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Iowa State vs. Texas

Iowa State and Texas have 21 meetings on file, the first in 1979; Texas leads the series 16–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 6–⁠4, and Texas has won the last 2.

Iowa State wins
5
Texas wins
16
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1979
Longest streak
7 Texas
Current streak
2 Texas
Last 10 meetings
Texas 6–⁠4
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠2
2000s0–⁠4
2010s3–⁠7
2020s2–⁠2
Both ranked
3 meetings: Iowa State 1, Texas 2
Average margin
14.8 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Iowa State
3–⁠7 Iowa State’s record at home
At Texas
9–⁠2 Texas’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Iowa State’s biggest win2015: Iowa State 24, Texas 0by 24 points
  2. Texas’s biggest win2007: Texas 56, Iowa State 3by 53 points
  3. Upset2010: Iowa State 28, Texas 21Iowa State had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2015: Iowa State 24, Texas 0Iowa State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown2002: Texas 21, Iowa State 10No. 17 Iowa State at No. 7 Texas
  6. Ranked showdown2018: Texas 24, Iowa State 10No. 18 Iowa State at No. 13 Texas
  7. Ranked showdown2020: Iowa State 23, Texas 20No. 15 Iowa State at No. 20 Texas

Coach against coach

YearsIowa StateSeriesTexas
1998–⁠2006Dan McCarney0–⁠5Mack Brown
2010–⁠2013Paul Rhoads1–⁠3Mack Brown
2017–⁠2020Matt Campbell2–⁠2Tom Herman
2021–⁠2023Matt Campbell1–⁠2Steve Sarkisian

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (McCarney 0–⁠5 against Brown). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Iowa State and Texas, 1979 on13001500170019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Nov 18, 20237Texas 26, Iowa State 16at Iowa State
Oct 15, 202222Texas 24, Iowa State 21at Texas
Nov 6, 2021Iowa State 30, Texas 7at Iowa State
Nov 27, 202015Iowa State 23, 20Texas 20at Texas
Nov 16, 2019Iowa State 23, 22Texas 21at Iowa State
Nov 17, 201813Texas 24, 18Iowa State 10at Texas
Sep 28, 2017Texas 17, Iowa State 7at Iowa State
Oct 15, 2016Texas 27, Iowa State 6at Texas
Oct 31, 2015Iowa State 24, Texas 0at Iowa State
Oct 18, 2014Texas 48, Iowa State 45at Texas
Oct 3, 2013Texas 31, Iowa State 30at Iowa State
Nov 10, 201219Texas 33, Iowa State 7at Texas
Oct 1, 201117Texas 37, Iowa State 14at Iowa State
Oct 23, 2010Iowa State 28, 22Texas 21at Texas
Oct 13, 200723Texas 56, Iowa State 3at Iowa State
Sep 23, 20067Texas 37, Iowa State 14at Texas
Oct 18, 200320Texas 40, Iowa State 19at Iowa State
Oct 26, 20027Texas 21, 17Iowa State 10at Texas
Oct 30, 199912Texas 44, Iowa State 41at Iowa State
Oct 3, 1998Texas 54, Iowa State 33at Texas
Sep 22, 19794Texas 17, Iowa State 9at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.