Oklahoma State University Athletics
Game Notes - Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
December 01, 2014 | Cowboy Football
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AT OKLAHOMA
2:30 p.m. CT | Dec. 6, 2014 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (82,112)
TV: Fox Sports 1 (Joe Davis, Joey Harrington and Kris Budden)
In Stillwater - Suddenlink 505, DirecTV 219, Dish 150, U-verse 652
In OKC - Cox 37/722, DirecTV 679, Dish 416, U-verse 754/1754
In Tulsa - Cox 67/728, DirecTV 219, Dish 150, U-verse 652
Radio: Cowboy Radio Network (Dave Hunziker, John Holcomb & Robert Allen)
National Radio: Touchdown Radio (Taylor Zarzour and Gino Torretta)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 84, XM 84 (OU feed only)
Internet Radio: http://okla.st/osutunein
Live Stats: okstate.com
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THE BASICS
The Oklahoma State football team (5-6 overall; 3-5 Big 12) travels to Norman for a Bedlam battle with Oklahoma (8-3 overall; 5-3 Big 12) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
ON THE AIR
The game will be televised by Fox Sports 1 with Joe Davis, Joey Harrington and Kris Budden calling the action. The contest will also be carried live on the Cowboy Radio Network, with Dave Hunziker handling play-by-play, John Holcomb providing analysis and Robert Allen reporting from the sideline. Touchdown Radio will be on hand with Taylor Zarzour and Gino Torretta on the call.
IN THE POLLS
Oklahoma State is unranked. Oklahoma is No. 18 in the Associated Press poll and No. 16 in the Amway Coaches Poll.
AN OKLAHOMA STATE WIN WOULD...
• Make the Cowboys bowl-eligible for the ninth straight season, a school record.
• Be the Cowboys' first in Norman since a 16-13 victory in 2001.
• Improve the Cowboys to 10-10 in their last 20 games against ranked opponents.
• Mark the 16th time that Mike Gundy has coached the Cowboys to victory over a ranked opponent.
• Be the Cowboys' fifth in their last eight Big 12 road games.
• Improve the Cowboys to 16-9 in their last 25 Big 12 road games, dating back to 2009.
COWBOYS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY ON THE ROAD
Since 2009, Oklahoma State is 19-10 on the road, including a 16-9 mark in road games against Big 12 opponents.
NOTABLE STREAKS ENTERING THE OKLAHOMA GAME
• The Cowboys have blocked at least one kick in each of the last three games.
• Jimmy Bean, James Castleman and Ryan Simmons have all started 24 consecutive games, which equates to starting every game over the past two seasons.
• Defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah has at least one sack in each of the last six games.
• Dating back to 2005, the Cowboys have won 21 consecutive games when not committing a turnover.
• Dating back to the 2008 season, the Cowboys have won 38 of their last 40 games when winning the turnover battle.
THE SERIES
Oklahoma holds an 83-18-7 advantage over Oklahoma State, including a 39-9-2 mark in Norman.
CONNECTIONS
• Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy is the brother of Oklahoma running backs coach Cale Gundy.
• Oklahoma State Assistant A.D. for speed, strength and conditioning Rob Glass and Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops served together under Steve Spurrier at Florida from 1996-98, with Glass heading up the Gator strength and conditioning program and Stoops working as defensive coordinator.
• Oklahoma State defensive ends coach Joe Bob Clements played defensive end at Kansas State when Oklahoma coaches Bob and Mike Stoops served on the Wildcat staff. Mike Stoops was Clements' position coach from 1994-96.
• Oklahoma State receivers coach Kasey Dunn served alongside Oklahoma offensive coordinator Josh Heupel and Oklahoma linebackers coach Tim Kish under then-Arizona head coach and current Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops from 2004-06.
• Oklahoma State receivers coach Jason Ray and Oklahoma defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery coached together at Wyoming from 2009-10.
• Oklahoma State cornerbacks coach Van Malone was a cornerback at Texas while Oklahoma cornerbacks coach Bobby Jack Wright was an assistant coach on the Longhorn staff from 1990-93.
• Oklahoma State offensive line coach Bob Connelly served with Oklahoma receivers coach Jay Norvell at UCLA in 2007. Connelly coached the Bruin offensive line and Norvell was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
• Oklahoma State quarterback Daxx Garman was recruited to Arizona by Mike Stoops and his staff.
