Tracking the Trends: Southeastern Louisiana

STILLWATER – As the Oklahoma State football team prepares for Saturday's season opener against Southeastern Louisiana, we take a look at streaks on the line and other trends to look out for this weekend.

• Oklahoma State has won 20 consecutive home openers.
In fact, since Mike Gundy took over as head coach at Oklahoma State in 2005, the Cowboys have compiled a 34-7 record in the month of September.

• Oklahoma State has never lost to an FCS opponent in 10 tries under head coach Mike Gundy and hasn't lost to a school currently playing in the FCS since 1949.
Oklahoma State sports a 25-5-1 record against schools currently playing in the Football Championship Subdivision and has won 19 straight. The Cowboys have not lost to an FCS opponent since a 20-0 setback to William and Mary in the 1949 Delta Bowl.

• Oklahoma State has won seven of its last eight season openers.
An Oklahoma State win on Saturday would improve the Cowboys to 69-41-5 all-time in season openers and 82-28-5 all-time in home openers.

• Oklahoma State has won 46 of its last 51 over unranked opponents.
The Cowboys have won 16-straight games over unranked foes, the last loss coming in 2012 at Baylor.

• Oklahoma State has won 12 of its last 15 games overall, dating back to the end of the 2014 season.
In seven of those 15 games, the Cowboys were pitted against ranked opponents.

• Dating back to 2005, the Cowboys have won 24 of their last 25 games when not committing a turnover, and dating back to the 2008 season, the Cowboys have won 44 of their last 47 games when winning the turnover battle.
The Cowboys were 6-1 last season and are 54-6 overall in the Gundy Era when winning the turnover battle. In four games without a turnover last season, OSU went 3-1.

• Quarterback Mason Rudolph has thrown 12 touchdown passes against just two interceptions in his last seven games, dating back to the 2015 season.
As a sophomore in 2015, Rudolph had 13 touchdowns against just two interceptions on such passes (+11), a differential that matched Clemson's Deshaun Watson and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield. Rudolph's 14.28 yards per pass completion in 2015 ranks No. 1 among returning quarterbacks who passed for a minimum of 2,500 yards last season.

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