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The Oklahoma State Cowboys program is a college football team that represents Oklahoma State University-Stillwater. The team is currently a member of the Big 12's Southern Division, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The program has a losing record of 448–513–47. The Cowboys are currently being coached by Mike Gundy, who is in his fourth year coaching with the Cowboys. Home games are played at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
[edit] Facilities
Oklahoma State plays football on Lewis Field, in Boone Pickens Stadium, which is currently undergoing extensive renovation and expansion. The current expansion, which will be finished for the 2009 season opener against Georgia, will bring a whole new atmosphere to the already fanatic nature of the stadium. With the expansion Oklahoma State's facilities will be the newest technology and equipment rivaling NFL type caliber. Along with the current expansion of the stadium there is also the current project of the new state of the art athletic complex. This new athletic village will include new venues for track, baseball, softball, soccer, and tennis. With this, the athletic village will also hold the new Sherman Smith Training center, an indoor practice facility which will benefit every student-athlete on campus.
[edit] History
The Oklahoma A&M Aggies joined their first conference for the start of the 1915 season, the Southwest Conference. Then in 1925 the Oklahoma A&M program joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Then in 1928 the MVIAA split into the Big 6 Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference, which the Cowboys joined the latter. Then in 1956 the Cowboys left the Missouri Valley to go Independent for two Seasons. On May 15, 1957, Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State University. The Cowboys football team joined at the time The Big 7 Conference in 1958 for the start of the 1959 season to form the Big 8 Conference. In 1997 Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech joined the big eight to form the new Big 12 Conference.
The current head coach is Mike Gundy (18-19 and 2-0 in bowl appearances). During Gundy's playing career, the Cowboys enjoyed their greatest success with consecutive ten-win seasons. Also during this era, in 1988, in what has been called the greatest season in college football history,[1] Barry Sanders led the nation by averaging 7.6 yards per carry and over 200 yards per game, including rushing for over 300 yards in four games. He set college football season records with 2,628 yards rushing, 3,249 total yards, 234 points, 39 touchdowns, of which 37 were rushing (also a record), five consecutive 200 yard games, scored at least two touchdowns in eleven consecutive games, and 9 times he scored at least three touchdowns. Sanders won the Heisman Trophy as the season's best player.[2]
The OSU football program is in the process of establishing itself as a major college football contender, participating in 18 bowl games overall and five in the last six years. There have been 32 All-Americans to play for the Cowboys, with many coming from ranks of running backs. This tradition of "Tailback U" includes Sanders, Thurman Thomas,Terry Miller, Bob Fenimore, and Tatum Bell. The Cowboys have won ten conference championships and the team has had one Heisman Trophy winner and two members go onto the NFL Hall of Fame.
[edit] Bedlam claims
Author Steve Budin, whose father was a New York bookie, has recently publicized the claim that the 1954 "Bedlam" game against rival OU was fixed by mobsters in his book Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll (ISBN 1-602-39099-1).[3]. Allegedly, the mobsters threatened and paid off a cook to slip laxatives into a soup eaten by many OU Sooner starting players, causing them to fall violently ill in the days leading up to the game. OU was victorious in the end, but their 14-0 win did not cover the 20-point spread they had in their favor. However, many people involved in the 1954 contest do not recall any incident like the one purported by Budin to have occurred.[4]
[edit] Conference (seasons as member)
- Independent (1901-1914)
- Southwest Conference (1915-1924)
- MVIAA (1925-1927)
- Missouri Valley Conference (1928-1956)
- Independent (1957-1959)
- Big 8 Conference (1960-1996)
- Big 12 Conference (1997-Present)
[edit] Year by year records (win, loss, tie, conference record in parenthesis)
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1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008
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For years 1901-1909, see Oklahoma A&M Aggies football, 1901-1909.
