1970 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

American college football season

1970 Oklahoma State Cowboys football

Conference| Big Eight Conference
Record| 4–7 (2–5 Big 8)
Head coach|

* Floyd Gass (2nd season)

Home stadium| Lewis Field

Seasons

<- 1969

1971 ->

1970 Big Eight Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 1 Nebraska $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 1
No. 20 Oklahoma | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 1
Kansas State | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Missouri | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Colorado | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Kansas | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Oklahoma State | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Iowa State | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Floyd Gass, the Cowboys compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 against conference opponents), tied for sixth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 337 to 215.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Bobby Cole with 685 rushing yards, Tony Pounds with 1,871 passing yards, and Hermann Eben with 937 receiving yards and 42 points scored.[3][4]

The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[5]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 12| at Mississippi State*|

* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Jackson, MS

| L 13–14| 34,000| [6]
September 19| at No. 11 Arkansas*|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Little Rock, AR

| L 7–23| 53,000|
September 26| No. 11 Houston*|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| W 26–17| 26,000|
October 3| No. 20 Missouri|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| L 20–40| |
October 10| TCU*|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| W 34–20| |
October 24| at No. 4 Nebraska|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| L 31–65| 67,822|
October 31| Kansas|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| W 19–7| 33,488–35,000|
November 7| at Kansas State|

* KSU Stadium
* Manhattan, KS

| L 15–28| 38,300|
November 14| Colorado|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| L 6–30| 18,000|
November 21| Iowa State|

* Lewis Field
* Stillwater, OK

| W | 34,893|
November 28| at Oklahoma|

* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
* Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)

| L 6–66| 60,300|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## After the season

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The 1971 NFL draft was held on January 28–29, 1971. The following Cowboy was selected.[7]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | NFL club

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17 | 428 | Hermann Eben | Wide receiver | New Orleans Saints

## References

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1. ^ "1970 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
2. ^ "Oklahoma State Cowboy Football 2016 Guide" (PDF). Oklahoma State University. p. 173\. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
3. ^ 2016 Football Guide, pp. 168, 170.
4. ^ "1970 Oklahoma State Cowboys Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
5. ^ 2016 Football Guide, pp. 217, 219.
6. ^ "2 Cowboy penalties prove costly, 14–13". The Sunday Oklahoman. September 13, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "1971 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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Oklahoma State Cowboys football

Venues|

* Boone Pickens Stadium (1920–present)
* Sherman E. Smith Training Center

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Oklahoma: Bedlam Series
* Tulsa

Culture & lore|

* Bullet
* Pistol Pete
* "The Waving Song"
* "Ride 'Em Cowboys"
* Marching band
* 1951 Drake game
* 2011 Iowa State game
* 2015 homecoming parade attack

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* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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