2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

The 2019 OSU Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium at Stillwater, Oklahoma, and competed in the Big 12 Conference. They were led by 15th-year head coach Mike Gundy.

2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Texas Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2019 record	8–5 (5–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Gundy (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Sean Gleeson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (2nd season)
Home stadium	Boone Pickens Stadium (Capacity: 55,509)

2019 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 7 Oklahoma y$^		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 13 Baylor y		8	–	1					11	–	3
Oklahoma State		5	–	4					8	–	5
Kansas State		5	–	4					8	–	5
Iowa State		5	–	4					7	–	6
No. 25 Texas		5	–	4					8	–	5
West Virginia		3	–	6					5	–	7
TCU		3	–	6					5	–	7
Texas Tech		2	–	7					4	–	8
Kansas		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23 ^OT
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Coaching changes

In January 2019, head coach Mike Gundy announced the hiring of Sean Gleeson to be the new offensive coordinator, replacing Mike Yurcich, who left to take an assistant coaching position at Ohio State. Gleeson was previously the offensive coordinator at Princeton, where he coached the highest-scoring offense in FCS in 2018.[1]

Recruiting

Oklahoma State signed a total of 21 recruits in its 2019 class. The class was ranked at No. 37 in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 Conference according to the 247Sports.com Composite.[2]

Big 12 media poll

The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Oklahoma State was predicted to finish in fifth in the standings.[3]

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Oklahoma	761 (68)
2	Texas	696 (9)
3	Iowa State	589
4	TCU	474
5	OSU	460
6	Baylor	453
7	Texas Tech	281
8	West Virginia	241
9	Kansas State	191
10	Kansas	89

Preseason All-Big 12 teams

To be released

Schedule

Oklahoma State began the year with three non-conference games: on the road to play Oregon State of the Pac-12 Conference, at home against McNeese State of the Southland Conference, and on the road against Tulsa of the American Athletic Conference. In Big 12 Conference play, the Cowboys will play five home games against Kansas State, Baylor, TCU, Kansas, and Oklahoma; and four road games against Texas, Texas Tech, Iowa State, and West Virginia.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	9:30 p.m.	at Oregon State*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FS1	W 52–36	31,681
September 7	7:00 p.m.	McNeese State*		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN+	W 56–14	55,509
September 14	2:30 p.m.	at Tulsa*		H.A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 40–21	28,612
September 21	6:30 p.m.	at No. 12 Texas		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	L 30–36	96,936
September 28	6:00 p.m.	No. 24 Kansas State		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN+	W 26–13	55,509
October 5	11:00 a.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 21	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	FS1	L 35–45	56,479
October 19	3:00 p.m.	No. 18 Baylor		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FOX	L 27–45	55,060
October 26	2:30 p.m.	at No. 23 Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FS1	W 34–27	61,500
November 2	2:30 p.m.	TCU		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 34–27	52,861
November 16	11:00 a.m.	Kansas	No. 22	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FS1	W 31–13	55,388
November 23	11:00 a.m.	at West Virginia	No. 21	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	W 20–13	46,022
November 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Oklahoma	No. 21	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)	FOX	L 16–34	54,575
December 27	5:45 p.m.	vs. Texas A&M*	No. 25	NRG Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–24	68,415
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Source:[4]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position
Mike Gundy	Head Coach
Dan Hammerschmidt	Safeties Coach
Sean Gleeson	Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach
Jim Knowles	Defensive Coordinator
John Wozniak	Running Backs Coach
Tim Duffie	Cornerbacks Coach
Kasey Dunn	Receivers Coach
Jason McEndoo	Tight Ends/Cowboy Backs Coach
Charlie Dickey	Offensive Line Coach
Joe Bob Clements	Defensive Line Coach
Greg Richmond	Defensive Ends Coach

Game summaries

at Oregon State

See also: 2019 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	7	24	14	7	52
Oregon State	10	6	7	13	36

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

• Date: August 30, 2019
• Game time: 9:35 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: 73 • Wind:SE2 (MPH) • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 31,681
• Referee: Brad Van Vark
• TV announcers (FS1): Justin Kutcher (Play-By-Play) , Petros Papadakis (Analysts) & Shane Vereen (Analysts)

McNeese State

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

McNesse State Cowboys vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
McNeese	0	0	7	7	14
Oklahoma State	14	14	28	0	56

