Game Notes: Cowboys Host Oklahoma in Regular Season Finale

Saturday, November 30

Stillwater, OK

7:00 PM CT

Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma

Game Notes: Cowboys Host Oklahoma in Regular Season Finale

November 25, 2019 | Cowboy Football

Complete Notes

The Basics
The Oklahoma State football team (8-3 overall; 5-3 Big 12) hosts Oklahoma (10-1 overall; 7-1 Big 12) Saturday in a primetime matchup at 7 p.m. inside Boone Pickens Stadium. It marks the regular season finale for the Cowboys, who are in search of a fifth straight win.

Get Your Tickets
The only way to attend the Bedlam game is with a season ticket, which is available at 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.

On the Air
The game will be televised by FOX with Joe Davis, Brock Huard and Bruce Feldman 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
Oklahoma State is No. 21 in the AP poll and No. 21 in the coaches poll this week. Entering 2019, OSU had reached the top 15 of the AP poll at some point in 10 of the past 11 seasons. OSU had also seen a top 10 AP ranking at some point in eight of the past 11 seasons. A win Saturday would likely extend that streak. OSU was voted 21 in last week's College Football Playoff rankings, marking its highest CFP ranking of the season. The Cowboys have appeared in the CFP rankings four of the past five seasons. Oklahoma was voted No. 7 in the AP and coaches polls this week. They were No. 9 in last week's CFP rankings.

The Bedlam Series
Saturday's game is part of the all-sports Bedlam Series between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. The Bedlam Series is calculated by straight wins and losses in head-to-head competition. In sports where there is no head-to-head matchup, the Big 12 Championship final standings are used. Oklahoma State has won the overall Bedlam Series in five of the past six years and holds a 4-0 lead so far this season. A look at this year's results to date:

Soccer in Norman	T, 2-2
Soccer in Stillwater	W, 3-1
Men's Cross Country (Big 12 Championship)	OSU 2nd, OU 7th
Women's Cross Country (Big 12 Championship)	OSU 1st, OU 9th
Soccer in Kansas City (Big 12 Championship)	W, 2-1
Football in Stillwater	-

Saturday's game marks the 114th meeting between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in football, with the series dating back to 1904. The 2019 season also marks the 110th consecutive year the teams have met, with OU owning an 87-19-7 all-time advantage and a 39-7-5 advantage in games in Stillwater. Coach Mike Gundy is 2-12 in his career against Oklahoma, while OU coach Lincoln Riley is 2-0 against the Cowboys.

Oklahoma State from a Distance
Oklahoma State is 8-3 this season, marking the 10th time in the past 12 years the Cowboys have won at least eight games. OSU has won each of its past four games to mark its longest win streak this year. The story of the season so far has been the emergence of Heisman Trophy candidate Chuba Hubbard, who leads the nation in nearly every statistical rushing category, including rushing yards, rushing yards per game, all-purpose yards, yards after contact (via Pro Football Focus) and more. His average of 166.5 rushing yards per game is 13.3 more than second-place Jonathan Taylor of Wisconsin. Hubbard's rushing yards through 11 games are better than six of the 12 running backs to win the Heisman Trophy since 1980. Defensively, the Cowboys have put together their best performances over the past four games, forcing 10 turnovers and holding opponents to an average of 20 points per game. Safety Kolby Harvell-Peel has made his case for All-America honors, ranking No. 3 in the FBS in passes defended and No. 5 in the FBS with five interceptions this season. On top of that, he set an OSU single-game record with six pass breakups at Iowa State, which also ties for the highest single-game total of any player in the FBS.

Honoring Cowboy Seniors
Saturday's game will mark the final home game for this year's group of seniors:

49	Matt Ammendola	K
14	Bryce Balous	CB
6	Dru Brown	QB
4	A.J. Green	CB
74	Larry Joubert	CW
75	Marcus Keyes	OL
12	Jordan McCray	WR
38	Philip Redwine-Bryant	LB
91	Mike Scott	DE
5	Kemah Siverand	CB
31	Taje Williams	WR
72	Johnny Wilson	OL

An Oklahoma State Win Would...
• Mark the ninth time in the past 12 seasons it has won at least nine games.
• Make it 9-3 in its past 12 games vs. opponents ranked in the top 25 of the AP poll.
• Mark Mike Gundy's ninth career win over an AP top-10 opponent and the 20th in OSU history.
• Give it two straight wins over AP top-10 teams and make it 3-1 in its past four games vs. top-10 teams.
• Make it 7-1 in its past eight games at Boone Pickens Stadium.
• Make it 5-1 at home this season, giving it its best home record in the past three seasons.
• Make OSU 45-13 at Boone Pickens Stadium since the start of the 2011 season.
• Give it five straight wins to mark its longest win streak in a season since 2016.
• Mark its first win over OU since 2014 and its third since 2011.
• Improve it to 34-13 in its past 47 games and 48-19 in its past 66 games.
• Improve Mike Gundy's record in Big 12 games to 78-51.
• Improve it to 59-30 in Big 12 Conference games since 2010.

Notable Streaks and Trends Entering the Game
• OSU is 21-7 in its past 27 games decided by fewer than 10 points.
• OSU has scored on its opening drive in 13 of its past 20 games.
• OSU is 25-2 in its last 27 games when leading at halftime, dating back to Sept. 17, 2016.
• OSU has outrushed its opponent in 28 of its past 38 games and in 30 of its past 41 games.
• OSU has had at least one 100-yard receiver in 19 of its past 29 games.
• OSU has had a 100-yard rusher in 27 of its past 38 games.
• OSU has forced a turnover in 44 of its past 51 games and in 53 of its past 61 games, dating to 2015.
• Dating back to 2005, OSU is 38-2 when not committing a turnover.
• Dating back to 2008, OSU is 61-6 when winning the turnover battle.
• OSU has won three straight overtime games.
• Chuba Hubbard has rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the past nine games, which marks the longest active streak in the FBS.
• Chuba Hubbard has rushed for at least 100 yards in 13 of his past 15 games. He has a rushing touchdown in every game but one this season.
• Dru Brown has thrown 114 pass attempts without an interception, beginning on Nov. 18, 2017.
• Dillon Stoner has at least one catch in 35 of his past 36 games.
• Matt Ammendola has made 20 of his past 24 field goal attempts.
• OSU has scored on a play of at least 50 yards in six of its past seven games.
• OSU has won 68 consecutive games when holding its opponent to fewer than 20 points, dating back to Sept. 13, 2003 – the longest active streak in the nation.