Bedlam Series

Bedlam Series
First meeting 1900 (track and field)
1904 (football)

The Bedlam Series refers to the athletics rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. Both schools were also members of the Big 8 Conference before the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, and both were divisional rivals in the Big 12 South Division prior to 2011.

History

The Bedlam Series is, like most other intrastate rivalries, a rivalry that goes beyond one or two sports. Both schools also have rivalries with other schools, though most of those rivalries are limited to one or two sports at the most. The rivalry is all the more intense since their games often decide the conference championship.

While the football and basketball games stand today as the marquee events in the Bedlam Series, the term "Bedlam" actually began with the rivalry between the schools' prestigious wrestling programs,[2] more particularly the raucous crowds that attended the matches held at Oklahoma State's Gallagher-Iba Arena.[3]

When the Bedlam Series gained Ford and the Bank of Oklahoma as corporate sponsors, the series became much more formalized. A points system was adopted in order to award a winner of the all athletic competitions combined between the two schools. A crystal bell trophy is awarded to individual Bedlam game winners (such as football), in addition to a trophy for the overall series champion for that year. The "Bedlam Bell" is modeled after the bell clapper in Old Central, the oldest building on Oklahoma State's campus. For a time, the actual bell clapper was a traveling trophy for the two schools, until the popularity of this tradition waned.

Football

The first Bedlam football game was held at Island Park, now known as Mineral Wells Park, in Guthrie, Oklahoma. It was a cold, and very windy day with the temperatures well below the freezing mark. At one moment in the game when the Oklahoma A&M Aggies were punting, the wind carried the ball backwards behind the kicker. If the Oklahoma A&M squad recovered the ball it would be a touchback and if the University of Oklahoma squad recovered it, it would be a touchdown. The ball kept going backwards and rolled down a hill into the half-frozen creek. Since a touchdown was at stake, members of both teams dove into the icy waters to recover the ball. A member of the OU team came out with the ball and downed it for a touchdown, eventually winning the game 75–0.[4] Though this was not the source of the name "Bedlam",[2][3] the scene was clearly an apt beginning for the Bedlam Series in football.

Author Steve Budin, whose father was a New York bookie, has recently publicized the claim that the 1954 Bedlam Game was fixed by mobsters in his book Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll (ISBN 1-60239-099-1).[5] Allegedly, the mobsters threatened and paid off a cook to slip laxatives into a soup eaten by many OU Sooner starting players, causing them to fall violently ill in the days leading up to the game. OU was victorious in the end, but their 14–0 win did not cover the 20-point spread they had in their favor. However, many people involved in the 1954 contest do not recall any incident like the one purported by Budin to have occurred.[6]

Oklahoma currently leads the series 86–18–7. [7] The series has historically been very lopsided in the Sooners' favor; Oklahoma State has defeated OU twice in a row just three times since World War II, and has never done it three times in a row.

