BEDLAM FACTS THREAD

FACTS THAT EVERY #SOONERS FAN SHOULD KNOW FOR #BEDLAMFACTFRIDAY AND #BEDLAM
Oklahoma State has held Oklahoma to 0 points 10 times...

However, they only managed to win 7 of those games.
Michael Phelps has won more Olympic gold medals than Oklahoma State has won Bedlam games.
Oklahoma won 10 Bedlam games in the 1950s Oklahoma State has won 10 Bedlam games since the 1950s.
Albert Exendine coached Oklahoma State for two seasons and never won a Bedlam game.

Albert Exendine still has a better Bedlam winning percentage than Mike Gundy.
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.
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.
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).
Oklahoma scored more points in Stillwater than Oklahoma State did during the 1956 season.
Bedlam began in 1904.

Oklahoma State did not score until 1914.
From 1967 to 1996, Miss Oklahoma won the Miss America competition more times than Oklahoma State won Bedlam
There have been more people walk on the surface of the moon than coach Oklahoma State Football to a Bedlam win.
If you bet 10 bucks, even money, on Oklahoma to win Bedlam in 1946 and let it ride every year through 1964, you would have made over $5.2 Million.
If you had a piece of paper that was 0.05 mm thick, and managed to fold it in half for every time OSU has won Bedlam, it would end with a thickness of 43 feet.

If you did the same for OU, the paper would end with a thickness of 3.27 million light years.
Oklahoma is 3rd all-time with 101 weeks ranked AP No.1

Oklahoma State has never been ranked AP No. 1
Anyone alive who saw Oklahoma State the last time they had a Bedlam winning percentage of .250 is at least 70 years old.
From 1977 to 1994, Oklahoma State won more Heisman Trophies than Bedlam games.
In 51 combined games, Bud, Barry and Bob outscored Oklahoma State by over 1,000 points.
If Oklahoma had spotted Oklahoma State 14 points in every Bedlam game, Oklahoma would still lead 60-52-2.
If you were to give Oklahoma State double points for every time they scored in a Bedlam game, Oklahoma would still lead the series 67-44-3.
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)
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 State has 18 Bedlam wins. Oklahoma got their 18th Bedlam win the year Boone Pickens was born.
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.
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
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
OU leads the series by a proportion of ~5 to 1

OU beat OSU from 1964 to 1981 by a proportion of ~5 to 1

OU outscored OSU in 1979 by a proportion of ~5 to 1

Happy Birthday, Benoit Mandelbrot!
Oklahoma outscored Oklahoma State 375 to 47 in the 1950s.
Bedlam points scored:
OU, in Norman - 1,583
OU, in Stillwater - 1,505
OU, in even years - 1,729
OU, in odd years - 1,589
OU, Bud, Barry & Bob - 1,785
OU, Non-BB&B - 1,533
OU, Ranked Top 15 - 1,884
OU, Not in Top 15 - 1,434

OSU, entire series - 1,420
Oklahoma has been to the Orange Bowl more times than Oklahoma State has won Bedlam.
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.
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
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.
Last 50 seasons:

Oklahoma National Championships - 4

Oklahoma State Home Bedlam Wins - 3
Mike Gundy's Bedlam Winning Percentage

Before the mullet - 0.182
After the mullet - 0.000
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

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

Oklahoma Bedlam wins in Stillwater by at least 20 points - 19
Oklahoma State Bedlam Wins - 18

Oklahoma Bedlam Wins on Leap Years - 24
Teams to beat Oklahoma before OSU:

Oklahoma City (Town Team)
Ark City (Town Team)
Texas
Dallas Athletic Club
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Bethany
Washburn
Texas A&M
Nebraska
Colorado
Tulsa
Kansas State
Illinois
Events at Boone Pickens Stadium since 2003:

Bedlam victories - 1

Dedication ceremonies naming the stadium 'Boone Pickens Stadium' - 2
There have been more Oklahoma coaches win a Bedlam game in Stillwater than there have been Oklahoma State coaches win any Bedlam game.
From 1951 through 1957, Oklahoma outscored Oklahoma State 310 to 26.
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.
Oklahoma alone accounts for 16% of all of Oklahoma States all-time losses.
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 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.
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma won their 18th Bedlam game before The Great Depression.
Oklahoma has 89 Bedlam wins. If Oklahoma State keeps their pace (18 of 114), they'll hit 89 wins in the year 2584.
Oklahoma State currently has an all-time winning % of .520

If Oklahoma lost their next 500 games in a row, they would have an all-time winning % of .523
20% of Mike Gundy's career losses as a head coach have been to Oklahoma.
Lincoln Riley has more Bedlam wins than Mike Gundy.

Gundy has coached Oklahoma State in 15 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.
Oklahoma State's largest margin of victory was 47 points.

Oklahoma has won by at least 47 points 10 times.
Since 2000, Oklahoma State has been ranked higher in Bedlam 4 times.

They lost 3 of them.
Oklahoma State has scored 1,420 points in the Bedlam series.

Oklahoma scored their 1,420th point before Mike Gundy was born.
Since 2003, Oklahoma has twice as many Heisman winners than Oklahoma State has Bedlam wins.
Since the first Bedlam game, there have been more men hold the office of US President than there have been Oklahoma State Bedlam wins.
70% of all points scored in the Bedlam series have been scored by Oklahoma.
Oklahoma outscored 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 51% of all Bedlam games
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 State has scored 29 or more points in Bedlam 13 times.

Oklahoma has averaged 29.1 points over the entire history of Bedlam
Oklahoma St has 11 wins in Bedlam games played in November (79 games).

Oklahoma has 11 wins in Bedlam games played in December (15 games).
Five coaches account for 52 seasons and over 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.
Oklahoma State's Bedlam winning percentage - .189

Mike Gundy's Bedlam winning percentage - .133
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.
From 1950 to 1994, Oklahoma State had 8 different head coaches.

Only 2 of them won a Bedlam game.
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 has scored 50 or more points 17 times.

Oklahoma State has failed to score 50 points in 5 different decades.
Oklahoma has 3 Bedlam wins when scoring 7 or fewer points.

Oklahoma State has just 3 Bedlam wins when scoring 40 or more points.
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.
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 114 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.
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
Oklahoma has held Oklahoma State to 0 points 31 times.
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
Times Oklahoma has faced OSU as a Top 6 team - 34

Weeks OSU has been ranked in the Top 6 in their history - 24
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.
Oklahoma State has 18 Bedlam wins.

Oklahoma had 25 Bedlam wins before the US entered WWII.
Mike Gundy has lost more Bedlam games by single digits than any other Oklahoma State coach in history.
Oklahoma State has spent 61 weeks ranked in the Top 10 of the AP Poll.

In 35 of them, Oklahoma was still ranked higher.
There are more Oklahoma State coaches that have been shut out by Oklahoma than there are coaches that beat Oklahoma.
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.

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