Oklahoma State Scouting Report

This week's Scouting Report, breaking down OU's Week 10 opponent, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, including stat leaders, strengths, weaknesses, rankings, and more.

November 4, 2023

This week's Scouting Report, breaking down OU's Week 10 opponent, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, including stat leaders, strengths, weaknesses, rankings, and more.

Season Story

Schedule

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	W-L (CONF)	HI PASS	HI RUSH	HI REC
Sat, Sep 2	vs Central Arkansas	W 27-13	1-0 (0-0)	Rangel 118	Gordon II 44	Stribling 73
Sat, Sep 9	@ Arizona State	W 27-15	2-0 (0-0)	Bowman 113	Gordon II 53	Stribling 65
Sat, Sep 16	vs South Alabama	L 33-7	2-1 (0-0)	Gundy 64	Collins 31	Bray 42
Sat, Sep 23	@ Iowa State	L 34-27	2-2 (0-1)	Bowman 278	Gordon II 121	Nixon 60
Fri, Oct 6	vs Kansas State	W 29-21	3-2 (1-1)	Bowman 235	Gordon II 136	Bray 77
Sat, Oct 14	vs 23 Kansas	W 39-32	4-2 (2-1)	Bowman 336	Gordon II 168	Gordon II 116
Sat, Oct 21	@ West Virginia	W 48-34	5-2 (3-1)	Bowman 210	Gordon II 282	Presley 62
Sat, Oct 28	vs Cincinnati	W 45-13	6-2 (4-1)	Bowman 286	Gordon II 271	Johnson III 149

Rankings

AP: Unranked
Coaches: Unranked
CFP: 22nd
SP+: 33rd
Massey: 26th
KFord: 33rd

Matchup By the Numbers

Oklahoma State Offense vs Oklahoma Defense

TEAM	OSU O	OSU O	OU D	OU D	ADV
METRIC	STAT	RANK	STAT	RANK	TEAM
SP+	32.5	24th	20.5	30th	OSU
Points Per Game	31.7	35th	18.9	20th	OU
Points Per Game (Estimated)	30.9	28th	17.5	20th	OU
Yards Per Game	425.6	35th	370.3	52nd	OSU
Plays Per Game	71.9	T-43rd	72.9	104th	OSU
Yards Per Point	13.4	44th	19.6	9th	OU
Points Per Play	0.441	36th	0.259	16th	OU
Yards Per Play	5.9	42nd	5.1	38th	OU
Expected Points Added – Pass	0.037	75th	0.029	15th	OU
Expected Points Added – Rush	0.018	10th	-0.101	2nd	OU
Eckel Rate	47.0%	47th	37.1%	46th	OU
Passing Yards Per Game	236.1	62nd	237.6	73rd	OSU
Completion Percentage	57.25%	95th	57.55%	29th	OU
Sacks Allowed Per Game	1.3	T-22nd	2.0	68th	OSU
Yards Per Pass Attempt	6.3	104th	6.8	42nd	OU
Team Passer Rating	119.0	97th	114.4	15th	OU
Rushing Yards Per Game	189.4	23rd	132.6	47th	OSU
Yards Per Rush Attempt	5.7	4th	3.7	38th	OSU
Red Zone Scoring	87.10%	T-45th	75.00%	T-21st	OU
Time of Possession	29:17	84th	30:11	76th	OU
Early Downs EPA	0.121	25th	-0.139	11th	OU
3rd Down Conversions	38.74%	64th	28.10%	5th	OU
4th Down Conversions	71.43%	T-12th	55.00%	84th	OSU
	AVG RK	45.9	AVG RK	37.4	15-8 OU

