Game Preview: Kick Time, TV Info, Series History for Oklahoma State and Cincinnati

It’s time for America’s Greatest Homecoming as the Pokes host a Big 12 newcomer in Boone Pickens Stadium.

Here are stats, series history and TV information for Oklahoma State’s bout with Cincinnati.

Viewing Info

Time: 7 p.m. Saturday
Location: Boone Pickens Stadium
Watch: ESPN2 (Roy Philpott, Roddy Jones and Taylor McGregor)

Team Stats

Statistical Leaders

Passing:
OSU — Alan Bowman — 124-for-212 (59%)/1,294 yards/6 touchdowns/4 interceptions
UC — Emory Jones — 133-for-217 (61%)/1,848 yards/13 touchdowns/8 interceptions

Rushing:
OSU — Ollie Gordon — 116 carries/816 yards/8 touchdowns
UC — Corey Kiner — 102 carries/563 yards/2 touchdowns

Receiving:
OSU — Jaden Bray — 27 catches/349 yards/1 touchdown
UC — Xzavier Henderson — 38 catches/496 yards/3 touchdowns

Tackling:
OSU — Nickolas Martin — 71 total tackles
UC — Deshawn Pace — 44 total tackles

Sacks:
OSU — Nickolas Martin and Collin Oliver — 4 sacks each
UC — Daniel Grzesiak — 3.5 sacks

Series History (OSU Leads 2-1)

These teams last met in the nonconference portion of the 1983 season, a year OSU went 8-4 in the Cowboys’ last season under Jimmy Johnson.

Rusty Hilger was the Cowboys’ quarterback in 1983, throwing for 1,247 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior. He’d play another season in Stillwater before an eight-year NFL career. Shawn Jones was the Cowboys’ leading rusher in 1983, running for 961 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Prior to that season, you have to go all the way back to the 1950s to see these two teams play each other. Under coach Cliff Speegle, OSU was 8-3 in 1958 with a late October win in Cincinnati before Cincy bested OSU in Stillwater the following year.

Back in 1959, Dick Soergel was running the show for the Pokes, throwing for 1,100 yards and eight touchdowns. He was just the third OSU player to throw for 1,000 yards in a season behind Jack Hartman (1949) and Don Babers (1951). Jim Dillard was only a sophomore in ’59, but he was the Cowboys’ leading rusher that year with 582 yards.

Soergel was also the Pokes’ quarterback in 1958, but senior Duane Wood was OSU’s leading rusher with 492 yards.

Big 12 Standings