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When the Bedlam Series gained [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and the [[Bank of Oklahoma]] as corporate sponsors, the series became much more formalized. A points system was adopted in order to award a winner of the all athletic competitions combined between the two schools. A crystal bell trophy is awarded to individual Bedlam game winners (such as football), in addition to a trophy for the overall series champion for that year. The '''"Bedlam Bell"''' is modeled after the bell clapper in [[Old Central]], the oldest building on Oklahoma State's campus. For a time, the actual bell clapper was a traveling trophy for the two schools, until the popularity of this tradition waned.
When the Bedlam Series gained [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and the [[Bank of Oklahoma]] as corporate sponsors, the series became much more formalized. A points system was adopted in order to award a winner of the all athletic competitions combined between the two schools. A crystal bell trophy is awarded to individual Bedlam game winners (such as football), in addition to a trophy for the overall series champion for that year. The '''"Bedlam Bell"''' is modeled after the bell clapper in [[Old Central]], the oldest building on Oklahoma State's campus. For a time, the actual bell clapper was a traveling trophy for the two schools, until the popularity of this tradition waned.


==Football==
==Football=
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Bedlam.jpg|thumb|right|Site of the first Bedlam Football game in Guthrie, OK.{{Deletable image-caption|date=May 2012}}]] -->
The first Bedlam football game was held at Island Park, now known as '''Mineral Wells Park''', in [[Guthrie, Oklahoma]]. It was a cold, and very windy day with the temperatures well below the freezing mark. At one moment in the game when the Oklahoma A&M Aggies were punting, the wind carried the ball backwards behind the kicker. If the Oklahoma A&M squad recovered the ball it would be a touchback and if the University of Oklahoma squad recovered it, it would be a touchdown. The ball kept going backwards and rolled down a hill into the half-frozen creek. Since a touchdown was at stake, members of both teams dove into the icy waters to recover the ball. A member of the OU team came out with the ball and downed it for a touchdown, eventually winning the game 75-0.<ref name="boydyears">{{cite news | first=Charles F. | last=Long | pages= | title=With Optimism For the Morrow: A History of The University of Oklahoma | date=September 1965 | publisher=Sooner Magazine | url=http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/issue_info.asp?issueID=478 }}</ref> Though this was not the source of the name "Bedlam",<ref name="OUBedlam" /><ref name="OSUBedlam" /> the scene was clearly an apt beginning for the Bedlam Series in football.


Author '''Steve Budin''', whose father was a New York bookie, has recently publicized the claim that the 1954 Bedlam Game was fixed by mobsters in his book '''''Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll''''' (ISBN 1-60239-099-1).<ref>{{cite book| author= Budin, Steve with Schaller, Bob| title=Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Offshore Sports Gambling Empire| publisher=Skyhorse Publishing| year=2007| isbn=1-60239-099-1}}</ref> Allegedly, the mobsters threatened and paid off a cook to slip laxatives into a soup eaten by many OU Sooner starting players, causing them to fall violently ill in the days leading up to the game. OU was victorious in the end, but their 14-0 win did not cover the 20-point spread they had in their favor. However, many people involved in the 1954 contest do not recall any incident like the one purported by Bodin to have occurred.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3043529 | title=Book claims '54 Bedlam Game was fixed by mob| publisher=ESPN | accessdate=2007-10-02 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071018134529/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3043529| archivedate= 18 October 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
Author '''Steve Budin''', whose father was a New York bookie, has recently publicized the claim that the 1954 Bedlam Game was fixed by mobsters in his book '''''Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll''''' (ISBN 1-60239-099-1).<ref>{{cite book| author= Budin, Steve with Schaller, Bob| title=Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Offshore Sports Gambling Empire| publisher=Skyhorse Publishing| year=2007| isbn=1-60239-099-1}}</ref> Allegedly, the mobsters threatened and paid off a cook to slip laxatives into a soup eaten by many OU Sooner starting players, causing them to fall violently ill in the days leading up to the game. OU was victorious in the end, but their 14-0 win did not cover the 20-point spread they had in their favor. However, many people involved in the 1954 contest do not recall any incident like the one purported by Bodin to have occurred.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3043529 | title=Book claims '54 Bedlam Game was fixed by mob| publisher=ESPN | accessdate=2007-10-02 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071018134529/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3043529| archivedate= 18 October 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:09, 28 November 2012

