Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State Postgame Notes vs. Missouri State
September 06, 2014 | Cowboy Football
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE WIN ...
:: Extended the Cowboys' winning streak in home openers to 19 games. OSU hasn't lost a home opener since 1995.
:: Was the Cowboys' 23rd consecutive home win over an unranked opponent, dating back to a loss to Houston in 2009.
:: Improved the Cowboys to 40-6 in their last 46 home openers.
:: Improved the Cowboys to 32-4 in their last 36 games against unranked opponents, dating back to the start of the 2010 season.
:: Improved the Cowboys to 16-3 in their last 19 non-conference games.
:: Marked the Cowboys' 18th straight win over teams currently in the FCS.
:: Improved the Cowboys to 24-5-1 against teams currently in the FCS.
:: Improved the Cowboys to 21-1 against non-conference home games in the Gundy era.
:: Extended the Cowboys' winning streak in non-conference home games to 11.
:: OL Daniel Koenig, DT Ofa Hautau, S Larry Stephens and P Kip Smith served as Oklahoma State captains for today's game.
:: This is the third straight year the Cowboys have worn their traditional white-orange-white uniforms in their home opener.
:: Rennie Childs earned his first career start. He is the 12th Cowboy to earn his first start this year.
:: Childs scored the second and third TDs of his career. His first came on a run against TCU last season.
:: True freshmen Chris Hardeman and Kirk Tucker, as well as redshirt freshman Ra'Shaad Samples, saw their first game action.
:: Nine true freshmen and seven redshirt freshmen played in today's game.
:: Demarcus Sherod saw his first action since 2012 after missing all of 2013 due to injury.
:: J.W. Walsh exited the game in the first quarter after the third offensive possession and was replaced by Daxx Garman. It was his first game action since his junior year of high school in 2009.
:: Oklahoma State blocked a PAT, field goal and punt. Those three blocks mark an Oklahoma State school record, a Big 12 record and only the second time in NCAA history that a team has blocked a PAT, field goal and punt in the same game. Oregon State accomplished the feat in 1996 against USC.
:: James Castleman's block of MSU's first PAT attempt was the third blocked kick of his career. The last PAT block for OSU came when Castleman blocked a kick against Iowa State last season.
:: Jordan Sterns' blocked punt in the first quarter was the first punt block by a Cowboy since Zack Craig blocked a punt against Oklahoma in 2013.
:: Ofa Hautau's FG block was the first block of his career. The last OSU FG block was by Castleman at West Virginia last season.
:: Garman's 87-yard TD pass to Brandon Sheperd was the second-longest pass in OSU history and the longest pass and reception of Garman's and Sheperd's careers. The longest pass was Zac Robinson's 95-yard TD toss to Jeremy Broadway against Iowa State in 2008.
:: OSU has scored 20 or more points in 54 consecutive games dating back to the start of the 2010 season. That streak is the longest active streak in the country and the second-longest since Division I split into the FBS/FCS in 1978, trailing only USC's 63 straight games of 20 or more points from Sept. 2, 2002 through Nov. 25, 2006.
:: Sheperd finished with a career-best 131 receiving yards. It is the first time a Cowboy has recorded at least 100 receiving yards since Tracy Moore totaled 100 yards in last year's Cotton Bowl.
:: OSU has at least one touchdown drive of faster than two minutes in each of its last 37 games and in 53 of its last 54 contests.
:: Tyreek Hill's 44-yard run in the third quarter was the longest OSU rush of the season.
:: Jimmy Bean recorded 1.5 tackles for loss in today's game. He has 6.5 in his last three games and 10 in is last five games.
:: Austin Hays' catch in the third quarter was his first reception since an 8-yard catch vs. Lamar last season.
:: Ben Grogan matched an OSU record for field-goal attempts with six. His four made field goals tie his career-best for a game.
