On This Day ▪ February 26

Games

Men's Basketball
1923 – W 40-25 H Kansas State
1925 – L 23-22 H Kansas
1926 – L 29-26 A Oklahoma State
1927 – W 43-20 H Missouri
1937 – W 50-41 A Missouri
1938 – W 35-32 A Iowa State
1943 – L 42-35 A Kansas
1944 – W 43-32 A Nebraska
1949 – L 49-44 A Missouri
1966 – W 80-77 H Kansas State
1972 – L 80-71 H Kansas State
1973 – W 78-68 H Colorado
1977 – W 68-56 H Colorado
1980 – L 75-68 A Nebraska
1983 – W 94-84 A Colorado
1994 – L 99-83 A #6 Missouri
2000 – W 83-56 H Missouri
2002 – W 89-75 H Iowa State
2003 – L 67-52 A Missouri
2005 – W 103-60 H Baylor
2007 – L 67-65 H #3 Kansas
2011 – L 82-70 H #3 Kansas
2022 – W 66-62 (1OT) H Oklahoma State
2025 – L 83-82 H #17 Kentucky

Women's Basketball
1977 – L 63-39 A Southeastern Oklahoma State
1981 – L 72-62 N Oral Roberts
1982 – W 61-60 A Oklahoma City
1983 – L 89-82 A Colorado
1986 – L 77-72 H Kansas
1992 – L 73-72 (1OT) H Kansas
1993 – L 68-49 H Missouri
1995 – W 76-67 H Oklahoma State
1997 – L 78-63 H Baylor
2000 – W 88-69 H Kansas
2003 – W 74-69 H Missouri
2005 – L 72-36 A #13 Texas
2006 – W 73-45 H Nebraska
2020 – L 83-80 H Kansas
2022 – W 72-69 H Kansas State
2026 – H Arkansas

Baseball (1962-present)
1976 – W 6-4 A Louisiana Tech
1976 – W 9-2 A Louisiana Tech
1985 – W 2-0 H Southwestern Oklahoma State
1985 – W 12-0 H Southwestern Oklahoma State
1987 – W 3-2 A UNLV
1988 – L 11-10 A UNLV
1988 – W 7-2 N TCU
1989 – W 9-7 N LSU
1993 – L 8-3 A McNeese State
1994 – L 4-1 A Cal State Fullerton
1995 – W 16-4 A Texas Tech
1999 – L 12-6 N Arkansas State
2000 – L 4-1 A Louisiana
2005 – W 6-4 H Western Illinois
2006 – W 4-3 N Notre Dame
2008 – W 8-2 H Arkansas Pine Bluff
2010 – W 12-9 N Valparaiso
2011 – W 12-6 H Oakland
2012 – W 8-3 H Hartford
2015 – W 7-6 N BYU
2016 – L 4-3 A Sam Houston
2017 – W 5-4 H Boston College
2019 – W 8-0 H Arkansas Pine Bluff
2021 – W 4-3 (10) N Auburn
2022 – W 2-1 N Northwestern State
2023 – W 11-1 (7) H Rider
2025 – W 5-4 H Texas Southern

Softball
1990 – W 7-1 N Wichita State
1990 – W 2-0 N Wichita State
1995 – L 9-1 N Louisiana
1999 – W 8-0 N Nicholls State
1999 – W 7-1 N Michigan State
2000 – W 16-1 H Nicholls State
2000 – W 3-0 H Kansas
2005 – W 3-0 N Florida State
2005 – W 4-1 N Seton Hall
2006 – L 2-0 N UCLA
2010 – W 6-1 N Oregon State
2010 – L 7-4 N Washington
2011 – W 4-2 N Cal Poly
2016 – L 16-9 N Michigan
2016 – W 3-2 N Fresno State
2021 – W 8-0 (6) N New Mexico | no-hitter (C)
2021 – W 5-3 A Arizona State
2022 – W 10-2 (5) N Arizona
2022 – W 9-8 (10) N Tennessee
2023 – W 14-0 (5) N UCLA

Births/Deaths

Football Players
Born in 1964 – Mike Mantle
Born in 1976 – Greg Moyer
Died in 2021 – Grant Burget (b. 1951)

Football Coaches
Died in 1970 – Bennie Owen (b. 1875)
Born in 1914 – Gomer Jones (d. 1971)

Men's Basketball Players
Born in 1953 – Jamie Rowe

Men's Basketball Coaches
Died in 1970 – Bennie Owen (b. 1875)

Baseball Players
Born – Brett Squires
Died in 2017 – Jay Cronley