OU Football Tradition | Fewest Losing Seasons

Updated January 8, 2013

 
In 118 years of football, Oklahoma has posted just 12 losing seasons. No team in major college football history has suffered fewer losing seasons. Notre Dame, Ohio State and Texas have 13 losing seasons each in program history.
 
Oklahoma also has the lowest percentage of losing seasons in total seasons played ("Pct" column below). A losing season is defined as simply more losses than wins. On-the-field results are used for season records.
 

Rank	Losing Seasons	Total Seasons	Pct
1. Oklahoma	12	118	.1016
2. Notre Dame	13	125	.1040
3. Ohio State	13	124	.1048
4. Texas	13	121	.1074
5. Alabama	14	119	.1176
6. Michigan	17	134	.1268
7. Penn State	17	127	.1338
8. USC	19	121	.1570
9. Nebraska	22	124	.1774
10. Florida State	13	67	.1940
11. Florida	23	107	.2149
12. Tennessee	26	117	.2222
13. Georgia	27	120	.2250
LSU	27	120	.2250
Virginia Tech	27	120	.2250
16. Washington	29	124	.2338
17. Auburn	31	121	.2561
18. Arizona State	26	101	.2574
19. Miami (Fla.)	23	87	.2643
20. Miami (Ohio)	34	125	.2720

 

Losing Seasons
Oklahoma	Notre Dame	Ohio State	Texas	Alabama
1895 (0-1)	1887 (0-1)	1890 (1-3)	1933 (4-5-2)	1893 (0-4)
1922 (2-3-3)	1888 (1-2)	1893 (4-5)	1935 (4-6)	1895 (0-4)
1923 (3-5)	1933 (3-5-1)	1894 (5-6)*	1936 (2-6-1)	1900 (2-3)
1924 (2-5-1)	1956 (2-8)	1897 (1-7-1)	1937 (2-6-1)	1903 (3-4)
1931 (4-7-1)	1960 (2-8)	1898 (3-5)	1938 (1-8)	1951 (5-6)
1934 (3-4-2)	1963 (2-7)	1922 (3-4)	1954 (4-5-1)	1954 (4-5-2)
1942 (3-5-2)	1981 (5-6)	1923 (3-4-1)	1956 (1-9)	1955 (0-10)
1960 (3-6-1)	1985 (5-6)	1924 (2-3-3)	1986 (5-6)	1956 (2-7-1)
1965 (3-7)	1986 (5-6)	1943 (3-6)	1988 (4-7)	1957 (2-7-1)
1996 (3-8)	1999 (5-7)	1947 (2-6-1)	1989 (5-6)	1984 (5-6)
1997 (4-8)	2001 (5-6)	1959 (3-5-1)	1991 (5-6)	1997 (4-7)
1998 (5-6)	2003 (5-7)	1966 (4-5)	1997 (4-7)	2000 (3-8)
	2007 (3-9)	1988 (4-6-1)	2010 (5-7)	2003 (4-9)
				2006 (6-7)

* 1894 research indicates that a game scored as a 20-4 Ohio State win over Kenyon was actually a 41-20 loss.
 
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