The 2021 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

during the

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. The Cowboys played their home games at the

Boone Pickens Stadium Boone Pickens Stadium (previously known as Lewis Field) has been home to the Oklahoma State University Cowboys football team in rudimentary form since 1919, and as a complete stadium since 1920. Aligned in an east-west direction since 1920, th ...

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, and competed in the

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. The team was led by seventeen-year head coach

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Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2020 regular season 8–3 and 6–3 in Big 12 play to finish in third in the conference. They were eligible to play in the post season and was invited to play in the

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against Miami Hurricanes. Oklahoma State won the game by three points against the Hurricanes and finished the 2020 season ranked 20 in the

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rankings.

Schedule

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Roster

Game summaries

vs. No. 24 (FCS) Missouri State

vs.Tulsa

at Boise State

vs. No. 25 Kansas State

vs. No. 21 Baylor

at No. 25 Texas

at Iowa State

vs. Kansas

at West Virginia

vs. TCU

at Texas Tech

vs. No. 10 Oklahoma

2021 Big XII Championship vs. No. 9 Baylor

vs. Notre Dame (2022 Fiesta Bowl)

Rankings

References

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Oklahoma State Cowboys football seasons

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Fiesta Bowl champion seasons