2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 38–8 vs. Colorado
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
Record	10–3 (7–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Gundy (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Yurcich (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Glenn Spencer (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Boone Pickens Stadium (Capacity: 60,218)

2016 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Oklahoma $		9	–	0					11	–	2
No. 11 Oklahoma State		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 18 West Virginia		7	–	2					10	–	3
Kansas State		6	–	3					9	–	4
TCU		4	–	5					6	–	7
Baylor		3	–	6					7	–	6
Texas		3	–	6					5	–	7
Texas Tech		3	–	6					5	–	7
Iowa State		2	–	7					3	–	9
Kansas		1	–	8					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by 12th-year head coach Mike Gundy and played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They competed as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:30 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 21	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FSN	W 61-7	50,079
September 10	11:00 a.m.	Central Michigan*	No. 22	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FS1	L 27–30	52,523
September 17	2:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh*		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 45–38	53,514
September 24	6:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Baylor		McLane Stadium Waco, TX	FOX	L 24–35	45,373
October 1	11:00 a.m.	No. 22 Texas		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC	W 49–31	53,468
October 8	2:30 p.m.	Iowa State		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPNU	W 38–31	53,239
October 22	11:00 a.m.	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FS1	W 44–20	26,262
October 29	11:00 a.m.	No. 10 West Virginia		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FOX	W 37–20	59,584
November 5	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas State	No. 22	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	ABC/ESPN2	W 43–37	52,450
November 12	2:30 p.m.	Texas Tech	No. 17	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	FS1	W 45–44	54,288
November 19	11:00 a.m.	at TCU	No. 11	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FS1	W 31–6	43,303
December 3	11:30 a.m.	at No. 7 Oklahoma	No. 10	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	FOX	L 20–38	87,527
December 29	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Colorado*	No. 13	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–8	59,815
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:

Game summaries

Southeastern Louisiana

See also: 2016 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	7	0	0	7
#21 Cowboys	28	3	21	9	61

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Central Michigan

See also: 2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	0	10	7	13	30
#22 Cowboys	14	3	3	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	OSU, 24–13

Pittsburgh

See also: 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	10	14	14	0	38
Cowboys	10	21	7	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Baylor

See also: 2016 Baylor Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	10	0	24
#16 Bears	7	14	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–15	2015	BAY, 45–35

Texas

See also: 2016 Texas Longhorns football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Longhorns	13	12	6	0	31
Cowboys	16	21	6	6	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–24	2015	OSU, 30–27

Iowa State

See also: 2016 Iowa State Cyclones football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cyclones	3	14	14	0	31
Cowboys	7	7	7	17	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–18–3	2015	OSU, 35–31

at Kansas

See also: 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	10	17	10	44
Jayhawks	7	6	7	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–29–3	2015	OSU, 58–10

West Virginia

See also: 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Mountaineers	3	7	0	10	20
Cowboys	6	14	7	10	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2015	OSU, 33–26

at Kansas State

See also: 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Cowboys	7	14	7	15	43
Wildcats	13	3	14	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–24	2015	OSU, 36–34

Texas Tech

See also: 2016 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	7	21	7	9	44
#17 Cowboys	21	7	17	0	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–21–3	2015	OSU, 70–53

at TCU

See also: 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Cowboys	7	3	14	7	31
Horned Frogs	6	0	0	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–10–2	2015	OSU, 49–29

at Oklahoma

See also: 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team and Bedlam Series

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Cowboys	3	14	3	0	20
#7 Sooners	0	17	14	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–84–7	2015	OU, 58–23

Colorado–Alamo Bowl

See also: 2016 Colorado Buffaloes football team and 2016 Alamo Bowl (December)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Cowboys	3	14	14	7	38
#11 Buffaloes	0	0	0	8	8

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–26–1	2009	OSU, 31–28

Rankings

Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	21	22	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	17	13	10	11	13	11
Coaches	19	17	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	17	13	10	10	13	11
CFP	Not released									18	13	11	10	10	12	Not released