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1974 Oklahoma State

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Jim Stanley.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1974, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 59–0; won at No. 10 Arkansas 26–7; lost at Baylor 14–31; lost at No. 10 Texas Tech 13–14; won vs. Missouri 31–7; lost at No. 9 Nebraska 3–7; won vs. Kansas 24–13; won at Kansas State 29–5; lost vs. Colorado 20–37; won vs. Iowa State 14–12; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 13–44; won vs. No. 17 BYU 16–6+59−31Won 59–0 vs. Wichita State+59Wichita StateWon 26–7 at No. 10 Arkansas+19No. 10 ArkansasLost 14–31 at Baylor-17BaylorLost 13–14 at No. 10 Texas Tech-1No. 10 Texas TechWon 31–7 vs. Missouri+24MissouriLost 3–7 at No. 9 Nebraska-4No. 9 NebraskaWon 24–13 vs. Kansas+11KansasWon 29–5 at Kansas State+24Kansas StateLost 20–37 vs. Colorado-17ColoradoWon 14–12 vs. Iowa State+2Iowa StateLost 13–44 at No. 1 Oklahoma-31No. 1 OklahomaWon 16–6 vs. No. 17 BYU+10No. 17 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsWichita StateW 59–⁠079%
Sep 21at10ArkansasW 26–⁠746%
Sep 28atBaylorL 14–⁠3170%
Oct 5at10Texas TechL 13–⁠1426%
Oct 19vsMissouriW 31–⁠753%
Oct 26at9NebraskaL 3–⁠725%
Nov 2vsKansasW 24–⁠1363%
Nov 9atKansas StateW 29–⁠561%
Nov 16vsColoradoL 20–⁠3771%
Nov 23vsIowa StateW 14–⁠1263%
Nov 30at1OklahomaL 13–⁠4412%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs17BYUFiesta BowlW 16–⁠646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 16–⁠6 in the Fiesta Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 12
  2. Wk 10: 17
  3. Wk 11: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1974.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
262–⁠183
Coach
Jim Stanley
Elo
1592 +49 this season
SP+ rating
17.9 No. 16 of 124; offense No. 32, defense No. 13
SRS
14.9 No. 17 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Big Eight

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • George PalmerBAP-2
  • Mike TerryDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠39
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠4
Oklahoma State4–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠64–⁠7

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