Bedlam Series

Bedlam Series

The Bedlam Series refers to the athletics rivalry between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, of the Big 12 Conference's South Division. Both schools were also members of the Big 8 Conference before the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996.

History

The Bedlam Series is, like most other intra-state 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.

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.

The Douglas Cup

In 1900, in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma A&M (later Oklahoma State) veterinary medicine professor Dr. L.L. Lewis assembled a group of A&M students to participate in the first territorial Track and Field Meet. Held on May 41900, the event included Alva Normal College, Central Normal of Edmond, Kingfisher College and the University of Oklahoma, along with OAMC. The prize of the tournament was a silver cup donated by a local jeweler named Douglas. Surprisingly, A&M won the meet and returned to Stillwater with the traveling trophy.

In 1901, A&M won again, and a third consecutive win would mean permanent retirement of the Douglas Cup in Stillwater. The meet was held on May 23 1902, with the Aggies amassing the most points. Oklahoma filed a protest based on the pole vault competition not having been completed due to darkness, however, Oklahoma A&M claimed the Douglas cup.

The next day the Sooners held their own vault competition and declared themselves the victor. Several weeks later, the Douglas Cup was missing from its place in a glass case at the Oklahoma A&M chemistry lab. Suspecting that OU students had stolen the Cup, a group of A&M students retrieved the Cup from Norman, supposedly burying it under Old Central for safekeeping.

Ten years later, when excavation was being done for A&M's Gundersen Hall, the trophy was found. Today it resides in OSU's Heritage Hall.

Wrestling

While the football and basketball Bedlam games stand today as the marquee events in the series, the term 'Bedlam', as it refers to this rivalry, has its roots based in the rivalry between the schools' prestigious wrestling programs. Originally named after the atmosphere during a heated wrestling dual between the two schools (a newspaper writer emerged from Gallagher Hall exclaiming "It's bedlam in there!"), the Oklahoma State team holds a large advantage in the series. The Cowboy wrestling program currently holds an impressive 120-24-9 record against the Sooners. This dominance of the wrestling series between the two universities is a source of great pride for Oklahoma State. Both programs have been very successful on the national level, Oklahoma winning seven team national championships in its history, while Oklahoma State's highly decorated wrestling program has amassed a record thirty-four team national titles. [cite web | url=http://www.ncaasports.com/wrestling/mens/history/divi | title=History - Past Champions | publisher=NCAA | accessdate=2006-12-11 | format=HTML | language=English ]

Wrestling national titles between OU and OSU

* 1928: Oklahoma St.
* 1929: Oklahoma St.
* 1930: Oklahoma St.
* 1931: Oklahoma St.
* 1933: Oklahoma St.
* 1934: Oklahoma St.
* 1935: Oklahoma St.
* 1936: Oklahoma
* 1937: Oklahoma St.
* 1938: Oklahoma St.
* 1939: Oklahoma St.
* 1940: Oklahoma St.
* 1941: Oklahoma St.
* 1942: Oklahoma St.
* 1946: Oklahoma St.
* 1948: Oklahoma St.
* 1949: Oklahoma St.
* 1951: Oklahoma
* 1952: Oklahoma
* 1954: Oklahoma St.
* 1955: Oklahoma St.
* 1956: Oklahoma St.
* 1957: Oklahoma
* 1958: Oklahoma St.
* 1959: Oklahoma St.
* 1960: Oklahoma
* 1961: Oklahoma St.
* 1962: Oklahoma St.
* 1963: Oklahoma
* 1964: Oklahoma St.
* 1966: Oklahoma St.
* 1968: Oklahoma St.
* 1971: Oklahoma St.
* 1974: Oklahoma
* 1989: Oklahoma St.
* 1990: Oklahoma St.
* 1994: Oklahoma St.
* 2003: Oklahoma St.
* 2004: Oklahoma St.
* 2005: Oklahoma St.
* 2006: Oklahoma St.

Football

The first Bedlam game was held at Island 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.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 ] Thus was the beginning of Bedlam.

