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BEDLAM FACTS THREAD

88 FACTS THAT EVERY #SOONERS FAN SHOULD KNOW GOING INTO #BEDLAMFACTFRIDAY AND #BEDLAM THIS SATURDAY
Bedlam began in 1904.

Oklahoma State did not score until 1914.
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
From 1954 to 1956 Oklahoma won three times by a combined score of 120 to 0.
Oklahoma State has held Oklahoma to 0 points 10 times...

However, they only manged to actually win 7 of those games.
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).
From 1950 to 1994, Oklahoma State had 8 different head coaches.

Only 2 of them won a Bedlam game.
From 1967 to 1996, Miss Oklahoma won the Miss America competition more times than Oklahoma State won Bedlam.
If Oklahoma had spotted Oklahoma State 14 points in every Bedlam game, Oklahoma would still lead 59-52-2.
If you were to give Oklahoma State double points for every time they scored in a Bedlam game, Oklahoma would still lead the series 66-44-3.
If an OSU fan started walking from Stillwater after Bedlam 1945 at a leisurely 2 mph, he could have walked to the equator, then around the Earth 10 times, then back to Stillwater...

...and he would've still had 5 years to wait before OSU's next Bedlam win.
Oklahoma won 10 Bedlam games in the 1950s.

Oklahoma State has won 10 Bedlam games since the 1950s.
In 51 combined games, Bud, Barry and Bob outscored Oklahoma State by over 1,000 points.
Last 50 seasons:

Oklahoma National Championships - 4

Oklahoma State Home Bedlam Wins - 3
Lincoln Riley can pass Mike Gundy's Bedlam win total of two this year.

Gundy has coached Oklahoma State in 14 Bedlam games.
Mike Gundy's rank among all OSU coaches:
1st - Overall wins
1st - Overall winning %
1st - Ranked season finishes
1st - 10-win seasons
1st - Bedlam Pts/G
1st - Bedlam games as a ranked team
1st - Bedlam games ranked higher than OU

10th - Bedlam winning %
Oklahoma has 88 Bedlam wins. If Oklahoma State keeps their pace (18 of 113), they'll hit 88 wins in the year 2457.
Oklahoma scored more points in Stillwater than Oklahoma State during the 1956 season.
Oklahoma State currently has an all-time winning % of .519

If Oklahoma lost their next 500 games in a row, they would have an all-time winning % of .522
Oklahoma won more Bedlam Games in the 1970s than Oklahoma State has won since the start of the 1970s.
Oklahoma State once went on a stretch of 49 seasons from 1946 to 1994, during which they only won 3 Bedlam games.
Oklahoma State's Bedlam winning percentage - .190

Mike Gundy's Bedlam winning percentage - .143
Oklahoma has held Oklahoma State to 0 points 31 times.
Oklahoma has been to the Orange Bowl more times than Oklahoma State has won Bedlam.
Oklahoma as Top 10 team is 40-3-0 in Bedlam games.

Oklahoma State as a Top 10 team is 2-4-0 in Bedlam games.
Bedlam points scored:
OU, in Norman - 1,583
OU, in Stillwater - 1,471
OU, in even years - 1,729
OU, in odd years - 1,555
OU, Bud, Barry & Bob - 1,785
OU, Non-BB&B - 1,499
OU, Ranked Top 15 - 1,850
OU, Not in Top 15 - 1,434

OSU, entire series - 1,404

#BedlamFactFriday
Mike Gundy's Bedlam Winning Percentage

Before the mullet - 0.182
After the mullet - 0.000
Oklahoma has never lost a Bedlam game in which they score more than 35 points.

Oklahoma State has lost half of their Bedlam games in which they score more than 35 points.
Nearly 20% of Mike Gundy's career losses as a head coach have been to Oklahoma.
Since 2000, Oklahoma State has been ranked higher in Bedlam 4 times.

