Game Notes: Oklahoma State Set for Final Home Game of 2020

Saturday, November 28

Stillwater, OK

11 a.m. CT

Oklahoma State University

Texas Tech

Image Taken At Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Kansas State Wildcats Football Game, Saturday, September 28, 2019, Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Mitch McKie/OSU Athletics

Game Notes: Oklahoma State Set for Final Home Game of 2020

November 24, 2020 | Cowboy Football

Complete Notes

The Basics
The Oklahoma State football team (5-2 overall; 4-2 Big 12) hosts Texas Tech (3-5 overall; 2-5 Big 12) at 11 a.m. Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium. It marks the final home game of 2020, with two road games remaining on the schedule to close out the regular season.

On the Air
The game will be televised by FOX with Joe Davis and Mark Helfrich 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.

Honoring Boone Pickens
A statue honoring Boone Pickens will be unveiled prior to Saturday's game. Sculpted out of bronze by Enid-based artist Harold Holden, the nine-foot-tall statue will be located immediately west of the stadium. When that happens, Pickens will become the third person memorialized with a statue on the Oklahoma State campus, joining former president Henry Bennett and OSU's first African-American student, Nancy Randolph Davis. Over the years, Pickens donated close to $600 million to Oklahoma State, split virtually equally between athletics and academics.

In the Rankings
OSU is No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 22 in the Amway Coaches Poll. Including 2020, OSU has reached the top 15 of the AP poll at some point in 11 of the past 13 seasons. OSU has also seen a top 10 ranking in the AP poll at some point in nine of those 13 years. This marks the 12th consecutive week that the Cowboys have been ranked by the AP, which is the eighth-longest streak in school history. The Cowboys are one of four Big 12 teams ranked in the polls, joined by Iowa State, Texas and Oklahoma. Although the College Football Playoff rankings have not yet been released, it is worth noting that OSU has appeared in the CFP rankings four of the past five seasons entering 2020. Texas Tech is not ranked.

The Series
Saturday's game marks the 48th meeting between Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, with the series dating back to 1935. The 2020 season also marks the 25th consecutive year the teams have met. TTU owns a 23-21-3 edge in the all-time series, but Oklahoma State has won nine of the past 11 games. The Cowboys have a 12-8 advantage in Stillwater and have won seven of the past eight matchups played at home. Coach Mike Gundy is 11-4 in his career against Texas Tech, while TTU coach Matt Wells is 1-0 in his career against the Cowboys.

Oklahoma State from a Distance
Oklahoma State is 5-2 overall on the year and is tied with Texas and Oklahoma for second place in the Big 12 standings. The Cowboys can still make the conference championship game by winning out and getting some help from elsewhere in the league. The biggest storylines for the Cowboys this season have been the emergence of the Cowboy defense and the injuries suffered by the OSU offense, in particular the offensive line. OSU's defense has held its first seven opponents to an average of 337.3 yards of total offense per game, which if the season ended today would mark the lowest average allowed by the Cowboys since the 2009 season (332.5). Allowing only 21.1 points per game, OSU ranks 21st nationally and second in the Big 12 in scoring defense. The Cowboys have held their opponents to a combined total of 25-for-102 on third down attempts for an FBS No. 3 conversion rate of 24.5 percent. The OSU defense is also among the national leaders in tackles for loss (No. 9), sacks (No. 10), defensive touchdowns (No. 12) and passing yards allowed (No. 18). On offense, the Cowboys rank among the top three in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game, while wide receiver Tylan Wallace is the league's leading receiver and running back Chuba Hubbard is the conference's third-leading rusher. It's been a balanced team attack overall, as the Cowboys have totaled 1,221 rushing yards and 1,491 passing yards on the year. The OSU offense has been hit hard by the loss of personnel this season. Starting quarterback Spencer Sanders was hurt in the first quarter of the season and missed the next two games, Tylan Wallace missed the game against Kansas State, Chuba Hubbard has been playing with injuries most of the season and eight offensive linemen have been unavailable this year as well. On top of that, kicker Alex Hale missed last week's game after an injury in pregame warmups.

