American college football season
The 2019 OSU Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cowboys played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium at Stillwater, Oklahoma , and competed in the Big 12 Conference . They were led by 15th-year head coach Mike Gundy .
Preseason
Coaching changes
In January 2019, head coach Mike Gundy announced the hiring of Sean Gleeson to be the new offensive coordinator, replacing Mike Yurcich , who left to take an assistant coaching position at Ohio State . Gleeson was previously the offensive coordinator at Princeton , where he coached the highest-scoring offense in FCS in 2018.[1]
Recruiting
Oklahoma State signed a total of 21 recruits in its 2019 class. The class was ranked at No. 37 in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 Conference according to the 247Sports.com Composite.[2]
Big 12 media poll
The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in Frisco, Texas . In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Oklahoma State was predicted to finish in fifth in the standings.[3]
Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Oklahoma
761 (68)
2
Texas
696 (9)
3
Iowa State
589
4
TCU
474
5
OSU
460
6
Baylor
453
7
Texas Tech
281
8
West Virginia
241
9
Kansas State
191
10
Kansas
89
Preseason All-Big 12 teams
To be released
Schedule
Oklahoma State began the year with three non-conference games: on the road to play Oregon State of the Pac-12 Conference , at home against McNeese State of the Southland Conference , and on the road against Tulsa of the American Athletic Conference . In Big 12 Conference play, the Cowboys will play five home games against Kansas State , Baylor , TCU , Kansas , and Oklahoma ; and four road games against Texas , Texas Tech , Iowa State , and West Virginia .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 9:30 p.m. at Oregon State * FS1 W 52–3631,681
September 7 7:00 p.m. McNeese State * ESPN+ W 56–1455,509
September 14 2:30 p.m. at Tulsa * ESPN2 W 40–2128,612
September 21 6:30 p.m. at No. 12 Texas ABC L 30–3696,936
September 28 6:00 p.m. No. 24 Kansas State Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN+ W 26–1355,509
October 5 11:00 a.m. at Texas Tech No. 21 FS1 L 35–4556,479
October 19 3:00 p.m. No. 18 Baylor Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FOX L 27–4555,060
October 26 2:30 p.m. at No. 23 Iowa State FS1 W 34–2761,500
November 2 2:30 p.m. TCU Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK ESPN W 34–2752,861
November 16 11:00 a.m. Kansas No. 22 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK FS1 W 31–1355,388
November 23 11:00 a.m. at West Virginia No. 21 ESPN2 W 20–1346,022
November 30 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Oklahoma No. 21 FOX L 16–3454,575
5:45 p.m. vs. Texas A&M * No. 25 ESPN L 21–2468,415
Source:[4]
Personnel
Coaching staff
Name
Position
Mike Gundy
Head Coach
Dan Hammerschmidt
Safeties Coach
Sean Gleeson
Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach
Jim Knowles
Defensive Coordinator
John Wozniak
Running Backs Coach
Tim Duffie
Cornerbacks Coach
Kasey Dunn
Receivers Coach
Jason McEndoo
Tight Ends/Cowboy Backs Coach
Charlie Dickey
Offensive Line Coach
Joe Bob Clements
Defensive Line Coach
Greg Richmond
Defensive Ends Coach
Game summaries
at Oregon State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Oklahoma State
7
24
14 7 52
Oregon State
10
6
7 13 36
at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon
Date : August 30, 2019Game time : 9:35 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature: 73 • Wind:SE2 (MPH) • Weather: SunnyGame attendance : 31,681Referee : Brad Van VarkTV announcers (FS1 ) : Justin Kutcher (Play-By-Play) , Petros Papadakis (Analysts) & Shane Vereen (Analysts)
McNeese State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
McNesse State Cowboys vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
McNeese
0
0
7 7 14
Oklahoma State
14
14
28 0 56
at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date : September 7, 2019Game time : 6:00 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature: 95 • Wind:SE 12 (MPH) • Weather: SunnyGame attendance : 55,509Referee : Christian WatsonTV announcers (ESPN+ ) : Dave Lamont (Play-By-Play) & Barrett Brooks (Analysts)
at Tulsa
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
41–28–5
2017
W 59–24
