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1965 Oklahoma State

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Phil Cutchin.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1965, game by game: lost at No. 6 Arkansas 14–28; lost vs. Missouri 0–13; won vs. Tulsa 17–14; lost at Colorado 11–34; lost at Texas Tech 14–17; lost at Kansas 0–9; lost at Iowa State 10–14; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 17–21; won vs. Kansas State 31–7; won at Oklahoma 17–16+24−23Lost 14–28 at No. 6 Arkansas-14No. 6 ArkansasLost 0–13 vs. Missouri-13MissouriWon 17–14 vs. Tulsa+3TulsaLost 11–34 at Colorado-23ColoradoLost 14–17 at Texas Tech-3Texas TechLost 0–9 at Kansas-9KansasLost 10–14 at Iowa State-4Iowa StateLost 17–21 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-4No. 3 NebraskaWon 31–7 vs. Kansas State+24Kansas StateWon 17–16 at Oklahoma+1Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18at6ArkansasL 14–⁠2820%
Sep 25vsMissouriL 0–⁠1344%
Oct 2vsTulsaW 17–⁠1436%
Oct 9atColoradoL 11–⁠3440%
Oct 16atTexas TechL 14–⁠1727%
Oct 23atKansasL 0–⁠944%
Oct 30atIowa StateL 10–⁠1434%
Nov 13vs3NebraskaL 17–⁠2117%
Nov 20vsKansas StateW 31–⁠774%
Dec 4atOklahomaW 17–⁠1629%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma 17–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠173
Coach
Phil Cutchin
Elo
1407 −54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.2 No. 55 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 5Walt Garrison RBDallas Cowboys

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Hugh McCrabbDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri6–⁠18–⁠2–⁠16
Colorado4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠43–⁠7
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

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