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1977 Oklahoma State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Jim Stanley.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1977, game by game: won at Tulsa 34–17; lost at Arkansas 6–28; won vs. UTEP 54–0; lost vs. Florida State 17–25; lost at No. 6 Colorado 13–29; won vs. Kansas State 21–14; won at Kansas 21–0; lost vs. No. 12 Nebraska 14–31; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 28–61; lost at Missouri 14–41; lost at Iowa State 13–21+54−33Won 34–17 at Tulsa+17TulsaLost 6–28 at Arkansas-22ArkansasWon 54–0 vs. UTEP+54UTEPLost 17–25 vs. Florida State-8Florida StateLost 13–29 at No. 6 Colorado-16No. 6 ColoradoWon 21–14 vs. Kansas State+7Kansas StateWon 21–0 at Kansas+21KansasLost 14–31 vs. No. 12 Nebraska-17No. 12 NebraskaLost 28–61 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-33No. 3 OklahomaLost 14–41 at Missouri-27MissouriLost 13–21 at Iowa State-8Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atTulsaW 34–⁠1761%
Sep 17atArkansasL 6–⁠2856%
Sep 24vsUTEPW 54–⁠090%
Oct 1vsFlorida StateL 17–⁠2573%
Oct 8at6ColoradoL 13–⁠2932%
Oct 15vsKansas StateW 21–⁠1482%
Oct 22atKansasW 21–⁠053%
Oct 29vs12NebraskaL 14–⁠3149%
Nov 5vs3OklahomaL 28–⁠6138%
Nov 12atMissouriL 14–⁠4143%
Nov 19atIowa StateL 13–⁠2130%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa State 21–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 15

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 1977.

Heisman voteTerry Miller, second

Consensus All-AmericanTerry Miller, RB

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
235–⁠267
Coach
Jim Stanley
Elo
1504 −118 this season
SP+ rating
1.0 No. 75 of 140; offense No. 44, defense No. 95
SRS
3.6 No. 58 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1978

The 1978 draft
Rd 1Terry Miller RBBuffalo Bills
Rd 2Milton Hardaway OTSan Diego Chargers

All-Big Eight

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1977 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠27
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠312
Iowa State5–⁠28–⁠4
Colorado3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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