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On This Day ▪ February 12

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Note: Several football game date and location issues prior to 1940 have been found in the media guides that need further research. In the 2024 media guide, several dates/locations from 1895 to 1910 have been fixed.


Games

Men's Basketball
1920 – L 51-18 A Missouri
1923 – L 24-19 A Iowa State
1927 – L 48-36 A Missouri
1937 – L 33-29 H Nebraska
1941 – L 38-23 A Oklahoma State
1944 – W 39-35 H Kansas
1946 – W 57-44 A Kansas State
1951 – W 72-49 H Nebraska
1955 – L 75-67 A Nebraska
1958 – L 70-50 H #6 Oklahoma State
1962 – L 64-56 A Colorado
1966 – W 103-89 A Missouri
1972 – L 77-74 A Kansas
1973 – L 64-62 A Missouri
1975 – W 65-57 (1OT) A Nebraska
1977 – L 79-65 A Colorado
1983 – L 84-79 H Missouri
1989 – W 82-80 H #1 Arizona
1994 – W 98-85 H Colorado
1997 – W 91-66 H #15 Colorado
2000L 74-71 H #14 Oklahoma State
2005L 68-65 (1OT) A Missouri
2011L 84-61 A #19 Missouri
2014L 68-60 H Texas Tech
2020W 90-61 H Iowa State
2022L 71-69 A #8 Kansas
2025L 82-58 A #21 Missouri

Women's Basketball
1975 – L 88-35 A St. Gregory's
1976 – L 90-27 A Kansas State
1977 – L 73-66 A Northwestern Oklahoma State
1980 – L 59-53 (1OT) H Wichita State
1983 – W 85-75 H Missouri
1992 – W 88-73 A Kansas State
1995 – W 85-83 A Nebraska
1997 – L 61-42 A Colorado
2000 – W 93-69 A Oklahoma State
2003 – W 78-64 H Baylor
2006 – W 81-77 (1OT) H #11 Baylor
2007 – W 78-58 H Texas
2008 – W 68-56 H #20 Texas A&M
2011 – W 69-47 H Missouri
2022L 78-63 A #16 Texas
2023W 85-68 A Kansas State
2026 – H Florida

Baseball (1962-present)
2000 – L 5-3 H Oklahoma City
2005 – L 8-5 N Gonzaga
2005 – L 7-5 N Arizona State
2006 – W 9-1 H Western Illinois

Softball
1999 – W 13-3 N Mississippi
1999 – W 8-0 N Louisiana-Monroe
2000 – W 9-0 N Texas State
2005 – W 12-2 (5) N Sam Houston State
2005 – W 7-0 N Houston
2006 – W 2-1 N Long Beach State
2008 – W 10-0 (5) H St. Gregory's | no-hitter (P)
2011 – L 4-3 A Arizona State
2011 – W 11-1 (5) N Arizona
2012 – W 11-1 N Kent State
2016 – L 1-0 N Minnesota
2016 – L 10-3 N Washington
2021 – W 11-0 (5) N Abilene Christian
2021 – W 21-2 (5) A UTEP
2022 – W 4-1 N UCLA
2023 – W 9-0 (5) N San Jose State

Births/Deaths

Football Players
Born in 1967 – Chris Ross
Born in 1988 – DeMarco Murray
Died in 2012 – Merle Dinkins

Football Coaches
Died in 1980 – Lawrence Jones (b. 1895)

Football Assistant Coaches
Born in 1937 – Larry Lacewell (d. 2022)

Men's Basketball Players
Born in 1974 – Ernie Abercrombie

Men's Basketball Coaches
Born in 1975 – Jeff Capel

Softball Players
Born in 1982 – Lindsey Abbott