2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

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American college football season

The 2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by tenth-year head coach, Mike Gundy, and played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They are a charter member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–5 in Big 12 play to place seventh. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they defeated Washington.

Personnel[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Florida State* ABC L 31–37 61,521
September 6 2:30 p.m. Missouri State* FSSW W 40–23 51,562
September 13 6:00 p.m. UTSA*
  • Boone Pickens Stadium
  • Stillwater, OK
 FSN W 43–13 54,577
September 25 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech No. 24
  • Boone Pickens Stadium
  • Stillwater, OK
 ESPN W 45–35 55,958
October 4 11:00 a.m. Iowa State No. 21
  • Boone Pickens Stadium
  • Stillwater, OK
 FS1 W 37–20 52,608
October 11 3:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 16 FS1 W 27–20 31,985
October 18 3:00 p.m. at No. 12 TCU No. 15 FS1 L 9–42 43,214
October 25 2:30 p.m. No. 22 West Virginiadagger
  • Boone Pickens Stadium
  • Stillwater, OK
 ESPN L 10–34 59,124
November 1 7:00 p.m. at No. 11 Kansas State ABC L 14–48 53,746
November 15 6:30 p.m. Texas
  • Boone Pickens Stadium
  • Stillwater, OK
 FOX L 7–28 52,495
November 22 6:30 p.m. at No. 5 Baylor FOX L 28–49 47,179
December 6 2:30 p.m. at No. 18 Oklahoma FS1 W 38–35 OT 85,312
January 2, 2015 7:15 p.m. vs. Washington* ESPN W 30–22 35,409
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries[edit]

Vs. Florida State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 10 7 14 31
#1 Seminoles 10 7 10 10 37

Missouri State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 0 7 10 23
Cowboys 10 17 10 3 40

UTSA[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 3 0 7 3 13
Cowboys 14 10 3 16 43

Texas Tech[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Raiders 7 7 14 7 35
#24 Cowboys 7 14 14 10 45

Iowa State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cyclones 0 6 7 7 20
#21 Cowboys 0 13 17 7 37

Kansas[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Cowboys 10 10 0 7 27
Jayhawks 7 0 3 10 20

TCU[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Cowboys 3 6 0 0 9
#12 Horned Frogs 21 7 14 0 42

West Virginia[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Mountaineers 14 0 3 17 34
Cowboys 0 10 0 0 10

Kansas State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 0 0 7 14
#9 Wildcats 14 7 10 17 48

Oklahoma State started the game with a 5–3 record (3–2 in conference play). The Cowboys had just come off their homecoming loss to West Virginia the previous week. Prior to this game, Oklahoma State led the series 37–23.[3]

Oklahoma State scored in their opening drive by marching down the field and concluding when Tyreek Hill made a 2-yard run for a touchdown. Ben Grogan’s kick made the score 7–0 OSU. But the ensuing kick-off by Oklahoma State resulted in Morgan Burns successfully running 86 yards for a touchdown. Matthew McCrane’s extra point tied the score 7–7 with 11:36 on the clock in the first quarter. Kansas State’s Charles Jones ran in for 6 yards with 4:16 left in the first and Kansas State held the lead for the remainder of the game. Kansas State achieved 36 unanswered points until Ramon Richards made a 38-yard interception for a touchdown after the K-State starters were pulled from the game. With 4:49 left in the game, Matthew McCrane was sent out to make an attempt at a 53-yard field goal. The attempt was good and Kansas State won 48–14.[4]

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Texas[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 0
Cowboys 0

Baylor[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 7 0 14 28
#6 Bears 21 7 7 14 49

Oklahoma[edit]

Oklahoma State at #20 Oklahoma
1 2 3 4 OT Total
• Oklahoma State 7 7 0 21 3 38
Oklahoma 7 21 0 7 0 35
Scoring summary
Q1 12:15 OKLA Perine 4 yard run (Hunnicutt kick) OKLA 7–0
Q1 8:32 OKST Roland 1 yard run (Grogan kick) Tie 7–7
Q2 11:57 OKLA Ripkowski 1 yard run (Hunnicutt kick) OKLA 14–7
Q2 9:24 OKST Sheperd 39 yard pass from Rudolph (Grogan kick) Tie 14–14
Q2 6:53 OKLA Perine 9 yard run (Hunnicutt kick) OKLA 21–14
Q2 3:09 OKLA Ripkowski 2 yard pass from Thomas (Hunnicutt kick) OKLA 28–14
Q4 11:56 OKST Roland 3 yard run (Grogan kick) OKLA 28–21
Q4 7:54 OKLA Ripkowski 1 yard run (Hunnicutt kick) OKLA 35–21
Q4 4:51 OKST Sheperd 43 yard pass from Rudolph (Grogan kick) OKLA 35–28
Q4 :45 OKST Hill 92 yard punt return (Grogan kick) Tie 35–35
OT OKST Grogan 21 yard field goal OKST 38–35

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Cactus Bowl[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 0 14 8 22
Cowboys 14 10 3 3 30

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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 25 24 21 16 15 RV RV — — — — — — —
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV 23 18 15 RV — — — — — — — RV
CFP Not released — — — — — — — Not released

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Coaches”. Oklahoma State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  2. ^ “2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Schedule”. FB Schedules. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Frech, Ricky (October 31, 2014). “Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Kansas State Wildcats: Complete Game Preview”. Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  4. ^ Skretta, Dave (November 1, 2014). “No. 9 K-State Shuts Down Oklahoma State, 48-14”. ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Brunt, Cliff (December 6, 2014). “OK State Ties Game on Punt-Return TD, Stuns No. 20 Oklahoma in OT”. ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved December 7, 2014.


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