Cowboys' Losing Streak Reaches Seven With Loss at TCU
TCU scored on five straight possessions in the middle of the game and beat Oklahoma State's football team 38-13 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday.
TCU converted three Cowboy turnovers into 14 points, and handed OSU their seventh straight loss, matching the longest single season losing streak in program history.
OSU's last seven-game losing streak was in 2000, and the Cowboys are 0-7 in conference play for the first time since 1993, when they finished Big Eight play with that record.
The loss also clinches OSU's first losing season since 2005, Mike Gundy's first as head coach.
The Horned Frogs got 468 yards of total offense, with Savion Williams scoring on a run and a catch.
Cam Cook scored on a pair of touchdown runs, and quarterback Josh Hoover passed for 286 yards and a touchdown.
OSU gained just 89 total yards in the first half, but picked up their offense in the second half.
Ollie Gordon rushed for 121 yards on 25 carries and a had a touchdown.
Brennan Presley had 10 catches for 75 yards and broke Rashaun Woods' OSU career record of 293 catches.
TCU got the ball first and marched to a 32-yard field goal by Kyle Lemmermann to put the Horned Frogs up 3-0 with 11:26 to play in the first quarter.
OSU lost nine yards on their first possession and had to punt.
TCU once again moved into Cowboy territory, but Lemmermann missed a 44-yard field goal wide right and it stayed 3-0 with 8:03 to play in the first quarter.
The Cowboys began to move the ball on their ensuing possession, but Ollie Gordon had the ball stripped out by Jonathan Bax and Abe Camara recovered at TCU's 37-yard line.
The Horned Frogs then marched 63 yards in seven plays, with Cam Cook scoring on an 18-yard touchdown run to put TCU up 10-0 with 1:49 left in the first quarter.
OSU once again moved the ball well on their next possession, but once again the possession ended in a turnover, as Bud Clark intercepted Alan Bowman at the TCU 32-yard line.
The Frogs then went 68 yards in 11 plays, with Savion Williams scoring on a one-yard touchdown run to put TCU up 17-0 with 6:30 left in the first half.
OSU didn't gain a yard on their next possession and punted.
TCU went 76 yards in nine plays to add to their lead, with Josh Hoover passing to Savion Williams for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 24-0 Frogs with seven seconds left in the second quarter.
Oklahoma State got the ball to start the second half and went 78 yards in 11 plays to get their first points.
OSU got a pair of 15-yard gains on a run by Ollie Gordon and a Bowman pass to De'Zhaun Stribling, setting up a two-yard touchdown run by Gordon.
OSU went for two points on the conversion, but Bowman had a pass tipped and it fell incomplete, making it 24-6 TCU with 10:24 to play in the third quarter.
The Horned Frogs responded by going 69 yards in 11 plays for their fourth straight touchdown drive.
Cam Cook leaped into the end zone for a 4-yard touchdown and TCU led 31-6 with 5:26 to play in the third quarter.
OSU ate up 6:30 off the clock on a 15-play, 94-yard drive, with Bowman passing to Stribling for an 8-yard touchdown, cutting the TCU lead to 31-13 with 13:52 to play.
Stribling had 7 catches for 101 yards.
It took TCU just two plays to answer, with Jordyn Bailey scoring on a 59-yard touchdown run on a reverse to make it 38-13 Frogs with 13:02 left.
OSU moved the ball into TCU territory, but turned the ball over on downs at the 38-yard line.
After a TCU punt, the Cowboys put Maealiuaki Smith in at quarterback.
He completed a 31-yard pass to Stribling and a 28-yarder to Joe Bisso.
The drive ended when Smith was picked off by Travis Jackson, who returned it 22 yards.
TCU ran out the clock to win the game.
The Cowboys have lost four straight games to TCU in Fort Worth.
OSU falls to 3-7 on the season, 0-7 in Big 12 play.
The Cowboys are off next Saturday, then host Texas Tech in Stillwater on November 23.