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 1-602-39099-1). [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| id=ISBN 1-602-39099-1] . 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. [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 | format=HTML | language=English]

Just as Oklahoma State is very proud of its dominance over Oklahoma in the wrestling series, Oklahoma too is proud of its dominance over Oklahoma State in the football series. Oklahoma currently leads the series 78-16-7. [cite web | title=Oklahoma State Football Series | url=http://soonerstats.com/football/series/details.cfm?OppID=23 | publisher=SoonerStats.com | accessdate=2007-08-03 ]

Football Series Records

Season Date Site Rank Winner Score Attend (OU-OSU) 2007 11/24 Norman 10-NR OU 49-17 85,238 2006 11/25 Stillwater 13-NR OU 27-21 42,819 2005 11/26 Norman NR-NR OU 42-14 84,875 2004 10/30 Stillwater 2-20 OU 38-35 48,837 2003 11/1 Norman 1-14 OU 52-9 84,027 2002 11/30 Stillwater 3-NR OSU 28-38 48,500 2001 11/24 Norman 4-NR OSU 13-16 75,537 2000 11/25 Stillwater 1-NR OU 12-7 48,500 1999 11/27 Norman NR-NR OU 44-7 75,374 1998 10/24 Stillwater NR-NR OSU 26-41 50,614 1997 11/8 Norman NR-25 OSU 7-30 72,422 1996 11/9 Stillwater NR-NR OU 27-17 51,416 1995 11/11 Norman NR-NR OSU 0-12 75,004 1994 11/13 Stillwater NR-NR OU 33-14 50,116 1993 11/13 Norman 17-NR OU 31-0 65,275 1992 11/14 Stillwater NR-NR TIE 15-15 50,440 1991 11/16 Norman 18-NR OU 21-6 68,778 1990 10/6 Stillwater 7-NR OU 31-17 49,800 1989 10/7 Norman 16-NR OU 37-15 74,610 1988 11/5 Stillwater 8-12 OU 31-28 50,440 1987 11/7 Norman 1-12 OU 29-10 75,004 1986 10/18 Norman 5-NR OU 19-0 76,022 1985 11/30 Stillwater 3-17 OU 13-0 44,000 1984 11/24 Norman 2-3 OU 24-14 76,198 1983 10/15 Stillwater 15-NR OU 21-20 50,440 1982 10/23 Norman 20-NR OU 27-9 76,406 1981 11/28 Stillwater NR-NR OU 27-3 51,100 1980 11/29 Norman 6-NR OU 63-14 75,681 1979 11/3 Stillwater 7-NR OU 38-7 51,453 1978 11/18 Norman 4-NR OU 62-7 72,339 1977 11/5 Stillwater 3-NR OU 61-28 50,088 1976 10/23 Norman 5-NR OSU 24-31 72,041 1975 11/1 Stillwater 2-19 OU 27-7 49,358 1974 11/30 Norman 1-NR OU 44-13 62,619 1973 12/1 Stillwater 2-NR OU 45-18 50,964 1972 12/2 Norman 3-20 OU* 38-15 62,363 1971 12/4 Stillwater 3-NR OU 58-14 36,571 1970 11/28 Norman NR-NR OU 66-6 60,300 1969 11/29 Stillwater NR-NR OU 28-27 41,315 1968 11/30 Stillwater 11-NR OU 41-7 38,515 1967 12/2 Norman 3-NR OU 38-14 62,038 1966 12/3 Stillwater NR-NR OSU 14-15 36,581 1965 12/4 Norman NR-NR OSU 16-17 54,876 1964 11/28 Stillwater NR-NR OU 21-16 36,987 1963 11/30 Norman 10-NR OU 34-10 50,678 1962 12/1 Stillwater 8-NR OU 37-6 35,727 1961 12/2 Norman NR-NR OU 21-13 52,598 1960 11/26 Stillwater NR-NR OU 17-6 32,381 1959 11/28 Norman 17-NR OU 17-7 59,136 1958 11/29 Stillwater 3-NR OU 7-0 37,014 1957 11/30 Norman 