1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

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1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Oklahoma State Athletics logo (1973-1983).svg
Big Eight co-champion
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 49–21 vs. BYU
Conference Big Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record9–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadium Lewis Field
Seasons
←  1975
1977  →
1976 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Colorado + 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
No. 14 Oklahoma State + 5 –2 –09 –3 –0
No. 5 Oklahoma + 5 –2 –09 –2 –1
No. 19 Iowa State 4 –3 –08 –3 –0
No. 9 Nebraska 4 –3 –09 –3 –1
Missouri 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Kansas 2 –5 –06 –5 –0
Kansas State 0 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Running back Terry Miller had 1,714 rushing yards on 291 attempts, averaging 5.9 yards per attempt, and 23 touchdowns. Miller finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Tulsa *
W 33–2138,000
September 18at No. 12 Arkansas *
L 10–1655,103
October 2 North Texas *
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 16–10
October 9No. 8 Kansas
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 21–1433,141
October 16 Colorado
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
L 10–2039,000
October 23at No. 5 Oklahoma
W 31–2472,041
October 30 Missouri Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 16
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 20–19
November 6at No. 9 Nebraska No. 13
L 10–1476,272
November 13at Kansas State No. 17
W 45–2121,000
November 20No. 14 Iowa State No. 16
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 42–2143,967
November 27at UTEP *No. 14
W 42–135,700 [1]
December 18vs. BYU *No. 14
W 49–2137,812 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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A football signed by the 1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Roster

After the season

The 1977 NFL draft was held on May 3–4, 1977. The following Cowboys were selected. [4]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
112 Phil Dokes Defensive tackle Buffalo Bills
6147 Cliff Parsley Punter New Orleans Saints
7172 Derrel Gofourth Guard Green Bay Packers
9237Robert Turner Running back Miami Dolphins
10277 Ron Baker Guard Baltimore Colts

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References

  1. ↑ "Oklahoma State defeats UTEP". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 28, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Cowboys blast BYU 49–21". St. Petersburg Times. December 19, 1976. Retrieved October 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "1977 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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