American college football season
The 2018 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cowboys played their home games at the Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma and competed in the Big 12 Conference . They were led by 14th-year head coach Mike Gundy . They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Big 12 play to finish tied for seventh. They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they defeated #24 Missouri 38-33, ending the season with a 4-1 record against teams in the top 25 .
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
Big 12 media poll [ edit ] The Big 12 media poll was released on July 12, 2018, with the Cowboys predicted to finish in fifth place.[9]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Oklahoma 509 (46) 2 West Virginia 432 (2) 3 TCU 390 (1) 4 Texas 370 (1) 5 Oklahoma State 300 6 Kansas State 283 (2) 7 Iowa State 250 8 Texas Tech 149 9 Baylor 125 10 Kansas 52
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Missouri State * FS1 W 58–1750,103 September 8 7:00 p.m. South Alabama * Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FSN W 55–1353,923 September 15 2:30 p.m. No. 17 Boise State * No. 24 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN W 44–2154,974 September 22 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech No. 15 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FS1 L 17–4153,166 September 29 11:00 a.m. at Kansas FSN W 48–2818,364 October 6 2:30 p.m. Iowa State No. 25 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN2 L 42–4852,995 October 13 11:00 a.m. at Kansas State ESPNU L 12–3150,245 October 27 7:00 p.m. No. 5 Texas Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ABC W 38–3556,790 November 3 11:00 a.m. at Baylor FS1 L 31–3543,492 November 10 2:30 p.m. at No. 6 Oklahoma ABC L 47–4887,635 November 17 2:30 p.m. No. 7 West Virginia Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ABC W 45–4152,842 November 24 7:00 p.m. at TCU FOX L 24–3142,394 2:45 p.m. vs. No. 24 Missouri * ESPN W 38–3376,468 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [10] Game summaries [ edit ] Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 7 10 0 17 Cowboys 17 14 14 13 58
South Alabama [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 7 6 0 0 13 Cowboys 14 17 10 14 55
Boise State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Broncos 0 7 14 0 21 No. 24 Cowboys 0 17 17 10 44
Texas Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Red Raiders 7 17 10 7 41 No. 15 Cowboys 10 7 0 0 17
At Kansas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 14 10 10 14 48 Jayhawks 0 7 7 14 28
Iowa State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 9 21 10 8 48 No. 25 Cowboys 7 14 7 14 42
Iowa State's Freshman Brock Purdy replaced Zeb Noland at quarterback and passed 18-for-23 for 318 yards and produced four touchdowns. He then ran for another 84 yards and another score.[11] The final score was a loss for the Cowboys at 48-42.[12]
At Kansas State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 3 0 6 12 Wildcats 0 3 14 14 31
The previous week loss against Iowa State put extra pressure on the Cowboys to win coming into the game against Kansas State. Some of the issues the Cowboys bring in to the include lack of discipline, a disconnected defense, and a failure to force turnovers on defense. The 2018 loss to Iowa State had many similarities to the 2017 game between Oklahoma State and Kansas State that resulted in a K-State victory 45-40.[12]
1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Longhorns 7 7 7 14 35 Cowboys 17 14 0 7 38
At Baylor [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 3 14 7 31 Bears 0 14 7 14 35
Oklahoma [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 14 14 7 12 47 No. 6 Sooners 14 20 7 7 48
West Virginia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Mountaineers 14 17 0 10 41 Cowboys 7 7 10 21 45
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 0 7 14 24 Horned Frogs 0 7 17 7 31
Vs. Missouri (Liberty Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 7 21 3 38 No. 24 Tigers 3 13 3 14 33
Statistics [ edit ] Scoring [ edit ] Scores against non-conference opponents 1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0
Scores against the Big 12 1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0
Scores against all opponents 1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV RV 24 15 RV 25 — — — RV — — — — — RV Coaches 25 23 19 15 21 21 — — — RV — — RV — — — CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 . ^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates" . July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 . ^ "Butkus Award - 2018 Collegiate Watchlist" . The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2018 . ^ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 . ^ "Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Announces 2018 Preseason Watch List" . July 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2018 . ^ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List" " . Retrieved July 30, 2018 . ^ "Preseason Watch List - 2018 edition of the Ted Hendricks Award" (PDF) . August 14, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018 . ^ "Watch List for 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ® Presented by A. O. Smith Announced" . August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018 . ^ "Sooners Picked to Repeat in Big 12 Preseason Football Poll" . Retrieved October 3, 2018 . ^ "2018 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved May 3, 2018 . ^ Becker, Dana (October 7, 2018). "Iowa State Football: Cyclones get Purdy to stun Oklahoma State" . Saturday Blitz. Retrieved October 9, 2018 . ^ a b Cooper, Mark (October 8, 2018). "OSU football: What we learned from Oklahoma State's 48-42 loss to Iowa State" . Tulsa World . Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
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