5-NR OU 53-6 52,366 1956 12/1 Stillwater 1-NR OU 53-0 36,500 1955 11/26 Norman 1-NR OU 53-0 40,182 1954 11/27 Stillwater 3-NR OU 14-0 38,000 1953 11/28 Norman 4-NR OU 42-7 50,524 1952 11/29 Stillwater 4-NR OU 54-7 21,408 1951 12/1 Norman 10-NR OU 41-6 33,103 1950 12/2 Stillwater 1-NR OU 41-14 28,530 1949 11/26 Norman 3-NR OU 41-0 47,937 1948 11/27 Stillwater 6-NR OU 19-15 30,000 1947 11/29 Norman 20-NR OU 21-13 33,945 1946 11/30 Stillwater 17-NR OU 73-12 18,500 1945 11/24 Norman NR-6 OSU 0-47 33,000 1944 11/25 OKC NR-NR OSU 6-28 NA 1943 10/2 OKC NA OU 22-13 NA 1942 9/26 Stillwater NA TIE 0-0 NA 1941 10/4 Norman NA OU 19-0 NA 1940 10/5 Norman NA OU 29-27 NA 1939 10/28 Norman 6-NR OU 41-0 NA 1938 11/24 Stillwater 6-NR OU 19-0 NA 1937 11/25 Norman NR-NR OU 16-0 NA 1936 11/26 Stillwater NR-NR OU 35-13 NA 1935 11/28 Norman NA OU 25-0 NA 1934 11/22 Stillwater NA TIE 0-0 NA 1933 11/23 Norman NA OSU 0-13 NA 1932 10/29 Stillwater NA OSU 0-7 NA 1931 11/26 Norman NA TIE 0-0 NA 1930 11/22 Stillwater NA OSU 0-7 NA 1929 11/23 Norman NA TIE 7-7 NA 1928 11/24 Stillwater NA OU 46-0 NA 1927 11/19 Norman NA OSU 7-13 NA 1926 11/25 Stillwater NA TIE 14-14 NA 1925 11/26 Norman NA OU 35-0 NA 1924 11/1 Stillwater NA OSU 0-6 NA 1923 10/27 Norman NA OU 6-0 NA 1922 11/25 Stillwater NA TIE 3-3 NA 1921 10/15 Norman NA OU 6-0 NA 1920 11/13 Stillwater NA OU 36-0 NA 1919 11/27 OKC NA OU 33-6 NA 1918 11/28 OKC NA OU 27-0 NA 1917 11/29 OKC NA OSU 0-9 NA 1916 11/30 OKC NA OU 41-7 NA 1915 11/25 OKC NA OU 26-7 5,000 1914 11/6 Norman NA OU 28-6 NA 1913 11/21 Stillwater NA OU 7-0 NA 1912 11/16 Norman NA OU 16-0 NA 1911 10/20 Stillwater NA OU 22-0 NA 1910 10/21 Norman NA OU 12-0 NA 1908 10/3 Stillwater NA OU 18-0 NA 1907 11/9 Norman NA OU 67-0 NA 1906 10/19 Stillwater NA OU 23-0 NA 1904 11/6 Guthrie NA OU 75-0 NA * Oklahoma forfeited this result due to recruiting violations.

Basketball

Oklahoma owns the all-time series record in basketball, 124-88. With the rise of coaches Kelvin Sampson and Eddie Sutton at the two schools, the basketball series had been especially intense the last few years, with games rarely being certain between the teams, regardless of ranking. Time will tell how the school's two new coaches, Jeff Capel at Oklahoma and Travis Ford at Oklahoma State, will affect the heated rivalry between these two schools. Currently Capel is 3-1 versus Sean Sutton, winning 2 games in Norman, winning in Stillwater in 2008, while Sutton won in 2007 in Stillwater. On April 1, 2008, Sutton was fired from OSU and successor Travis Ford was named.

External links

* [http://www.bestinoklahoma.com/bedlam/ The Bedlam Series]
* [http://www.okstate.com/ Oklahoma State University Athletics]
* [http://www.soonersports.com/ University of Oklahoma Athletics]

References


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