Oklahoma State’s history with Oregon is short, and it has not gone well for the Cowboys.
The Ducks own the only two meetings between the programs, and both came in bruising fashion. Oregon is 2-0 all-time against OSU, including the lone neutral-site matchup and the only game played in Eugene. There has never been a meeting in Stillwater.
The latest chapter was the most lopsided by far. Oregon rolled to a 69-3 win in 2025, a result that turned ugly fast.
The Ducks opened with a 59-yard touchdown run from Noah Whittingham, then less than a minute later Dante Moore hit Dakorien Moore on a 65-yard touchdown pass. From there, Oregon kept piling on with chunk plays that shredded the Cowboys’ defense and pushed the game into absurd territory.
That loss was the worst of Mike Gundy’s OSU career, and it also marked the largest deficit in Stillwater in more than a century. A week later, Oklahoma State fell to Tulsa at home and then fired its head coach.
The first meeting came in the 2008 Holiday Bowl, back when Gundy’s program was still finding its footing. It was OSU’s third straight bowl appearance in his fourth season, a run that would eventually stretch to 18 years. It also became his first postseason loss.
That game had plenty of promise for the Cowboys. Dez Bryant was in the middle of his breakout season, Zac Robinson was playing at a high level, and OSU had already been ranked as high as No.
- But after losing three of its last four regular-season games - to No.
1 Texas, No. 2 Texas Tech and No.
3 Oklahoma - the Cowboys had slipped to No. 13 by bowl season. They had also picked up a win over No.
3 Missouri earlier in the year.
Oregon entered as a slight underdog at No. 15, riding a three-game winning streak that included a Top 20 win over in-state rival Oregon State.
OSU started fast. Bryant and Kendall Hunter both scored in the first quarter, and the Cowboys carried a 17-7 lead into halftime.
But the second half swung hard in Oregon’s favor. Robinson threw two interceptions, the Ducks took over on the ground, and Oregon outscored Oklahoma State 35-14 after the break.
Jeremiah Masoli did damage both ways, throwing for 258 yards with a touchdown and an interception while also rushing for 106 yards and three more scores. Jeremiah Johnson added 119 rushing yards and a touchdown of his own.
Hunter added another touchdown and Robinson ran for one as OSU briefly reclaimed the lead at 31-28 early in the fourth quarter. After that, though, the Cowboys’ offense stalled. Their next three possessions ended in a punt, another punt and a turnover on downs, while Oregon answered with consecutive touchdowns to close it out.
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