STILLWATER - The Oklahoma State football team (1-1 overall; 0-0 Big 12) returns home this week to host Tulsa (1-2 overall; 0-1 American) for the Gateway First Bank Turnpike Classic, with kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT Friday, September 19, at Boone Pickens Stadium.

This weekend’s game marks the 2025 “Blackout” game, when all OSU fans in all sections are encouraged to wear black clothing. A limited number of season tickets, partial season tickets and single game tickets are still available online at www. okstate.com/tickets or by calling or texting 877-ALL4-OSU. On the Air

The game will be televised live on ESPN with Anish Shroff, Andre Ware and Paul Carcaterra on the call. It will also be carried live on the Cowboy Radio Network, with Dave Hunziker handling play-by-play, John Holcomb providing analysis and Robert Allen reporting from the sideline. Fans outside of the Cowboy Radio Network can listen to the OSU broadcast for free through The Varsity Network app.

Friday Night Lights The game marks just the third Friday home game for OSU since 1940, with the only other instances coming against Kansas on October 26, 1956, and against Kansas State on October 6, 2023. In its history, Oklahoma State is 58-48-7 in Friday games and 33-16-6 in Friday games at home. Mike Gundy is 4-4 in regular season Friday games, but is 1-0 at home. The Cowboys have only played 17 Friday games since 1959 and just eight of those matchups occurred in the regular season.

The Gateway First Bank Turnpike Classic

Oklahoma State and Tulsa have a series that includes 77 matchups and dates to 1914. The only school that OSU has faced more often is Oklahoma. OSU leads the all-time series, 45-27-5, and holds a 28-6-3 advantage in games played in Stillwater. The Cowboys have won 10 straight games in the series, including a 45-10 win at Tulsa in the last meeting in 2024. OSU has also won 23 straight against Tulsa in Stillwater, with its last home loss to Tulsa coming in 1951. A win Friday would extend the longest win streak for either team in series history. It would also give OSU 11 straight wins against Tulsa to match its second-longest win streak against one opponent. OSU also had an 11-game streak against Kansas State from 1947-62 and a 12-game

streak against Kansas from 2010-21. OSU coach Mike Gundy holds a 7-0 record against the Golden Hurricane, while TU coach Tre Lamb has never faced the Cowboys as a head coach. The schools are in the midst of an eight-year scheduling agreement that began in 2024. The two teams, separated by just 72 miles, meet annually from 2024 until 2031, with Tulsa hosting at H.A. Chapman Stadium in even years and OSU hosting in Boone Pickens Stadium in odd years.

In the Rankings

Oklahoma State not ranked, but the Cowboys have been ranked at some point in every season from 2008-24. Through the 2024 season, Oklahoma State has been ranked in the top 15 of the Associated Press poll in 15 of the past 17 seasons and has reached the top 10 in 11 of those 17 years. Although the first College Football Playoff rankings won’t be released until November, it’s worth noting that OSU has been part of the CFP rankings in eight of the past 10 seasons entering 2025. The Cowboys have also been included in 43 of the all-time CFP Rankings, which ranks among the most appearances in the country. Tulsa is not ranked.

An Oklahoma State Win Would ...

• Give it 11 straight wins over TU to mark the longest win streak for the either team in the series and match OSU’s second-longest win streak against one opponent in school history. OSU also had an 11-game streak against Kansas State from 1947-62 and a 12-game streak against Kansas from 2010-21.

• Give it 24 straight wins over Tulsa in Stillwater. It is a streak that began in 1953 and is more than twice as long as any other home win streak against one opponent in school history. The next longest was 11 against Baylor from 1972-2013.

• Improve Mike Gundy’s record in September games to 59-17.

• Improve Mike Gundy’s record against teams in the American to 15-0.

• Improve Mike Gundy’s record in non-conference games to 70-16.

• Improve Mike Gundy’s record against Tulsa to 8-0.

• Improve its all-time record against Tulsa to 46-27-5 and its record against TU in Stillwater to 29-6-3.

• Make it 30-6 in its past 36 non-conference games and 52-12 in its past 64 non-conference games.

• Make it 36-22 in its past 58 games overall, dating to 2020.

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