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1970 Oklahoma State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Floyd Gass.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1970, game by game: lost at Mississippi State 13–14; lost at No. 11 Arkansas 7–23; won vs. No. 11 Houston 26–17; lost vs. No. 20 Missouri 20–40; won vs. TCU 34–20; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 31–65; won vs. Kansas 19–7; lost at Kansas State 15–28; lost vs. Colorado 6–30; won vs. Iowa State 36–27; lost at Oklahoma 6–66+14−60Lost 13–14 at Mississippi State-1Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–23 at No. 11 Arkansas-16No. 11 ArkansasWon 26–17 vs. No. 11 Houston+9No. 11 HoustonLost 20–40 vs. No. 20 Missouri-20No. 20 MissouriWon 34–20 vs. TCU+14TCULost 31–65 at No. 4 Nebraska-34No. 4 NebraskaWon 19–7 vs. Kansas+12KansasLost 15–28 at Kansas State-13Kansas StateLost 6–30 vs. Colorado-24ColoradoWon 36–27 vs. Iowa State+9Iowa StateLost 6–66 at Oklahoma-60Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atMississippi StateL 13–⁠1458%
Sep 19at11ArkansasL 7–⁠2329%
Sep 26vs11HoustonW 26–⁠1733%
Oct 3vs20MissouriL 20–⁠4045%
Oct 10vsTCUW 34–⁠2065%
Oct 24at4NebraskaL 31–⁠6518%
Oct 31vsKansasW 19–⁠756%
Nov 7atKansas StateL 15–⁠2838%
Nov 14vsColoradoL 6–⁠3047%
Nov 21vsIowa StateW 36–⁠2760%
Nov 28atOklahomaL 6–⁠6630%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 66–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
213–⁠337
Coach
Floyd Gass
Elo
1474 −44 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 63 of 117; offense No. 35, defense No. 96
SRS
6.3 No. 46 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Hermann EbenEAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Dick GrahamEUPI-2
  • Lee StoverDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠11
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4–⁠120
Kansas State5–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠65–⁠6

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