2011 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Oklahoma State $		8	–	1					12	–	1
No. 15 Kansas State		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 13 Baylor		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 16 Oklahoma		6	–	3					10	–	3
Missouri		5	–	4					8	–	5
Texas		4	–	5					8	–	5
Texas A&M		4	–	5					7	–	6
Iowa State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Texas Tech		2	–	7					5	–	7
Kansas		0	–	9					2	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by seventh year head coach Mike Gundy and played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference.

The 2011 season was arguably the best in the Cowboys' 112-year football history. They opened the season with 10 straight wins, in the process rising to #2 in the AP Poll—the school's highest-ever ranking in a major poll. After unexpectedly losing to Iowa State in Ames, they ultimately finished the regular season 11–1, including a 44–10 win over rival Oklahoma for their first win in the Bedlam Series since 2002. They also won their first Big 12 title and their first outright conference title since winning the 1948 Missouri Valley Conference title. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, their first Bowl Championship Series bid and the second major-bowl appearance in school history, where they defeated Stanford 41–38 in overtime. The Colley Matrix, an NCAA-designated major selector, chose OSU as national champions.^[1][2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette*	No. 9	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FCS	W 61–34	55,382[3]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Arizona*	No. 9	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 37–14	54,654[4]
September 18A	12:15 a.m.A	at Tulsa*	No. 7	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	FSN	W 59–33	24,563[5]
September 24	2:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Texas A&M	No. 7	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC/ESPN2	W 30–29	87,358[6]
October 8	2:30 p.m.	Kansas	No. 6	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK		W 70–28	58,030[7]
October 15	2:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Texas	No. 6	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC/ESPN	W 38–26	100,101[8]
October 22	11:00 a.m.	at Missouri	No. 6	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FX	W 45–24	64,202[9]
October 29	2:30 p.m.	Baylor	No. 3	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC/ESPN	W 59–24	58,274[10]
November 5	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Kansas State	No. 3	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ABC/ESPN2	W 52–45	58,895[11]
November 12	11:00 a.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 2	Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX	ABC	W 66–6	59,059[12]
November 18	7:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 2	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN	L 31–37 2OT	52,027[13]
December 3	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Oklahoma	No. 3	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Game)	ABC	W 44–10	58,141[14]
January 2, 2012	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Stanford*	No. 3	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ESPN	W 41–38 OT	69,927[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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• ^A Originally scheduled to kick off at 9:00 p.m. on 9/17 but was delayed past midnight due to lightning.

2011 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 3 Brandon Weeden Sr RB 1 Joseph Randle So OT 73 Levy Adcock Sr OC 74 Grant Garner G 68 Lane Taylor Jr WR 81 Justin Blackmon Jr WR 25 Josh Cooper Sr WR 5 Josh Stewart Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Ryan Robinson Jr DL 90 Joe Okafor Fr LB 11 Shaun Lewis So DB 19 Brodrick Brown DB 4 Justin Gilbert So DB 10 Markelle Martin Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 13 Quinn Sharp Jr	Head coach Mike Gundy Coordinators/assistant coaches Todd Monken, Offensive coordinator Bill Young, Co-Defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer, Co-Defensive coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Name	Position	Seasons at Oklahoma State	Alma Mater
Mike Gundy	Head Coach	6	Oklahoma State (1989)
Todd Monken	Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks	0	Knox College (1989)
Jemal Singleton	Running backs	0	Air Force (1999)
Kasey Dunn	Wide receivers	0	Idaho (1992)
Doug Meacham	Inside Receivers	6	Oklahoma State (1987)
Joe Wickline	Offensive Line Coach	6	Florida (1983)
Bill Young	Co-defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach	2	Oklahoma State (1968)
Glenn Spencer	Co-defensive Coordinator/Linebackers	3	Georgia Tech (1987)
Jason Jones	Cornerbacks	3	Alabama (2001)
Joe DeForest	Associate head coach/Special Teams/Safeties	10	Southwestern Louisiana (1987)
Rob Glass	Strength and conditioning coach	6	Oklahoma State (1983)
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	9	9	8	7	5	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3
Coaches	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	4	4	3	2	5	5	3	3
Harris	Not released						6	6	3	3	2	2	5	5	3	Not released
BCS	Not released							4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	Not released

Louisiana–Lafayette at #9 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana-Lafayette 3 7 10 14 34 • Oklahoma State 10 24 10 17 61 Date: September 3 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:39 Game attendance: 55,382 Game weather: Sunny, 100 °F (38 °C), Wind: ENE 10 mph Referee: Tom Walker TV announcers (FCS): Steve Physioc (Play-by-play), Yogi Roth (Color) & Desmond Purnell (Sideline)

