SEC Football by the Numbers: Hello Oklahoma and Texas

SEC Football by the Numbers: Hello Oklahoma and Texas

On Sept. 30, 1933, Oklahoma faced an SEC football opponent for the first time. The Sooners and Vanderbilt played to a 0-0 tie before 16,339 spectators, at the time the second-largest crowd for an Oklahoma home game (behind the 18,346 who’d seen the Sooners lose to Nebraska 44-6 in 1928).

On Sept. 21, 2024, Oklahoma will play its first conference game as an SEC member when Tennessee visits Norman. The Sooners’ current home attendance record is 88,308.

On Wednesday night, the SEC unveiled its schedule for the 2024 football season, the first for the conference with 16 teams as Oklahoma and Texas join the league.

The Longhorns will kick off their inaugural SEC schedule on Sept. 28, when Mississippi State visits Austin. Texas played an SEC opponent for the first time on Oct. 5, 1935, when the Longhorns lost to LSU 18-6 in Baton Rouge.

Oklahoma and Texas aren’t strangers to their next league-mates. They’ve played 462 football games against the SEC’s other 14 teams (although the Sooners have never played Mississippi State or South Carolina).

The newcomers have been largely successful in non-conference games against the other 14 SEC members. Texas has a 192-94-4 record, with losing series marks against South Carolina (in only one game) and Vanderbilt (which the Longhorns haven’t played since 1928). Oklahoma has a 120-49-3 record against the SEC’s existing membership.

Arkansas, Missouri and Texas A&M have appeared the most on past schedules for Oklahoma and Texas because that SEC trio had been members of the same conference as the Sooners and Longhorns in the past, which is one of the reasons the new programs’ overall records against the current SEC lineup aren’t the same as their records against SEC competition.

Against opponents who were SEC members at the time of the game, Texas has a 38-21-2 mark, including 8-0 versus Tulane and 1-0 versus Georgia Tech when those schools were SEC members. Twenty-three of those games came in bowl matchups, with the Longhorns owning a 14-8-1 mark in postseason contests against SEC members.

Oklahoma has a 15-10-2 record against opponents who were SEC members at the time of the game. When the Sooners tied Vanderbilt in 1933, the Commodores were playing their second game in the SEC’s inaugural season. Since that contest, Oklahoma has played eight regular-season games against SEC opponents and won all of them. The Sooners have a 7-10-1 record in bowls against SEC opponents during that span.

Oklahoma’s inaugural SEC schedule includes Tennessee, Auburn, Texas, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Missouri, Alabama and LSU. In addition to their first game against South Carolina, the Sooners will make their first trips to Auburn, Ole Miss and LSU.

Texas’ inaugural SEC schedule includes Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Florida, Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas A&M. In addition to playing Vanderbilt for the first time in 96 years, the Longhorns will face Florida for the first time since 1940 and Kentucky for the first time since 1951.

Here’s how Oklahoma and Texas have fared against the SEC’s other programs:

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma vs. Alabama

Record: 3-2-1

First meeting: Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0 in 1962

Most recent meeting: Alabama 45, Oklahoma 34 in 2018

Streak: One loss

Oklahoma vs. Arkansas

Record: 10-4-1

First meeting: Oklahoma 11, Arkansas 5 in 1899

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 10, Arkansas 3 in 2001

Streak: Two wins

Oklahoma vs. Auburn

Record: 2-0

First meeting: Oklahoma 40, Auburn 22 in 1971

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 35, Auburn 19 in 2016

Streak: Two wins

Oklahoma vs. Florida

Record: 1-1

First meeting: Florida 24, Oklahoma 14 in 2009

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 55, Florida 20 in 2020

Streak: One win

Oklahoma vs. Georgia

Record: 0-1

Only meeting: Georgia 54, Oklahoma 48 (2OT) in 2017

Oklahoma vs. Kentucky

Record: 2-1

First meeting: Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7 in 1950

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 29, Kentucky 8 in 1982

Streak: Two wins

Oklahoma vs. LSU

Record: 1-2

First meeting: Oklahoma 35, LSU 0 in 1949

Most recent meeting: LSU 63, Oklahoma 28 in 2019

Streak: Two losses

Oklahoma vs. Mississippi State

Record: The Sooners and Bulldogs have never met on the football field.

