2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

The 2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys, led by fifth-year head coach Mike Gundy, played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Cowboys finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in Big 12 play and lost the Cotton Bowl Classic, 21–7, against Ole Miss.[1]

2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 7–21 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
2009 record	9–4 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Gundy (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gunter Brewer (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Boone Pickens Stadium (Capacity: 60,218)
Uniform

2009 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
No. 14 Nebraska x		6	–	2					10	–	4
Missouri		4	–	4					8	–	5
Kansas State		4	–	4					6	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	9
Kansas		1	–	7					5	–	7
Southern Division
No. 2 Texas x$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Oklahoma State		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 21 Texas Tech		5	–	3					9	–	4
Oklahoma		5	–	3					8	–	5
Texas A&M		3	–	5					6	–	7
Baylor		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Texas 13, Nebraska 12
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	2:30 p.m.	No. 13 Georgia*	No. 9	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC	W 24–10	53,012[2]
September 12	2:30 p.m.	Houston*	No. 5	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FSN	L 35–45	50,875[3]
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Rice*	No. 16	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK		W 41–24	51,803[4]
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Grambling State*	No. 16	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK		W 56–6	56,901[5]
October 10	11:30 a.m.	at Texas A&M	No. 15	Kyle Field College Station, TX	FSN	W 36–31	76,153[6]
October 17	8:15 p.m.	Missouri	No. 16	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN2	W 33–17	55,752[7]
October 24	11:30 a.m.	at Baylor	No. 14	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	Versus	W 34–7	38,117[8]
October 31	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Texas	No. 13	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC/ESPN2	L 14–41	58,516[9]
November 7	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 18	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	W 34–8	40,540[10]
November 14	7:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 17	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC	W 24–17	52,811[11]
November 19	6:30 p.m.	Colorado	No. 12	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 31–28	50,080[12]
November 28	11:30 a.m.	at Oklahoma	No. 11	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Game)	FSN	L 0–27	85,606[13]
January 2	1:00 p.m.	vs. Ole Miss*	No. 21	Cowboys Stadium Arlington, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	L 7–21	77,928[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	9	5	16	16	14	15	16	14	13	18	17	12	11	22	21	RV
Coaches	11	6	17	16	12	13	14	12	13	18	18	13	12	21	18	25
Harris	Not released				15	14	15	14	13	18	18	13	12	20	17	Not released
BCS	Not released							15	14	19	19	12	12	20	19	Not released

Game summaries

Colorado

Colorado at #12 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 7 7 7 7 28 • Oklahoma State 7 3 7 14 31 Date: November 19 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game start: 6:30 P.M. CDT Television network: ESPN Source: ESPN

Scoring summary 1 12:39 OKST Perrish Cox 67 yard punt return (Dan Bailey kick) OKST 7-0 1 7:16 COLO Scotty McKnight 5 yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Aric Goodman kick) Tied 7-7 2 5:40 OKST Dan Bailey 30 yard field goal OKST 10-7 2 0:22 COLO Riar Greer 5 yard pass from Cody Hawkins (Aric Goodman kick) COLO 14-10 3 8:41 COLO Markques Sims 28 yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Aric Goodman kick) COLO 21-10 3 3:52 OKST Keith Toston 45 yard run (Dan Bailey kick) COLO 21-17 4 11:24 OKST Keith Toston 47 yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Dan Bailey kick) OKST 24-21 4 11:11 COLO Brian Lockridge 98 yard kickoff return (Aric Goodman kick) COLO 28-24 4 8:11 OKST Justin Blackmon 28 yard pass from Brandon Weeden (Dan Bailey kick) OKST 31-24

Awards

• Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year: Russell Okung
• First Team All-American: Perrish Cox, Russell Okung
• All-Big 12: Perrish Cox (1st team DB, 2nd team KR/PR), Russell Okung (1st), Keith Toston (1st), Bryant Ward (1st)

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2009 team players in the NFL

The following players were selected in the 2010 NFL Draft:

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Team
Russell Okung	OT	1	6	Seattle Seahawks
Dez Bryant	WR	1	24	Dallas Cowboys
Perrish Cox	CB	5	137	Denver Broncos
Zac Robinson	QB	7	250	New England Patriots

The following Cowboys were signed as undrafted free agents:

• Offensive lineman Brady Bond by the San Diego Chargers.[16]
• Offensive lineman Noah Franklin by the Carolina Panthers.[17]
• Offensive lineman Andrew Lewis by the Kansas City Chiefs.[18]
• Defensive tackle Swanson Miller by the Cleveland Browns.[19]
• Andrew Mitchell by the Cincinnati Bengals.[20]
• Keith Toston by the St. Louis Rams.[21]

References

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15. 2011 Oklahoma State football media guide, http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okst/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2011FBMG.pdf
16. http://www.bolthype.com/2010/04/chargers-bring-in-undrafted-free-agents.html
17. http://car.scout.com/a.z?s=123&p=2&c=987549&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fcar.scout.com%2f2%2f987549.html
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21. http://newsok.com/osu-football-notebook/article/3456854