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2013 "FUN" BEDLAM FOOTBALL FACTS

Yea, I know. This doesn't look good for OSU, but I always find it fascinating to review.

By Robert Whetsell
OU STUDENT (name withheld for privacy)

While the history of Bedlam has not been kind to the Cowboys, I still like to look through the numbers at some of the interesting stats and trends.

There are pretty much 3 periods of Bedlam:

  • 1904-45...OSU had 8 wins and 6 ties (didn't play in 1905 or 1909)
  • 1946-94...3 wins and 1 tie (winless in two decades...50's & 80's)
  • 1995 to present...6 wins
Two most successful 10 year periods for OSU came in
  • 1924-33...5-2-3 (although, in the 8 yrs from 1926-34 OU had only one win)
  • 1995-2004...5-5 (Thank you to John Blake and Rashaun Woods)
OU obviously had a lovely run from 1946-64, going undefeated in Bedlam.

A couple of overall stats
  • Average score...30.2 - 9.1
    -OU wins...33.9 - 9.3
    -OSU wins...22 - 8.9
    What I find fascinating about this is that, no matter who loses, they score around 10 points.
  • Average score in the last 20...36.1 - 17.8
    -OU wins...38.6 - 19.4
    -OSU wins...30.2 - 14.0
  • Average score in the last 10...43.8 - 23.6 (Since OSU only had one win, I won't bother breaking this down)
  • The last two Bedlam contests have produced the largest home crowds respectively for the series
    -OU, 85,824
    -OSU, 58,141 (and I was one of those)
  • OSU didn't score a single point in the series until the 9th game (1914)
  • OU was held scoreless for 7 consecutive games (1928-34)
The one positive I will take out of this? The Cowboys have NEVER won more than 6 games in a 20 year span. OSU currently has 6 wins since 1995...2013 could be a RECORD!!!

Here's the full table, courtesy of Wikipedia. Another great site that has just come around this year is Winsipedia. Sort of like Wikipedia for sports stats and comparisons. Check out this OU vs OSU page.

