Oklahoma State football's win streak snapped in historic fashion to UCF & more key stats
A week after an emotional Bedlam victory, Oklahoma State fell flat.
The No. 15-ranked Cowboys suffered a 45-3 loss at UCF in Orlando on Saturday, snapping a five-game winning streak in disastrous fashion.
OSU (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) remained in the hunt for a Big 12 championship game appearance, but the path got tougher.
Here is a look at the loss through the numbers:
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Historic loss for the Cowboys
1997: The last time an opponent under .500 beat a team ranked in the top 15 of The Associated Press poll by 40 or more points. No. 11 Texas lost 66-3 to UCLA that year.
0-27: OSU’s record under coach Mike Gundy when the Cowboys trail by 24 or more points in a game. The Cowboys were down 24-0 in the second quarter.
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25: Rushing yards by Cowboys superstar Ollie Gordon II, his lowest total since rushing for 12 yards against South Alabama in Week 3. It’s also his second-lowest total of the season and it snaps a streak of six straight games of at least 121 rushing yards.
12: Carries by Gordon for an average of 2.1 yards. It’s his lowest usage since carrying the football only three times against South Alabama.
-6: Rushing yards by OSU after one half. This came on nine attempts, seven by Gordon. It’s the Cowboys’ lowest first-half total this season, though they did have zero yards in the opening half at Arizona State and just 2 in the first half against South Alabama.
52: Overall yards on the ground for the Cowboys, who entered with an average of 180.2 yards per game against a UCF defense that was one of the worst nationally, allowing an average of 227.1 yards per game.
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UCF’s offense overpowers Cowboys
592: Total offensive yards by the Knights, the most allowed by the Cowboys this season.
92: Yards on a touchdown run by UCF’s RJ Harvey, the longest run allowed by the Cowboys in program history. The last player to break off a 90-yard run was Nebraska’s Calvin Jones on Oct. 10, 1992.
206: Rushing yards by Harvey, last week’s Big 12 co-Offensive Player of the Week alongside Gordon. Harvey scored three touchdowns.
208: Combined receiving yards by UCF’s Javon Baker and Kobe Hudson on just seven total receptions. Hudson caught three touchdowns.
373: Yards accounted for by UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee, who passed for 299 yards and rushed for 74.
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Turnovers doom Cowboys, boost Knights
4: Turnovers by the Cowboys, nearly equaling their total in the past five games. OSU had committed just five turnovers in that span while forcing 13 on defense.
1: Turnover forced by the Cowboys, a fumble off a sack by linebacker Collin Oliver that linebacker Xavier Benson recovered.
3: Interceptions thrown by OSU quarterback Alan Bowman, his highest total as a Cowboy. The trio of interceptions are also one more than he had thrown over the past five games. 1: Fumble by Gordon, which came on OSU’s opening drive. It snapped a streak of five straight games in which the Cowboys scored on their first possession.
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