1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1978 Big Eight Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Conference	Big Eight Conference\|Big Eight
1978 record	3–8 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Jim Stanley;
Home stadium	Lewis Field
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 9	at Wichita State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, Kansas	L 10–20	^[1]
September 16	at No. 16 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 20–38
September 23	No. 2 Arkansas*	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	L 7–19
September 30	vs. North Texas*	Texas Stadium Irving, Texas	L 7–12
October 7	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	L 7–18
October 14	No. 13 Colorado	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 24–20
October 21	Kansas	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 21–7
October 28	at No. 4 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	L 14–22
November 4	Missouri	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 35–20
November 11	Iowa State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	L 15–28
November 18	at No. 4 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)	L 7–62
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

The 1979 NFL Draft was held on May 3–4, 1979. The following Cowboys were selected.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
9	223	Scott Burk	Defensive back	Cincinnati Bengals
10	254	Steve Stephens	Tight end	Baltimore Colts

^ "Wichita turns back O-State". The Daily Oklahoman. September 10, 1978. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1978 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ "1979 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

v t Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Venues	Boone Pickens Stadium (1920–present) Sherman E. Smith Training Center
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oklahoma: Bedlam Series Tulsa
Culture & lore	Bullet Pistol Pete "The Waving Song" "Ride 'Em Cowboys" Marching band 1951 Drake game 2011 Iowa State game 2015 homecoming parade crash
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1978 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Missouri	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Kansas State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll