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Oklahoma State stuns Missouri
No. 17-ranked Cowboys upset No. 3-rated Tigers.

OSU's Zac Robinson and Dez Bryant celebrate their 28-23 victory on Saturday in Columbia, Mo. STEPHEN HOLMAN/Tulsa World

 
By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
Published: 10/12/2008  2:04 AM
Last Modified: 8/20/2009  9:50 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Three second-year members of the Oklahoma State football program — Kendall Hunter, Damian Davis and Tim Beckman — were especially prominent in the Cowboys' historic upset of the third-ranked Missouri Tigers.

Hunter, a sophomore running back and the Big 12 rushing leader, gashed the Tigers for 154 yards and scored on a 68-yard, third-quarter dash.

Davis, a sophomore wide receiver who entered with a career total of only six catches, had two second-half touchdown receptions. His 31-yarder with 6:30 remaining in the fourth quarter, on a third-and-12 play, was a dagger TD that gave O-State an 11-point cushion.

Beckman, OSU's defensive coordinator, schemed a plan that limited the potent Mizzou offense to three touchdowns and pressured Heisman Trophy frontrunner Chase Daniel into making rare mistakes.

The 17th-ranked Cowboys, making a grand statement in an ESPN2-televised Big 12 showdown, stunned Missouri 28-23 before a Faurot Field sellout crowd of 68,349.

Considering the caliber of the opponent — a Missouri offense that entered with averages of 53.4 points, 568.8 yards per game and 8.2 yards per play — it might have been the best performance ever by a Mike Gundy-coached OSU defense.

Daniel passed for 390 yards, but had only one TD pass and three interceptions. The most significant of the interceptions occurred with 1:41 left to play, when Cowboy linebacker Patrick Lavine picked off a pass intended for Jeremy Maclin.

Before Lavine's victory-clinching pick, Daniel also was picked off by Cowboy safety-linebacker Andre Sexton and safety Ricky Price.

Daniel's counterpart, OSU quarterback Zac Robinson, passed for 215 yards and scored the Cowboys' first points on a 6-yard run.

With top-ranked Oklahoma having fallen to Texas on Saturday, Mizzou had a path to the top of the polls. The Tigers play at Texas next week. But instead of heading to Austin with a perfect record, the Tigers (5-1 overall, 1-1 Big 12) are staggered by a loss to Oklahoma State.

For only the third time in school history, the Cowboys have a 6-0 start overall (and a 2-0 start in the Big 12).

And for the first time in 41 years, OSU has recorded a road win over a team ranked as high as No. 3. It happened at No. 3 Colorado in 1967, and it hadn't happened since.

Until Saturday.

Until midseason last year, the Gundy-coached Cowboys had a miserable success rate in road games. With the Missouri win, OSU has prevailed in five of its last six contests away from Stillwater.

Third-quarter touchdowns by Hunter and Davis gave OSU a 21-17 lead through three quarters. On the second play of the second half, Hunter scored on a 68-yard run, the longest of his career. With 2:01 remaining in the third, Robinson threw a 40-yard TD strike to Davis.

The Davis touchdown answered a 95-yard Missouri scoring drive, during which Daniel was 8-of-8 passing for 69 yards. The TD was scored by tailback Jimmy Jackson on a 1-yard dive.

Missouri's first touchdown followed a botched gamble by the Cowboy coaches. On a fourth-and-18 play from the OSU 24-yard line, Cowboy punter Matt Fodge ran upfield on a fake. He was stopped after a gain of 12 yards, and Mizzou was given a short-field possession. Five plays later, Tiger tailback Derrick Washington scored his 13th touchdown of the season.

At the end of Missouri's next possession, Jeff Wolfert's 34-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Cowboy linebacker Orie Lemon.

During the first period, on a third-and-13 play from the Tiger 20-yard line, Daniel was unable to connect with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. Cowboy cornerback Jacob Lacey broke up the pass. It was a significant moment for the OSU defense as it was Missouri's first three-and-out offensive possession of the season.

Robinson scored OSU's touchdown on a 6-yard run, capping a 71-yard, 13-play drive. Missouri had driven 83 yards on its opening possession, but the Cowboy defense stuffed Washington on third-and-goal from the 1-yard line. Mizzou settled for Wolfert's 18-yard field goal.




Bill Haisten 581-8397
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Dr. Strangelove, Tulsa (10/12/2008 10:26:44 AM)
Where's that crazy Stephanie chick from Claremore that always posts the inane Sooner bandwagon rhetoric whenever there's a positive OSU article in the paper? Steph? Steph? Crickets...........
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Bullnose, Jay (10/12/2008 10:50:28 AM)
She and FIRE GUNDY have their shades drawn today. Go Pokes!
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miss jackson, tahlequah (10/12/2008 11:20:56 AM)
and why isn't this on the most viewed yet?

i almost peed my pants, had a heart attack and s**t bricks watching that game.

GO POKES!
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okpaul, Tulsa County (10/12/2008 11:25:37 AM)
Go Pokes!!!!
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Leonardo, Tulsa (10/12/2008 11:40:01 AM)
Now we have no doubts how this team can play! Go Pokes, this is the year for the Big Twelve Championship!
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Thomas Cothran, (10/12/2008 12:21:48 PM)
i'm not an osu fan by an means, but they showed alot last night. they showed they can play some defense. they showed they can play tough. and they showed that the big 12 is the best conference in college football. congrats all you pokes.
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FIRE GUNDY, TULSA (10/12/2008 12:34:32 PM)
Whoa Bullnose! Don't lump me in with Steph, she truly is crazy, haha

Hey I'm as excited as anyone that we won the game and I absolutely give Gundy and the whole team props for that. Maybe I've been wrong all along- maybe Gundy's detached, somewhat aloof (let me sit over here on the a beanbag chair and plot our next posession) actually IS a sign of genius. I've been critical of his play calling, but I really don't have anything to hang my hat on right now. If you hand me the crow I'll eat it.

GO POKES
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TMT, tulsa (10/12/2008 4:02:45 PM)
Of course........another home game next week that won't be televised. Who do I need to complain to? Cox? OSU? I know what you are thinking, it's a home game, so the bigwigs at OSU want you to COME to the game, not watch it on T.V. My family is busy every weekend with kid sports, so we don't have an entire day to devote to driving to Stillwater and back. How in the world are they ever going to be recognized and appreciated if they are not T.V.? If you were a an athlete and you had the chance to play at any big conference school, wouldn't you want to play where they games are televised????? UConn has had more football games on T.V. this season than OSU. That's right, UConn. OSU is the #8 team in the nation for crying out loud.

PS, you would think the game would be televised for the amount of money I spend every month on digital cable and the number of channels that come with that big bill.
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X-Tulsan, (10/12/2008 4:37:42 PM)
I was WONDERING who was subsidizing all that tv football!
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owlman_1, (10/12/2008 8:44:15 PM)
When OSU Is 7-0, Espn Will Star Picking Up Their Games. Wait & See.
WOW! That Was a Game.
Baylor Can Be Pesky.
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MarkB, Oklahoma City (10/12/2008 10:25:32 PM)
TMT
Blame the tv networks, they pick who they want to show. Once conference starts, the teams have no voice in it.
 

 
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