They lost 3 of them.
Oklahoma State Bedlam Wins - 18

Babe Ruth Home Runs
...against the Red Sox
...during games played on Sundays - 19
Oklahoma has scored 54 or more points in a Bedlam game 12 times.

Oklahoma State has 15 head coaches that didn't score 54 points against Oklahoma in their entire career.
Oklahoma scored 75 points in the first game.

Oklahoma State didn't score their 75th point until the 24th meeting.
There have been 37 unique coaching matchups in Bedlam.

An OSU coach has the edge in just 5 of them...

John Blake vs Bob Simmons
Howard Schnellenberger vs Bob Simmons
Jim MacKenzie vs Phil Cutchin
Lewie Hardage vs Pappy Waldorf
Adrian Lindsey vs Pappy Waldorf
Oklahoma has 3 Bedlam wins when scoring 7 or fewer points.

Oklahoma State has just 3 Bedlam wins when scoring 40 or more points.
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.
There have been more Oklahoma coaches win a Bedlam game in Stillwater than there have been Oklahoma State coaches win any Bedlam game.
Anyone alive who saw Oklahoma State the last time they had a Bedlam winning percentage of .250 is at least 70 years old.
Oklahoma State has scored 29 or more points in Bedlam 13 times.

Oklahoma has averaged 29.1 points over the entire history of Bedlam.
Number of times Oklahoma State has won Bedlam - 18

Number of times an unranked team has beaten the AP #1 team over the last 50 years - 21
Oklahoma has scored 50 or more points 17 times.

Oklahoma State has failed to score 50 points in 5 different decades.
Mike Gundy Bedlam wins: 2

Barry Switzer Bedlam wins
...in Stillwater
...in odd-numbered years
...in the month of November
...when the day of the month is a prime number: 2
Oklahoma alone accounts for 15.8% of all of Oklahoma States all-time losses.
From 1977 to 1994, Oklahoma State won more Heisman Trophies than Bedlam games.
In 1945, Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma in football 47-0

Over the next 19 seasons, Oklahoma scored a total of 659 points against OSU.

It took OSU until 2001 (56 years) to score 659 points against Oklahoma.
Oklahoma State Bedlam wins - 18

Oklahoma Bedlam wins in Stillwater by at least 20 points - 19
Oklahoma State has never won more than 2 Bedlam games in a row.

Oklahoma has 5 separate winning streaks of at least 8 games.
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma got their 18th Bedlam win the year Boone Pickens was born.
There are more Oklahoma State coaches that have been shut out by Oklahoma than there are coaches that beat Oklahoma.
Bud Wilkinson outscored Oklahoma State in Bedlam games by 455 points in his career.

Oklahoma State didn't score 455 points in the Bedlam series until 1970.
Since the first Bedlam game, there have been more men hold the office of US President than there have been Oklahoma State Bedlam wins.
Since 2003, Oklahoma has twice as many Heisman winners than Oklahoma State has Bedlam wins.
Bud Wilkinson outscored Oklahoma State in Bedlam games by 455 points in his career.

Oklahoma State didn't score 455 points in the Bedlam series until 1970.
Five coaches account for 51 seasons and 53% of all the wins in Oklahoma State history...
Mike Gundy
Pat Jones
Jim Lookabaugh
Cliff Speegle
Jim Stanley

Those five coaches won only 5 Bedlam games combined.
When incoming freshmen got to Stillwater in 1965, Oklahoma State hadn't won a Bedlam game during their lifetime.

Also When incoming freshmen got to Stillwater in 1995, Oklahoma State hadn't won a Bedlam game during their lifetime.
Events at Boone Pickens Stadium since 2003:

Bedlam victories - 1

Dedication ceremonies naming the stadium 'Boone Pickens Stadium' - 2
Oklahoma State Bedlam Wins - 18

Oklahoma Bedlam Wins on Leap Years - 24
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma won their 18th Bedlam game before The Great Depression.
Oklahoma State has scored 1,404 points in the Bedlam series.

