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1971 Oklahoma State

4–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Floyd Gass.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1971, game by game: won vs. Mississippi State 26–7; lost at No. 6 Arkansas 10–31; won vs. Virginia Tech 24–16; tied at TCU 14–14; won at Missouri 37–16; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 13–41; won at Kansas 17–10; lost vs. Kansas State 23–35; lost at No. 12 Colorado 6–40; lost at Iowa State 0–54; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 14–58+21−54Won 26–7 vs. Mississippi State+19Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–31 at No. 6 Arkansas-21No. 6 ArkansasWon 24–16 vs. Virginia Tech+8Virginia TechTied 14–14 at TCU0TCUWon 37–16 at Missouri+21MissouriLost 13–41 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-28No. 1 NebraskaWon 17–10 at Kansas+7KansasLost 23–35 vs. Kansas State-12Kansas StateLost 6–40 at No. 12 Colorado-34No. 12 ColoradoLost 0–54 at Iowa State-54Iowa StateLost 14–58 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-44No. 3 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsMississippi StateW 26–⁠757%
Sep 18at6ArkansasL 10–⁠3124%
Sep 25vsVirginia TechW 24–⁠1661%
Oct 9atTCUT 14–⁠1451%
Oct 16atMissouriW 37–⁠1648%
Oct 23vs1NebraskaL 13–⁠4128%
Oct 30atKansasW 17–⁠1051%
Nov 6vsKansas StateL 23–⁠3567%
Nov 13at12ColoradoL 6–⁠4023%
Nov 20atIowa StateL 0–⁠5432%
Dec 4vs3OklahomaL 14–⁠5822%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 58–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
184–⁠322
Coach
Floyd Gass
Elo
1455 −27 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 60 of 120; offense No. 35, defense No. 84
SRS
1.7 No. 60 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Big Eight

2 second team

Second team

  • Barry PriceInterior linemenAP-2
  • Tom CarrawayDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠013–⁠01
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠12
Colorado5–⁠210–⁠23
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠4
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri0–⁠71–⁠10

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