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1973 Oklahoma State

5–⁠4–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Jim Stanley.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1973, game by game: won vs. Texas–Arlington 56–7; won at Arkansas 38–6; won vs. Southern Illinois 70–7; lost vs. Texas Tech 7–20; lost at No. 7 Missouri 9–13; tied vs. No. 10 Nebraska 17–17; tied at Kansas 10–10; won vs. Kansas State 28–9; won at Colorado 38–24; lost at Iowa State 12–28; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 18–45+63−27Won 56–7 vs. Texas–Arlington+49Texas–ArlingtonWon 38–6 at Arkansas+32ArkansasWon 70–7 vs. Southern Illinois+63Southern Illino…Lost 7–20 vs. Texas Tech-13Texas TechLost 9–13 at No. 7 Missouri-4No. 7 MissouriTied 17–17 vs. No. 10 Nebraska0No. 10 NebraskaTied 10–10 at Kansas0KansasWon 28–9 vs. Kansas State+19Kansas StateWon 38–24 at Colorado+14ColoradoLost 12–28 at Iowa State-16Iowa StateLost 18–45 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-27No. 2 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsTexas–ArlingtonW 56–⁠778%
Sep 22atArkansasW 38–⁠647%
Sep 29vsSouthern IllinoisW 70–⁠796%
Oct 6vsTexas TechL 7–⁠2065%
Oct 20at7MissouriL 9–⁠1338%
Oct 27vs10NebraskaT 17–⁠1730%
Nov 3atKansasT 10–⁠1038%
Nov 10vsKansas StateW 28–⁠969%
Nov 17atColoradoW 38–⁠2435%
Nov 24atIowa StateL 12–⁠2855%
Dec 1vs2OklahomaL 18–⁠4521%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 45–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 17
  2. Wk 4: 12
  3. Wk 5: 11
  4. Wk 12: 18
Record
5–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 tied for 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
303–⁠186
Coach
Jim Stanley
Elo
1565 +24 this season
SP+ rating
20.7 No. 16 of 123; offense No. 14, defense No. 30
SRS
19.1 No. 13 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 1Reuben Gant TEBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Glenn Robinson LBBaltimore Colts
Rd 5Cleveland Vann LBMiami Dolphins

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Barry PriceDTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Cleveland VannLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Alvin BrownDBAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Tom WolfOTAP-2; UPI-2
  • George PalmerBAP-2
  • Brent BlackmanBUPI-2
  • Glenn RobinsonDEUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
Nebraska4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠17
Kansas4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠118
Missouri3–⁠48–⁠417
Oklahoma State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Colorado2–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7

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