Oklahoma vs. West Virginia

Oklahoma and West Virginia have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1958; Oklahoma leads the series 12–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oklahoma 9–⁠1.

Oklahoma wins
12
West Virginia wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1958
Longest streak
9 Oklahoma
Current streak
1 Oklahoma
Last 10 meetings
Oklahoma 9–⁠1
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠0
1980s0–⁠1
2000s0–⁠1
2010s8–⁠0
2020s2–⁠1
Both ranked
5 meetings: Oklahoma 4, West Virginia 1; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin
19.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oklahoma
8–⁠1 Oklahoma’s record at home
At West Virginia
1–⁠4 West Virginia’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 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 win1978: Oklahoma 52, West Virginia 10by 42 points
  2. West Virginia’s biggest win2007: West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28by 20 points
  3. Ranked showdown2007: West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28No. 2 West Virginia at No. 9 Oklahoma
  4. Ranked showdown1958: Oklahoma 47, West Virginia 14No. 13 West Virginia at No. 2 Oklahoma
  5. Ranked showdown2018: Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 56No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 12 West Virginia
  6. Ranked showdown2016: Oklahoma 56, West Virginia 28No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia

Coach against coach

YearsOklahomaSeriesWest Virginia
2012–⁠2016Bob Stoops5–⁠0Dana Holgorsen

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oklahoma’s side (Stoops 5–⁠0 against Holgorsen). 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 West Virginia, 1958 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Landry Jones Oklahoma38 of 51, 554 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT2012 Passing
Will Grier West Virginia32 of 49, 539 yards, 4 TD2018 Passing
Dillon Gabriel Oklahoma23 of 36, 423 yards, 5 TD2023 Passing
Tavon Austin West Virginia21 carries, 344 yards, 2 TD2012 Rushing
Justin Crawford West Virginia24 carries, 331 yards2016 Rushing
Samaje Perine Oklahoma34 carries, 242 yards, 4 TD2014 Rushing

Named most valuable

Pat White2007
Reed Williams2007

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

Nov 11, 202317Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 20at Oklahoma
Nov 12, 2022West Virginia 23, Oklahoma 20at West Virginia
Sep 25, 20214Oklahoma 16, West Virginia 13at Oklahoma
Oct 19, 20195Oklahoma 52, West Virginia 14at Oklahoma
Nov 23, 20186Oklahoma 59, 12West Virginia 56at West Virginia
Nov 25, 20173Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 31at Oklahoma
Nov 19, 20168Oklahoma 56, 10West Virginia 28at West Virginia
Oct 3, 201515Oklahoma 44, 23West Virginia 24at Oklahoma
Sep 20, 20144Oklahoma 45, West Virginia 33at West Virginia
Sep 7, 201316Oklahoma 16, West Virginia 7at Oklahoma
Nov 17, 201213Oklahoma 50, West Virginia 49at West Virginia
Jan 2, 20082West Virginia 48, 9Oklahoma 28Neutral siteFiesta Bowl
Sep 11, 1982West Virginia 41, 9Oklahoma 27at Oklahoma
Sep 16, 19783Oklahoma 52, West Virginia 10at Oklahoma
Sep 27, 19582Oklahoma 47, 13West Virginia 14at Oklahoma

Every game is listed as played on the field.