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It was over when... Oklahoma State held Georgia to a field goal with 6:43 to play in the third quarter. UGA didn't score again. Gameball goes to... Dez Bryant, who scored two of OK State's three touchdowns, one being a 46-yard pass from QB Zac Robinson. Stat of the game... 15. The Cowboys were charged with 15 penalties for 106 yards compared to Georgia's seven for 58 yards. Complete Top 25 Overview

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	16	17
Total Yards	257	307
Passing	162	135
Rushing	95	172
Penalties	7-58	15-106
3rd Down Conversions	4-12	6-15
4th Down Conversions	0-1	1-1
Turnovers	3	0
Possession	26:17	33:43

Air/Ground Leaders
Georgia Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Cox 15/30 162 1 1	Oklahoma State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Robinson 11/22 135 2 0
Georgia Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Samuel 20 87 0 19 Smith 3 11 0 5	Oklahoma State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hunter 23 75 0 9 Toston 11 55 0 14
Georgia Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Green 4 52 0 29 Charles 2 46 0 25	Oklahoma State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Bryant 3 77 2 46 Youman 2 25 0 23

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UGA	OKST
	TD	09:42	Michael Moore 4 Yd Pass From Joe Cox (Blair Walsh Kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER				UGA	OKST
	TD	02:24	Dez Bryant 46 Yd Pass From Zac Robinson (Dan Bailey Kick)	7	7
	FG	00:05	Dan Bailey 28 Yd	7	10
THIRD QUARTER				UGA	OKST
	TD	11:26	Zac Robinson 1 Yd Run (Dan Bailey Kick)	7	17
	FG	06:49	Blair Walsh 53 Yd	10	17
FOURTH QUARTER				UGA	OKST
	TD	07:59	Dez Bryant 12 Yd Pass From Zac Robinson (Dan Bailey Kick)	10	24

STILLWATER, Okla. -- Mike Gundy was in the midst of a ribbon-cutting ceremony to rededicate Oklahoma State's renovated stadium when he heard public address announcer Larry Reece say that the game that followed marked the biggest day in the history of the university.

"No pressure," he said.

Fast Facts

• After a slow first quarter, Oklahoma State's big three got rolling. Zac Robinson hooked up with Dez Bryant for two TD passes and Kendall Hunter added 75 yards on the ground for the Cowboys.

• Georgia scored on a Joe Cox TD pass on the opening drive. But the Bulldogs were held to three points the rest of the game.

• The Cowboys beat a ranked non-conference opponent at home for the first time since 1975 and improved to 10-0 under Mike Gundy in non-conference home games.

• Georgia lost its second consecutive regular-season game (lost to Georgia Tech last November) and fell to 30-5 in true road games under Mark Richt.

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No problem.

With a record crowd looking on, Gundy and his Cowboys lived up to the expectations that came with the best preseason ranking in school history.

Zac Robinson threw two touchdown passes to star receiver Dez Bryant and also scored on a quarterback sneak as No. 9 Oklahoma State beat 13th-ranked Georgia 24-10 on Saturday.

"It's huge. It's a great feeling. Starting off 1-0 against such a great team in Georgia, we knew it was a big game coming in and obviously it feels great to get this win," Robinson said. "It kind of jump starts the season."

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The Bulldogs' first season opener outside the southeast in 51 years was set up as a grand reopening of Oklahoma State's stadium after a $286 million renovation. It ended up as the most anticipated home opener in OSU history as the Cowboys returned most of their stars from last year's breakout 9-4 season.

A record crowd of 53,012 turned out as billionaire donor T. Boone Pickens rededicated the stadium. Career rushing-leader Thurman Thomas made a cameo, too.

Then came the best part for OSU: a victory.

"It was a tremendous day," Gundy said.

The Cowboys surged onto the national scene last season with an upset of No. 3 Missouri. They're only regular-season losses came against teams ranked Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Despite a loss to Oregon in the Holiday Bowl, they headed into this season with higher hopes than ever before.

Now, they can add to the list of program-changing wins, up there with the Missouri game and back-to-back upsets of rival Oklahoma at the beginning of the decade. Right?

"I would like to think overall that we're a little bit beyond that," Gundy said. "We've played some really good teams the last couple of years and we've either beaten them or we've stood toe-to-toe with them."

With the Cowboys' high-powered offense struggling, it was a surprising defense directed by first-year defensive coordinator Bill Young that led the way. Safety Lucien Antoine forced a fumble that allowed Oklahoma State to take its first lead just before halftime, and Shane Jarka jarred the ball loose from Georgia quarterback Joe Cox to help OSU put it away late.

Robinson finished with 135 yards on 11 for 22 passing, and Bryant made the most of his three catches for 77 yards. Bryant finished off a 46-yard connection between the two with a dazzling diving catch in the first half, then caught a 12-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter for the game's final score.

Cox, making his first start since 2006, was 15 for 30 for 162 yards with one interception and one touchdown. His late fumble led to Bryant's second score.

"Our defense played an incredible game and we didn't do our part on offense," Cox said. "I didn't do my part as the quarterback, and we gave the ball up too many times."

The Georgia offense -- a group looking for new stars after the early departures of Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno to the NFL -- slowed to a halt after Cox's 4-yard TD pass to Michael Moore on the game's opening drive. After marching 80 yards on the opening drive, Georgia had just 177 the rest of the game.

Cox, who had flown separate from the team because of a virus, refused to lean on his health as an excuse.

"I wasn't 100 percent, but I felt definitely good enough to play a football game and that's all that matters," Cox said.

The Bulldogs got a career-long 53-yard field goal by kicker Blair Walsh to get within 17-10 before Cox's fumble. Georgia also lost left tackle Trinton Sturdivant to a left knee injury in the second half.

"Sure we lost this game, but there's an awful lot to play for yet," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "It's just game one."

Gundy said he met with Pickens after the game ended and shared a few words.

"He said that everything that he put in this program -- this new stadium, this new locker room, this new facility -- that this win today was worth it," Gundy said.

"I have a feeling that he expects more than that."