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1979 Oklahoma State

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Jimmy Johnson.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1979, game by game: won vs. North Texas 25–7; won vs. Wichita State 16–6; lost at No. 15 Arkansas 7–27; lost at South Carolina 16–23; won at No. 15 Missouri 14–13; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 0–36; won at Kansas 30–17; lost vs. No. 7 Oklahoma 7–38; won at Colorado 21–20; won vs. Kansas State 42–15; won at Iowa State 13–10+27−36Won 25–7 vs. North Texas+18North TexasWon 16–6 vs. Wichita State+10Wichita StateLost 7–27 at No. 15 Arkansas-20No. 15 ArkansasLost 16–23 at South Carolina-7South CarolinaWon 14–13 at No. 15 Missouri+1No. 15 MissouriLost 0–36 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-36No. 3 NebraskaWon 30–17 at Kansas+13KansasLost 7–38 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma-31No. 7 OklahomaWon 21–20 at Colorado+1ColoradoWon 42–15 vs. Kansas State+27Kansas StateWon 13–10 at Iowa State+3Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsNorth TexasW 25–⁠738%
Sep 15vsWichita StateW 16–⁠680%
Sep 22at15ArkansasL 7–⁠2724%
Oct 6atSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠2336%
Oct 13at15MissouriW 14–⁠1327%
Oct 20vs3NebraskaL 0–⁠3630%
Oct 27atKansasW 30–⁠1750%
Nov 3vs7OklahomaL 7–⁠3828%
Nov 10atColoradoW 21–⁠2058%
Nov 17vsKansas StateW 42–⁠1567%
Nov 24atIowa StateW 13–⁠1056%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 13–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
191–⁠212
Coach
Jimmy Johnson
Elo
1528 +57 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 55 of 135; offense No. 72, defense No. 44
SRS
4.1 No. 54 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 5John Corker LBHouston Oilers

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Worley TaylorRBAP-1
  • Reggie RichardsonOGAP-1; UPI-1
  • Rick AntleDEAP-1
  • Ricky YoungLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Curtis BooneDTAP-2
  • Gregg JohnsonDBAP-2
  • Colin AnkersonPlace-kickerAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Oklahoma State5–⁠27–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠47–⁠5
Colorado2–⁠53–⁠8
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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