Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M
Oklahoma and Texas A&M have 31 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Oklahoma leads the series 19–12 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 8–2. Share
- Oklahoma wins
- 19
- Texas A&M wins
- 12
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1903
- Longest streak
- 7 Oklahoma
- Current streak
- 1 Texas A&M
- Last 10 meetings
- Oklahoma 8–2
- Most recent
- 2012
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–4 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 9–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–2 |
- Both ranked
- 7 meetings: Oklahoma 4, Texas A&M 3; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 20.2 points; 12 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oklahoma
- 14–2 Oklahoma’s record at home
- At Texas A&M
- 9–5 Texas A&M’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Oklahoma first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Oklahoma’s biggest win2003: Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 0by 77 points
- Texas A&M’s biggest win1997: Texas A&M 51, Oklahoma 7by 44 points
- Upset2002: Texas A&M 30, Oklahoma 26Texas A&M had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1903: Oklahoma 6, Texas A&M 0Oklahoma had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1999: Oklahoma 51, Texas A&M 6Oklahoma had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1951: Texas A&M 14, Oklahoma 7No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 10 Texas A&M
- Ranked showdown2012: Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13No. 10 Texas A&M at No. 12 Oklahoma
- Ranked showdown1993: Oklahoma 44, Texas A&M 14No. 5 Texas A&M at No. 17 Oklahoma
Coach against coach
| Years | Oklahoma | Series | Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–1950 | Bud Wilkinson | 3–0 | Harry Stiteler |
| 1996–1998 | John Blake | 0–3 | R.C. Slocum |
| 1999–2002 | Bob Stoops | 3–1 | R.C. Slocum |
| 2003–2007 | Bob Stoops | 5–0 | Dennis Franchione |
| 2008–2011 | Bob Stoops | 3–1 | Mike Sherman |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oklahoma’s side (Wilkinson 3–0 against Stiteler). 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
| Landry Jones Oklahoma | 24 of 39, 392 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2009 Passing | |
| Johnny Manziel Texas A&M | 17 carries, 229 yards, 2 TD | 2012 Rushing |
Named most valuable
| Johnny Manziel Texas A&M | 2012 |
| Dustin Harris Texas A&M | 2012 |
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 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 5, 1947
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 twice: 2006, 2000.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field.