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 + 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
September 18at No. 12 Arkansas*
L 10–1655,103[1]
October 2North Texas State*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 16–1035,500[2]
October 9No. 8 Kansas
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 21–1433,141
October 16Colorado
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
L 10–2039,000
October 23at No. 5 Oklahoma
W 31–2472,041
October 30MissouridaggerNo. 16
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 20–19
November 6at No. 9 NebraskaNo. 13
L 10–1476,272
November 13at Kansas StateNo. 17
W 45–2121,000
November 20No. 14 Iowa StateNo. 16
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 42–2143,967
November 27at UTEP*No. 14
W 42–135,700[3]
December 18vs. BYU*No. 14
W 49–2137,812[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5]

A football signed by the 1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Roster

After the season

The 1977 NFL draft was held on May 3–4, 1977. The following Cowboys were selected.[6]

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. ^ "Little's kicks, defense lift land-locked Hogs". The Commercial Appeal. September 19, 1976. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Okla. State slips past N. Texas". The Des Moines Register. October 3, 1976. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma State defeats UTEP". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 28, 1976. Retrieved October 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cowboys blast BYU 49–21". St. Petersburg Times. December 19, 1976. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1976 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  6. ^ "1977 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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