Bedlam Series

Oklahoma logo Oklahoma State logo
Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma State Cowboys
Originated 1900 (track and field)
1904 (football)

The Bedlam Series (officially known for sponsorship purposes as The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Bedlam Series) refers to the athletics rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. Both schools were also members of the Big 8 Conference before the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, and both were divisional rivals in the Big 12 South Division prior to 2011.

History

The Bedlam Series[1]
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Oklahoma State (4) Oklahoma (9)
2000–2001
2002–2003
2006–2007
2007–2008
 1999–2000
2001–2002
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012

The Bedlam Series is, like most other intrastate rivalries, a rivalry that goes beyond one or two sports. Both schools also have rivalries with other schools, though most of those rivalries are limited to one or two sports at the most. The rivalry is all the more intense since their games often decide the conference championship.

While the football and basketball games stand today as the marquee events in the Bedlam Series, the term "Bedlam" actually began with the rivalry between the schools' prestigious wrestling programs,[2] more particularly the raucous crowds that attended the matches held at Oklahoma State's Gallagher-Iba Arena.[3]

When the Bedlam Series gained Ford and the Bank of Oklahoma as corporate sponsors, the series became much more formalized. A points system was adopted in order to award a winner of the all athletic competitions combined between the two schools. A crystal bell trophy is awarded to individual Bedlam game winners (such as football), in addition to a trophy for the overall series champion for that year. The "Bedlam Bell" is modeled after the bell clapper in Old Central, the oldest building on Oklahoma State's campus. For a time, the actual bell clapper was a traveling trophy for the two schools, until the popularity of this tradition waned.

=Football

Author Steve Budin, whose father was a New York bookie, has recently publicized the claim that the 1954 Bedlam Game was fixed by mobsters in his book Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll (ISBN 1-60239-099-1).[4] Allegedly, the mobsters threatened and paid off a cook to slip laxatives into a soup eaten by many OU Sooner starting players, causing them to fall violently ill in the days leading up to the game. OU was victorious in the end, but their 14-0 win did not cover the 20-point spread they had in their favor. However, many people involved in the 1954 contest do not recall any incident like the one purported by Bodin to have occurred.[5]

Oklahoma currently leads the series 83-17-7. [6] The series has historically been very lopsided in the Sooners' favor; Oklahoma State has defeated OU twice in a row just three times since World War II.