Honoring Cowboy Seniors
This year's seniors will be honored Saturday as part of OSU's 2020 Senior Day:

11	Dee Anderson	WR	6-6	229	RSr.-TR	Dallas, TX / DeSoto / LSU
0	LD Brown	RB	5-9	205	RSr.-3L	Dallas, TX / DeSoto
1	Calvin Bundage	LB	6-1	220	RSr.-3L	Edmond, OK / Santa Fe
87	Logan Carter	CW	6-3	245	RSr.-3L	Henrietta, TX / Henrietta
26	Micah Cooper	RB	6-0	198	RSr.-1L	Madill, OK / Madill
16	Devin Harper	LB	6-0	240	RSr.-3L	Knoxville, TN / Karns
0	Christian Holmes	CB	6-1	200	RSr.-TR	Leland, MS / McNair / Missouri
73	Teven Jenkins	OL	6-6	320	RSr.-3L	Topeka, KS / Topeka
4	Tay Martin	WR	6-3	186	Sr.-TR	Houma, LA / Ellender Memorial / Wash. St.
84	Dayton Metcalf	CW	6-3	240	RSr.-1L	Hooker, OK / Hooker
92	Cameron Murray	DT	6-3	300	RSr.-3L	Bryant, AR / Bryant
7	Amen Ogbongbemiga	LB	6-1	235	RSr.-3L	Calgary, Alberta, Canada / Notre Dame
57	Walker Reed	OL	6-7	340	RSr.-1L	Norman, OK / North
20	Malcolm Rodriguez	LB	5-11	220	Sr.-3L	Wagoner, OK / Wagoner
50	Ry Schneider	OL	6-3	320	RSr.-2L	Minco, OK / Minco
17	Dillon Stoner	WR	6-0	200	RSr.-3L	Tulsa, OK / Jenks
2	Tylan Wallace	WR	6-0	190	Sr.-3L	Fort Worth, TX / South Hills
-	Tracin Wallace	-	-	-	Sr.	Fort Worth, TX / South Hills
8	Rodarius Williams	CB	6-0	195	RSr.-3L	Shreveport, LA / Calvary Baptist
1	Landon Wolf	WR	5-11	175	RSr.-3L	Tulsa, OK / East Central

An Oklahoma State Win Would...
• Mark its 10th win in its past 12 meetings with Texas Tech.
• Give it wins in eight of its past nine matchups against Texas Tech in Stillwater.
• Give it wins in nine of its past 12 Big 12 games.
• Make it 73-15 in its past 88 games vs. unranked opponents, dating back to 2010.
• Give it wins in 32 of its past 39 games when playing as an AP ranked team vs. an unranked team.
• Make it 6-2 or better for the first time since 2017 and for the eighth time in the Mike Gundy era.
• Make it 9-3 in its past 12 games at Boone Pickens Stadium.
• Make OSU 48-15 at Boone Pickens Stadium since the start of the 2011 season.
• Improve it to 39-17 in its past 56 games and 53-23 in its past 76 games.
• Make it 22-23-3 all-time vs. Texas Tech and 13-8 vs. Texas Tech in Stillwater.
• Improve Mike Gundy's career record vs. Texas Tech to 12-4.
• Improve Mike Gundy's record in Big 12 games to 82-54.
• Improve it to 63-33 in Big 12 games since 2010.

Notable Streaks and Trends Entering the Game
• OSU has held its last 11 Big 12 opponents under their season scoring average.
• OSU has won 72 consecutive games when holding its opponent to fewer than 20 points, dating back to Sept. 13, 2003 – the longest active stretch of time in the FBS and longest since at least 1980.
• OSU is 24-9 in its past 33 games decided by fewer than 10 points.
• OSU is 28-4 in its past 32 games when leading at halftime, dating back to Sept. 17, 2016.
• Dating back to 2005, OSU is 40-3 when not committing a turnover.
• Dating back to 2008, OSU is 63-7 when winning the turnover battle.
• OSU has won three of its past four overtime games.
• Dillon Stoner has at least one catch in 44 of his past 45 games.