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Arizona at #9 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 0 0 7 7 14 • Oklahoma State 14 7 6 10 37 Date: September 8 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 7:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 54,654 Game weather: Sunny, 81 °F (27 °C), Wind: NNE 14 mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ESPN): Rece Davis (Play-by-play), Craig James (Color), Jesse Palmer (Color) & Jenn Brown (Sideline)

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#7 Oklahoma State at Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 14 17 21 7 59 Tulsa 3 3 20 7 33 Date: September 17 Location: Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK Game start: 12:00 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 24,563 Game weather: Cloudy, 66 °F (19 °C), Wind: SE 6 mph Referee: Randy Smith TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), J. C. Pearson (Color) & Jeremy Bloom (Sideline)

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#7 Oklahoma State at #8 Texas A&M

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 3 0 21 6 30 Texas A&M 10 10 0 9 29 Date: September 24 Location: Kyle Field, College Station, TX Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:43 Game attendance: 87,358 Game weather: Sunny, 91 °F (33 °C), Wind: W/SW 6 mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Jeannine Edwards (Sideline)

Oklahoma State won consecutive games for the first time at Kyle Field as Cowboys' fans chanted "Big 12, Big 12" in the final conference matchup between the two teams. Brandon Weeden threw for a school-record 483 yards.^[22]

Kansas at #6 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 7 0 7 14 28 • Oklahoma State 35 21 7 7 70 Date: October 8 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 58,030 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 83 °F (28 °C), Wind: SSE 21 mph Referee: Dan Romeo

#6 Oklahoma State at #22 Texas

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 7 14 17 0 38 Texas 0 10 14 2 26 Date: October 15 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TX Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:27 Game attendance: 100,101 Game weather: Sunny, 83 °F (28 °C), Wind: S 8 mph Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline)

#6 Oklahoma State at Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 14 10 14 7 45 Missouri 3 14 0 7 24 Date: October 22 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, MO Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 64,202 Game weather: Clear and Sunny, 55 °F (13 °C), Wind: W 3 mph Referee: Randy Christal TV announcers (FX): Gus Johnson (Play-by-play), Charles Davis (Color) & Kristina Pink (Sideline)

Baylor at #3 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 0 0 3 21 24 • Oklahoma State 21 14 14 10 59 Date: October 29 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:27 Game attendance: 58,274 Game weather: Sunny, 65 °F (18 °C), Wind: SSW 18 mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Bob Wischusen (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color) & Jeannine Edwards (Sideline)

#17 Kansas State at #3 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 10 14 7 14 45 • Oklahoma State 14 13 7 18 52 Date: November 5 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 7:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 58,895 Game weather: Cloudy, 58 °F (14 °C), Wind: SSE 18 mph Referee: Mike Defee TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (Color) & Lisa Salters (Color)

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#2 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 21 28 14 3 66 Texas Tech 0 0 6 0 6 Date: November 12 Location: Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX Game start: 11:00 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 57,205 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 64 °F (18 °C), Wind: W 19 mph, G26 Referee: Greg Burks TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color) & Shelley Smith (Sideline)

#2 Oklahoma State at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Oklahoma State 7 10 7 0 7 0 31 • Iowa State 0 7 10 7 7 6 37 Date: November 18 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:45 Game attendance: 52,027 Game weather: Clear Skies, 46 °F (8 °C), Wind: S 0–5 mph Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (ESPN): Joe Tessitore (Play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (Color) & Samantha Steele (Sideline)

#11 Oklahoma at #5 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 0 3 0 7 10 • Oklahoma State 10 14 20 0 44 Date: December 3 Location: Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OK Game start: 7:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 58,141 Game weather: Overcast, 38 °F (3 °C), Wind: W 7 mph Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (Color) & Holly Rowe (Sideline)

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#4 Stanford vs. #3 Oklahoma State

1 2 3 4 OT Total Stanford 7 14 7 10 0 38 • Oklahoma State 0 21 3 14 3 41 Date: January 2 Location: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ Game start: 7:30 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:37 Game attendance: 69,927 Game weather: Indoors Referee: Tom Ritter TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough (Play-by-play), Matt Millen (Color) & Heather Cox (Sideline)

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• Justin Blackmon – Fred Biletnikoff Award, Unanimous First-team All-American
• Levy Adcock – Consensus First-team All-American

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Justin Blackmon	Wide receiver	1	5	Jacksonville Jaguars
Brandon Weeden	Quarterback	1	22	Cleveland Browns
Markelle Martin	Safety	6	190	Tennessee Titans