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The 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cowboys were led by 11th-year head coach Mike Gundy and played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma . They were members of the Big 12 Conference . They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl where they lost to Ole Miss .
Previous season
The 2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team finished the regular season 6–6, with a highlight win against in-state rival Oklahoma , 38–35 in overtime. Oklahoma State became bowl eligible after defeating Oklahoma on December 6, 2014. The Cowboys were invited to play in the 2015 Cactus Bowl against the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference . Oklahoma State won the game against the Huskies 30–22, in Tempe, Arizona .
Personnel
Coaching staff
Schedule
Oklahoma State announced their 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. The Cowboys will host Big 12 foes Baylor , Kansas , Kansas State , Oklahoma , and TCU and will travel to Iowa State , Texas , Texas Tech , and West Virginia .[2]
The Cowboys hosted two non conference games against Central Arkansas and UTSA and traveled to its other non conference foe Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Michigan . Oklahoma State met for the first time against the Central Michigan Chippewas in Michigan and Central Arkansas Bears at home. The Cowboys hosted the UTSA Roadrunners for the second straight season after defeating them last season 43–13.
September 36:00 p.m.at Central Michigan *
ESPNU W 24–1319,717
September 126:30 p.m.Central Arkansas *
FSN /FCS Atlantic W 32–857,262
September 192:30 p.m.UTSA * No. 25
Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FS1W 69–1456,351
September 262:30 p.m.at Texas No. 24
ESPN W 30–2787,073
October 33:00 p.m.Kansas State No. 20
Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FS1W 36–3458,030
October 106:00 p.m.at West Virginia No. 21
ESPN2 W 33–26 OT 60,410
October 242:30 p.m.Kansas No. 14
Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FS1W 58–1059,886
October 312:30 p.m.at Texas Tech No. 12
ESPNW 70–5354,872
November 72:30 p.m.No. 5 TCU No. 12
Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FOX W 49–2959,661
November 142:30 p.m.at Iowa State No. 5
ESPNW 35–3154,180
November 216:30 p.m.No. 10 Baylor No. 4
Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FOXL 35–4559,669
November 287:00 p.m.No. 5 Oklahoma No. 9
ABC L 23–5859,231
January 1, 20167:30 p.m.vs. No. 16 Ole Miss * No. 13
ESPNL 20–4872,117
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Schedule Source: [3]
Games summaries
Central Michigan
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
3
7
7
7
24
Chippewas
3
3
7
0
13
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First Meeting
Central Arkansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
8
0
8
Cowboys
10
0
10
12
32
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First Meeting
UTSA
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
0
7
0
7
14
Cowboys
17
14
10
28
69
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–0
2014
OSU, 43–13
Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
14
3
7
6
30
Longhorns
6
14
7
0
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–24
2014
TEX, 28–7
Kansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
14
14
0
6
34
Cowboys
7
13
6
10
36
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
37–24
2014
KSU, 48–14
Oklahoma State hosted Kansas State on October 3, 2015. Late in the second quarter, an officiating error gave Oklahoma State a first down when the offense was four yards short after the third down play. The series ended with a touchdown for Oklahoma State.[4] The error brought in to question Big 12 Conference officiating, especially in light that the game was on the 25th anniversary of the Fifth Down Game between the Colorado Buffaloes and Missouri Tigers .[5] SB Nation published "K-State lost to Oklahoma State, 36–34. Inept Big 12 officials gifted Oklahoma State a touchdown.."[6]
West Virginia
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Cowboys
7
10
6
3 7
33
Mountaineers
0
2
14
10 0
26
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–4
2014
WVU, 34–10
Kansas
1
2
3
4
Total
Jayhawks
0
10
0
0
10
Cowboys
14
21
21
2
58
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
33–29–3
2014
OSU, 27–20
Prior to the game, during Oklahoma State University's annual Sea of Orange Homecoming Parade, 25 year old Adacia Chambers drove her car into a crowd of people at the parade killing 4 and injuring 47.
Texas Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
14
14
14
28
70
Red Raiders
24
14
0
15
53
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
18–21–3
2014
OSU, 45–35
TCU
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
9
0
7
13
29
Cowboys
14
14
14
7
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
13–10–2
2014
TCU, 42–9
Iowa State
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Cowboys
7
7
7
14
35
Cyclones
17
7
7
0
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
28–18–3
2014
OSU, 37–20
Baylor
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Bears
14
10
14
7
45
#4 Cowboys
14
0
7
14
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–14
2014
BAY, 49–28
Oklahoma
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Sooners
14
30
7
7
58
#9 Cowboys
10
10
3
0
23
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–83–7
2014
OSU, 38–35
vs. Ole Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Cowboys
3
3
7
7
20
#12 Rebels
10
24
7
7
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–2
2010
Ole Miss, 21–7
Rankings
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References
^ "Coaches" . Oklahoma State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2015 .
^ "Oklahoma State Announces 2015 Football Schedule" (Press release). Oklahoma State University Department of Athletics. November 19, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ "2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ Trotter, Jake (October 4, 2015). "Officials Place First-Down Marker in Wrong Spot, Leading to OK State TD" . ESPN . Retrieved October 4, 2015 .
^ Bromberg, Nick (October 4, 2015). "Oklahoma St. Apparently Mistakenly Awarded 1st Down in Win Over Kansas St" . Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved October 4, 2015 .
^ "Outrageous officiating Incompetence Costs K-State" . SB Nation . October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015 .
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