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Baylor just won at Oklahoma State for the first time since 1939. Here are some amazing facts about how long that is!

Baylor hadn’t won at Stillwater since 1939. According to our calculations, that’s 137 years. Wow!

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Baylor just beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the first time since Oct. 7, 1939!

That's amazing. These two teams have played dozens of times, and yet Baylor just hasn't been good at the same time they've played Oklahoma State at Oklahoma State. It's a combination of football stuff and chance that boggles the mind.

It’s so amazing that we had to round up some facts about just how long that’s been.

  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Baylor and Oklahoma State were not in the Big 12 conference, but the "Western Unincorporated Territory Intercollegiate Athletic Organization," which also included Iowa, Rice, and Wyoming.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, football was played with 13 men, the ball was made of a goat's kidney, and forward passes were punishable by stoning.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, World War I was still six months from starting.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Instagram wasn't even invented yet! Nor were iPhones, or cell phones, or phones, or cameras. The human eye had only been invented two years earlier.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, stamps cost two cents, a gallon of milk was a nickel, and the gas station literally paid you to take gasoline.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, your mom was only 13 years old.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, the No. 1 movie in America was "Mickey Mouse's Wonderful Boating Adventure," the first animated film to come with prerecorded sound. No. 2? "The Wizard of Oz!"
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, the No. 1 song at the time was "Oh, Matilda, How Dear You Are To Me," by a guy who has been dead for a very long time.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Twitter only had five users: FDR, Greta Garbo, Napoleon, the Pope, and Larry King.
  • The last time Baylor beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Bill Snyder was zero days old. This is the only one that is not a joke.
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