It was a bad day out in the desert as Oklahoma State lost to Arizona, 41-13. The Cowboys fell to 1-4 on the season and have now lost 13-straight games to FBS opponents.
Interim head coach Doug Meacham met with the media following the game to discuss the loss.
"Yeah, man, really proud of the defense, guys,” said Meacham. “I mean, I know statistically, probably wasn't great. They were out there a whole bunch. Man, those kids fought. You never saw one time on the sidelines their head go down. You saw a lot of encouragement. You saw a lot of excited to be out there and play ball. We saw some guys that haven't really played much step up and make some plays. Super proud of those guys, and maybe offensively we'll be able to piggyback that and try to catch up to their level and put some points on the board, move the football and play as a team.
"They played well. We did not. You can attribute some of that to their defense. It's a pretty good defense. They do some really good stuff. I think if you look at the stat line, they're top 30 in most categories defensively prior to this game, so hats off to them. We got some stuff we gotta work on offense and work it out and try to figure out what we gotta do next week. But really encouraged by the team and how they operated and how they played. You look in that locker room, there's some guys with their heads down that are hurting, and that's a good sign. I appreciate that our team, how they're responding and how they're fighting."