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Tulsa Golden Hurricanes – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Oklahoma State
17
3
13 7 40
Tulsa
7
14
0 0 21
at H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma
Date : September 14, 2019Game time : 2:35 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature:91 • Wind:S 9(MPH) • Weather: party cloudyGame attendance : 28,612Referee : Eddy SheltonTV announcers (ESPN2 ) : Beth Mowins (play-by-play) , Anthony Becht (analyst) & Rocky Boiman (sideline)
at Texas
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–24
2018
W 38–35
Kansas State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
39–26
2018
L 12–31
Kansas State Wildcats vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
No. 24 Kansas State
0
3
0 10 13
Oklahoma State
10
6
7 3 26
at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date : September 28, 2019Game time : 6:00 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature:84 • Wind:SW 8 (MPH) • Weather: SunnyGame attendance : 55,509Referee : Scott CampbellTV announcers (ESPN+) : Mark Neely (play-by-play), Ray Bentley (analyst) & Ed Aschoff (sideline)
Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard ran for 296 yards, averaging 11.8 per attempt in a leading effort to hand Kansas State their first loss of the season. Coming into the game, Kansas State was #7 in team rushing and averaged 280 yards[5] Oklahoma State's defense contributed well to the win as they held Kansas State to just 126 rushing yards, with only 18 of those yards in the first half.[6]
Kansas State worked on a fourth-quarter comeback, but Oklahoma State was able to control the clock and win the game 26-13.[7]
at Texas Tech
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
21–22–3
2018
L 17–41
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
No. 21 Oklahoma State
0
7
14 14 35
Texas Tech
13
7
14 11 45
at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas
Date : October 5, 2019Game time : 11:00 a.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature: 75 • Wind:WSW13 (MPH) • Weather:ClearGame attendance : 56,479Referee : Cooper CastleberryTV announcers (FS1) : Brian Custer (play-by-play) & Robert Smith (analyst)
Baylor
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
20–17
2018
L 31–35
Baylor Bears vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
No. 18 Baylor
7
3
14 21 45
Oklahoma State
6
7
7 7 27
at Boone Pickens Stadium• Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date : October 19, 2019Game time : 3:00 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature: 73 • Wind:N 14 (MPH) • Weather: SunnyGame attendance : 55,060Referee : Reggie SmithTV announcers (FOX) : Tim Brando (play-by-play) , Spencer Tillman (analyst) & Coley Harvey (sideline)
at Iowa State
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
31–19–3
2018
L 42–48
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Iowa State Cyclones – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Oklahoma State
7
14
3 10 34
No. 23 Iowa State
0
13
7 7 27
at Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa
Date : October 26, 2019Game time : 2:30 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature: 51 • Wind:S 5(MPH) • Weather: partly cloudyGame attendance : 61,500Referee : David AlvarezTV announcers (FS1) : Cory Provous (play-by-play) , Petros Papadakis (analyst) & Shane Vereen (analyst)
TCU
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
15–12–2
2018
L 24–31
TCU Horned Frogs vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
TCU
3
14
0 10 27
Oklahoma State
10
7
7 10 34
at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date : November 2, 2019Game time : 2:30 p.m. CDT Game weather : Temperature:57 • Wind:WNW 4 (MPH) • Weather: clear and sunnyGame attendance : 52,861Referee : Brad Van VarkTV announcers (ESPN ) : Mark Jones (play-by-play) , Dusty Dvoracek (analyst) & Olivia Dekker (sideline)
Chuba Hubbard ran for a total of 223 yards, including two long second-half touchdowns in the victory.[8]
Kansas
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
37–29–3
2018
W 48–28
Kansas Jayhawks vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Kansas
0
0
0 13 13
No. 22 Oklahoma State
14
10
7 0 31
