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Oklahoma State Cowboys 
University Oklahoma State University - Stillwater Conference(s) Big 12 NCAA Division I Athletics director Mike Holder Location Stillwater, OK Varsity teams 16 Football stadium Boone Pickens Stadium Basketball arena Gallagher-Iba Arena Baseball stadium Allie P. Reynolds Stadium Mascot Pistol Pete / Bullet Nickname Cowboys
Cowgirls
PokesFight song Ride 'Em Cowboys Colors Orange, Black, White, and Gray. Homepage OKState.com Oklahoma State Cowboys (Cowgirls for women's teams) are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. Their mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big 12 Conference's South Division. The university's current athletic director is Mike Holder. In total, Oklahoma State has 50 team national titles, the fourth-most team national championships in the country. These national titles have come in wrestling (34), golf (10), basketball (2), baseball (1), and cross country (3).
- Men's sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Football
- Golf
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Wrestling
- Women's sports
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Equestrian
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track and field
Contents
Nickname
See also: Pistol Pete (mascot)Prior to 1957, OSU was known as Oklahoma A&M. As was common with most land-grant schools, its teams were known for many years as Aggies. However, in 1923, A&M was looking for a new mascot to replace its pet tiger (the inspiration behind the school colors of orange and black). A group of students saw Frank Eaton leading the Armistice Day Parade. He was approached to see if he would be interested in being the model for the new mascot, and he agreed. The caricature that was drawn that year is more or less the same as the one used today.
The new mascot had become so popular that by 1924, Charles Saulsberry, sports editor of the Oklahoma City Times, began calling A&M's teams the Cowboys. "Aggies" and "Cowboys" were used interchangeably until A&M was elevated to university status in 1957.
Basketball
Men's basketball
Championship basketball team, 1945
Main article: Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketballOklahoma State first took the basketball court in 1908.
Under head coach Henry Iba, the team won NCAA championships in 1945 and again in 1946. A&M center Bob Kurland was named the NCAA Tournament MVP during the their two championship seasons. Kurland was the first player to win the honor two times. Oklahoma State has a total of six Final Four appearances.
Under Eddie Sutton, the team made two Final Four appearances—in 1995 and in 2004. Sutton's son, Sean Sutton, began coaching the team in 2006 but resigned on March 31, 2008.[1] The team is now coached by Travis Ford.
Women's basketball
Main article: Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketballOklahoma State first fielded a women's team during the 1972-1973 season. The team is currently without a head coach, as their fifth year head coach Kurt Budke was killed in a plane crash in Arkansas in November 2011, just after the season had started.
Wrestling
Main article: Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestlingOklahoma State wrestling's tradition started in 1916 when Edward C. Gallagher, whose name is part of Gallagher-Iba Arena, became head coach. With his expertise in anatomy, he pioneered the sport of wrestling.[2] Gallagher coached the Cowboys until his death in 1940 from pneumonia.[3] During those 24 years, Gallagher had 11 team national titles, 19 undefeated seasons, and a 138-5-4 record.[3]
After his death, Art Griffith took over and proceeded to win two straight national championships. Due to World War II, Oklahoma State wrestling was forced off the mat for three years. After the war, Griffith coached for another 11 years and won six more national championships in that time. Due to health reasons, Art Griffith resigned as head coach and Myron Roderick took over. At 23 years old, Roderick became the youngest coach to win a national championship in 1958. Roderick proceeded to win another 5 championships. In 1970, Myron Roderick stepped down to take an executive position with the U.S. Wrestling Federation. Former Stillwater High School coach Tommy Chesbro was hired as head coach and won eight Big Eight titles and one national championship in 15 years. Between 1985 to 1991, Joe Seay, former Cal State coach won five conference titles and two national titles.[3]
In 1993, John Smith became the seventh head coach of Oklahoma State University wrestling. Smith led the Cowboys to a national title in 1995 and four consecutive national titles between 2002–2006.[3]
Baseball
Main article: Oklahoma State Cowboys baseballThe Cowboys won their only national championship in 1959, but have finished runner-up on five other occasions. OSU won 16 consecutive conference championships under head coach Gary Ward in the Big 8 Conference. During that time, Pete Incaviglia was named Baseball America's Player of the Century, and Robin Ventura was inducted in the inaugural class into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Overall, OSU has made 19 College World Series appearances, including seven straight from 1981–1987.
The Cowboys' current head baseball coach is Frank Anderson.[4]
Football
Main article: Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Texas at OSU, 2007The OSU football program has participatied in 19 bowl games overall and 5 in the last 6 years. There have been 9 conference championships, 1 Heisman Trophy winner, 2 NFL Hall of Fame members, and 32 All-Americans to the Cowboys' name.
Oklahoma State plays football on Lewis Field, in Boone Pickens Stadium, which has recently undergone renovation and expansion.
