OU Football Tradition | Fewest Losing Seasons Updated January 29, 2014

Rank Losing Seasons Total Seasons Pct 1. Oklahoma 12 120 .1000 2. Notre Dame 13 127 .1023 3. Ohio State 13 126 .1031 4. Texas 14 123 .1138 5. Alabama 14 121 .1157 6. Penn State 17 129 .1318 7. Michigan 18 136 .1323 8. USC 19 123 .1545 9. Nebraska 22 126 .1746 10. Florida State 13 69 .1884 11. Florida 24 109 .2202 12. Georgia 27 122 .2213 LSU 27 122 .2213 Virginia Tech 27 122 .2213 15. Tennessee 27 119 .2269 16. Washington 29 126 .2302 17. Auburn 31 123 .2520 18. Arizona State 26 103 .2549 19. Miami (Fla.) 24 89 .2697 20. Miami (Ohio) 35 127 .2756

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) 2014 (6-7) 2006 (6-7)

In 119 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.* 1894 research indicates that a game scored as a 20-4 Ohio State win over Kenyon was actually a 41-20 loss.