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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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