Game results

Oklahoma victoriesOklahoma State victoriesTie games
#DateLocationWinning teamLosing teamScoreSeriesAttendance
1 November 6, 1904 Guthrie Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 75–0Oklahoma 1–0
2 October 19, 1906 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 23–0Oklahoma 2–0
3 November 9, 1907 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 67–0Oklahoma 3–0
4 October 3, 1908 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 18–0Oklahoma 4–0
5 October 21, 1910 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 12–0Oklahoma 5–0
6 October 20, 1911 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 22–0Oklahoma 6–0
7 November 16, 1912 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 16–0Oklahoma 7–0
8 November 21, 1913 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 7–0Oklahoma 8–0
9 November 6, 1914 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 28–6Oklahoma 9–0
10 November 25, 1915 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 26–7Oklahoma 10–0 5,000
11 November 30, 1916 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41–7Oklahoma 11–0
12 November 29, 1917 Oklahoma City Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 9–0Oklahoma 11–1
13 November 28, 1918 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 27–0Oklahoma 12–1
14 November 27, 1919 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 33–6Oklahoma 13–1
15 November 13, 1920 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 36–0Oklahoma 14–1
16 October 15, 1921 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 6–0Oklahoma 15–1
17 November 25, 1922 Stillwater Tie3–3Oklahoma 15–1–1
18 October 27, 1923 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 12–0Oklahoma 16–1–1
19 November 1, 1924 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 6–0Oklahoma 16–2–1
20 November 26, 1925 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 35–0Oklahoma 17–2–1
21 November 25, 1926 Stillwater Tie14–14Oklahoma 17–2–2
22 November 19, 1927 Norman Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 13–7Oklahoma 17–3–2
23 November 24, 1928 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 46–0Oklahoma 18–3–2
24 November 23, 1929 Norman Tie0–0Oklahoma 18–3–3
25 November 22, 1930 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 7–0Oklahoma 18–4–3
26 November 26, 1931 Norman Tie0–0Oklahoma 18–4–4
27 October 29, 1932 Stillwater Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 7–0Oklahoma 18–5–4
28 November 23, 1933 Norman Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 13–0Oklahoma 18–6–4
29 November 22, 1934 Stillwater Tie0–0Oklahoma 18–6–5
30 November 28, 1935 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 25–0Oklahoma 19–6–5 10,000
31 November 26, 1936 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 35–13Oklahoma 20–6–5
32 November 25, 1937 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 16–0Oklahoma 21–6–5
33 November 24, 1938 Stillwater #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 19–0Oklahoma 22–6–5
34 October 28, 1939 Norman #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41–0Oklahoma 23–6–5
35 October 5, 1940 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 29–27Oklahoma 24–6–5
36 October 4, 1941 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 19–0Oklahoma 25–6–5 25,453
37 September 26, 1942 Stillwater Tie0–0Oklahoma 25–6–6
38 October 2, 1943 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 22–13Oklahoma 26–6–6
39 November 25, 1944 Oklahoma City Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 28–6Oklahoma 26–7–6
40 November 24, 1945 Norman #6 Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 47–0Oklahoma 26–8–6 33,000
41 November 30, 1946 Stillwater #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 73–12Oklahoma 27–8–6 18,500
42 November 29, 1947 Norman #20 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 21–13Oklahoma 28–8–6 33,945
43 November 27, 1948 Stillwater #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 19–15Oklahoma 29–8–6 30,000
44 November 26, 1949 Norman #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41–0Oklahoma 30–8–6 47,937
45 December 2, 1950 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41–14Oklahoma 31–8–6 28,530
46 December 1, 1951 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 41–6Oklahoma 32–8–6 33,103
47 November 29, 1952 Stillwater #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 54–7Oklahoma 33–8–6 21,408
48 November 28, 1953 Norman #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 42–7Oklahoma 34–8–6 50,524
49 November 27, 1954 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 14–0Oklahoma 35–8–6 38,000
50 November 26, 1955 Norman #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 53–0Oklahoma 36–8–6 40,182
51 December 1, 1956 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M 53–0Oklahoma 37–8–6 36,500
52 November 30, 1957 Norman #5 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 53–6Oklahoma 38–8–6 52,366
53 November 29, 1958 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 7–0Oklahoma 39–8–6 37,014
54 November 28, 1959 Norman #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 17–7Oklahoma 40–8–6 59,136
55 November 26, 1960 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 17–6Oklahoma 41–8–6 32,381
56 December 2, 1961 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–13Oklahoma 42–8–6 52,598
57 December 1, 1962 Stillwater #8 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 37–6Oklahoma 43–8–6 35,757
58 November 30, 1963 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 34–10Oklahoma 44–8–6 50,678
59 November 28, 1964 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–16Oklahoma 45–8–6 36,987
60 December 4, 1965 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 17–16Oklahoma 45–9–6 54,876
61 December 3, 1966 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 15–14Oklahoma 45–10–6 36,581
62 December 2, 1967 Norman #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 38–14Oklahoma 46–10–6 62,038
63 November 30, 1968 Stillwater #11 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–7Oklahoma 47–10–6 38,515
64 November 29, 1969 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 28–27Oklahoma 48–10–6 41,315
65 November 28, 1970 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 66–6Oklahoma 49–10–6 60,300
66 December 4, 1971 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 58–14Oklahoma 50–10–6 36,571
67 December 2, 1972 Norman #3 Oklahoma #20 Oklahoma State 38–15Oklahoma 51–10–6 62,363
68 December 1, 1973 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 45–18Oklahoma 52–10–6 50,964
69 November 30, 1974 Norman #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 44–13Oklahoma 53–10–6 62,619
70 November 1, 1975 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma #19 Oklahoma State 27–7Oklahoma 54–10–6 49,358
71 October 23, 1976 Norman Oklahoma State #5 Oklahoma 31–24Oklahoma 54–11–6 72,041
72 November 5, 1977 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 61–28Oklahoma 55–11–6 50,088
73 November 18, 1978 Norman #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 62–7Oklahoma 56–11–6 72,339
74 November 3, 1979 Stillwater #7 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 38–7Oklahoma 57–11–6 51,453
75 November 29, 1980 Norman #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 63–14Oklahoma 58–11–6 75,681
76 November 28, 1981 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–3Oklahoma 59–11–6 51,100
77 October 23, 1982 Norman #20 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–9Oklahoma 60–11–6 76,406
78 October 15, 1983 Stillwater #15 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–20Oklahoma 61–11–6 50,440
79 November 24, 1984 Norman #2 Oklahoma #3 Oklahoma State 24–14Oklahoma 62–11–6 76,198
80 November 30, 1985 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma #17 Oklahoma State 13–0Oklahoma 63–11–6 44,000
81 October 18, 1986 Norman #5 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 19–0Oklahoma 64–11–6 76,022
82 November 7, 1987 Norman #1 Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 29–10Oklahoma 65–11–6 75,004
83 November 5, 1988 Stillwater #8 Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 31–28Oklahoma 66–11–6 50,440
84 October 7, 1989 Norman #16 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 37–15Oklahoma 67–11–6 74,610
85 October 6, 1990 Stillwater #7 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 31–17Oklahoma 68–11–6 49,800
86 November 16, 1991 Norman #18 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–6Oklahoma 69–11–6 68,778
87 November 14, 1992 Stillwater Tie15–15Oklahoma 69–11–7 50,440
88 November 13, 1993 Norman #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 31–0Oklahoma 70–11–7 65,275
89 November 13, 1994 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 33–14Oklahoma 71–11–7 50,116
90 November 11, 1995 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 12–0Oklahoma 71–12–7 75,004
91 November 8, 1996 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–17Oklahoma 72–12–7 51,416
92 November 8, 1997 Norman #25 Oklahoma State Oklahoma 30–7Oklahoma 72–13–7 72,422
93 October 24, 1998 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 41–26Oklahoma 72–14–7 50,614
94 November 27, 1999 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 44–7Oklahoma 73–14–7 75,374
95 November 25, 2000 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 12–7Oklahoma 74–14–7 48,500
96 November 24, 2001 Norman Oklahoma State #4 Oklahoma 16–13Oklahoma 74–15–7 75,537
97 November 30, 2002 Stillwater Oklahoma State #3 Oklahoma 38–28Oklahoma 74–16–7 48,500
98 November 1, 2003 Norman #1 Oklahoma #14 Oklahoma State 52–9Oklahoma 75–16–7 84,027
99 October 30, 2004 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma #20 Oklahoma State 38–35Oklahoma 76–16–7 48,837
100 November 26, 2005 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 42–14Oklahoma 77–16–7 84,875
101 November 25, 2006 Stillwater #13 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–21Oklahoma 78–16–7 42,819
102 November 24, 2007 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 49–17Oklahoma 79–16–7 85,238
103 November 29, 2008 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma #11 Oklahoma State 61–41Oklahoma 80–16–7 49,031
104 November 28, 2009 Norman Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 27–0Oklahoma 81–16–7 85,606
105 November 27, 2010 Stillwater #14 Oklahoma #10 Oklahoma State 47–41Oklahoma 82–16–7 51,164
106 December 3, 2011 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma State #10 Oklahoma 44–10Oklahoma 82–17–7 58,141
107 November 24, 2012 Norman #13 Oklahoma #21 Oklahoma State 51–48 (OT)Oklahoma 83–17–7 85,824
108 December 7, 2013 Stillwater #17 Oklahoma #6 Oklahoma State 33–24Oklahoma 84–17–7 58,520
109 December 6, 2014 Norman Oklahoma State #18 Oklahoma 38–35 (OT)Oklahoma 84–18–7 85,312
110 November 28, 2015 Stillwater #5 Oklahoma #9 Oklahoma State 58–23Oklahoma 85–18–7 58,231
111 December 3, 2016 Norman #9 Oklahoma #10 Oklahoma State 38–20Oklahoma 86–18–7 87,527

