Oklahoma vs. TCU
Oklahoma and TCU have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1944; Oklahoma leads the series 18–6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 9–1. Share
- Oklahoma wins
- 18
- TCU wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1944
- Longest streak
- 8 Oklahoma
- Current streak
- 1 Oklahoma
- Last 10 meetings
- Oklahoma 9–1
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 8–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 3–1 |
- Both ranked
- 6 meetings: Oklahoma 5, TCU 1; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 12.9 points; 12 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oklahoma
- 9–4 Oklahoma’s record at home
- At TCU
- 2–8 TCU’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
- Oklahoma’s biggest win1993: Oklahoma 35, TCU 3by 32 points
- TCU’s biggest win2022: TCU 55, Oklahoma 24by 31 points
- Upset2005: TCU 17, Oklahoma 10TCU had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1947: TCU 20, Oklahoma 7TCU had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1945: TCU 13, Oklahoma 7TCU had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2017: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17No. 10 TCU at No. 2 Oklahoma
- Ranked showdown2017: Oklahoma 38, TCU 20No. 8 TCU at No. 5 Oklahoma
- Ranked showdown2015: Oklahoma 30, TCU 29No. 11 TCU at No. 7 Oklahoma
Coach against coach
| Years | Oklahoma | Series | TCU |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–2016 | Bob Stoops | 5–2 | Gary Patterson |
| 2017–2021 | Lincoln Riley | 6–0 | Gary Patterson |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oklahoma’s side (Stoops 5–2 against Patterson). 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
| Sam Bradford Oklahoma | 19 of 34, 411 yards, 4 TD | 2008 Passing | |
| Manuel Johnson Oklahoma | 5 catches, 206 yards, 3 TD | 2008 Receiving | |
| Taj Williams TCU | 5 catches, 210 yards, 2 TD | 2016 Receiving | |
| Quentin Johnston TCU | 7 catches, 185 yards, 3 TD | 2021 Receiving |
Named most valuable
| Baker Mayfield Oklahoma | 2017 |
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

1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 26, 1947

1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1948
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
| Nov 24, 2023 | 13Oklahoma 69, TCU 45 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 1, 2022 | TCU 55, 18Oklahoma 24 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 16, 2021 | 4Oklahoma 52, TCU 31 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 24, 2020 | Oklahoma 33, TCU 14 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 23, 2019 | 8Oklahoma 28, TCU 24 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 20, 2018 | 9Oklahoma 52, TCU 27 | at TCU | ||
| Dec 2, 2017 | 2Oklahoma 41, 10TCU 17 | AT&T Stadium | Big 12 Championship Game | |
| Nov 11, 2017 | 5Oklahoma 38, 8TCU 20 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 1, 2016 | Oklahoma 52, 21TCU 46 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 21, 2015 | 7Oklahoma 30, 11TCU 29 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 4, 2014 | 25TCU 37, 4Oklahoma 33 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 5, 2013 | 11Oklahoma 20, TCU 17 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Dec 1, 2012 | 12Oklahoma 24, TCU 17 | at TCU | ||
| Sep 27, 2008 | 2Oklahoma 35, 24TCU 10 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Sep 3, 2005 | TCU 17, 7Oklahoma 10 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Sep 12, 1998 | Oklahoma 10, TCU 9 | at TCU | ||
| Sep 7, 1996 | TCU 20, Oklahoma 7 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Sep 4, 1993 | 21Oklahoma 35, TCU 3 | at TCU | ||
| Sep 25, 1954 | 1Oklahoma 21, 20TCU 16 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 23, 1948 | 18Oklahoma 21, TCU 18 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 25, 1947 | TCU 20, Oklahoma 7 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Nov 2, 1946 | 14Oklahoma 14, TCU 12 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 3, 1945 | TCU 13, 14Oklahoma 7 | at Oklahoma | ||
| Oct 28, 1944 | Oklahoma 34, TCU 19 | at Oklahoma |
Every game is listed as played on the field.