• Oklahoma State defensive end Jordan Brailford and Oklahoma linebacker Dominique Alexander come from the same Booker T. Washington HS program in Tulsa.
• Oklahoma State running back Corey Bennett and Oklahoma guard Dylan Hartsook and defensive back Dylan Briggs all played at Choctaw HS outside of Oklahoma City.
• Oklahoma State cornerback Ashton Lampkin and Oklahoma linebacker Rashod Favors were teammates at Dunbar HS in Fort Worth.
• Oklahoma State receiver Christian Schroeder and Oklahoma defensive tackle Chase Frazier both attended Grapevine HS in Grapevine, Texas.
• Oklahoma State quarterback Daxx Garman and Oklahoma cornerback Cortez Johnson were teammates at Arizona.
• Oklahoma State offensive lineman Lemaefe Galea'i and Oklahoma offensive lineman Nila Kasitati both attended Trinity HS in Euless, Texas.
• Oklahoma State safety Dylan Harding and kicker Kevin King both attended Jenks HS outside of Tulsa, which also produced Oklahoma safeties Brandon Kitchens and Steven Parker, running back Alex Ross and receiver Jordan Smallwood.
• Oklahoma State receiver Austin Hays was a teammate of Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight and Sooner tight end Connor Knight at Ronald Reagan HS in San Antonio, Texas.
• Oklahoma State cornerback Chris Hardeman and receiver Keenen Brown were teammates of Oklahoma Ogbonnia Okoronkwo at Alief Taylor HS in Houston.
• Oklahoma State kicker Matt Hockett and Oklahoma linebacker Cade Parker were teammates at Norman HS.
• Oklahoma State defensive end Victor Irokansi and Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine were teammates at Hendrickson HS in Pflugerville, Texas.
• Oklahoma State receiver Jhajuan Seales and Oklahoma defensive tackle Matthew Romar both attended Memorial HS in Port Arthur, Texas.
• Oklahoma State defensive end Sam Wren and Oklahoma offensive lineman Dionte Savage were teammates at Arizona Western CC.
• Oklahoma State cornerback Archibald Ocloo-Lee and Oklahoma defensive tackle Kane Snowden and safety Brian Walker all attended Westmoore HS in Moore, Okla.
LAST YEAR'S MEETING - OKLAHOMA 33, OKLAHOMA STATE 24
Special teams was a key factor in Oklahoma's 33-24 win over Oklahoma State that cost the Cowboys their second Big 12 title in a three-year span.
The Sooners scored on a punt return touchdown and on a fake field goal touchdown pass to put themselves in good position, yet the Cowboys scored a touchdown to cap an 89-yard drive and take a 24-20 lead with 1:46 left in the game. However, OU went 66 yards to reclaim the lead at 27-24 with 19 seconds remaining and added a score with no time on the clock by returning an OSU fumble on a lateral on the Cowboys' last-gasp attempt to score.
MEMORABLE OKLAHOMA STATE WINS OVER OKLAHOMA
2001: Oklahoma State 16, No. 4 Oklahoma 13 (in Norman)
The Oklahoma State football team pulled off one of its most memorable wins in recent memory by toppling No. 4 Oklahoma, 16-13, in Norman in 2001. The win derailed the Sooners' chances of defending the national championship they won the previous season.
Making the game even more remarkable is the fact that it was a true freshman quarterback in Josh Fields who led the Cowboys to victory over the heavily-favored Sooners.
Fields entered the game in Oklahoma State's fourth offensive series and went on to pass for 231 yards and connect on all five of his pass attempts on the game-winning drive, which was highlighted by a 31-yard strike to T.D. Bryant in which Bryant took the ball away from All-America safety Roy Williams and set up the very next play, a 14-yard Fields-to-Rashaun Woods touchdown pass that gave the Cowboys a 16-13 advantage with 1:36 left.
The OSU defense was remarkable, holding OU to 220 yards of offense - zero rushing. To put that into perspective, the Cowboys entered the game having allowed an average of 477.7 yards over their previous six games and surrendered 517 yards the previous week against Baylor.
