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LIVE BLOG: Oklahoma State Hosts Houston

Stay up to date as the Cowboys host the Coogs.

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7 months ago

October 11, 2025

Kyle Cox

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FINAL: Oklahoma State 17, Houst 39

Oklahoma State 17, Houston 39

Noah Walters for Heisman.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 39

Enter Noah Walters at QB. Look at that. First downs.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 39

The Cowboys are once again tough in the redzone but, once again, are getting lapped with field goals.

End of Q3: Oklahoma State 10, Houston 36

The Cowboys broke this time. Houston gets into the endzone on a 2-yard run from Dean Connors. The 2-point attempt was unsuccessful.

But the movement is growing.

A movement has been started at BPS pic.twitter.com/sv7mUSogQb

— Holden Krusemark (@HoldenKrusemark) October 11, 2025

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 30

That drive stalls out after a nice couple of plays. A bad snap put OSU back six yards and then Jackson was strip-sacked on the next play to make it fourth-and-22.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 30

The Cowboys get another pseudo-stop, holding Houston to another redzone field goal. But, again, OSU’s offense has gone three-and-out, three-and-out, INT, three-and-out stretching back to the beginning of the second quarter.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 27

The Cowboys’ defense was able to hold the Cougars to 3 after giving up more big plays. But won’t do much good if OSU can’t figure out how to sustain drives.

HALFTIME: Oklahoma State 10, Houston 24

The Pokes’ defense gets a stop to end the half thanks to a nice breakup by LaDainian Fields to save a big play on the sideline.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 24

The tide might have turned. Sam Jackson V throws his first interception of the season to give the Cougars the ball, up 14 with just under two minutes left in the half.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 24

The Cougars take advantage of the Cowboys’ offensive slump. Houston pays off consecutive OSU three-and-outs with consecutive TD drives.

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 17

And just like that, the Coogs take back the lead with a one-hand circus catch in the end zone by Dean Connors.

HOW DID HE CATCH THAT 🤯 pic.twitter.com/K3rNG5iPyx

— Houston Football (@UHCougarFB) October 11, 2025

Oklahoma State 10, Houston 10

The Cowboys tied it up with a FG on their first possession of the second quarter.

OSU’s defense has found some ways to slow down the Cougars. After that 76-yard TD drive, the Cougars went for drives of 16, -6 and 15 yards.

End of Q1: Oklahoma State 7, Houston 10

The Cougars paid off that turnover on downs with a field goal. The Cowboys started off this next drive with a 35-yard connection between Sam Jackson V and Cam Abshire. Pokes will have third-and-long at the Houston 38 when the second quarter commences.

Oklahoma State 7, Houston 7

After trading off opening-drive TDs, the Cowboys turned it over on downs.

Oklahoma State 7, Houston 0

That was quick.

Got a few tricks up our sleeve 😏@OGandE | 📺: TNT pic.twitter.com/dMHLwsg1XW

— OSU Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) October 11, 2025

Only wide receivers throw touchdown passes.

Shamar Rigby found Rodney Fields on a 63-yard touchdown pass to get things started. It’s OSU’s first lead over an FBS opponent since last October.

The Cowboys are back home to take another swing at a conference win.

Oklahoma State hosts Houston at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Cowboys are 1-4 (0-2 in Big 12 play) and have been more than a year without an FBS win. QB No. 2 hit the pine due to injury when Zane Flores went down in Arizona. So the Pokes have turned to Sam Jackson V, listed as a wide receiver on the roster, but he was a quarterback on Cal’s roster, two teams ago.

Houston comes in off its first loss of the season. The Cougars (4-1, 1-1) have already matched their win total in Willie Fritz’s second year at the helm, but they ran into trouble in Ames, falling to then No. 14 Iowa State. They had their own quarterback Qs when Texas A&M transfer Conner Weigman suffered a concussion that saw him exit the loss to the Cyclones, but he is expected to start.

Stick with us here for updates up to and throughout the game. If you’re a PFB+ subscriber, the convo is already kickin’ in The Chamber.

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