at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date : November 16, 2019Game time : 11:03 a.m. CST Game weather : Temperature: 54 • Wind:S 13(MPH) • Weather: Sunny; partly cloudyGame attendance : 55,388Referee : Brandon CruseTV announcers (FS1) : Dan Hellie (play-by-play) & Ben Leber (analyst)
at West Virginia
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
6–4
2018
W 45–41
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs West Virginia Mountaineers – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
No. 21 Oklahoma State
7
0
3 10 20
West Virginia
0
10
3 0 13
at Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia
Date : November 23, 2019Game time : 11:00 a.m. CST Game weather : Temperature:37 • Wind:N4 (MPH) • Weather: overcastGame attendance : 46,022Referee : Cooper CastleberryTV announcers (ESPN2) : Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst) & Rocky Boiman (field analyst)
Oklahoma
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
18–88–7
2018
L 47–48
Oklahoma Sooners vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
No.7 Oklahoma
10
10
7 7 34
No. 21 Oklahoma State
7
6
3 0 16
at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date : November 30, 2019Game time : 7:05 p.m. CST Game weather : Temperature:50 • Wind:WNW 7 (MPH) • Weather:ClearGame attendance : 54,575Referee : Reggie SmithTV announcers (FOX) : Joe Davis (play-by-play), Brock Huard (analyst) & Bruce Feldman (sideline)
vs. Texas A&M (Texas Bowl)
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
10–17
2011
W 30–29
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Texas A&M Aggies – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
No. 25 Oklahoma State
14
0
0 7 21
Texas A&M
0
7
7 10 24
at NRG Stadium • Houston, Texas
Date : December 27Game time : 5:45 p.m. CST Game weather : n/a (retractable roof closed )Game attendance : 68,415Referee : Mark KluczynskiTV announcers (ESPN) : Kevin Brown (play-by-play) , Andre Ware (analyst) , Alyssa Lang (sideline)
Game information
First Quarter
(7:47) OKST – Dru Brown 42 yard pass to Braydon Johnson, Matt Ammendola kick (Drive: 5 plays, 97 yards, 1:57; Oklahoma State 7–0 )
(1:33) OKST – Dru Brown 9 yard rush, Matt Ammendola kick (Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards, 1:48; Oklahoma State 14–0 )
Second Quarter
(5:39) TAMU – Isaiah Spiller 1 yard rush, Seth Small kick (Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:24; Oklahoma State 14–7 )
Third Quarter
(10:32) TAMU – Kellen Mond 10 yard pass to Jhamon Ausbon, Seth Small kick (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 3:32; Tied 14–14 )
Fourth Quarter
(10:45) TAMU – Kellen Mond 67 yard rush, Seth Small kick (Drive: 3 plays, 88 yards, 1:28; Texas A&M 21–14 )
(2:52) TAMU – Seth Small 24 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 5:08; Texas A&M 24–14 )
(1:04) OKST – Dru Brown 5 yard pass to Braydon Johnson, Seth Small kick (Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 1:48; Texas A&M 24–21 )
Statistics
Scoring
Scores against non-conference opponents
1
2
3
4
Total
Opponents
10
6
14
13
43
Oklahoma State
38
41
55
14
148
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
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 15 Final AP RV RV RV RV RV 21 — — — RV RV 25 22 21 RV 25 — Coaches RV RV RV RV RV 25 — — — RV RV RV 23 21 RV RV RV CFP Not released 23 22 21 21 25 25 Not released
References
^ Rittenberg, Adam (January 27, 2019). "Oklahoma State Cowboys hire Princeton's Sean Gleeson as OC" . ESPN.com .
^ "Oklahoma State 2019 Football Commits" . 247Sports.com . Retrieved March 11, 2019 .
^ "Sooners Picked First in Media Preseason Poll" . big12sports.com . Big 12 Conference. July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
^ "2019 Oklahoma State Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
^ Bonner II, Frank (September 28, 2019). "OSU 26, Kansas State 13: Cowboys rush for 373 yards to beat No. 24 Kansas State" . Tulsa World . Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
^ Hines, Kelly (September 29, 2019). "OSU football: Defense delivers impressive performance against Kansas State" . Tulsa World . Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
^ "Hubbard runs for 296 as Oklahoma St beats K-State, 26-13" . ESPN . September 28, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
^ "TCU vs Oklahoma State Football Highlights" . Youtube . Big 12 Conference. November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
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