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2004 Oklahoma State

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Big 12), coached by Les Miles.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 2004, game by game: won at UCLA 31–20; won vs. Tulsa 38–21; won vs. SMU 59–7; won vs. Iowa State 36–7; won at Colorado 42–14; lost vs. No. 23 Texas A&M 20–36; won at Missouri 20–17; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 35–38; lost at No. 6 Texas 35–56; won vs. Baylor 49–21; lost at Texas Tech 15–31; lost vs. No. 25 Ohio State 7–33+52−26Won 31–20 at UCLA+11UCLAWon 38–21 vs. Tulsa+17TulsaWon 59–7 vs. SMU+52SMUWon 36–7 vs. Iowa State+29Iowa StateWon 42–14 at Colorado+28ColoradoLost 20–36 vs. No. 23 Texas A&M-16No. 23 Texas A&MWon 20–17 at Missouri+3MissouriLost 35–38 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-3No. 2 OklahomaLost 35–56 at No. 6 Texas-21No. 6 TexasWon 49–21 vs. Baylor+28BaylorLost 15–31 at Texas Tech-16Texas TechLost 7–33 vs. No. 25 Ohio State-26No. 25 Ohio State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atUCLAW 31–⁠2050%
Sep 11vsTulsaW 38–⁠2177%
Sep 18vsSMUW 59–⁠789%
Oct 2vsIowa StateW 36–⁠778%
Oct 9atColoradoW 42–⁠1451%
Oct 16vs23Texas A&ML 20–⁠3669%
Oct 23atMissouriW 20–⁠1748%
Oct 30vs2OklahomaL 35–⁠3836%
Nov 6at6TexasL 35–⁠5626%
Nov 13vsBaylorW 49–⁠2185%
Nov 27atTexas TechL 15–⁠3142%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs25Ohio StateAlamo BowlL 7–⁠3339%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ohio State 33–⁠7 in the Alamo Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 25
  2. Wk 6: 25
  3. Wk 7: 22
  4. Wk 8: 16
  5. Wk 9: 22
  6. Wk 10: 20
  7. Wk 11: 19
  8. Wk 12: 25
  9. Wk 13: 23
  10. Wk 14: 23
Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
387–⁠301
Coach
Les Miles
Elo
1566 +0 this season
SP+ rating
13.1 No. 27 of 120; offense No. 17, defense No. 51
SRS
10.0 No. 26 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 24
Offensive coordinator
Mike Gundy
Defensive coordinator
Bill Clay
Offense
Pro spread
Defense
3–⁠4

How good, play by play

  • Offense21st of 118
  • Defense75th of 118
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0337%0.9821st of 118
Defense-0.0139%0.9875th of 118
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 322% allowed
Defense0.0own 282% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Bobby Reid DUAL★★★★★No. 34
Robbie Reid DUAL★★★★No. 123
Nathan Peterson WDE★★★★No. 123
Jason Ricks K★★★No. 679
Justin Waller TE★★★No. 821

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks24.50.953
Running backs12.00.722
Receivers13.00.800
Offensive line12.00.700
Defensive line23.00.811
Athletes and specialists22.50.789
Whole class93.00.814

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 2Darrent Williams DBDenver Broncos
Rd 3Vernand Morency RBHouston Texans
Rd 7Billy Bajema TESan Francisco 49ers

All-Big 12

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma8–⁠012–⁠13
Texas7–⁠111–⁠15
Texas Tech5–⁠38–⁠418
Texas A&M5–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠5
Oklahoma State4–⁠47–⁠5
Iowa State4–⁠47–⁠5
Nebraska3–⁠55–⁠6
Missouri3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas State2–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Baylor1–⁠73–⁠8

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