# 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

The 2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington State* | | Qwest FieldSeattle, WA | FSN | W 39–13 | 50,830 |
| September 6 | 6:05 p.m. | Houston* | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | | W 56–37 | 45,001 |
| September 13 | 12:05 p.m. | Missouri State* | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | FCS | W 57–13 | 43,388 |
| September 27 | 6:05 p.m. | Troy* | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | | W 55–24 | 52,463 |
| October 4 | 6:05 p.m. | Texas A&M | No. 21 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | | W 56–28 | 51,147 |
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Missouri | No. 17 | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | ESPN2 | W 28–23 | 68,349 |
| October 18 | 2:00 p.m. | Baylor | No. 8 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | | W 34–6 | 50,080 |
| October 25 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Texas | No. 7 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | ABC | L 24–28 | 98,518 |
| November 1 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa State | No. 9 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | ABC | W 59–17 | 46,718 |
| November 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Texas Tech | No. 8 | Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX | ABC | L 20–56 | 55,663 |
| November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Colorado | No. 11 | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | ABC | W 30–17 | 46,092 |
| November 29 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 3 Oklahoma | No. 11 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK (Bedlam Series, College GameDay) | ABC | L 41–61 | 49,031 |
| December 30 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. No. 15 Oregon* | No. 13 | Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl) | ESPN | L 31–42 | 59,108 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### Washington State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Oklahoma State | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| Washington State | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |

### Houston

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Houston | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 |
| • Oklahoma State | 7 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 56 |

### Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Missouri State | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| • Oklahoma State | 22 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 57 |

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Troy | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| • Oklahoma State | 14 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 55 |

### Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| • No. 21 Oklahoma State | 21 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Missouri

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 17 Oklahoma State | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 3 Missouri | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Baylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| • No. 8 Oklahoma State | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 34 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 7 Oklahoma State | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| • No. 1 Texas | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### Iowa State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Iowa State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • No. 9 Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 59 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Oklahoma State | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| • No. 2 Texas Tech | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 11 Oklahoma State | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| Colorado | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 3 Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| No. 11 Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 0 |

### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 3 Oklahoma | 7 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 61 |
| No. 11 Oklahoma State | 3 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 |

### 2008 Holiday Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Oklahoma State | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| • No. 15 Oregon | 7 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 42 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 18 |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 23 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | Not released |

## Statistics
### Team

| | Team | Opp |
| Scoring | 499 | 323 |
| Points per Game | 41.6 | 26.9 |
| First Downs | | |
| Rushing | | |
| Passing | | |
| Penalty | | |
| Total Offense | | |
| Avg per Play | | |
| Avg per Game | | |
| Fumbles-Lost | | |
| Penalties-Yards | | |
| Avg per Game | | |
| | Team | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | | |
| Avg per Punt | | |
| Time of Possession/Game | | |
| 3rd Down Conversions | | |
| 4th Down Conversions | | |
| Touchdowns Scored | | |
| Field Goals-Attempts-Long | | |
| PAT-Attempts | | |
| Attendance | 337,828 | 319,452 |
| Games/Avg per Game | 7/48,261 | 5/63,890 |

#### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 128 | 134 | 174 | 94 | 530 |
| Opponents | 68 | 77 | 106 | 114 | 365 |

### Offense
#### Rushing

| Name | GP | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Kendall Hunter | 13 | 241 | 1544 | 0 | 1544 | 6.4 | 16 | 68 | 118.8 ypg |
| Keith Toston | 13 | 102 | 686 | 0 | 686 | 6.7 | 9 | 56 | 52.8 ypg |

#### Passing

| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Cmp-Att-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
| Zac Robinson | 13-13 | 166.86 | 204-314-10 | 65 | 3065 | 25 | 95 | 235.8 ypg |
| Alex Cate | 2-0 | 174.08 | 4-5-0 | 66.7 | 56 | 0 | 29 | 28 ypg |

#### Receiving

| Name | GP | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Dez Bryant | 12 | 87 | 1481 | 17 | 19 | 80 | 123.4 ypg |
| Kendall Hunter | 13 | 24 | 198 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 15.2 ypg |

### Defense

| Name | GP | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Pass Defense | Fumbles | Fumbles | Blkd Kick | Saf |
| Name | GP | Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | Int-Yds | BrUp | QBH | Rcv-Yds | FF | Blkd Kick | Saf |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Opponents | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Special teams

| Name | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Punting | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs | Kickoffs |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | 50+ | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Name | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns | Kick Returns |
| Name | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | |

## Awards

* Matt Fodge won the 2008 Ray Guy Award
* First Team All-American: Kendall Hunter, Dez Bryant(consensus), Perrish Cox
* All-Big 12: Dez Bryant (1st team), Kendall Hunter (1st), Russell Okung (1st), Matt Fodge (2nd), Andre Sexton (2nd), Jacob Lacey (2nd)
* Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year: Dez Bryant

## 2008 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Brandon Pettigrew | Tight end | 1 | 20 | Detroit Lions |
The following Cowboys were signed as undrafted free agents:
* Jacob Lacey was signed by the Indianapolis Colts.
* Ricky Price was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs.