the last time oklahoma state won a national championship in football was january 2, 2012.
the last time oklahoma state won a national championship in football was january 2, 2012.
when was the last time oklahoma state won a national championship in football?
january 2, 2012
texas has a long-standing rivalry with the university of oklahoma. the football game between the university of texas and oklahoma is commonly known as the "red river rivalry" and is held annually in dallas at the cotton bowl. dallas is used as a "neutral site" since it is approximately midway between the two campuses. the stadium is split, with each team having an equal number of supporters on each side of the 50 yard line. texas state flags fly around the longhorn end of the stadium and oklahoma state flags fly around the sooner end. this border rivalry is often considered to be one of the top five current rivalries in the ncaa. the red river shootout originated in 1900, while oklahoma was still a territory of the united states, and it is the longest-running college-football rivalry played on a neutral field. since 2005, the football game has received sponsorship dollars in return for being referred to as the "sbc red river rivalry" (changed to at&t red river rivalry in 2006 after sbc merged with at&t), a move which has been criticized both for its commercialism and its political correctness. the university of texas holds its annual torchlight parade during the week of the red river rivalry. in 2005, the "dallas morning news" did an opinion poll of the 119 division 1a football coaches as to the nations top rivalry game in college football. the texas-ou game was ranked third. the game typically has conference or even national significance. since 1945, one or both of the two teams has been ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation coming into 60 out of 65 games. twice texas has defeated the sooners a record eight straight times from 1940–1947 and 1958–1965. one of the most significant meetings was in 1963 with oklahoma ranked no. 1 and texas ranked no. 2, the game won by texas 28–7 en route to their first officially recognized national championship. the series has also had its share of games that came down to the wire and comebacks most recently in 2009 when texas cemented a 16–13 victory in the fourth quarter over ou. the game has also been the result of controversy. the meeting in 1976 was a heated affair as the oklahoma staff was accused of spying on texas' practices, a move later confirmed by former ou head coach barry switzer. in the 2008 season texas scored 45 points over then no. 1 oklahoma for the win, but even with the victory texas would not go on to the big 12 championship game due to bcs rankings. six of the last ten showings featured one of the participants in the bcs national championship game (2000, 2003–2005, 2008, 2009), including national titles won by oklahoma in 2000 and by texas in 2005. on october 6, 2018 the longhorns and sooners squared off in a red river rivalry game that will go down in history. after giving up a 21-point 4th quarter lead, the longhorns found themselves tied at 45 with the sooners with just over two minutes left to play in the game. as the longhorns began to systematically march down the field, time began to run out. however, a cameron dicker 40 yard field goal sealed a 48–45 win for the longhorns and finally ended the 2-year drought in the red river rivalry.
texas longhorns football
the game had a considerable impact on the history of college football. with oklahoma state's loss, alabama jumped back to second in the bcs standings, and would remain there for the rest of the season. despite oklahoma state throttling their rival no. 13 oklahoma 44–10 in their final game of the regular season, it was not enough to vault them past alabama in the bcs standings, as alabama was controversially awarded the second berth in the bcs national championship game opposite lsu. despite oklahoma state finishing ahead of alabama in the computer polls that compiled 1/3 of the bcs formula, alabama's lead in the human polls was too large to overcome. this created the slimmest margin between two teams in the final bcs standings. alabama had an average score of .9419 whereas oklahoma state had an average score of .9333. more controversy came from the bcs formula of this due to the fact that several head football coaches used their vote in the coaches poll to diminish osu's position by voting them no. 4 or lower; among those to do so were, alabama head coach nick saban, former big 12, head coach of missouri gary pinkel, air force head coach troy calhoun, and stanford head coach david shaw. alabama won the national championship rematch with lsu 21–0. one day after the rematch, the "sporting news" reported that the 2012 offseason would be spent building a playoff system. the rematch is cited by some as the catalyst for the movement towards the new college football playoff system for determining a consensus national champion in ncaa division i fbs football, and the catalyst that marked the downfall of les miles at lsu. thus, some has marked this upset as the event that led to miles' downfall.
2011 oklahoma state vs. iowa state football game