep 8, 198416Oklahoma 19, Stanford 7at Oklahoma
Sep 10, 19832Oklahoma 27, Stanford 14at Stanford
Sep 27, 1980Stanford 31, 4Oklahoma 14at Oklahoma
Sep 9, 19784Oklahoma 35, Stanford 29at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.