The history of the matchup between the Sooners and Cowboys is lopsided, but when it's wild, Bedlam is really wild. In a series older than the state, these are the best games.
Even in a dominant run to the 2000 national title, Josh Heupel and OU survived a tight game with Oklahoma State. College football gives us different types of rivalries. There's the matchup of bluebloods, the games that have pretty reliably played roles in title races through the decades -- games like Michigan-Ohio State, Oklahoma-Texas or, back in the day, Oklahoma-Nebraska or Florida State-Miami.
On Saturday, these historic rivals will play each other for the last time for the foreseeable future. OU is departing for the SEC, and Gundy and OSU don't have any immediate interest in. They will inevitably play again one day once openings show up on future schedules and annoyed feelings subside. But for now let's take a big gulp of a Braum's limeade, order some Eskimo Joe's cheese fries and commemorate yet another disappearing rivalry.
At one point, Bud Wilkinson and OU won 19 straight games over Oklahoma State in the 1940s and 1950s. OU won 19 straight in the rivalry. From 1946 to 1957, the average score was Sooners 42, Aggies 7. But in 1958, with Wilkinson's run of national dominance nearing its end, OSU nearly pulled a stunner.
After a 4-0 start, the Pokes nearly beat an otherwise untouchable Nebraska team, falling 14-10, then took a 20-3 lead into the final 10 minutes against OU. But Derrick Shepard scored on a 73-yard touchdown pass from Danny Bradley, Spencer Tillman scored to get the Sooners to within 20-18, and after OU recovered an onside kick, Tim Lasher banged in the winner from 46 yards.
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