OU Football Tradition | Fewest Losing Seasons

Updated December 6, 2011

 
In 116 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	117	.1025
2. Notre Dame	13	123	.1056
3. Ohio State	13	122	.1065
4. Texas	13	119	.1092
5. Alabama	14	117	.1196
6. Michigan	17	132	.1287
7. Penn State	17	125	.1360
8. USC	19	119	.1596
9. Nebraska	22	122	.1803
10. Florida State	13	65	.2000
11. Tennessee	24	115	.2086
12. Florida	23	105	.2190
13. Georgia	27	118	.2288
LSU	27	118	.2288
Virginia Tech	27	118	.2288
16. Washington	29	122	.2377
17. Auburn	29	119	.2436
18. Miami (Ohio)	32	123	.2601
19. Arizona State	26	99	.2626
20. Miami (Fla.)	23	85	.2705

 

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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