Since 1950, the beginning of the decade that put Oklahoma on the map as a power to be reckoned with in college football, no college team has won more games than the Sooners. Sixty-eight percent of the Sooners’ 872 victories all-time have come since 1950.
Oklahoma won a total of 280 games in its first 55 seasons playing varsity football (1895-1949), and it took six seasons before the Sooners had registered a combined 10 wins. Oklahoma was not a bad football team over the first 55 years by any stretch. The Sooners won 67 percent of their games during that period, but they were not at prolific or prominent as they have been over the last six-plus decades.