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1978 Oklahoma State

3–⁠8 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Jim Stanley.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1978, game by game: lost at Wichita State 10–20; lost at No. 16 Florida State 20–38; lost vs. No. 2 Arkansas 7–19; lost vs. North Texas 7–12; lost at Kansas State 7–18; won vs. No. 13 Colorado 24–20; won vs. Kansas 21–7; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 14–22; won vs. Missouri 35–20; lost vs. Iowa State 15–28; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 7–62+15−55Lost 10–20 at Wichita State-10Wichita StateLost 20–38 at No. 16 Florida State-18No. 16 Florida StateLost 7–19 vs. No. 2 Arkansas-12No. 2 ArkansasLost 7–12 vs. North Texas-5North TexasLost 7–18 at Kansas State-11Kansas StateWon 24–20 vs. No. 13 Colorado+4No. 13 ColoradoWon 21–7 vs. Kansas+14KansasLost 14–22 at No. 4 Nebraska-8No. 4 NebraskaWon 35–20 vs. Missouri+15MissouriLost 15–28 vs. Iowa State-13Iowa StateLost 7–62 at No. 4 Oklahoma-55No. 4 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atWichita StateL 10–⁠2052%
Sep 16at16Florida StateL 20–⁠3822%
Sep 23vs2ArkansasL 7–⁠1930%
Sep 30vsNorth TexasL 7–⁠1231%
Oct 7atKansas StateL 7–⁠1855%
Oct 14vs13ColoradoW 24–⁠2029%
Oct 21vsKansasW 21–⁠763%
Oct 28at4NebraskaL 14–⁠2212%
Nov 4vsMissouriW 35–⁠2037%
Nov 11vsIowa StateL 15–⁠2848%
Nov 18at4OklahomaL 7–⁠6211%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 62–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
167–⁠266
Coach
Jim Stanley
Elo
1457 −46 this season
SP+ rating
3.5 No. 62 of 133; offense No. 72, defense No. 58
SRS
3.0 No. 56 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jim ClarkOGAP-2
  • Craig SimmonsOGUPI-2
  • Gregg JohnsonDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠38
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠38–⁠415
Kansas State3–⁠44–⁠7
Oklahoma State3–⁠43–⁠8
Colorado2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas0–⁠71–⁠10

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