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BEDLAM FACTS THREAD

EVERYTHING A #SOONERS FAN NEEDS TO KNOW FOR THE BIGGEST #BEDLAMFACTFRIDAY OF THE YEAR
The #Sooners once won 19 straight Bedlam games. Oklahoma State has 18 wins total.
Bud, Barry and Bob coached the #Sooners for a total of 51 seasons.

They had more National Championships (7) than losses to Oklahoma State (5).
Bud, Barry and Bob scored more points in Bedlam games than Oklahoma State has scored in the entire series.
Oklahoma has 87 Bedlam wins. If Oklahoma State keeps their pace (18 of 112), they'll hit 87 wins in the year 2447.
Oklahoma once won 3 straight Bedlam games by at least 47 points each.

Oklahoma State has never won 3 straight Bedlam games.
Oklahoma scored 75 points in the first game. Oklahoma State didn't score their 75th point until the 24th meeting.
Oklahoma is 3rd all-time with 101 weeks ranked AP No.1
Oklahoma State has never been ranked AP No. 1
Gary Gibbs, Chuck Fairbanks, Bud Wilkinson, Todd Stidham and Biff Jones coached Oklahoma for a combined 35 years.

None of them ever lost Bedlam.
Oklahoma State Bedlam Wins - 18

Babe Ruth Home Runs against the Red Sox during games played on Sundays - 19
Oklahoma State Bedlam Wins - 18

Oklahoma Bedlam Wins on Leap Years - 24
If Oklahoma had spotted Oklahoma State 14 points in every Bedlam game, Oklahoma would still lead 59-51-2.
If you were to give Oklahoma State double points for every time they scored in a Bedlam game, Oklahoma would still lead the series 66-43-3.
Last 50 seasons:

Oklahoma National Championships - 4
Oklahoma State Home Bedlam Wins - 3
Oklahoma State never won a game in the 1950s or the 1980s
Oklahoma State Bedlam wins - 18

Oklahoma Bedlam wins in Stillwater by at least 20 points - 19
Oklahoma State has never won more than 3 Bedlam games in any decade.
70% of all points scored in the Bedlam series have been scored by Oklahoma.
In 112 years of Bedlam, Oklahoma State has 18 wins.

Oklahoma has won 30 games by at least 4 touchdowns.
Times Oklahoma has faced Oklahoma State as a Top 6 team - 33
Weeks Oklahoma State has been ranked in the Top 6 in their history - 24
Oklahoma State currently has an all-time winning % of .517

If Oklahoma lost their next 500 games in a row, they would have an all-time winning % of .519
7 of Oklahoma's 18 coaches in history have won at least 4 Bedlam games.
No Oklahoma State coach has ever won 4 Bedlam games
Oklahoma State has never won more than 2 Bedlam games in a row.
Oklahoma has 5 separate winning streaks of at least 8 games.
Since the first Bedlam game, there have been more men hold the office of US President than there have been Oklahoma State Bedlam wins.
Michael Phelps has won more Olympic gold medals than Oklahoma State has won Bedlam games.
Oklahoma has been to the Orange Bowl more times than Oklahoma State has won Bedlam.
Oklahoma has scored 25 or more points in 57% of all Bedlam games
Oklahoma State has scored 7 or fewer points in 50% of all Bedlam games
Oklahoma as Top 10 team is 39-3-0 in Bedlam games
Oklahoma State as a Top 10 team is 2-4-0 in Bedlam games
Since 2000, 16.3% of all of Oklahoma State's losses have been to Oklahoma.
Oklahoma State's Bedlam winning percentage - .192
Mike Gundy's Bedlam winning percentage - .154
Oklahoma State once went on a stretch of 49 seasons from 1946 to 1994, during which they only won 3 Bedlam games.
Oklahoma State has held Oklahoma to 0 points 10 times...

However, they only manged to win 7 of those games.
Oklahoma has held Oklahoma State to 0 points 31 times.
Bedlam began in 1904.

Oklahoma State did not score until 1914.
From 1954 to 1956 Oklahoma won three times by a combined score of 120 to 0.
Oklahoma State has scored 1,357 points in the Bedlam series.

Oklahoma scored their 1,357th point 5 years before Mike Gundy was born.
Oklahoma State's largest margin of victory was 47 points.

Oklahoma has won by at least 47 points 10 times.
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma won their 18th Bedlam game before The Great Depression.
There are more Oklahoma State coaches that have been shut out by Oklahoma than there are coaches that beat Oklahoma.
Only 6 Oklahoma State coaches have ever won a Bedlam game in Stillwater.
There have been more Oklahoma coaches win a Bedlam game in Stillwater than there have been Oklahoma State coaches win any Bedlam game.
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma got their 18th Bedlam win the year Boone Pickens was born.
It took NASA 8 years to plan the program, develop the technology, train the personnel, build and test the spacecraft and then, successfully land a man on the Moon.

It took Oklahoma State 10 years to score their first points in a Bedlam game.
Oklahoma won more Bedlam Games in the 1970s than Oklahoma State has won since the start of the 1970s.
From 1977 to 1994, Oklahoma State won more Heisman Trophies than Bedlam games.
Oklahoma State has spent 57 weeks ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll.
In 61% of them, Oklahoma was still ranked higher.
More men have walked on the moon than have coached Oklahoma State to a Bedlam win.
Lincoln Riley can tie Mike Gundy's Bedlam win total of two this year. Gundy has coached Oklahoma State in 13 Bedlam games.
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