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Postgame Notes vs Mississippi State
August 31, 2013 | Cowboy Football
Aug 31, 2013
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Oklahoma State Cowboy Football
Postgame Notes vs Mississippi State
Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013
Team Notes
• Oklahoma State's uniform combination for today's game vs Mississippi State was black helmet, white jersey and black pants.
• Team captains for tonight's game vs MSU were free safety Daytawion Lowe, wide receivers Tracy Moore & Nick Rockwell, and defensive tackle Calvin Barnett.
• Today marked the first time since the 1995 Bedlam game that the Cowboy defense has held a BCS conference opponent to three or fewer points (OSU defeated OU 12-0 on Nov. 11, 1995).
• OSU's 286 yards rushing are the most since the Cowboys racked up 330 vs Louisiana last season, a span of 11 games. The 432 yards of total offense are the most since compiling 436 at Arizona last season, a span of 12 contests.
• Oklahoma State is 67-40-5 all-time in season openers, including a 26-7 mark in the last 33 contests. Mike Gundy is 8-1 as a head coach in season-opening games.
• The Cowboys are now 13-1 in their last 14 non-conference games, dating back to the start of the 2010 season, and have won their last four neutral-site contests.
• The Cowboys are 25-3 in their last 28 games against unranked opponents.
• OSU has won eight of its last nine games played inside the state borders of Texas.
• Oklahoma State is now 9-1 in its last 10 games against current Southeastern Conference teams, including newcomers Missouri and Texas A&M.
Opponent Notes
• Oklahoma State was held scoreless in the first quarter for the first time since the Kansas game last season on Oct. 13, a span of nine games.
• The Cowboys had just 46 total passing yards in the first half against Mississippi State. That's the fewest passing yards in a half for OSU since the second half of the Cotton Bowl vs Ole Miss on Jan. 2, 2010 (had 32 passing yards vs the Rebels after halftime).
Individual Notes
• Individuals making their first-career starts on defense for Oklahoma State were: DE Jimmy Bean, DE Tyler Johnson and WLB Ryan Simmons. Offensively, RG Travis Cross and WR Jhajuan Seales made their first-career starts in a Cowboy uniform.
• First-time players for OSU today were: transfers Brandon Garrett, Ofa Hautau, Tyler Patmon, Kip Smith, Sam Wren; true freshmen Marcell Ateman, Ben Grogan, Deric Robertson; and redshirt freshmen Emmanuel Ogbah, Jhajuan Seales, Zac Veatch.
• Senior cornerback Justin Gilbert's interception with 5:05 remaining in the first quarter was the sixth of his career and his first since the Fiesta Bowl game against Stanford on Jan. 2, 2012.
• Sophomore quarterback J.W. Walsh surpassed his career single-game high in rushing yards in the first half with 75 vs the Bulldogs. He finished the game with 125 yards rushing. His previous high was 73 vs Louisiana on Sept. 15, 2012.
• Walsh became the first QB to rush for 100 yards in a game since Zac Robinson compiled 144 vs Baylor in 2007.
• Senior running back Jeremy Smith's 1-yard TD run with 10:41 remaining in the third quarter was the 26th of his career. He recorded his first multiple-TD game since the season opener last season (scored scored 3 TDs vs Savannah State).
• Smith finished with 15 carries, matching his career high he set vs Grambling State on Sept. 26, 2009.
• Zack Craig's INT with 1:51 remaining in the game was the second of his career. He also had an interception against TCU last season.
• Walsh (125 yards rushing) and Smith (102 rushing yards) combined to give OSU two 100-yard rushers for the first time since last year's season opener vs Savannah State.
• Junior punter Kip Smith finished with six punts for 271 yards, an average of 45.2 yards per punt.
