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Oklahoma State vs. Kansas Postgame Notes
October 08, 2011 | Cowboy Football
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Oklahoma State Postgame Notes vs. Kansas
Boone Pickens Stadium - Stillwater, Okla. - Oct. 8, 2011
- Oklahoma State's offensive explosion against KU tied numerous single-game school records, including most points in the modern era (70, set against Southern Illinois, 1973), most touchdowns (10, vs. Southern Illinois, 1973), most points in a half (56, vs. Southern Illinois, 1973), and most points in a quarter (35, vs. Southern Illinois, 1973, and vs. Baylor, 2002).- Eight different Oklahoma State players scored touchdowns in the game.
- Oklahoma State's starters were pulled from the game with five minutes remaining in the first half. The Cowboys led, 35-7, after the first quarter and 56-7 at the half.
- Brandon Weeden's line after the first quarter: 16-of-18 passing for 223 yards and four touchdowns. He finished 24-of-28 for 288 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions.
- Brandon Weeden set the record for single-game completion percentage (minimum 20 attempts) by completing 24 of 28 passes for 85.7 percent against the Jayhawks to break Zac Robinson's record of 85.2 percent (23-of-27 passing vs. Baylor in 2009).
- Brandon Weeden (288 yards) and Clint Chelf (206 yards) became the first Oklahoma State duo to pass for at least 200 yards in the same game.
- The 70 points scored by Oklahoma State against Kansas were the most allowed by any Division I defense this season.
- 12 different Oklahoma State players caught passes in the game, with five players logging at least 60 receiving yards.
- Weeden has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 18 consecutive games (all 18 of his career starts). The five touchdown passes he threw against the Jayhawks (all in the first half) ties for second most in his career (trailing the six TDs he threw against Tulsa in 2010).
- Justin Blackmon's 24-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter gives him a reception of 20 or more yards in 17 straight games. The junior wide receiver now has 26 receiving touchdowns in the last 17 games, and 14 of those have covered at least 20 yards.
- Josh Cooper has now caught at least one pass in 22 straight games.
- Hubert Anyiam's 56-yard pass reception from Weeden in the first quarter was the longest of the senior receiver's career.
- Jeremy Smith's 38-yard touchdown run in the first quarter gives him a rushing TD in nine straight games.
- OSU has completed a pass of at least 31 yards in 13 straight games.
- Jamie Blatnick's interception in the second quarter was the first of his 43-game college career.
- Linebacker Tyler Johnson made his first appearance of the season against the Jayhawks.
- Freshman running back Herschel Sims made the first appearance of his career, and his 1-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter was his first touchdown as a Cowboy.
- The Cowboys scored on their first possession of the game for the fourth time in five games this season.
- Senior Casey LaBrue made the first start of his career at center for the Cowboys.
- The Boone Pickens Stadium crowd of 58,030 was the second largest home crowd to ever watch an Oklahoma State game, and was only 486 shy of the record set in 2009 against Texas (58,516).
- Captains for the Cowboys were offensive tackle Levy Adcock, receiver Josh Cooper, holder Wes Harlan, and linebacker James Thomas.