Men's basketball

Oklahoma owns the all-time series record in men's basketball, 135–95. The Sooners swept the 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16 regular season Bedlam series for the fourth and fifth time in the last 10 seasons. OSU's last series sweep came in 2004. OU is 17–6 in the last 23 Bedlam games and is now 25–18 vs. the Cowboys since the formation of the Big 12 (135-95 all-time).[8]

Wrestling

Oklahoma State holds a large advantage in the schools' wrestling rivalry, the original "Bedlam Series".[2][3] The Cowboy wrestling program currently holds a 134–27–10 record against the Sooners, which is all the more remarkable considering that both schools have long been national powers in wrestling. Oklahoma has won seven football team national championships in its history, while Oklahoma State's wrestling program has a record thirty-four team national titles.[9]

See also

References

  1. "The Bedlam Series – Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site". Okstate.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Postscript: The Historic Field House" (PDF). Sooner Magazine. Summer 2011. p. 32.
  3. 1 2 3 "Facilities: Gallagher-Iba Arena (Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site)". Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  4. Long, Charles F. (September 1965). "With Optimism For the Morrow: A History of The University of Oklahoma". Sooner Magazine.
  5. Budin, Steve with Schaller, Bob (2007). Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Offshore Sports Gambling Empire. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 1-60239-099-1.
  6. "Book claims '54 Bedlam Game was fixed by mob". ESPN. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
  7. "Game Notes". SoonerSports.com. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  8. "Bedlam basketball debate | Berry Tramel's Blog". Blog.newsok.com. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  9. "History – Past Champions". NCAA. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-11.

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