The 2019 OSU Cowboys football team represented

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in the

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. The Cowboys played their home games at

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, and competed in the

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. They were led by 15th-year head coach

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Preseason

Coaching changes

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. Gleeson was previously the offensive coordinator at

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, where he coached the highest-scoring offense in FCS in 2018.

Recruiting

Oklahoma State signed a total of 21 recruits in its 2019 class. The class was ranked at No. 37 in the nation and fifth in the Big 12 Conference according to the

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Composite.

Big 12 media poll

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. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, Oklahoma State was predicted to finish in fifth in the standings.

Preseason All-Big 12 teams

To be released

Schedule

Oklahoma State began the year with three non-conference games: on the road to play

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of the

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, at home against McNeese State of the

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, and on the road against

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of the

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. In

play, the Cowboys will play five home games against

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, Baylor,

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, and

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; and four road games against

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, and

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Roster

Game summaries

at Oregon State

Vs. McNeese State

at Tulsa

at Texas

Vs. Kansas State

Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard ran for 296 yards, averaging 11.8 per attempt in a leading effort to hand Kansas State their first loss of the season. Coming into the game, Kansas State was #7 in team rushing and averaged 280 yards Oklahoma State's defense contributed well to the win as they held Kansas State to just 126 rushing yards, with only 18 of those yards in the first half. Kansas State worked on a fourth-quarter comeback, but Oklahoma State was able to control the clock and win the game 26-13.

at Texas Tech

Vs. Baylor

at Iowa State

Vs. TCU

Chuba Hubbard ran for a total of 223 yards, including two long second-half touchdowns in the victory.

Vs. Kansas

at West Virginia

Vs. Oklahoma

Vs. Texas A&M (Texas Bowl)

Statistics

Scoring

;Scores against non-conference opponents ;Scores against the Big 12 ;Scores against all opponents

Rankings

References

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