Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Host Indians at Boone Pickens Stadium
September 12, 2005 | Cowboy Football
Arkansas State (1-1) at
Oklahoma State (2-0)
Boone Pickens Stadium
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005 • 6 p.m. [CT] • Stillwater, Okla. • Cowboy Sports Network
Cowboys Look for Three Straight
Oklahoma State will be looking to sweep the non-conference portion of its 2005 schedule Saturday night when the Cowboys host Arkansas State. Kickoff at Boone Pickens Stadium is set for 6:05 p.m. as OSU looks to go 3-0 before taking a week off and opening Big 12 Conference play on October 1. Oklahoma State's 2-0 record includes a season-opening win over Montana State and last week's 23-3 win at Florida Atlantic. Arkansas State will come to Stillwater with an overall record of 1-1. The Indians lost their season opener to Missouri 44-7, but came back Saturday and registered a lopsided 56-7 win over Tennessee-Martin in Jonesboro.
Fast Starts
Oklahoma State is 2-0 for a second-straight season and looking to go 3-0 for a second-straight year and for just the third time since 1988. The Cowboys started the 2004 season with five straight wins and won their first six in 1997. Since 1983, the Cowboys have started 3-0 or better seven times.
Orange Peel Weekend
It's Orange Peel Weekend at OSU and Friday night's concert will feature Jason Mraz, Lit and Pablo Francisco. Tickets for Orange Peel are still available, and a portion of profits generated by ticket sales will go to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.
Tickets
Tickets for Saturday night's game are still available by calling the Athletic Ticket Office (877-ALL-4-OSU) or logging on to www.okstate.com. Tickets are also available in person at the ticket office in the east lobby of the Athletic Center, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A crowd in excess of 45,000 is expected for Saturday night's game.
Remember the Walk
As always, Oklahoma State fans are encouraged to greet the Cowboys as they walk to Boone Pickens Stadium Saturday afternoon from the Atherton Hotel at the Student Union. The Walk will begin at approximately 3:35 p.m., and fans are welcome to line Hester Street between the Student Union and Boone Pickens Stadium.
OSU-Arkansas State On the Air
Saturday night's game against Arkansas State will be broadcast live on the Cowboy Radio Network with Dave Hunziker, John Holcomb and Robert Allen describing the action. Hunziker returns for his fifth season as the radio voice of OSU football. Holcomb is the sports director of Tulsa's KOTV (CBS), and is beginning his first season as the analyst in the Cowboy broadcast booth. Allen returns for his fourth season on the OSU sideline. The radio broadcast begins one hour prior to kickoff. The game broadcast is also available on Sirius Satellite Radio, channel 102.
OSU Last Week
The defense led the way as Oklahoma State shut down Florida Atlantic 23-3 in a game played at Dolphins Stadium in Miami. For a second straight week, Oklahoma State's defense did not allow a second-half point. Jamar Ransom had one of his most productive games in an OSU uniform. Ransom was credited with eight total tackles, including two sacks for minus five yards. He also had two forced fumbles, two passes broken up and one fumble recovery. Linebacker Pagitte McGee was also sensational against the Owls. McGee had three primary tackles, a pass breakup and three fumble recoveries. On the offensive side, tailback Mike Hamilton rushed for 104 yards on 21 carries. Quarterback Donovan Woods completed seven of 12 passes for 46 yards and Bobby Reid completed four of 10 for 52 yards. Reid also had nine rushes for 48 yards and caught three passes for eight yards.
Arkansas State Last Week
Arkansas State scored early and often as the Indians routed Tennessee-Martin 56-7. The Indians amassed 424 yards of total offense, including 279 rushing yards, in gaining their first win of the 2005 season. ASU's rushing attack featured a pair of 100-yard gainers. Antonio Warren was the game's leading rusher with 12 carries for 128 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Shermar Bracey added five carries for 102 yards, 73 of which came on a third-quarter touchdown run that gave ASU a 49-0 lead. Quarterback Nick Noce completed eight of 13 passes for 113 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and Levi Dejohnette was the game's leading receiver with four catches for 48 yards.
Head Coach Steve Roberts
Steve Roberts is two games into his fourth season as head coach of the Arkansas State Indians. He will bring his team to Stillwater with a career record of 14-23, and the Indians have won 10 Division l-A games in three seasons, surpassing the nine won in the five years prior to Roberts' arrival in Jonesboro. Before taking the Arkansas State job, Roberts spent two seasons at Northwestern State where he had a record of 14-9. He was at Southern Arkansas in Magnolia from 1994-99, compiling a 35-24-1 record.
More on the Indians
Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt Conference and tops that conference in four statistical categories this season. ASU leads the league in rushing offense, averaging 198 yards per game, total offense at 373.5 yards per contest, scoring offense, averaging 36.5 points per game, and passing efficiency at 129.04. Arkansas State ranks second in four additional categories, and third and another.
