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1986 Oklahoma State

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Pat Jones.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1986, game by game: won at Louisiana 21–20; lost at Tulsa 23–27; lost vs. Houston 12–28; won vs. Illinois State 23–7; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 10–30; lost at No. 5 Oklahoma 0–19; won vs. Kansas 24–6; lost vs. Colorado 14–31; won at Kansas State 23–3; won vs. Iowa State 21–14; won vs. Missouri 10–6+20−20Won 21–20 at Louisiana+1LouisianaLost 23–27 at Tulsa-4TulsaLost 12–28 vs. Houston-16HoustonWon 23–7 vs. Illinois State+16Illinois StateLost 10–30 at No. 3 Nebraska-20No. 3 NebraskaLost 0–19 at No. 5 Oklahoma-19No. 5 OklahomaWon 24–6 vs. Kansas+18KansasLost 14–31 vs. Colorado-17ColoradoWon 23–3 at Kansas State+20Kansas StateWon 21–14 vs. Iowa State+7Iowa StateWon 10–6 vs. Missouri+4Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atLouisianaW 21–⁠2062%
Sep 13atTulsaL 23–⁠2754%
Sep 20vsHoustonL 12–⁠2872%
Sep 27vsIllinois StateW 23–⁠781%
Oct 11at3NebraskaL 10–⁠3020%
Oct 18at5OklahomaL 0–⁠1918%
Oct 25vsKansasW 24–⁠669%
Nov 1vsColoradoL 14–⁠3158%
Nov 8atKansas StateW 23–⁠368%
Nov 22vsIowa StateW 21–⁠1463%
Dec 4vsMissouriW 10–⁠678%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 10–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

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 1986.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠191
Coach
Pat Jones
Elo
1530 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-3.7 No. 64 of 101; offense No. 93, defense No. 29
SRS
−3.0 No. 61 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Coker
Defensive coordinator
Louis Campbell

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 4Mark Moore DBSeattle Seahawks

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jerry DeckardDEAP-2
  • Mike HudsonDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado6–⁠16–⁠6
Nebraska5–⁠210–⁠25
Oklahoma State4–⁠36–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas0–⁠73–⁠8

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