# 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

The 2010 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by sixth-year head coach Mike Gundy and played their homes game at Boone Pickens Stadium. They played in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They finished the year with an 11–2 record (6–2 Big 12) and a 36–10 victory over Arizona in the Alamo Bowl. Along the way, the Cowboys set a new school record for wins in a season, with 11. It was also the fourth 10-win season in the Cowboys' 110-year football history; the others came in 1984, 1987 and 1988.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Washington State* | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | FSN | W 65–17 | 48,692 |
| September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Troy* | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | | W 41–38 | 48,820 |
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m. | Tulsa* | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK (rivalry) | | W 65–28 | 51,778 |
| September 30 | 6:30 p.m. | Texas A&M | | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | ESPN | W 38–35 | 48,284 |
| October 8 | 8:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette* | No. 22 | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPN2 | W 54–28 | 25,881 |
| October 16 | 2:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 20 | Jones AT&T StadiumLubbock, TX | FSN+ | W 34–17 | 60,454 |
| October 23 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 14 Nebraska | No. 17 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | ABC | L 41–51 | 55,935 |
| October 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Kansas State | No. 20 | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FSN | W 24–14 | 50,831 |
| November 6 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 22 Baylor | No. 19 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | FSN | W 55–28 | 50,741 |
| November 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas | No. 12 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | ABC | W 33–16 | 100,659 |
| November 20 | 11:00 a.m. | at Kansas | No. 12 | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FSN | W 48–14 | 39,261 |
| November 27 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 14 Oklahoma | No. 10 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK (Bedlam Game) (College GameDay) | ABC | L 41–47 | 51,164 |
| December 29 | 8:15 p.m. | vs. Arizona* | No. 16 | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) | ESPN | W 36–10 | 57,593 |
| *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 |
| Washington State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • Oklahoma State | 17 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 65 |

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Troy | 3 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 38 |
| • Oklahoma State | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |

### Tulsa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tulsa | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| • Oklahoma State | 20 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 65 |

### Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas A&M | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| • #24 Oklahoma State | 0 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 38 |

### Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #21 Oklahoma State | 10 | 7 | 24 | 13 | 54 |
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #18 Oklahoma State | 21 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Texas Tech | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #13 Nebraska | 14 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
| #15 Oklahoma State | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 41 |

### Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #20 Oklahoma State | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Kansas State | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### Baylor

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Baylor | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| • #18 Oklahoma State | 10 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 55 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #11 Oklahoma State | 3 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |

### Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #10 Oklahoma State | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
| Kansas | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #13 Oklahoma | 7 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 47 |
| #9 Oklahoma State | 3 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 41 |

### Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #14 Oklahoma State | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| Arizona | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 10 |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 18 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 14 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | Not released |

## Awards and honors

* Justin Blackmon – Fred Biletnikoff Award, Unanimous First-team All-American
* Kendall Hunter – Consensus First-team All-American

## 2011 NFL draft

| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Kendall Hunter | Running back | 4 | 115 | San Francisco 49ers |