Game Notes: Oklahoma State Faces Oklahoma in Final Road Game of 2022

Saturday, November 19

Norman, OK

6:30 p.m. CT

Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma

Game Notes: Oklahoma State Faces Oklahoma in Final Road Game of 2022

November 14, 2022 | Cowboy Football

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The Basics
The Oklahoma State football team (7-3 overall; 4-3 Big 12) plays its final road game of the 2022 season at Oklahoma (5-5 overall; 2-5 Big 12) at 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, November 19, in Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Sold Out
Including the UAPB, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Texas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Oklahoma games, Oklahoma State has now sold out four consecutive home games for the first time since 2017 and will play in front of sell-out crowds in eight of its past nine games, regardless of location. Tickets for OSU's final home game against West Virginia (November 26) are still available, and fans are encouraged to get their tickets now to ensure availability. Tickets are available at okstate.com/tickets or by calling or texting the ticket office at 877-255-4678.

On the Air
The game will be televised by ABC with Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek and Tom Luginbill on the call. It 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 The Varsity Network app. The game will also be broadcast to a national radio audience via Compass Media Networks with Gregg Daniels and Chad Brown on the call.

In the Rankings
The Oklahoma State football team is ranked No. 24 in both the AP Top 25 and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. The College Football Playoff rankings will be released Tuesday night. OSU has now appeared in the AP Top 25 in 23 of the past 24 AP polls. Including 2022, OSU has reached the top 10 of the AP poll at some point in 11 of the past 15 seasons and has seen a top 15 ranking in the AP poll in 13 of those 15 seasons. With OSU's inclusion in the inaugural set of CFP Rankings this season, the Cowboys have also been part of the CFP rankings in seven of the past eight seasons. Oklahoma is not ranked.

The Series
Saturday's game is part of the all-sports Phillips 66 Bedlam Series between Oklahoma State and
Oklahoma. The Phillips 66 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 Phillips 66 Bedlam Series in eight of the past nine years, and in 2021-22 OSU won by a margin of 17-16. OSU leads the 2022-23 series, 3-1-1. A look at this year's results to date:

Soccer in Norman                                                   T            Tied, 1-1
Big 12 Men's Golf Match Play at Houston, Texas       L            OU, 6-0
Men's Cross Country at Lubbock, Texas                   W           OSU 1st, OU 8th
Women's Cross Country at Lubbock, Texas            W           OSU 1st, OU 5th
Women's Cross Country at Columbia, Missouri         W           OSU 1st, OU 13th

Saturday's game marks the 117th meeting between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, with the series dating to 1904. The 2022 season also marks the 113th consecutive year the teams have met. Oklahoma owns an 89-20-7 advantage in the all-time series and a 43-10-2 lead in Norman.

Oklahoma State from a Distance
Oklahoma State is 7-3 on the year and has extended its school-record streaks of bowl eligibility and winning seasons into a 17th consecutive year. The Cowboys are not eliminated from the Big 12 Championship game but would need to win out and get help in other games to make a return appearance. OSU started the season with a 5-0 record and reached as high as No. 7 in the AP poll, but a double-overtime road loss at still undefeated TCU gave the Cowboys their first setback of the year. They bounced back with a come-from-behind win over then-No. 20 Texas but dropped two straight games on the road before beating Iowa State at home to move into third place in the Big 12 standings. Several players in key starting roles have missed games due to injury or have played at less than 100 percent this season, which was a huge factor in the road slump. The list of players who have missed playing time this season includes quarterback Spencer Sanders, running back Dominic Richardson, wide receivers Braydon Johnson and Jayden Bray, offensive linemen Preston Wilson, Hunter Woodard, Cole Birmingham and Joe Michalski, safeties Sean Michael Flanagan, Thomas Harper and Jason Taylor II, defensive linemen Brock Martin, Tyler Lacy, Trace Ford and Brendon Evers, punter Tom Hutton and Cowboy Back Blaine Green. All have started several games for Oklahoma State. Notably, Sanders returned late in last week's win over Iowa State and played at less than 100 percent to will the Cowboys to a comeback win over the Cyclones and keep OSU's conference title hopes alive. Even with more than its fair share of injuries, the Cowboys have put together a team that ranks No. 24 in the FBS in scoring, No. 20 in passing yards, No. 9 in third down defense, No. 11 in tackles for loss and perhaps most impressively No. 2 in fewest penalties. The standouts in each phase of the game have been Sanders on offense, who leads the Big 12 in total offense and is second in points responsible for, Taylor on defense, who is a semifinalist for the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award and ranks No. 6 in the FBS in solo tackles per game, and kicker Tanner Brown on special teams, who is one of just three FBS kickers who has attempted 18 field goals and made more than 90 percent of them.

An Oklahoma State Win Would ...
• Make it 8-3 or better for the fourth straight season and for the 12th time in the Mike Gundy era.
• Give it wins in 10 of its past 13 regular season conference games.
• Give it back-to-back wins over Oklahoma.
• Make it 7-4 in its past 11 road games.
• Improve Mike Gundy's record in road games to 54-38.
• Improve Mike Gundy's record in Big 12 games to 96-59.
• Make it 22-5 in its past 27 games overall, dating back to the 2020 season.
• Make it 155-71 in its history when playing as an AP-ranked team.
• Make it 142-42 in its history when playing as a higher AP-ranked team than its opponent.
• Make it 87-18 in its past 105 games vs. opponents outside of the AP Top 25, dating back to 2010.

Notable Streaks and Trends Entering the Game
• Spencer Sanders has thrown for 20 touchdowns against just five interceptions in his past 369 pass attempts for an interception rate of 1.4%.
• OSU has won a school-record 13 consecutive home games.
• OSU has held 28 of its past 31 Big 12 opponents under their season scoring average.
• OSU has won 81 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 has held its opponent scoreless on its game-opening drive in 29 of its past 41 games.
• OSU has held its opponent to less than a 50% third down conversion rate in 34 of its past 35 games.
• OSU is 34-13 in its past 47 games decided by fewer than 10 points.
• OSU is 44-7 in its past 51 games when leading at halftime, dating back to Sept. 17, 2016.
• Dating back to 2005, OSU is 45-4 when not committing a turnover.
• Dating back to 2008, OSU is 74-8 when winning the turnover battle.
• OSU has won three of its past five overtime games.
• OSU has forced 43 turnovers in its past 28 games.
• Over the past 35 games, OSU has held opponents to 149-for-530 (28.1%) on third down.