Oklahoma vs. Texas: Series history, scores, all-time games

The Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas is one of college football’s best. In the 2024 matchup, No. 1 Texas blew out No. 18 Oklahoma, winning 34-3. The first time Texas and Oklahoma meet as SEC members, the Longhorns scored 34 unanswered points, posted 406 total yards and forced two fumbles in the win.

The 31-point loss was Oklahoma’s biggest since 2022 when they were shut out by Texas 49-0.

👉 Here’s a breakdown of the Texas big win

Check out the series history below, including scores and all-time games.

Oklahoma vs. Texas: Series history

Texas leads the series all-time at 64-51-5. However, OU has been better than .500 since the end of World War II and is 17-8 since 2000. The teams met twice in the 2018 season, the second matchup for the Big 12 title — Oklahoma won, 39-27.

Here are some famous games:

1958

Oklahoma had won six in a row against the Longhorns and nine of the past 10 going into 1958. In Texas’ head coach Darrell Royal’s second season, the former Oklahoma QB ended the losing stretch with a 15-14 upset of the No. 2 Sooners.

1963

For the first time in the series, Oklahoma and Texas met in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Texas won 28-7 and didn’t lose the rest of the season, which ended with consensus national championship and a win against Heisman winner Roger Staubach and No. 2 Navy in the Cotton Bowl.

1976

Texas coach Darrell Royal accused OU and coach Barry Switzer of spying on practices. As reported by ESPN, Royal challenged Switzer, assistant coach Larry Lacewell and the alleged spy (Lonnie Williams) to take a lie-detector test and that he would donate $10,000 apiece to the charity of each man’s choice if they passed.

It eventually came out that Oklahoma was spying — four years earlier (when Chuck Fairbanks was the head coach).

Before the 1976 game, President Gerald Ford was with both Royal and Switzer. There wasn’t much conversation. In the end, it finished…