Oklahoma scored their 1,404th point 4 years before Mike Gundy was born.
Oklahoma State has spent 57 weeks ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll.

In 35 of them, Oklahoma was still ranked higher.
Oklahoma State's largest margin of victory was 47 points.

Oklahoma has won by at least 47 points 10 times.
There have been more people walk on the surface of the moon than coach Oklahoma State Football to a Bedlam win.
Oklahoma St has 11 wins in Bedlam games played in November (78 games).

Oklahoma has 11 wins in Bedlam games played in December (15 games).
70% of all points scored in the Bedlam series have been scored by Oklahoma.
Gary Gibbs, Chuck Fairbanks, Bud Wilkinson, Todd Stidham and Biff Jones coached Oklahoma for a combined 35 years.

None of them ever lost Bedlam.
In 113 years of Bedlam, Oklahoma State has 18 wins.

Oklahoma has won 30 games by at least 4 touchdowns.
In Bud Wilkinson's first 10 seasons, Oklahoma scored 379 points in Bedlam.

Oklahoma State had only scored 307 points in the entire series at that point.
Michael Phelps has won more Olympic gold medals than Oklahoma State has won Bedlam games.
Oklahoma State has never won more than 3 Bedlam games in any decade.
Oklahoma State never won a game in the 1950s or the 1980s.
Since the 1st Bedlam game, OU has had 18 coaches. 15 had at least 1 Bedlam win.

OSU has had 22 coaches. Only 9 have ever won a Bedlam game.
Times Oklahoma has faced Oklahoma State as a Top 6 team - 34

Weeks Oklahoma State has been ranked in the Top 6 in their history - 24
Oklahoma scored 165 points in the first 3 Bedlam games.

Oklahoma State didn't score their 165th point until 1944.
Only one coach in the history of Oklahoma State football has ever won multiple Bedlam games in Stillwater.
OSU has won Bedlam by holding Oklahoma to 0 points 7 times.

Oklahoma has won Bedlam by holding OSU to 0 points in 9 different decades.
Oklahoma scored 50 or more points in 4 Bedlam games in the 1950s.

Oklahoma State failed to score 50 points in all the Bedlam games in the 1950s combined.
Oklahoma State has won 18 Bedlam games.

Oklahoma State has lost 17 Bedlam games by 1 possesion.
Gliese 832 c is a planet just over 94 trillion miles away. It lies within it's star's habitable zone, and could potentially harbor life.

If it does, they would've just recently heard the radio broadcast of the last time OSU won a 2nd straight Bedlam game (2002).
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma had 25 Bedlam wins before the US entered WWII.
Oklahoma outscored Oklahoma State 375 to 47 in the 1950s.
From 1951 through 1957, Oklahoma outscored Oklahoma State 310 to 26.
Mike Gundy teams have scored over 30% of all the Oklahoma State points in Bedlam history.

Mike Gundy has also lost more games than any coach in Bedlam history.
Oklahoma once won 3 straight Bedlam games by at least 47 points each.

Oklahoma State has never won 3 straight Bedlam games.
Only 6 Oklahoma State coaches have ever won a Bedlam game in Stillwater.
The #Sooners once won 19 straight Bedlam games.

Oklahoma State has 18 wins total.
Mike Gundy has lost more Bedlam games by single digits than any other Oklahoma State coach in history.
Oklahoma is 3rd all-time with 101 weeks ranked AP No.1

Oklahoma State has never been ranked AP No. 1
Oklahoma oustcored Oklahoma State 463 to 146 in the 1970s.
Oklahoma has scored 25 or more points in 57% of all Bedlam games.

Oklahoma State has scored fewer than 10 points in 52% of all Bedlam games.
And finally, teams to beat Oklahoma before OSU:

Oklahoma City (Town Team)
Arkansas City (Town Team)
Texas
Dallas Athletic Club
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Bethany
Washburn
Texas A&M
Nebraska
Colorado
Tulsa
Kansas State
Illinois
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