Series History: Oklahoma State, Like Most Teams, Owns Kansas of Late

As Oklahoma State prepares to travel to Lawrence on Saturday for what should (?) be its first Big 12 win of the season, it’s time to take a look back at the history of the OSU-KU football series.

The two teams have been playing football games (although “playing” is probably a liberal interpretation of what Kansas football has been doing the last decade) since 1923 (the same year Pistol Pete was created) when KU rocked the Pokes in Lawrence, 9-0. OSU got them back 3-0 the following season, but KU won 20 of the next 25. Since then OSU has more or less owned the Jayhawks, especially since the turn of the century.

• Overall series: OSU leads 37-29-2
• Under Gundy: OSU leads 9-1
• Longest streak: OSU — 8 games (2010-current)
• Biggest rout (OSU 58-10 in 2015)

There’s not a lot to say here. Since Todd Reesing took down OSU in 2007 en route to the Orange Bowl, OSU has outscored KU 367-129 in eight games. That’s an average of 46-16, although several of those contests in Lawrence have been close.

Most curious to me in the OSU-Kansas history is a 14-14 tie in 1980 that Kansas went on to forfeit. I dug through the Oklahoman archives and found nothing other than this hilarious headline.

If you were there (or alive and following the Pokes), let me know what happened in that game in the comments section below.