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Date: September 7, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: 95 • Wind:SE 12 (MPH) • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 55,509
• Referee: Christian Watson
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Dave Lamont (Play-By-Play) & Barrett Brooks (Analysts)

at Tulsa

See also: 2019 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team and Oklahoma State–Tulsa football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–28–5	2017	W 59–24

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Tulsa Golden Hurricanes – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	17	3	13	7	40
Tulsa	7	14	0	0	21

at H.A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Date: September 14, 2019
• Game time: 2:35 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature:91 • Wind:S 9(MPH) • Weather: party cloudy
• Game attendance: 28,612
• Referee: Eddy Shelton
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins (play-by-play) , Anthony Becht (analyst) & Rocky Boiman (sideline)

at Texas

See also: 2019 Texas Longhorns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–24	2018	W 38–35

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Texas Longhorns – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	3	17	3	7	30
No. 12 Texas	0	21	7	8	36

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas

• Date: September 21, 2019
• Game time: 6:44 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: 92 • Wind:SE 15-20 (MPH) • Weather: partly cloudy
• Referee: David Alvarez
• TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler (play-by-play) , Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) & Maria Taylor (sideline)

Kansas State

See also: 2019 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–26	2018	L 12–31

Kansas State Wildcats vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Kansas State	0	3	0	10	13
Oklahoma State	10	6	7	3	26

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Date: September 28, 2019
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature:84 • Wind:SW 8 (MPH) • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 55,509
• Referee: Scott Campbell
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Mark Neely (play-by-play), Ray Bentley (analyst) & Ed Aschoff (sideline)

Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard ran for 296 yards, averaging 11.8 per attempt in a leading effort to hand Kansas State their first loss of the season. Coming into the game, Kansas State was #7 in team rushing and averaged 280 yards[5] Oklahoma State's defense contributed well to the win as they held Kansas State to just 126 rushing yards, with only 18 of those yards in the first half.[6]

Kansas State worked on a fourth-quarter comeback, but Oklahoma State was able to control the clock and win the game 26-13.[7]

at Texas Tech

See also: 2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–22–3	2018	L 17–41

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Texas Tech Red Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Oklahoma State	0	7	14	14	35
Texas Tech	13	7	14	11	45

at Jones AT&T Stadium • Lubbock, Texas

• Date: October 5, 2019
• Game time: 11:00 a.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: 75 • Wind:WSW13 (MPH) • Weather:Clear
• Game attendance: 56,479
• Referee: Cooper Castleberry
• TV announcers (FS1): Brian Custer (play-by-play) & Robert Smith (analyst)

Baylor

See also: 2019 Baylor Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–17	2018	L 31–35

Baylor Bears vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Baylor	7	3	14	21	45
Oklahoma State	6	7	7	7	27

at Boone Pickens Stadium• Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Date: October 19, 2019
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: 73 • Wind:N 14 (MPH) • Weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 55,060
• Referee: Reggie Smith
• TV announcers (FOX): Tim Brando (play-by-play) , Spencer Tillman (analyst) & Coley Harvey (sideline)

at Iowa State

See also: 2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–19–3	2018	L 42–48

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Iowa State Cyclones – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	7	14	3	10	34
No. 23 Iowa State	0	13	7	7	27

at Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, Iowa

• Date: October 26, 2019
• Game time: 2:30 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature: 51 • Wind:S 5(MPH) • Weather: partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 61,500
• Referee: David Alvarez
• TV announcers (FS1): Cory Provous (play-by-play) , Petros Papadakis (analyst) & Shane Vereen (analyst)

TCU

See also: 2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–12–2	2018	L 24–31

TCU Horned Frogs vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	3	14	0	10	27
Oklahoma State	10	7	7	10	34

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Date: November 2, 2019
• Game time: 2:30 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Temperature:57 • Wind:WNW 4 (MPH) • Weather: clear and sunny
• Game attendance: 52,861
• Referee: Brad Van Vark
• TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones (play-by-play) , Dusty Dvoracek (analyst) & Olivia Dekker (sideline)

Chuba Hubbard ran for a total of 223 yards, including two long second-half touchdowns in the victory.[8]

Kansas

See also: 2019 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–29–3	2018	W 48–28

Kansas Jayhawks vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	0	0	13	13
No. 22 Oklahoma State	14	10	7	0	31

