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1990 Oklahoma State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Pat Jones.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1990, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 10–3; lost at Florida 7–50; won vs. Northern Iowa 33–23; lost at TCU 21–31; lost vs. No. 7 Oklahoma 17–31; lost at Kansas State 17–23; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 3–31; won vs. Missouri 48–28; lost vs. Kansas 30–31; lost at No. 4 Colorado 22–41; won at Iowa State 25–17+20−43Won 10–3 vs. Tulsa+7TulsaLost 7–50 at Florida-43FloridaWon 33–23 vs. Northern Iowa+10Northern IowaLost 21–31 at TCU-10TCULost 17–31 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma-14No. 7 OklahomaLost 17–23 at Kansas State-6Kansas StateLost 3–31 at No. 4 Nebraska-28No. 4 NebraskaWon 48–28 vs. Missouri+20MissouriLost 30–31 vs. Kansas-1KansasLost 22–41 at No. 4 Colorado-19No. 4 ColoradoWon 25–17 at Iowa State+8Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsTulsaW 10–⁠361%
Sep 8atFloridaL 7–⁠5039%
Sep 15vsNorthern IowaW 33–⁠2380%
Sep 22atTCUL 21–⁠3152%
Oct 6vs7OklahomaL 17–⁠3131%
Oct 13atKansas StateL 17–⁠2355%
Oct 20at4NebraskaL 3–⁠3112%
Oct 27vsMissouriW 48–⁠2854%
Nov 3vsKansasL 30–⁠3168%
Nov 10at4ColoradoL 22–⁠4111%
Nov 17atIowa StateW 25–⁠1739%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 25–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
233–⁠309
Coach
Pat Jones
Elo
1464 −33 this season
SP+ rating
-3.2 No. 66 of 104; offense No. 59, defense No. 66
SRS
−1.7 No. 60 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Bower
Defensive coordinator
Bill Miller

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Gerald HudsonRBAP-1

Second team

  • Jason GildonDEAP-2
  • Stacey SatterwhiteDLAP-2
  • Mike ClarkDBAP-2
  • Cary BlanchardPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠1–⁠11
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠324
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠317
Iowa State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠54–⁠7

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