- 1910- 3-4
- 1911- 5-2
- 1912- 6-2
- 1913- 4-3
- 1914- 6-2-1
- 1915- 4-5-1 (0-3)
- 1916- 4-4 (0-3)
- 1917- 4-5 (1-2)
- 1918- 4-2 (0-2)
- 1919- 3-3-2 (0-2)
- 1920- 0-7-1 (0-3)
- 1921- 5-4-1 (1-1)
- 1922- 4-4-1 (2-3)
- 1923- 2-8 (1-3)
- 1924- 6-1-2 (1-1-1)
- 1925- 2-5-1 (0-3-1)
- 1926- 3-4-1 (3-0-1)
- 1927- 4-4 (2-1)
- 1928- 1-7 (0-1)
- 1929- 4-3-2 (1-1)
- 1930- 7-2-1 (2-0)
- 1931- 8-2-1 (1-0)
- 1932- 9-1-2 (3-0)
- 1933- 6-2-1 (2-0)
- 1934- 4-5-1 (1-1)
- 1935- 3-7 (0-3)
- 1936- 1-9 (1-2)
- 1937- 4-6 (2-2)
- 1938- 2-8 (0-4)
- 1939- 5-4-1 (3-1)
- 1940- 6-3-1 (4-1)
- 1941- 5-4 (3-1)
- 1942- 6-3-1 (4-1)
- 1943- 3-4 (0-1)
- 1944- 8-1 (0-1) --- Cotton Bowl vs. TCU 34-0 (W)
- 1945- 9-0 (1-0) --- Sugar Bowl vs. St. Mary's 33-13 (W)
- 1946- 3-7-1 (1-1)
- 1947- 3-7 (0-2)
- 1948- 6-4 (2-0) --- Delta Bowl vs. William and Mary 0-20 (L)
- 1949- 4-5-1 (2-1-1)
- 1950- 4-6-1
- 1951- 3-7 --- the year of the shameful Johnny Bright Incident
- 1952- 3-7
- 1953- 7-3
- 1954- 5-4-1
- 1955- 2-8
- 1956- 3-5-2
- 1957- 6-3-1
- 1958- 8-3 --- Bluegrass Bowl vs. Florida State 15-6 (W)
- 1959- 6-4
- 1960- 3-7 (2-5)
- 1961- 4-6 (2-5)
- 1962- 4-6 (2-5)
- 1963- 1-8 (0-6)
- 1964- 4-6 (3-4)
- 1965- 3-7 (2-5)
- 1966- 4-5-1 (4-2-1)
- 1967- 4-5-1 (3-4)
- 1968- 3-7 (2-5)
- 1969- 5-5 (3-4)
- 1970- 4-7 (2-5)
- 1971- 4-6-1 (2-5)
- 1972- 6-5 (4-3)
- 1973- 5-4-2 (2-3-2)
- 1974- 7-5 (4-3) --- Fiesta Bowl vs. BYU 16-6 (W)
- 1975- 7-4 (3-4)
- 1976- 9-3 (5-2) --- Tangerine Bowl vs. BYU 49-21 (W)
- 1977- 4-7 (2-5)
- 1978- 3-8 (3-4)
- 1979- 7-4 (5-2)
- 1980- 4-7 (3-4)
- 1981- 6-6 (3-4) --- Independence Bowl vs. Texas A&M 16-33 (L)
- 1982- 4-5-2 (3-2-2)
- 1983- 8-4 (3-4) --- Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Baylor 24-14 (W)
- 1984- 10-2 (5-2) --- Gator Bowl vs. South Carolina 21-14 (W)
- 1985- 8-4 (4-3) --- Gator Bowl vs. Florida State 23-34 (L)
- 1986- 6-5 (4-3)
- 1987- 10-2 (5-2) --- Sun Bowl vs. West Virginia 35-33 (W)
- 1988- 10-2 (5-2) --- Holiday Bowl vs. Wyoming 62-14 (W)
- 1989- 4-7 (3-4)
- 1990- 4-7 (2-5)
- 1991- 0-10-1 (0-6-1)
- 1992- 4-6-1 (2-4-1)
- 1993- 3-8 (0-7)
- 1994- 3-7-1 (0-6-1)
- 1995- 4-8 (2-5)
- 1996- 5-6 (2-6)
- 1997- 8-4 (5-3) --- Alamo Bowl vs. Purdue 20-33 (L)
- 1998- 5-6 (3-5)
- 1999- 5-6 (3-5)
- 2000- 3-8 (1-7)
- 2001- 4-7 (2-6)
- 2002- 8-5 (5-3) --- Houston Bowl vs. Southern Miss 33-23 (W)
- 2003- 9-4 (5-3) --- Cotton Bowl vs. Ole Miss 28-31 (L)
- 2004- 7-5 (4-4) --- Alamo Bowl vs. Ohio State 7-33 (L)
- 2005- 4-7 (1-7)
- 2006- 7-6 (3-5) --- Independence Bowl vs. Alabama 34-31 (W)
- 2007- 7-6 (4-4) --- Insight Bowl vs. Indiana 49-33 (W)
448-513-47 TOTAL
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