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On This Day ▪ April 8

If you know of an event that is missing from a particlular date and have a verifiable source, please contact me.

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

Baseball (1962-present)
1898 – W 16-0 H Oklahoma City | first game
1953 – L 18-8 A Texas
1966 – L 5-0 A Kansas State
1966 – W 6-4 A Kansas State
1967 – W 3-2 H Kansas
1967 – L 3-2 H Kansas
1972 – W 12-6 A Kansas State
1975 – W 6-0 H Cameron
1975 – W 9-8 H Cameron
1977 – W 15-7 A Tulsa
1978 – W 9-6 A Oral Roberts
1985 – L 4-3 H North Texas
1985 – W 11-1 H North Texas
1986 – L 5-1 N Texas
1987 – L 10-9 H Oral Roberts
1988 – W 11-9 A Kansas State
1989 – L 10-4 A Nebraska
1989 – W 3-1 A Nebraska
1990 – W 11-8 H Nebraska
1995 – W 10-7 H Kansas State
1998 – W 7-6 H Texas State
2000 – W 5-2 A Texas A&M
2001 – W 9-6 A Missouri
2003 – L 5-1 H Oral Roberts
2005 – W 7-5 H Kansas
2006 – W 1-0 (11) A Texas A&M
2009 – W 15-0 A Wichita State
2011 – L 2-0 A Kansas State
2014 – L 2-0 H Oral Roberts
2016 – W 4-3 H Baylor
2017 – L 9-3 A Texas
2018 – W 6-3 A TCU
2018 – L 6-2 A TCU
2022 – W 8-7 A Oklahoma State
2023 – L 5-3 A Baylor
2025 – L 9-1 H Dallas Baptist

Softball
1977 – L 18-1 A Missouri State
1977 – L 7-6 N Tarkio College
1978 – L 6-1 N Texas A&M
1978 – L 3-1 A Missouri State
1979 – W 3-0 N Texas A&M
1979 – L 1-0 (20) N Texas Woman's
1980 – W 4-0 H Oklahoma State
1980 – W 2-1 H Oklahoma State
1982 – L 6-2 H Oklahoma State
1982 – L 1-0 H Oklahoma State
1984 – L 2-0 H Nebraska
1984 – W 1-0 H Oklahoma State
1986 – W 9-0 A Oklahoma City
1986 – W 4-1 A Oklahoma City
1989 – L 4-3 H Kansas
1989 – L 1-0 H Nebraska
1990 – W 4-2 N Iowa State
1990 – L 3-1 A Oklahoma State
1992 – L 10-7 H Oklahoma City
1992 – L 7-3 H Oklahoma City
1994 – W 17-0 A Washburn
1995 – W 8-2 N Eastern Illinois
1995 – L 5-2 A Missouri State
2000 – W 5-1 A Texas
2001 – W 7-4 H Texas
2004 – W 2-1 A Oklahoma State
2006 – W 4-0 A Texas A&M
2009 – L 11-9 H Arkansas
2014 – W 9-1 (5) H Wichita State
2014 – W 3-0 H Wichita State
2015 – W 10-1 (5) H Arkansas
2016 – W 5-0 A Baylor
2017 – W 3-1 A Texas
2018 – W 8-1 H Iowa State
2018 – W 9-5 H Iowa State
2022 – W 11-0 (5) A Texas Tech
2023 – W 7-0 H Texas Tech

Births/Deaths

Football Players
Born in 1960 – Bobby Grayson
Born in 1971 – Russell Allen
Born in 1971 – Mike Coats
Born in 1981 – Wes Sims
Born in 1999 – CeeDee Lamb

Softball Players
Born – Paytn Monticelli