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1976 Oklahoma State

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Jim Stanley, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1976, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 33–21; lost at No. 12 Arkansas 10–16; won vs. North Texas 16–10; won vs. No. 8 Kansas 21–14; lost vs. Colorado 10–20; won at No. 5 Oklahoma 31–24; won vs. No. 10 Missouri 20–19; lost at No. 9 Nebraska 10–14; won at Kansas State 45–21; won vs. No. 14 Iowa State 42–21; won at UTEP 42–13; won vs. BYU 49–21+29−10Won 33–21 vs. Tulsa+12TulsaLost 10–16 at No. 12 Arkansas-6No. 12 ArkansasWon 16–10 vs. North Texas+6North TexasWon 21–14 vs. No. 8 Kansas+7No. 8 KansasLost 10–20 vs. Colorado-10ColoradoWon 31–24 at No. 5 Oklahoma+7No. 5 OklahomaWon 20–19 vs. No. 10 Missouri+1No. 10 MissouriLost 10–14 at No. 9 Nebraska-4No. 9 NebraskaWon 45–21 at Kansas State+24Kansas StateWon 42–21 vs. No. 14 Iowa State+21No. 14 Iowa StateWon 42–13 at UTEP+29UTEPWon 49–21 vs. BYU+28BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsTulsaW 33–⁠2159%
Sep 18at12ArkansasL 10–⁠1632%
Oct 2vsNorth TexasW 16–⁠1073%
Oct 9vs8KansasW 21–⁠1453%
Oct 16vsColoradoL 10–⁠2062%
Oct 23at5OklahomaW 31–⁠2419%
Oct 30vs10MissouriW 20–⁠1956%
Nov 6at9NebraskaL 10–⁠1431%
Nov 13atKansas StateW 45–⁠2178%
Nov 20vs14Iowa StateW 42–⁠2158%
Nov 27atUTEPW 42–⁠1389%
Dec 18Bowls & playoffvsBYUTangerine BowlW 49–⁠2152%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 49–⁠21 in the Tangerine Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 16
  2. Wk 9: 13
  3. Wk 10: 17
  4. Wk 11: 16
  5. Wk 12: 14
  6. Wk 13: 14
  7. Final: 14

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 1976.

Big Eight champions5–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Colorado and Oklahoma

Heisman voteTerry Miller, fourth

Led the nationTerry Miller: rushing touchdowns (23 TD)

Consensus All-AmericanDerrel Gofourth, C

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 shared first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 13
Points
329–⁠214
Coach
Jim Stanley
Elo
1684 +119 this season
SP+ rating
23.1 No. 8 of 132; offense No. 6, defense No. 28
SRS
17.5 No. 16 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 1Phil Dokes DTBuffalo Bills
Rd 6Cliff Parsley PNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Derrel Gofourth CGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lorenzo TurnerDEAP-2
  • Willie LesterDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠29–⁠2–⁠15
Oklahoma State5–⁠29–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠28–⁠416
Nebraska4–⁠39–⁠3–⁠19
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠319
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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