Oklahoma State-TCU Postgame Notes

Oklahoma State Postgame Notes vs. TCU

:: The Oklahoma State Win...
• Marked the fifth time that the Cowboys have beaten a team ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press poll since 2008.
• Marked the 17th time that the Cowboys have beaten an opponent ranked in the top 25 of the Associated Press poll since Mike Gundy took over as head coach in 2005.
• Improved the Cowboys to 9-0, marking just the third time in school history that the Cowboys have been undefeated after nine games. The previous occasions came as part of the two most successful seasons in school history – 1945 and 2011. The 1945 squad finished 9-0 and won the Sugar Bowl, and the 2011 squad went 12-1, won the Big 12 championship and missed out on a spot in the BCS national championship game by just 0.0086 of a point in the BCS computer system. The 2011 team went on to beat Andrew Luck and No. 4 Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl.
• Was the Cowboys' 11th consecutive win dating back to last season, marking OSU's longest win streak since the Pokes rattled off 11-straight wins from Dec. 29, 2010 to Nov. 18, 2011. Eleven-straight wins matches the second-longest winning streak in school history. The Pokes won 13 straight from 1944-46 and 11 straight from 2010-11.
• Improved the Cowboys to 5-0 at home this year and 43-9 in their last 52 games played in Boone Pickens Stadium dating back to the start of the 2008 season.
• Was the Cowboys' fourth in their last five meetings with TCU and their third in four meetings over the Horned Frogs since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012.
• Improved the Cowboys to 26-6 in their last 32 games played against teams from the state of Texas dating back to 2009.
• Marked the seventh time in the last eight seasons that OSU has won at least five home games.

:: WR David Glidden, WR Austin Hays, LB Jordan Burton and DT Motekiai Maile served as Oklahoma State captains for today's game.

:: DE Jimmy Bean ended a streak of 34 consecutive starts.

:: RB Raymond Taylor and DE Trace Clark made their first career starts today.

:: Jordan Burton recorded his first career interception in the opening quarter, marking ending a streak of 94 pass attempts without an interception for Trevone Boykin. It was Boykin's sixth interception of the year in 303 attempts at that point.

:: Vincent Taylor blocked TCU's fist PAT attempt. It was OSU's first PAT block since James Castleman blocked one vs. Texas last year. It was Taylor's first block of his career.

:: James Washington hauled in two catches for 98 yards and two touchdowns in the first nine minutes of play. Including last game, Washington scored four touchdowns on consecutive touches, with gains of 75, 73, 48, and 50 yards (246 yards total).

:: Washington finished with 184 receiving yards. The most TCU had given up to a player prior to today was 147 by ISU's Allen Lazard.

:: The OSU defense picked off Boykin four times, the most times the TCU QB has been intercepted in a game in his career. Oklahoma State also picked him off three times in 2013.

:: TCU entered the game ranked second nationally with 136 first quarter points (17 per game). The OSU defense held TCU to nine points in the first quarter, marking their lowest in the opening quarter this season.

:: The OSU defense followed that with a second-quarter shutout, marking just the second time this season TCU has failed to score in a quarter.

:: OSU has scored first in seven of its nine games this season. The Cowboys have scored touchdowns on 50 percent of their drives to open a half and has held opponents without points on 14 of their 18 drives to open a half. 11 of the 18 have only lasted for three or less plays.

:: Chad Whitener recorded his first career interception on TCU's first drive of the second half, and he added a 42-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

:: Marcell Ateman's 82-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter was OSU's longest since Daxx Garman's 87-pass to Brandon Sheperd last year vs. Missouri State. It also marked OSU's longest scoring play of the season.

:: Jeff Carr scored the first receiving touchdown of his career in the second quarter, a 12-yard grab.

:: Mason Rudolph threw four touchdown passes in the first half, marking the first time a Cowboy has done that since Brandon Weeden threw five in the first half vs. Kansas in 2011. Rudolph finished with five touchdown tosses, topping his previous career high of three.

:: Rudolph finished with 352 passing yards, his fourth game of 300 or more yards in his career. All of them have come this season.

:: TCU hadn't given up more than two touchdown passes in a game entering today. The Cowboys finished with five.

:: Tre Flowers recorded his second career and season interception in the third quarter.

:: OSU has scored at least 30 points in eight-straight games, which is tied for the second-longest stretch in school history.

:: OSU has scored a total of 177 points (58+70+49) in its last three games, which is tied for the second-highest point total in a three-game stretch in school history. The Cowboys scored 187 points in their first three games of the 2012 season (vs. Savannah State, Arizona and Louisiana) and had 177 during a span of three games in 2011 that included Baylor, Kansas State and Texas Tech.

:: The Cowboys' longest scoring drive of the game lasted 1:13. The offense had scoring drives of 0:03, 0:26, 0:46, 0:49, 0:57 and 1:13.

:: Linebackers Jordan Burton and Chad Whitener led OSU with 12 tackles apiece. The dozen stops marks a career high for Whitener, while it was one shy of Burton's career best set last week at Texas Tech.

:: OSU sacked Trevone Boykin three times. The Cowboys have racked up 33 sacks on the season.

:: Of OSU punter Zach Sinor's nine punts in the game, six were inside the 20-yard line.

:: OSU backup QB J.W. Walsh scored on a one-yard run in the third quarter. The senior is responsible for at least one touchdown in every game this season.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Marcell Ateman

Jimmy Bean

Jordan Burton

Jeff Carr

Trace Clark

Tre Flowers

David Glidden

Austin Hays

Motekiai Maile

Mason Rudolph

Brandon Sheperd

Zach Sinor

Raymond Taylor

Vincent Taylor

J.W. Walsh

James Washington

Chad Whitener

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