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Date: November 16, 2019
• Game time: 11:03 a.m. CST
• Game weather: Temperature: 54 • Wind:S 13(MPH) • Weather: Sunny; partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 55,388
• Referee: Brandon Cruse
• TV announcers (FS1): Dan Hellie (play-by-play) & Ben Leber (analyst)

at West Virginia

See also: 2019 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–4	2018	W 45–41

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs West Virginia Mountaineers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Oklahoma State	7	0	3	10	20
West Virginia	0	10	3	0	13

at Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, West Virginia

• Date: November 23, 2019
• Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
• Game weather: Temperature:37 • Wind:N4 (MPH) • Weather: overcast
• Game attendance: 46,022
• Referee: Cooper Castleberry
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst) & Rocky Boiman (field analyst)

Oklahoma

See also: 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team and Bedlam Series

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–88–7	2018	L 47–48

Oklahoma Sooners vs Oklahoma State Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
No.7 Oklahoma	10	10	7	7	34
No. 21 Oklahoma State	7	6	3	0	16

at Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Date: November 30, 2019
• Game time: 7:05 p.m. CST
• Game weather: Temperature:50 • Wind:WNW 7 (MPH) • Weather:Clear
• Game attendance: 54,575
• Referee: Reggie Smith
• TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis (play-by-play), Brock Huard (analyst) & Bruce Feldman (sideline)

vs. Texas A&M (Texas Bowl)

See also: 2019 Texas A&M Aggies football team and 2019 Texas Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–17	2011	W 30–29

Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Texas A&M Aggies – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Oklahoma State	14	0	0	7	21
Texas A&M	0	7	7	10	24

at NRG Stadium • Houston, Texas

• Date: December 27
• Game time: 5:45 p.m. CST
• Game weather: n/a (retractable roof closed)
• Game attendance: 68,415
• Referee: Mark Kluczynski
• TV announcers (ESPN): Kevin Brown (play-by-play) , Andre Ware (analyst) , Alyssa Lang (sideline)

Game information

First Quarter (7:47) OKST – Dru Brown 42 yard pass to Braydon Johnson, Matt Ammendola kick (Drive: 5 plays, 97 yards, 1:57; Oklahoma State 7–0) (1:33) OKST – Dru Brown 9 yard rush, Matt Ammendola kick (Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards, 1:48; Oklahoma State 14–0) Second Quarter (5:39) TAMU – Isaiah Spiller 1 yard rush, Seth Small kick (Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:24; Oklahoma State 14–7) Third Quarter (10:32) TAMU – Kellen Mond 10 yard pass to Jhamon Ausbon, Seth Small kick (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 3:32; Tied 14–14) Fourth Quarter (10:45) TAMU – Kellen Mond 67 yard rush, Seth Small kick (Drive: 3 plays, 88 yards, 1:28; Texas A&M 21–14) (2:52) TAMU – Seth Small 24 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 5:08; Texas A&M 24–14) (1:04) OKST – Dru Brown 5 yard pass to Braydon Johnson, Seth Small kick (Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 1:48; Texas A&M 24–21)

Statistics

Scoring

Scores against non-conference opponents

1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 10 6 14 13 43 Oklahoma State 38 41 55 14 148

Scores against the Big 12

1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0

Scores against all opponents

1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 0 Oklahoma State 0

Rankings

Further information: 2019 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	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	25	22	21	RV	25	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	23	21	RV	RV	RV
CFP	Not released										23	22	21	21	25	25	Not released

References

1. Rittenberg, Adam (January 27, 2019). "Oklahoma State Cowboys hire Princeton's Sean Gleeson as OC". ESPN.com.
2. "Oklahoma State 2019 Football Commits". 247Sports.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
3. "Sooners Picked First in Media Preseason Poll". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
4. "2019 Oklahoma State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
5. Bonner II, Frank (September 28, 2019). "OSU 26, Kansas State 13: Cowboys rush for 373 yards to beat No. 24 Kansas State". Tulsa World. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
6. Hines, Kelly (September 29, 2019). "OSU football: Defense delivers impressive performance against Kansas State". Tulsa World. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
7. "Hubbard runs for 296 as Oklahoma St beats K-State, 26-13". ESPN. September 28, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
8. "TCU vs Oklahoma State Football Highlights". Youtube. Big 12 Conference. November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.