1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Big Eight co-champion
Tangerine Bowl champion
Tangerine Bowl, W 49–21 vs. BYU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record9–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumLewis Field
1976 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Colorado + 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 14 Oklahoma State + 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 5 Oklahoma + 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 19 Iowa State 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Nebraska 4 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 1
Missouri 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Kansas 2 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11Tulsa*
W 33–2138,000[1]
September 18at No. 12 Arkansas*
L 10–1655,103[2]
October 2North Texas State*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 16–1035,500[3]
October 9No. 8 Kansas
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 21–1437,500[4]
October 16Colorado
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
L 10–2039,000[5]
October 23at No. 5 Oklahoma
W 31–2471,184[6]
October 30MissouriNo. 16
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 20–1948,500[7]
November 6at No. 9 NebraskaNo. 13
L 10–1476,272[8]
November 13at Kansas StateNo. 17
W 45–2121,000[9]
November 20No. 14 Iowa StateNo. 16
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 42–2148,500[10]
November 27at UTEP*No. 14
W 42–135,700[11]
December 18vs. BYU*No. 14
W 49–2137,812[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

After the season

The 1977 NFL draft was held on May 3–4, 1977. The following Cowboys were selected.[14]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
1 12 Phil Dokes Defensive tackle Buffalo Bills
6 147 Cliff Parsley Punter New Orleans Saints
7 172 Derrel Gofourth Guard Green Bay Packers
9 237 Robert Turner Running back Miami Dolphins
10 277 Ron Baker Guard Baltimore Colts

References

  1. ^ "OS Cowboys rebound to dampen Hurricane". The El Paso Times. September 12, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Little's kicks, defense lift land-locked Hogs". The Commercial Appeal. September 19, 1976. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Okla. State slips past N. Texas". The Des Moines Register. October 3, 1976. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Okla. State stuns No. 8 Jayhawks". The Des Moines Register. October 10, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colorado tops OSU with freakish play". Columbia Daily Tribune. October 17, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Comeback Cowboys finish OU, 31–24". Lincoln Journal & Star. October 24, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cowboys slip noose around Mizzou". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 31, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Huskers edge Cowboys with Ferragamo passes". The Daily Nonpareil. November 7, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Miller sparks O-State 45–21". Great Bend Tribune. November 14, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Title means a lot to Cowboys". The Kansas City Star. November 21, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Oklahoma State defeats UTEP". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 28, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cowboys blast BYU 49–21". St. Petersburg Times. December 19, 1976. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  14. ^ "1977 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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