With a win in Austin over the University of Texas on November 13, 2010, the Oklahoma State Cowboys recorded an all-time winning percentage of 0.5000, winning 519 games and losing 519. It is the first time at or above the .500 mark for the Cowboys since 1951.
The current head coach is Mike Gundy (41–27 and 2–2 in bowl appearances). During Gundy's playing career, the Cowboys enjoyed their greatest success with consecutive nine-win seasons and a record 11 win season in 2010.
Barry Sanders won the Heisman Trophy in 1988.[5]
Author Steve Budin, whose father was a New York bookie, has recently publicized the claim that the 1954 "Bedlam" game against rival OU was fixed by mobsters in his book Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll (ISBN 1-602-39099-1).[6]
Conference (seasons as member)
- Independent (1901–1914)
- Southwest Conference (1914–1924)
- MVIAA (1924–1927)
- Missouri Valley Conference (1927–1956)
- Independent (1956–1960)
- Big Eight Conference (1960–1996)
- Big 12 Conference (1996–Present)
Year by year records
Oklahoma State Cowboys football seasons 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011
Golf
Karsten Creek serves as the home course of the Oklahoma State University Men's and Women's golf teams.[7] The Tom Fazio layout was named Golf Digest's "Best New Public Course" and served as the host site for the NCAA Men's Championship in 2003.[8] The men's program has qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of its 60 seasons and has won 10 national championships, eight individual national champions, and 49 conference championships.
The women's program has also had its share of success. Under former coach Ann Pitts, the Cowgirls won 15 conference championships and made 15 appearances at the NCAA Championship. Laura Matthews led the Cowgirls to be Big 12 champions in 2005 and a top-20 finish at the NCAA Championship. Caroline Hedwall won the NCAA Division I individual championship in 2010 under new coach Annie Young.
National Championships
- Basketball - 2 (1945,1946)
- Baseball - 1 (1959)
- Cross Country - 3 (1954, 2009, 2010)
- Golf - 10 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2006)
- Wrestling - 34 (1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
See also
- List of Oklahoma State University Olympians
- List of Oklahoma State University people
- Oklahoma State University homecoming
- Johnny Bright Incident
References
- ^ Sean Sutton resigns under pressure from Oklahoma State
- ^ "Distinguished Member: Edward C. Gallagher". National Wrestling Hall of Fame. http://www.wrestlinghalloffame.org/awards/?dm&honoree=4. Retrieved 2006-04-05.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Why OSU?". Oklahoma State University athletics. 2003-04-05. http://www.okstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=200&KEY=&SPID=149&SPSID=2302. Retrieved 2006-06-05.[dead link]
- ^ Frank Anderson Biography at Oklahoma State Cowboy Baseball official website.
- ^ "Heisman Trophy / 1988 - 54th Award". http://www.heisman.com/winners/b-sanders88.html. Retrieved 2007-08-12.[dead link]
- ^ Budin, Steve with Schaller, Bob (2007). Bets, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Offshore Sports Gambling Empire. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 1-602-39099-1.
- ^ http://www.karstencreek.com/wPAGES/wcourseinfo.htm
- ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/spring_champs_records/2003/2003_spring_champs_records.pdf
External links
Oklahoma State Aggies / Cowboys basketball head coaches Boyd Hill (1907–1908) • William Schrieber (1908–1910) • No team (1910–1911) • Paul J. Davis (1911–1915) • John G. Griffith (1915–1917) • Earl A. Pritchard (1917–1919) • Jim Pixlee (1919–1921) • John Maulbetsch (1921–1929) • George E. Rody (1929–1931) • Harold James (1931–1934) • Henry Iba (1934–1970) • Sam Aubrey (1970–1973) • Guy Strong (1973–1977) • Jim Killingsworth (1977–1979) • Paul Hansen (1979–1986) • Leonard Hamilton (1986–1990) • Eddie Sutton (1990–2006) • Sean Sutton (2006–2008) • Travis Ford (2008– )
Oklahoma State Aggies / Cowboys head football coaches No coach (1901–1905) • Boyd Hill (1906) • Ed Parry (1907–1908) • Paul J. Davis (1909–1914) • John G. Griffith (1915–1916) • Earl A. Pritchard (1917–1918) • Jim Pixlee (1919–1920) • John Maulbetsch (1921–1928) • Pappy Waldorf (1929–1933) • Albert Exendine (1934–1935) • Ted Cox (1936–1938) • Jim Lookabaugh (1939–1949) • Jennings B. Whitworth (1950–1954) • Cliff Speegle (1955–1962) • Phil Cutchin (1963–1968) • Floyd Gass (1969–1971) • Dave Smith (1972) • Jim Stanley (1973–1978) • Jimmy Johnson (1979–1983) • Pat Jones (1984–1994) • Bob Simmons (1995–2000) • Les Miles (2001–2004) • Mike Gundy (2005– )
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