Date Site Winning team Losing team Winning Score Losing Score Series Attendance
24-Nov-12 Norman #13 Oklahoma (OT) #21 Oklahoma State 51 48 83–17–7 85,824
3-Dec-11 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma State #10 Oklahoma 44 10 82–17–7 58,141
27-Nov-10 Stillwater #14 Oklahoma #10 Oklahoma State 47 41 82–16–7 51,164
28-Nov-09 Norman Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 27 0 81–16–7 85,606
29-Nov-08 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma #11 Oklahoma State 61 41 80–16–7 49,031
24-Nov-07 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 49 17 79–16–7 85,238
25-Nov-06 Stillwater #13 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27 21 78–16–7 42,819
26-Nov-05 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 42 14 77–16–7 84,875
30-Oct-04 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma #20 Oklahoma State 38 35 76–16–7 48,837
1-Nov-03 Norman #1 Oklahoma #14 Oklahoma State 52 9 75–16–7 84,027
30-Nov-02 Stillwater Oklahoma State #3 Oklahoma 38 28 74–16–7 48,500
24-Nov-01 Norman Oklahoma State #4 Oklahoma 16 13 74–15–7 75,537
25-Nov-00 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 12 7 74–14–7 48,500
27-Nov-99 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 44 7 73–14–7 75,374
24-Oct-98 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 41 26 72–14–7 50,614
8-Nov-97 Norman #25 Oklahoma State Oklahoma 30 7 72–13–7 72,422
8-Nov-96 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27 17 72–12–7 51,416
11-Nov-95 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 12 0 71–12–7 75,004
13-Nov-94 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 33 14 71–11–7 50,116
13-Nov-93 Norman #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 31 0 70–11–7 65,275
14-Nov-92 Stillwater Tie 15 15 69–11–7 50,440
16-Nov-91 Norman #18 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21 6 69–11–6 68,778
6-Oct-90 Stillwater #7 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 31 17 68–11–6 49,800
7-Oct-89 Norman #16 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 37 15 67–11–6 74,610
5-Nov-88 Stillwater #8 Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 31 28 66–11–6 50,440
7-Nov-87 Norman #1 Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 29 10 65–11–6 75,004
18-Oct-86 Norman #5 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 19 0 64–11–6 76,022
30-Nov-85 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma #17 Oklahoma State 13 0 63–11–6 44,000
24-Nov-84 Norman #2 Oklahoma #3 Oklahoma State 24 14 62–11–6 76,198
15-Oct-83 Stillwater #15 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21 20 61–11–6 50,440
23-Oct-82 Norman #20 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27 9 60–11–6 76,406
28-Nov-81 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27 3 59–11–6 51,100
29-Nov-80 Norman #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 63 14 58–11–6 75,681
3-Nov-79 Stillwater #7 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 38 7 57–11–6 51,453
18-Nov-78 Norman #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 62 7 56–11–6 72,339
5-Nov-77 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 61 28 55–11–6 50,088
23-Oct-76 Norman Oklahoma State #5 Oklahoma 31 24 54–11–6 72,041
1-Nov-75 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma #19 Oklahoma State 27 7 54–10–6 49,358
30-Nov-74 Norman #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 44 13 53–10–6 62,619
1-Dec-73 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 45 18 52–10–6 50,964
2-Dec-72 Norman #3 Oklahoma #20 Oklahoma State 38 15 51–10–6 62,363
4-Dec-71 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 58 14 50–10–6 36,571
28-Nov-70 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 66 6 49–10–6 60,300
29-Nov-69 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 28 27 48–10–6 41,315
30-Nov-68 Stillwater #11 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41 7 47–10–6 38,515
2-Dec-67 Norman #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 38 14 46–10–6 62,038
3-Dec-66 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 15 14 45–10–6 36,581
4-Dec-65 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 17 16 45–9–6 54,876
28-Nov-64 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21 16 45–8–6 36,987
30-Nov-63 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 34 10 44–8–6 50,678
1-Dec-62 Stillwater #8 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 37 6 43–8–6 35,757
2-Dec-61 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21 13 42–8–6 52,598
26-Nov-60 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 17 6 41–8–6 32,381
28-Nov-59 Norman #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 17 7 40–8–6 59,136
29-Nov-58 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 7 0 39–8–6 37,014
30-Nov-57 Norman #5 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 53 6 38–8–6 52,366
1-Dec-56 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 53 0 37–8–6 36,500
26-Nov-55 Norman #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 53 0 36–8–6 40,182
27-Nov-54 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 14 0 35–8–6 38,000
28-Nov-53 Norman #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 42 7 34–8–6 50,524
29-Nov-52 Stillwater #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 54 7 33–8–6 21,408
1-Dec-51 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41 6 32–8–6 33,103
2-Dec-50 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41 14 31–8–6 28,530
26-Nov-49 Norman #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41 0 30–8–6 47,937
27-Nov-48 Stillwater #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 19 15 29–8–6 30,000
29-Nov-47 Norman #20 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 21 13 28–8–6 33,945
30-Nov-46 Stillwater #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 73 12 27–8–6 18,500
24-Nov-45 Norman #6 Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 47 0 26–8–6 33,000
25-Nov-44 Oklahoma City Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 28 6 26–7–6
2-Oct-43 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 22 13 26–6–6
26-Sep-42 Stillwater Tie 0 0 25–6–6
4-Oct-41 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 19 0 25–6–5 25,453
5-Oct-40 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 29 27 24–6–5
28-Oct-39 Norman #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41 0 23–6–5
24-Nov-38 Stillwater #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 19 0 22–6–5
25-Nov-37 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 16 0 21–6–5
26-Nov-36 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 35 13 20–6–5
28-Nov-35 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 25 0 19–6–4 10,000
22-Nov-34 Stillwater Tie 0 0 18–6–5
23-Nov-33 Norman Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 13 0 18–6–4
29-Oct-32 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 7 0 18–5–4
26-Nov-31 Norman Tie 0 0 18–4–4
22-Nov-30 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 7 0 18–4–3
23-Nov-29 Norman Tie 0 0 18–3–3
24-Nov-28 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 46 0 18–3–2
19-Nov-27 Norman Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 13 7 17–3–2
25-Nov-26 Stillwater Tie 14 14 17–2–2
26-Nov-25 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 35 0 17–2–1
1-Nov-24 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 6 0 16–2–1
27-Oct-23 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 12 0 16–1–1
25-Nov-22 Stillwater Tie 3 3 15–1–1
15-Oct-21 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 6 0 15–1–0
13-Nov-20 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 36 0 14–1–0
27-Nov-19 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 33 6 13–1–0
28-Nov-18 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 27 0 12–1
29-Nov-17 Oklahoma City Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 9 0 11–1–0
30-Nov-16 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41 7 11–0–0
25-Nov-15 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 26 7 10–0–0 5,000
6-Nov-14 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 28 6 9–0–0
21-Nov-13 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 7 0 8–0–0
16-Nov-12 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 16 0 7–0–0
20-Oct-11 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 22 0 6–0–0
21-Oct-10 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 12 0 5–0–0
3-Oct-08 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 18 0 4–0–0
9-Nov-07 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 67 0 3–0–0
19-Oct-06 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 23 0 2–0–0
6-Nov-04 Guthrie Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 75 0 1–0–0

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