Oklahoma State Postgame Notes vs. West Virginia – Sept. 26, 2020

September 26, 2020 | Cowboy Football

The Oklahoma State win…
• Improved it to 35-15 in its past 50 games and 49-21 in its past 70 games.
• Made it 70-14 in its past 84 games vs. unranked opponents, dating back to 2010.
• Gave it wins in 29 of its past 35 games when playing as an AP ranked team vs. an unranked team.
• Made it 2-0 for the fourth-straight season and for the 11th time in the Mike Gundy era.
• Gave it six-straight wins over WVU to extend the longest win streak for either team in the series.
• Made it 7-2 in its past nine games at Boone Pickens Stadium.
• Made it 8-4 all-time vs. West Virginia and 4-2 all-time vs. WVU in Stillwater.
• Improved Mike Gundy's career record vs. WVU to 7-2.
• Made it 46-14 at Boone Pickens Stadium since the start of the 2011 season.
• Improved Mike Gundy's record in Big 12 games to 78-52.
• Improved it to 59-31 in Big 12 Conference games since 2010.

:: Shane Illingworth became the first OSU true freshman to start a game at quarterback since Mason Rudolph started the final three games of 2014. He is the first true freshman signal caller to start this early in the season since Wes Lunt started the season opener in 2012.

:: Illingworth finished 15-for-21 passing for 139 yards.

:: The Cowboys finished with a pair of 100-yard rushers as LD Brown carried a career-high 11 times for 103 yards and Chuba Hubbard tallied 101 yards on 22 carries. OSU had two games last season in which both Hubbard and quarterback Spencer Sanders rushed for 100 yards (vs. Oregon State and vs. Texas).

:: The Brown/Hubbard duo eclipsing 100 yards marked the first time since 2018 two Cowboy running backs reached the century mark in the same game; that came when Justice Hill (122) and Brown (110) did it against Missouri State. The last time a pair of OSU running backs had 100 yards against a Big 12 opponent was in 2016 when Hill (154) and Chris Carson (146) did it at TCU.

:: LD Brown' 66-yard touchdown run in the second quarter marked the fourth 60-plus yard carry of his career and his longest since a 68-yard touchdown run vs. Baylor last season.

:: Chuba Hubbard has rushed for at least 100 yards and a touchdown in 16 of his past 19 games. He also has a rushing touchdown in 15 of those 18 games.

:: The Cowboy defense posted five quarterback sacks, nine quarterback hurries and 11 tackles for loss.

:: OSU has now scored on a play of at least 50 yards in seven of its past 11 games.

:: Tyren Irby's 56-yard fumble return touchdown in the second quarter marked the eighth longest fumble return in OSU history. It was also the first one since Kenneth Edison-McGruder's 82-yard fumble return touchdown against Tulsa in 2017. The play marked OSU's first non-offensive touchdown since Malcolm Rodriquez's interception return at Iowa State last season.

:: Trace Ford was credited with the strip-sack on that play, marking Ford's first sack of the season and fourth of his career.

:: OSU has now forced a turnover in 47 of its past 55 games and in 56 of its past 65 games, dating to 2015.

:: The Oklahoma State defense was outstanding in the first half, finishing with six tackles for loss, six QB hurries, three pass break ups, a sack and a fumble return touchdown while allowing just seven points to a WVU offense that scored 42 points in the first half of its season opener.

:: Linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga recorded a career-high 13 tackles, surpassing his previous best of 12 against Texas A&M last season.

:: Cornerback Rodarius Williams finished with a career-best four pass break ups in the game. His previous high was three against Kansas last season.

:: Calvin Bundage's recorded a pair of sacks to bring his career total to 6.5. His sack in the third quarter was his first since assisting on a sack vs. Boise State in 2018. He finished with five tackles, three of those for loss, and two quarterback hurries.

:: Safety Tre Sterling tied a career high with nine tackles. He's posted nine stops twice previously, most recently against Iowa State last season.

:: Alex Hale was perfect on his two field goal attempts, converting from 40 and 44 yards, and has now made all five of his career field goal tries this season.

:: Punter Tom Hutton downed three of his six punts inside the 20-yard line vs. WVU and averaged 44.8 yards per punt.

:: Tay Martin made his first catches in an OSU uniform vs. West Virginia, finishing with three catches for 19 yards.

:: Dillon Stoner had three receptions for 31 yards and has now had at least one catch in 39 of his past 40 games. Stoner also has three or more catches in 18 of his past 21 games.

:: WR Tylan Wallace, OL Josh Sills, S Tanner McCalister and CW Dayton Metcalf served as Oklahoma State captains for today's game.

:: OSU is 25-3 in its last 28 games when leading at halftime, dating back to Sept. 17, 2016.

:: OSU has outrushed its opponent in 32 of its past 45 games.

:: OSU has had a 100-yard rusher in 30 of its past 42 games.

:: OSU has won 70 consecutive games when holding its opponent to fewer than 20 points, dating back to Sept. 13, 2003 – the longest active streak in the FBS