Pat Jones' Top 10 OSU victories

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: "OSU head coach Pat Jones, left, talks with an assistant coach as quarterback Mike Gundy looks on Saturday" during the Oklahoma State University-Texas A&M game in Stillwater. The Cowboys won handily, 52-15. Staff photo by Doug Hoke taken 9/24/88; photo ran in the 9/25/88 Daily Oklahoman.

Ever since Oklahoma State posted its 30-29 victory at Texas A&M on Saturday, writers and fans have weighed on the biggest victories in OSU history.

Time to get the viewpoint of a coach who was part of that program’s history. Pat Jones coached the Cowboys from 1979-1994 and was head coach the last 11 seasons.

Jones shared his Top-10 list of OSU’s biggest victories. Key factors were the quality of opponent and the end result that season.

Jones’ list does not include the Cowboys’ upsets at Oklahoma on Owen Field in 1995 and 2001, when OSU finished with records of 4-8 and 4-7, respectively. “This isn’t a list of the 10 biggest upsets,” Jones said. “That would be a completely different list.”

As for Saturday’s triumph against the No. 8 Aggies at Kyle Field, Jones said the value of that result is still pending. “For now, give it an ‘I’ (for incomplete),” Jones said.

Here are Jones’ Top 10 victories in OSU history:

1. 1984 - (No. 9) OSU 21, (No. 7) South Carolina 14 in Jacksonville, Fla. (Gator Bowl): Cowboys finished 10-2 that year, their first 10-win season in school history.

2. 1976 - (NR) OSU 31, (No. 5) Oklahoma 24 in Norman: Cowboys finished 9-3 and shared Big Eight crown with OU and Colorado.