1988 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
| 1988 Oklahoma State Cowboys football | |
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Holiday Bowl champion | |
Holiday Bowl, W 62–14 vs. Wyoming | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 11 |
| AP | No. 11 |
| 1988 record | 10–2 (5–2 Big 8) |
| Head coach | Pat Jones (5th year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Larry Coker (6th year) |
| Home stadium | Lewis Field (Capacity: 50,440) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Nebraska $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Oklahoma | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11 Oklahoma State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A college football season. Barry Sanders was in his junior year for the Cowboys.
Schedule
The Cowboys finished the regular season with a 9–2 record. In 1988, in what has been called the greatest season in college football history,[1] running back Barry Sanders led the nation by averaging 7.6 yards per carry and over 200 yards per game, including rushing for over 300 yards in four games. He set college football season records with 2,628 yards rushing, 3,249 total yards, 234 points, 39 touchdowns, of which 37 were rushing (also a record), five consecutive 200 yard games, scored at least two touchdowns in 11 consecutive games, and nine times he scored at least three touchdowns. Sanders also ran for 222 yards and scored five touchdowns in his three quarters of action in the Holiday Bowl, a game that was not included with his season statistics.[2] Sanders won the Heisman Trophy as the season's most outstanding player.[3] However, he left Oklahoma State before his senior season to enter the NFL draft.
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 10 | Miami (OH)* | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 52-20 | 43,200 | |||||
| September 24 | Texas A&M* | No. 18 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 52-15 | 50,440 | ||||
| October 1 | Tulsa* | No. 13 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 56-35 | 45,100 | ||||
| October 8 | at Colorado | No. 13 | Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado | W 41-21 | 41,854 | ||||
| October 15 | at No. 7 Nebraska | No. 10 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | L 42-63 | 76,432 | ||||
| October 22 | Missouri |
No. 15 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 49-21 | 46,900 | ||||
| October 29 | at Kansas State | No. 12 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 45-27 | 16,000 | ||||
| November 5 | No. 8 Oklahoma | No. 12 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam) | ESPN | L 28-31 | 50,440 | |||
| November 12 | Kansas | No. 14 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 63-24 | 40,100 | ||||
| November 19 | at Iowa State | No. 13 | Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa | W 49-28 | 38,163 | ||||
| December 4 | vs. Texas Tech* | No. 12 | Tokyo Dome • Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic) | CBS | W 45-42 | 56,000 | |||
| December 30 | vs. No. 15 Wyoming* | No. 12 | Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl) | ESPN | W 62-14 | 60,641 | |||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
1988 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Barry Sanders | Running Back | 1 | 3 | Detroit Lions |
| Hart Lee Dykes | Wide Receiver | 1 | 16 | New England Patriots |
Awards and honors
- Barry Sanders, Heisman Trophy[6]
References
- ↑ Merron, Jeff. "Best individual college football seasons". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-08-12. Marron wrote, The only serious question when composing this list was "Who's No. 2?
- ↑ "1988 Holiday Bowl Summary". Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ↑ "Heisman Trophy / 1988 - 54th Award". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ↑ "CMでも話題の独特な音を奏でる沖縄民謡を分析♪".
- ↑ "1989 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
- ↑ "Heisman Winners". Heisman Trophy. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.