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1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

The 1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Jim Stanley in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Big 8. Oklahoma State played home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma

1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record3–8 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
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

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at Wichita State*
L 10–2030,518[1]
September 16at No. 16 Florida State*
L 20–3840,338
September 23No. 2 Arkansas*
L 7–1949,500
September 30vs. North Texas State*
L 7–12
October 7at Kansas State
L 7–1821,900
October 14No. 13 Colorado
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 24–2041,200
October 21Kansas
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 21–735,336
October 28at No. 4 Nebraska
L 14–2275,786
November 4Missouri 
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 35–2047,750
November 11Iowa State
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
L 15–2840,300
November 18at No. 4 Oklahoma
L 7–6272,339
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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After the season edit

The 1979 NFL Draft was held on May 3–4, 1979. The following Cowboys were selected.[3]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
9 223 Scott Burk Defensive back Cincinnati Bengals
10 254 Steve Stephens Tight end Baltimore Colts

References edit

  1. ^ "Wichita turns back O-State". The Daily Oklahoman. September 10, 1978. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "1979 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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