2002: Oklahoma State 38, No. 3 Oklahoma 28 (in Stillwater)
The goal posts came down in Stillwater after Oklahoma State beat No. 3 Oklahoma for the second straight season, this time by a 38-28 margin.
The Sooners entered with a 10-1 record and had aspirations of playing in the national championship game entering the contest, but the Cowboys were the far superior team that day, rolling to touchdowns on four of their first five possessions and amassing 506 yards of offense in the contest. OSU held a commanding 35-6 lead in the third quarter before OU could muster any kind of sustained production.
Cowboy quarterback Josh Fields threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns and receiver Rashaun Woods dominated the OU secondary, catching 12 passes for a then-school record 226 yards.
"We thought we could score of every possession. We had a lot of fun out there today," Fields said after the game.
The win marked the second straight for OSU over its Bedlam rival, as the Pokes stunned the fourth-ranked Sooners in Norman the previous season.
2011: No. 3 Oklahoma State 44, No. 13 Oklahoma 10 (in Stillwater)
The day that Oklahoma State had been waiting for presented itself and the Cowboys took full advantage by throttling No. 13 Oklahoma, 44-10, to clinch their first-ever outright Big 12 conference championship and BCS-bowl appearance.
The Pokes held a 24-0 lead late in the second quarter that ballooned to a 44-3 advantage before the Sooners scored a meaningless touchdown with 2:25 remaining in the game.
The Cowboy defense was the aggressor and disrupted Sooner quarterback Landry Jones all game long, sacking the OU signal-caller three times, picking him off twice and forcing him into two lost fumbles. Jones finished 27-of-50 for 250 yards with no touchdowns.
Linebacker Alex Elkins forced a second-quarter fumble by Jones that was recovered by defensive end Jamie Blatnick and returned 59 yards to the Sooner one-yard line, then punched in for a score by running back Joseph Randle on the very next play.
Later in the third quarter, defensive end Richetti Jones picked up a second Jones fumble and rumbled in five yards for a touchdown.
Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden didn't put up his most spectacular numbers of the year in the contest, thanks largely to the fact that he only had to throw the ball one time in the fourth quarter because the Cowboy running game was dominant. Joseph Randle carried 19 times for 51 yards and two touchdowns and Jeremy Smith went for 119 yards on 10 carries with two scores of his own.
BLOCKED KICKS PART OF OSU'S ARSENAL
Oklahoma State leads the nation with six blocked kicks this year, a mark that ties the 2000 season for most blocked kicks in a single season.
Of those six blocks, three came in a single game against Missouri State. Safety Jordan Sterns blocked a punt, defensive tackle James Castleman blocked a PAT attempt and defensive tackle Ofa Hautau blocked a field goal attempt against the Bears, with all of those blocks coming in the first half of that contest. Three blocked kicks in a game set a Big 12 record and marked only the second time in NCAA history that a team blocked a PAT, field goal and punt in the same game. Oregon State accomplished the feat in 1996 against USC.
OKLAHOMA STATE'S BLOCKED KICKS IN 2014
Jordan Sterns blocked punt vs. Missouri State
James Castleman blocked PAT attempt vs. Missouri State
Ofa Hautau blocked field goal attempt vs. Missouri State
Jordan Sterns blocked punt at Kansas State
James Castleman blocked PAT attempt vs. Texas
James Castleman blocked field goal at Baylor
CASTLEMAN THE BLOCKED KICK LEADER
Oklahoma State is the best team in the nation at blocking kicks and James Castleman is perhaps the best player in the nation at blocking kicks, evidenced by the fact that he leads the country with three blocks this season. Castleman has excelled in this area the past two seasons, as he has gotten a hand on five kicks the last two seasons. His five career blocked kicks ties him with Chris Massey atop the all-time Oklahoma State list. A closer look:
NON-OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS AN OSU STAPLE
Non-offensive touchdowns have been a regular part of the Oklahoma State attack in recent years, as the Cowboys have 29 non-offensive scores since the start of the 2010 season - a mark that ranks second in the nation during that span. With four non-offensive touchdowns in 2014 (Ashton Lampkin returned an interception for a touchdown against UTSA, Tyreek Hill took kickoffs to paydirt against Iowa State and Kansas and Ramon Richards returned an interception for a score at Kansas State), the trend continues.