Game results

██ University of Oklahoma win ██ Oklahoma State win ██ Tie

Date Site Winning team Losing team Score Series
(OU–OSU–Tie)		 Attendance
November 24, 2012 Norman #13 Oklahoma #21 Oklahoma State 51-48 83-17-7 85,824
December 3, 2011 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma State #10 Oklahoma 44-10 82-17-7 58,141
November 27, 2010 Stillwater #14 Oklahoma #10 Oklahoma State 47–41 82–16–7 51,164
November 28, 2009 Norman Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 27–0 81–16–7 85,606
November 29, 2008 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma #11 Oklahoma State 61–41 80–16–7 49,031
November 24, 2007 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 49–17 79–16–7 85,238
November 25, 2006 Stillwater #13 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–21 78–16–7 42,819
November 26, 2005 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 42–14 77–16–7 84,875
October 30, 2004 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma #20 Oklahoma State 38–35 76–16–7 48,837
November 1, 2003 Norman #1 Oklahoma #14 Oklahoma State 52–9 75–16–7 84,027
November 30, 2002 Stillwater Oklahoma State #3 Oklahoma 38–28 74–16–7 48,500
November 24, 2001 Norman Oklahoma State #4 Oklahoma 16–13 74–15–7 75,537
November 25, 2000 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 12–7 74–14–7 48,500
November 27, 1999 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 44–7 73–14–7 75,374
October 24, 1998 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 41–26 72–14–7 50,614
November 8, 1997 Norman #25 Oklahoma State Oklahoma 30–7 72–13–7 72,422
November 8, 1996 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–17 72–12–7 51,416
November 11, 1995 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 12–0 71–12–7 75,004
November 13, 1994 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 33–14 71–11–7 50,116
November 13, 1993 Norman #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 31–0 70–11–7 65,275
November 14, 1992 Stillwater Tie 15–15 69–11–7 50,440
November 16, 1991 Norman #18 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–6 69–11–6 68,778
October 6, 1990 Stillwater #7 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 31–17 68–11–6 49,800
October 7, 1989 Norman #16 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 37–15 67–11–6 74,610
November 5, 1988 Stillwater #8 Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 31–28 66–11–6 50,440
November 7, 1987 Norman #1 Oklahoma #12 Oklahoma State 29–10 65–11–6 75,004
October 18, 1986 Norman #5 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 19–0 64–11–6 76,022
November 30, 1985 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma #17 Oklahoma State 13–0 63–11–6 44,000
November 24, 1984 Norman #2 Oklahoma #3 Oklahoma State 24–14 62–11–6 76,198
October 15, 1983 Stillwater #15 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–20 61–11–6 50,440
October 23, 1982 Norman #20 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–9 60–11–6 76,406
November 28, 1981 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–3 59–11–6 51,100
November 29, 1980 Norman #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 63–14 58–11–6 75,681
November 3, 1979 Stillwater #7 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 38–7 57–11–6 51,453
November 18, 1978 Norman #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 62–7 56–11–6 72,339
November 5, 1977 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 61–28 55–11–6 50,088
October 23, 1976 Norman Oklahoma State #5 Oklahoma 31–24 54–11–6 72,041
November 1, 1975 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma #19 Oklahoma State 27–7 54–10–6 49,358
November 30, 1974 Norman #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 44–13 53–10–6 62,619
December 1, 1973 Stillwater #2 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 45-18 52–10–6 50,964
December 2, 1972 Norman #3 Oklahoma #20 Oklahoma State 38-15 51–10–6 62,363
December 4, 1971 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 58–14 50–10–6 36,571
November 28, 1970 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 66–6 49–10–6 60,300
November 29, 1969 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 28–27 48–10–6 41,315
November 30, 1968 Stillwater #11 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–7 47–10–6 38,515
December 2, 1967 Norman #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 38–14 46–10–6 62,038
December 3, 1966 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 15–14 45–10–6 36,581
December 4, 1965 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 17–16 45–9–6 54,876
November 28, 1964 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–16 45–8–6 36,987
November 30, 1963 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 34–10 44–8–6 50,678
December 1, 1962 Stillwater #8 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 37–6 43–8–6 35,757
December 2, 1961 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–13 42–8–6 52,598
November 26, 1960 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 17–6 41–8–6 32,381
November 28, 1959 Norman #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 17–7 40–8–6 59,136
November 29, 1958 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 7–0 39–8–6 37,014
November 30, 1957 Norman #5 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 53–6 38–8–6 52,366
December 1, 1956 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 53–0 37–8–6 36,500
November 26, 1955 Norman #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 53–0 36–8–6 40,182
November 27, 1954 Stillwater #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 14–0 35–8–6 38,000
