Thrillers Are The Norm Between Cowboys, Wildcats

STILLWATER - Oklahoma State and Kansas State have had a number of memorable matchups during the Mike Gundy era (2005-present).

The two teams meet again at 6 p.m. Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium. Tickets are available at okstate.com/tickets or by calling 877-ALL-4-OSU. This game is part of a three-game bundle that includes tickets to OSU's games against Kansas State, TCU and Kansas for $150 each.

A look at some of the most thrilling matchups between the two schools during the Gundy era:

2006: Kansas State 31, Oklahoma State 27 (Manhattan)
The Cowboys led by 10 midway through the fourth quarter, but K-State scored two touchdowns in the final 3:04 to wrestle the game away.

2007: Oklahoma State 41, Kansas State 39 (Stillwater)
The lead changed hands five times in the second half, but K-State was in position to win after taking a 39-38 lead following a touchdown and successful two-point conversion with 1:10 remaining. A Zac Robinson-to-Dantrell Savage 24-yard completion was the key play on a drive that set up Jason Ricks to nail the game-winning field goal with two seconds remaining.

2010: Oklahoma State 24, Kansas State 14 (Manhattan)
With Biletnikoff Award-winning receiver Justin Blackmon out of action, an Oklahoma State defense that had been criticized and maligned all year stepped up to deliver the Cowboys to a 24-14 win by suffocating the Wildcat attack. OSU held K-State to 289 yards of offense and forced three turnovers.

2011: Oklahoma State 52, Kansas State 45 (Stillwater)
The highest-scoring game in series history saw K-State take a 38-37 lead with just more than five minutes remaining, but the two teams combined to score three touchdowns in the next three minutes, resulting in a 52-45 lead for OSU with 2:16 left. Quarterback Collin Klein then drove the Wildcats to first-and-goal at the OSU five yard line. The Cowboys broke up two passes in the end zone on first and second down, then forced an incomplete pass with no time remaining to seal a thrilling win.

2012: Kansas State 44, Oklahoma State 30 (Manhattan)
The second-most lopsided matchup of the series since 2003 hardly felt that way late in the fourth quarter when OSU quarterback Clint Chelf drove the Cowboys to the K-State eight yard line and OSU was looking to make it a one-score game with plenty of time to score again, but Allan Chapman picked off a pass in the end zone to preserve a Wildcat win. OSU trailed, 38-17, at halftime, but roared back behind Chelf to put a scare into an undefeated K-State squad that was angling for a national championship at the time.

2013: Oklahoma State 33, Kansas State 29 (Stillwater)
Oklahoma State forced Kansas State into committing five second-half turnovers in a game that featured eight lead-changes. K-State had two drives with the opportunity to take the lead in the last 4:13 of the game, but interceptions by Shaun Lewis and Daytawion Lowe slammed the door on the Wildcats. Kicker Ben Grogan connected on four field goals in the game - three in the second half - to help lift the Cowboys to victory.

2015: Oklahoma State 36, Kansas State 34 (Stillwater)
After the Wildcats built a 28-13 lead late in the second quarter, the Cowboys rallied to take a 33-28 lead on quarterback Mason Rudolph's 3-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Sheperd with 6:06 to go. The Wildcats responded with a 94-yard drive capped by a Joe Hubener 8-yard touchdown run to take a 34-33 advantage with 3:01 left, but Ben Grogan made a 37-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining to lift No. 20 Oklahoma State to the narrow victory.

2016: Oklahoma State 43, Kansas State 37 (Manhattan)
Oklahoma State trailed, 37-28, with 8:16 left in the game and was pinned back to its own eight yard line when Mason Rudolph hit a 10-yard pass to Jalen McCleskey, then followed that up with an 82-yard home run ball to James Washington to trim the deficit to two points. A crucially important three-and-out stop by the Cowboy defense gave the ball back to the offense with 5:35 left. OSU went 80 yards in eight plays and took the lead after a 17-yard run by Chris Carson with 1:39 remaining. At that point it was all up to the Cowboy defense. K-State got the ball down to the OSU two yard line, but an offensive pass interference call against Byron Pringle moved the ball back to the OSU 18-yard line with four seconds remaining. Safety Jordan Sterns did the rest, picking off K-State's last-gasp attempt in the end zone to seal a thrilling Cowboy victory on the game's final play.

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Ben Grogan

Jalen McCleskey

Mason Rudolph

Mason Rudolph

Brandon Sheperd

James Washington

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