The 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by seventh year head coach Mike Gundy and played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference.
The 2011 season was arguably the best in the Cowboys’ 112-year football history. They opened the season with 10 straight wins, in the process rising to #2 in the AP Poll—the school’s highest-ever ranking in a major poll. After unexpectedly losing to Iowa State in Ames, they ultimately finished the regular season 11–1, including a 44–10 win over rival Oklahoma for their first win in the Bedlam Series since 2002. They also won their first-ever Big 12 title and their first outright conference title since winning the 1948 Missouri Valley Conference title. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, their first-ever Bowl Championship Series bid and the second major-bowl appearance in school history, where they defeated Stanford 41–38 in overtime. The Colley Matrix, an NCAA-designated major selector, chose OSU as national champions.[1][2]
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Personnel[edit]
Coaching staff[edit]
Schedule[edit]
Date
Time
Opponent
Rank
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 3
6:00 p.m.
Louisiana–Lafayette*
No. 9
FCS
W 61–34
55,382[4]
September 8
7:00 p.m.
Arizona*
No. 9
Boone Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, OK
ESPN
W 37–14
54,654[5]
September 18A
12:15 a.m.A
at Tulsa*
No. 7
FSN
W 59–33
24,563[6]
September 24
2:30 p.m.
at No. 8 Texas A&M
No. 7
ABC/ESPN2
W 30–29
87,358[7]
October 8
2:30 p.m.
Kansas
No. 6
Boone Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, OK
W 70–28
58,030[8]
October 15
2:30 p.m.
at No. 22 Texas
No. 6
ABC/ESPN
W 38–26
100,101[9]
October 22
11:00 a.m.
at Missouri
No. 6
FX
W 45–24
64,202[10]
October 29
2:30 p.m.
Baylor
No. 3
Boone Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, OK
ABC/ESPN
W 59–24
58,274[11]
November 5
7:00 p.m.
No. 17 Kansas State
No. 3
Boone Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, OK
ABC/ESPN2
W 52–45
58,895[12]
November 12
11:00 a.m.
at Texas Tech
No. 2
ABC
W 66–6
59,059[13]
November 18
7:00 p.m.
at Iowa State
No. 2
ESPN
L 31–37 2OT
52,027[14]
December 3
7:00 p.m.
No. 10 Oklahoma
No. 3
ABC
W 44–10
58,141[15]
January 2, 2012
7:30 p.m.
vs. No. 4 Stanford*
No. 3
ESPN
W 41–38 OT
69,927[16]
*Non-conference game
Homecoming
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
All times are in Central time
[17][18]
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^A Originally scheduled to kick off at 9:00 p.m. on 9/17 but was delayed past midnight due to lightning.
Rankings[edit]
Ranking movements Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
9
9
8
7
5
6
6
6
3
3
2
2
4
3
3
3
Coaches
8
7
7
6
6
7
7
6
4
4
3
2
5
5
3
3
Harris
Not released
6
6
3
3
2
2
5
5
3
Not released
BCS
Not released
4
3
3
2
2
4
3
3
Not released
Game summaries[edit]
Louisiana–Lafayette[edit]
Louisiana–Lafayette at #9 Oklahoma State
1
2
3
4
Total
Louisiana-Lafayette
3
7
10
14
34
• Oklahoma State
10
24
10
17
61
Scoring summary
1
10:48
OSU
Quinn Sharp 27-yard field goal
OSU 3–0
1
3:16
OSU
Joseph Randle 4-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 10–0
1
0:16
ULL
Brett Baer 23-yard field goal
OSU 10–3
2
11:17
OSU
Jeremy Smith 1-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 17–3
2
8:38
OSU
Josh Cooper 15-yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Quinn Sharp kick)
Hubert Anyiam 36-yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 14–3
2
14:22
OSU
Joseph Randle 1-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 21–3
2
9:37
TLSA
Kevin Fitzpatrick 34-yard field goal
OSU 21–6
2
7:59
OSU
Quinn Sharp 35-yard field goal
OSU 24–6
2
5:26
OSU
Joseph Randle 5-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 31–6
3
11:57
OSU
Joseph Randle 11-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 38–6
3
9:38
OSU
Jeremy Smith 6-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 45–6
3
9:27
TLSA
Ja’Terian Douglas 80-yard run (kick failed)
OSU 45–12
3
9:19
TLSA
Bryan Burnham 43-yard pass from Kalen Henderson (Kevin Fitzpatrick kick)
OSU 45–19
3
7:04
OSU
Isaiah Anderson 24-yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 52–19
3
4:07
TLSA
Bryan Burnham 14-yard pass from Kalen Henderson (Kevin Fitzpatrick kick)
OSU 52–26
4
7:34
OSU
Justin Blackmon 4-yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 59–26
4
3:35
TLSA
Ja’Terian Douglas 42-yard run (Kevin Fitzpatrick kick)
OSU 59–33
[21]
Texas A&M[edit]
#7 Oklahoma State at #8 Texas A&M
1
2
3
4
Total
• Oklahoma State
3
0
21
6
30
Texas A&M
10
10
0
9
29
Scoring summary
1
13:59
A&M
Ryan Tannehill 65-yard run (Randy Bullock kick)
A&M 7–0
1
9:38
OSU
Quinn Sharp 27-yard field goal
A&M 7–3
1
1:35
A&M
Randy Bullock 43-yard field goal
A&M 10–3
2
10:34
A&M
Jeff Fuller 17-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (Randy Bullock kick)
A&M 17–3
2
1:51
A&M
Randy Bullock 35-yard field goal
A&M 20–3
3
12:24
OSU
Jeremy Smith 13-yard run (Quinn Sharp kick)
A&M 20–10
3
7:33
OSU
Justin Blackmon 11-yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Quinn Sharp kick)
A&M 20–17
3
3:33
OSU
Tracy Moore 4-yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Quinn Sharp kick)
OSU 24–20
4
14:06
OSU
Quinn Sharp 24-yard field goal
OSU 27–20
4
6:24
OSU
Quinn Sharp 18-yard field goal
OSU 30–20
4
2:20
A&M
Jeff Fuller 4-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill (Randy Bullock kick)
OSU 30–27
4
0:00
A&M
Safety, ball through end zone
OSU 30–29
Oklahoma State won consecutive games for the first time at Kyle Field as Cowboys’ fans chanted “Big 12, Big 12” in the final conference matchup between the two teams. Brandon Weeden threw for a school-record 483 yards.[22]
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