Oklahoma vs. Missouri

Record: 67-24-5

First meeting: Missouri 22, Oklahoma 5 in 1902

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28 in 2011

Streak: One win

Oklahoma vs. Ole Miss

Record: 0-1

Only meeting: Ole Miss 27, Oklahoma 25 in 1999

Oklahoma vs. South Carolina

Record: The Sooners and Gamecocks have never met on the football field.

Oklahoma vs. Tennessee

Record: 3-1

First meeting: Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0 in 1938

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 31, Tennessee 24 (2OT) in 2015

Streak: Three wins

Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M

Record: 19-12

First meeting: Oklahoma 6, Texas A&M 0 in 1903

Most recent meeting: Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13 in 2012

Streak: One loss

Oklahoma vs. Vanderbilt

Record: 2-0-1

First meeting: Oklahoma 0, Vanderbilt 0 in 1933

Most recent meeting: Oklahoma 25, Vanderbilt 23 in 1977

Streak: Two wins

TEXAS

Texas vs. Alabama

Record: 8-2-1

First meeting: Texas 10, Alabama 0 in 1902

Most recent meeting: Texas 34, Alabama 24 in 2023

Streak: One win

Texas vs. Arkansas

Record: 56-23

First meeting: Texas 54, Arkansas 0 in 1894

Most recent meeting: Arkansas 40, Texas 21 in 2021

Streak: Two losses

Texas vs. Auburn

Record: 5-3

First meeting: Texas 9, Auburn 0 in 1910

Most recent meeting: Auburn 14, Texas 10 in 1991

Streak: Two losses

Texas vs. Florida

Record: 2-0-1

First meeting: Texas 7, Florida 7 in 1924

Most recent meeting: Texas 26, Florida 0 in 1940

Streak: Two wins

Texas vs. Georgia

Record: 4-1

First meeting: Texas 41, Georgia 28 in 1949

Most recent meeting: Texas 28, Georgia 21 in 2018

Streak: One win

Texas vs. Kentucky

Record: 1-0

Only meeting: Texas 7, Kentucky 6 in 1951

Texas vs. LSU

Record: 9-8-1

First meeting: LSU 14, Texas 0 in 1896

Most recent meeting: LSU 45, Texas 38 in 2019

Streak: One loss

Texas vs. Mississippi State

Record: 2-2

First meeting: Texas 54, Mississippi State 7 in 1921

Most recent meeting: Texas 38, Mississippi State 11 in 1999

Streak: One win

Texas vs. Missouri

Record: 18-6

First meeting: Missouri 28, Texas 0 in 1894

Most recent meeting: Texas 33, Missouri 16 in 2017

Streak: One win

Texas vs. Ole Miss

Record: 6-2

First meeting: Texas 53, Ole Miss 14 in 1912

Most recent meeting: Ole Miss 44, Texas 23 in 2013

Streak: One loss

Texas vs. South Carolina

Record: 0-1

Only meeting: South Carolina 27, Texas 21 in 1957

Texas vs. Tennessee

Record: 2-1

First meeting: Tennessee 20, Texas 14 in 1951

Most recent meeting: Texas 36, Tennessee 13 in 1969

Streak: Two wins

Texas vs. Texas A&M

Record: 76-37-5

First meeting: Texas 38, Texas A&M 0 in 1894

Most recent meeting: Texas A&M 27, Texas 25 in 2011

Streak: One loss

Texas vs. Vanderbilt

Record: 3-8-1

First meeting: Vanderbilt 6, Texas 0 in 1899

Most recent meeting: Vanderbilt 13, Texas 12 in 1928

Streak: One loss

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.