November 28, 1953 Norman #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 42–7 34–8–6 50,524
November 29, 1952 Stillwater #4 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 54–7 33–8–6 21,408
December 1, 1951 Norman #10 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–6 32–8–6 33,103
December 2, 1950 Stillwater #1 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–14 31–8–6 28,530
November 26, 1949 Norman #3 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–0 30–8–6 47,937
November 27, 1948 Stillwater #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 19–15 29–8–6 30,000
November 29, 1947 Norman #20 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 21–13 28–8–6 33,945
November 30, 1946 Stillwater #17 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 73–12 27–8–6 18,500
November 24, 1945 Norman #6 Oklahoma State Oklahoma 47–0 26–8–6 33,000
November 25, 1944 Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Oklahoma 28–6 26–7–6
October 2, 1943 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma State 22–13 26–6–6
September 26, 1942 Stillwater Tie 0–0 25–6–6
October 4, 1941 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 19–0 25–6–5 25,453
October 5, 1940 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 29–27 24–6–5
October 28, 1939 Norman #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–0 23–6–5
November 24, 1938 Stillwater #6 Oklahoma Oklahoma State 19–0 22–6–5
November 25, 1937 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 16–0 21–6–5
November 26, 1936 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 35–13 20–6–5
November 28, 1935 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 25–0 19–6–4 10,000
November 22, 1934 Stillwater Tie 0–0 18–6–5
November 23, 1933 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 13–0 18–6–4
October 29, 1932 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 7–0 18–5–4
November 26, 1931 Norman Tie 0–0 18–4–4
November 22, 1930 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 7–0 18–4–3
November 23, 1929 Norman Tie 0–0 18–3–3
November 24, 1928 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 46–0 18–3–2
November 19, 1927 Norman Oklahoma State Oklahoma 13–7 17–3–2
November 25, 1926 Stillwater Tie 14–14 17–2–2
November 26, 1925 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 35–0 17–2–1
November 1, 1924 Stillwater Oklahoma State Oklahoma 6-0 16–2–1
October 27, 1923 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 12–0 16–1–1
November 25, 1922 Stillwater Tie 3–3 15–1–1
October 15, 1921 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 6–0 15–1–0
November 13, 1920 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 36–0 14–1–0
November 27, 1919 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma State 33–6 13–1–0
November 28, 1918 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma State 27–0 12–1
November 29, 1917 Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Oklahoma 9–0 11–1–0
November 30, 1916 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma State 41–7 11–0–0
November 25, 1915 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Oklahoma State 26–7 10–0–0 5,000
November 6, 1914 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 28–6 9–0–0
November 21, 1913 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 7–0 8–0–0
November 16, 1912 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 16–0 7–0–0
October 20, 1911 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 22–0 6–0–0
October 21, 1910 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 12–0 5–0–0
October 3, 1908 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 18–0 4–0–0
November 9, 1907 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma State 67–0 3–0–0
October 19, 1906 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma State 23–0 2–0–0
November 6, 1904 Guthrie Oklahoma Oklahoma State 75–0 1–0–0

Basketball

Oklahoma owns the all-time series record in basketball, 127–93.[7]

Wrestling

Oklahoma State holds a large advantage in the schools' wrestling rivalry, the original "Bedlam Series".[2][3] The Cowboy wrestling program currently holds a 128-27-9 record against the Sooners, which is all the more remarkable considering that both schools have long been national powers in wrestling. Oklahoma has won seven team national championships in its history, while Oklahoma State's wrestling program has a record thirty-four team national titles.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Bedlam Series - Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site". Okstate.com. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  2. ^ a b "Postscript: The Historic Field House" (PDF). Sooner Magazine. Summer 2011. p. 32.
  3. ^ a b "Facilities: Gallagher-Iba Arena (Oklahoma State Official Athletic Site)". Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  4. ^ Budin, Steve with Schaller, Bob (2007). Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Offshore Sports Gambling Empire. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 1-60239-099-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Book claims '54 Bedlam Game was fixed by mob". ESPN. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Game Notes". SoonerSports.com. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  7. ^ "Bedlam basketball debate | Berry Tramel's Blog". Blog.newsok.com. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  8. ^ "History - Past Champions". NCAA. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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