Oklahoma Offense vs Oklahoma State Defense

TEAM	OU O	OU O	OSU D	OSU D	ADV
METRIC	STAT	RANK	STAT	RANK	TEAM
SP+	40.1	5th	24.7	49th	OU
Points Per Game	41.9	3rd	26.0	61st	OU
Points Per Game (Estimated)	39.3	3rd	26.6	72nd	OU
Yards Per Game	489.8	6th	411.9	99th	OU
Plays Per Game	77.4	8th	70.7	85th	OU
Yards Per Point	11.7	8th	15.8	40th	OU
Points Per Play	0.541	10th	0.368	56th	OU
Yards Per Play	6.3	19th	5.8	92nd	OU
Expected Points Added – Pass	0.142	9th	0.095	66th	OU
Expected Points Added – Rush	-0.018	33rd	-0.043	28th	OSU
Eckel Rate	55.2%	9th	26.9%	7th	OSU
Passing Yards Per Game	308.9	10th	234.7	67th	OU
Completion Percentage	72.28%	6th	56.80%	22nd	OU
Sacks Allowed Per Game	1.1	T-17th	1.9	T-77th	OU
Yards Per Pass Attempt	9.3	9th	8.0	97th	OU
Team Passer Rating	173.0	7th	140.1	84th	OU
Rushing Yards Per Game	180.9	29th	177.1	T-102nd	OU
Yards Per Rush Attempt	4.2	61st	4.5	89th	OU
Red Zone Scoring	86.05%	51st	73.33%	19th	OSU
Time of Possession	29:49	74th	30:42	87th	OU
Early Downs EPA	0.141	21st	-0.020	47th	OU
3rd Down Conversions	47.22%	15th	42.45%	97th	OU
4th Down Conversions	75.00%	11th	18.75%	4th	OSU
	AVG RK	18.4	AVG RK	62.9	19-4 OU

KFord Ratings

CFB Graphs Matchup

Oklahoma State Player Stats

Passing

PLAYER	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	SACK	SYL	RTG
Alan Bowman QB	141	246	1,580	57.3	6.4	67	8	5	4	-28	117.9
Gunnar Gundy QB	21	34	202	61.8	5.9	39	1	0	5	-33	121.4
Garret Rangel QB	17	29	172	58.6	5.9	30	2	1	1	-7	124.3
Brennan Presley WR	1	1	3	100.0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	125.2
Total	180	310	1,957	58.1	6.3	67	11	6	10	-68	118.9

Rushing

PLAYER	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
Ollie Gordon II RB	141	1,087	7.7	75	10
Jaden Nixon RB	34	156	4.6	34	1
Elijah Collins RB	30	142	4.7	26	2
Gunnar Gundy QB	14	39	2.8	21	0
Brennan Presley WR	8	33	4.1	8	2
Alan Bowman QB	18	27	1.5	12	1
Garret Rangel QB	6	21	3.5	10	0
Josiah Johnson TE	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jaden Bray WR	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Total	263	1,475	5.6	75	16

Receiving

PLAYER	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
Jaden Bray WR	27	349	12.9	45	1
Brennan Presley WR	39	318	8.2	29	5
Rashod Owens WR	27	309	11.4	45	1
Ollie Gordon II RB	21	201	9.6	50	1
De’Zhaun Stribling WR	14	198	14.1	30	1
Leon Johnson III WR	5	149	29.8	67	0
Jaden Nixon RB	10	113	11.3	60	1
Josiah Johnson TE	12	112	9.3	29	1
Blaine Green WR	13	102	7.8	24	0
Talyn Shettron WR	6	78	13.0	19	0
Elijah Collins RB	2	19	9.5	18	0
Jake Schultz FB	1	6	6.0	6	0
Alan Bowman QB	1	3	3.0	3	0
Total	180	1,957	10.9	67	11

Defensive Leaders

PLAYER	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	PD	INT	YDS	TD	FF	FR
Nickolas Martin LB	40	43	83	5	0	1	13	0	1	0
Kendal Daniels S	39	25	64	1	0	1	20	0	1	2
Trey Rucker S	30	24	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Collin Oliver LB	28	24	52	4	5	0	0	0	3	1
Xavier Benson LB	18	17	35	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Epps S	19	10	29	0	4	3	51	1	0	0
Anthony Goodlow DE	12	14	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DJ McKinney CB	17	6	23	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lyrik Rawls S	10	10	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nathan Latu DE	7	11	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Justin Kirkland NT	6	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Korie Black CB	8	4	12	0	3	1	16	0	1	0
Collin Clay NT	6	3	9	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Roberson LB	4	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Smith CB	7	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kody Walterscheid DE	4	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ty Williams S	4	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kale Smith CB	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parker Robertson S	6	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Xavier Ross DE	4	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaleel Johnson DE	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Smith CB	3	2	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0
DeSean Brown DE	1	3	4	0.5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Donovan Stephens LB	2	2	4	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0