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Game Notes: Cowboy Football Hosts Iowa State
October 01, 2018 | Cowboy Football
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The Basics
The Oklahoma State football team (4-1 overall; 1-1 Big 12) returns home to host Iowa State (1-3 overall; 0-2 Big 12) Saturday at 2:30 p.m. It marks OSU's fifth home game of the season, with just two more to be played in Boone Pickens Stadium after Saturday.
Get Your Tickets
Single-game tickets for the Iowa State game start at $75 and are available at www.okstate.com/tickets or by calling the OSU ticket office at 877-ALL-4-OSU. Fans interested in tickets can also text the OSU ticket office at 877-255-4678. Saturday's game marks Local Heroes and Ag Appreciation Day at OSU, and ag-based groups can contact the OSU tickets office for a special promo code to get discounted tickets to the game. Tailgating locations may be reserved starting at 6 p.m. on Friday. OSU's Homecoming game against Texas is already sold out, so this weekend marks one of the last two opportunities to purchase OSU football single-game tickets this season.
On the Air
The game will be televised by ESPN2 with Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer and Olivia Dekker on the call. 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. Fans outside of the Cowboy Radio Network can listen to the OSU broadcast for free through TuneIn Radio or the TuneIn Radio app.
In the Rankings
The Cowboys are ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press Poll and are No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. OSU reached a season-high of No. 15 in both polls during week four and has now been ranked in the top 15 of the A.P. poll at some point in 10 of the past 11 seasons. Oklahoma State has also been ranked in the top 25 of at least one of those polls since week 10 of the 2016 season. The Cowboys are one of only five teams to be ranked in every set of College Football Playoff rankings since the beginning of 2015, joining Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma and Ohio State. Iowa State is not ranked in the A.P. or the coaches poll this week.
The Series
Saturday's game marks the 53rd meeting between Oklahoma State and Iowa State. OSU holds a 31-18-3 all-time advantage in the series and a 17-6-2 advantage in Stillwater. The Cowboys have won six consecutive meetings overall, as well as each of the last five games played in Stillwater. The six-game streak is the longest for either team in the history of the series. OSU has not lost to ISU since 2011, and has not lost to ISU in Stillwater since 2000. The Cowboys won last year's meeting in Ames, 49-42, and won the last meeting in Stillwater, 38-31, in 2016. Mike Gundy is 8-2 in his career against the Cyclones, while ISU coach Matt Campbell is 0-2 in his career against the Cowboys.
Oklahoma State From a Distance
Oklahoma State is 4-1 after knocking off Kansas, 48-28, last week in its first road game of the season. The Cowboys are led offensively by junior running back Justice Hill, sophomore receiver Tylan Wallace and senior quarterback Taylor Cornelius. A Doak Walker Award candidate, Hill enters week six ranked seventh nationally with 7.49 yards per carry this year and ninth nationally with 577 rushing yards. His 3,186 career rushing yards rank No. 8 in school history and No. 6 among active FBS players. He also ranks No. 10 in FBS with six rushing touchdowns this season and will set a Big 12 running back record this week at 12 straight games with a rushing touchdown if he can find the end zone on the ground against the Cyclones. Cornelius had the best outing of his career in terms of efficiency last week, throwing for 312 yards and four touchdowns on 15-for-20 passing. That performance set OSU school records in single-game passing efficiency (min. of 20 attempts) at 262.04 and in single-game passing yards per attempt (min. 20 attempts) at 15.6 yards. Both records were previously held by OSU's all-time leading passer, Mason Rudolph. Wallace is also making his own mark in Cowboy football history as he joined Justin Blackmon as the only underclassmen at OSU to record four consecutive 100-yard receiving games. Wallace ranks No. 7 nationally in both receiving yards per game (109.2) and receiving yards (546). Defensively, the Cowboys lead the nation in sacks with 24 on the year and are five in front of second-place Ohio State. OSU is also No. 1 at 4.8 sacks per game, averaging a full sack more than the second-place team as well. The Cowboys sit at No. 3 nationally with 47 tackles for loss this season, rank No. 5 in red zone defense and are No. 2 in blocked kicks. Defensive end Jordan Brailford has led the way as his 7.0 sacks this season are tied for the national lead. His 3.0 sacks at KU last week were the most for a Cowboy since Nathan Peterson had 3.0 in 2007.
Big Screen TV
The 2018 season marks the debut of Boone Pickens Stadium's new Daktronics video board, which measures 110 feet wide by 56 feet tall and is suspended on the side of Gallagher-Iba Arena in the stadium's east end zone. The board is the eighth-largest at a college football-only stadium and can show better than 1080HD resolution. The board's brightness registers at 11,000 nits while most similar boards measure at 7,000 nits. The amplified brightness is to account for the fact that OSU's board faces west, and the brightness can be adjusted manually depending on the position of the sun. It was made possible through a gift from Gary and Claudia Humphreys.
An Oklahoma State Win Would...
• Improve the Cowboys to 23-5 in their last 28 games and 37-10 in their last 47 games.
• Make the Cowboys 32-18-3 all-time vs. Iowa State.
• Improve Mike Gundy's career record vs. Iowa State to 9-2.
• Improve Mike Gundy's record in Big 12 games to 71-43.
• Give OSU seven straight wins vs. Iowa State, extending the longest streak for either team in series history.
• Mark the ninth time OSU has started 5-1 or better during the Mike Gundy era.
• Make OSU 63-8 in its last 71 games vs. unranked opponents, dating back to 2010.
• Make OSU 39-11 at Boone Pickens Stadium since the start of the 2011 season.
• Give OSU wins in 26 of its last 29 games when playing as an A.P. ranked team against an unranked opponent.
• Improve the Cowboys to 52-22 in Big 12 Conference games since 2010.
Notable Streaks and Trends Entering the Game
• Oklahoma State has won 22 of its last 27 games overall.
• OSU is 15-2 in its last 17 games decided by less than 10 points.
• OSU has won 19 straight games when leading at halftime, a streak that began on Sept. 17, 2016.
• OSU has won seven straight road games, the third-longest streak in OSU history.
• Justice Hill has at least one rushing touchdown in each of his last 11 games.
• Justice Hill has rushed for at least 100 yards in four of five games this season, in 11 of his last 15 games and in 15 of his last 22 games.
• Matt Ammendola has made 20 of his last 21 field goal attempts, and 22 of his last 24 tries.
• OSU has won three straight overtime games.
• OSU has had at least one 100-yard receiver in nine of its last 10 games.
• OSU has had a 100-yard rusher in 13 of its last 19 games.
• OSU has outrushed its opponent in 15 of its last 19 games and in 17 of its last 22 games.
• Oklahoma State has won 36 of its last 46 games overall, dating back to the end of the 2014 season.
• OSU has forced at least one turnover in 32 straight games and in 41 of the last 42 games, dating to 2015.
• Dating back to 2005, the Cowboys have won 34 of their last 36 games when not committing a turnover.
• Dating back to 2008, the Cowboys have won 58 of their last 63 games when winning the turnover battle.
• Dillon Stoner has at least one catch in each of his last 17 games.
