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Oklahoma St. football: The 5 best non-conference rivalries to revive

By John Scimeca

STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA - OCTOBER 16: Wide receiver D'Juan Woods #84 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys carries the ball during the game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Boone Pickens Stadium on October 16, 2004 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Texas A&M beat Oklahoma State 36-20. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA - OCTOBER 16: Wide receiver D'Juan Woods #84 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys carries the ball during the game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Boone Pickens Stadium on October 16, 2004 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Texas A&M beat Oklahoma State 36-20. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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Wyoming and Oklahoma State have met on eight occasions all-time on the gridiron. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Wyoming and Oklahoma State have met on eight occasions all-time on the gridiron. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

3. Wyoming

Oklahoma State and Wyoming have met eight times on the football field, the most recent coming in a 48-24 Cowboys victory from the 2003 season. That Cowboys squad, under third-year head coach Les Miles, would go on to finish the season with nine victories, its highest win total in 14 years.

The obvious draw to an OSU-Wyoming series would be everything that you could do with the “Clash of the Cowboys” theme. Get out the chuckwagons and the lasso contests, start the pregame rodeos and get Pistol Pete or Bullet in for a duel with “Cowboy Joe,” which is apparently the University of Wyoming equivalent. The potential for John Wayne-inspired Western themes is endless, which is of course a good reason to resume this rivalry.

One OSU victory against Wyoming stands out as special — a 62-14 OSU win in the 1988 Holiday Bowl. In the Stillwater-variety Cowboys triumph, Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders capped off his OSU career with 222 rushing yards and five touchdowns to support quarterback (and current head coach) Mike Gundy. OSU would finish the season with a 10-2 record.

The two teams first met in 1953. Overall, OSU has won seven out of the eight all-time meetings against Wyoming.

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