1962 Oklahoma State

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Cliff Speegle.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1962, game by game: lost at Arkansas 7–34; won at Tulsa 17–7; won vs. Colorado 36–16; lost at Missouri 6–23; lost vs. Kansas 17–36; lost vs. Iowa State 7–34; won at Army 12–7; lost at Nebraska 0–14; won at Kansas State 30–6; lost vs. No. 8 Oklahoma 6–37+24−31Lost 7–34 at Arkansas-27ArkansasWon 17–7 at Tulsa+10TulsaWon 36–16 vs. Colorado+20ColoradoLost 6–23 at Missouri-17MissouriLost 17–36 vs. Kansas-19KansasLost 7–34 vs. Iowa State-27Iowa StateWon 12–7 at Army+5ArmyLost 0–14 at Nebraska-14NebraskaWon 30–6 at Kansas State+24Kansas StateLost 6–37 vs. No. 8 Oklahoma-31No. 8 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atArkansasL 7–⁠3426%
Oct 6atTulsaW 17–⁠748%
Oct 13vsColoradoW 36–⁠1652%
Oct 20atMissouriL 6–⁠2324%
Oct 27vsKansasL 17–⁠3639%
Nov 3vsIowa StateL 7–⁠3457%
Nov 10atArmyW 12–⁠721%
Nov 17atNebraskaL 0–⁠1426%
Nov 24atKansas StateW 30–⁠669%
Dec 1vs8OklahomaL 6–⁠3730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 37–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
138–⁠214
Coach
Cliff Speegle
Elo
1456 −18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.1 No. 66 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

  • Mike UptonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠08–⁠38
Missouri5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠2
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠2
Kansas4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠5
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠6
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.