1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Conference	Big Eight Conference|Big Eight
Record	3–8 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Jim Stanley
Home stadium	Lewis Field

1978 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Missouri	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 9	at Wichita State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, Kansas	L 10–20
September 16	at No. 16 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 20–38
September 23	No. 2 Arkansas*	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	L 7–19
September 30	vs. North Texas*	Texas Stadium Irving, Texas	L 7–12
October 7	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	L 7–18
October 14	No. 13 Colorado	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 24–20
October 21	Kansas	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 21–7
October 28	at No. 4 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	L 14–22
November 4	Missouri	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 35–20
November 11	Iowa State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	L 15–28
November 18	at No. 4 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)	L 7–62
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game