1930 Iowa State

0–⁠9 (0–⁠5 Big Six), coached by C. Noel Workman.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1930, game by game: lost at Illinois 0–7; lost vs. Nebraska 12–14; lost at Kansas 6–20; lost vs. Oklahoma 13–19; lost at Missouri 0–14; lost vs. Kansas State 0–13; lost at Drake 19–20; lost at Loyola (LA) 7–13; lost at Rice 7–14+7−14Lost 0–7 at Illinois-7IllinoisLost 12–14 vs. Nebraska-2NebraskaLost 6–20 at Kansas-14KansasLost 13–19 vs. Oklahoma-6OklahomaLost 0–14 at Missouri-14MissouriLost 0–13 vs. Kansas State-13Kansas StateLost 19–20 at Drake-1DrakeLost 7–13 at Loyola (LA)-6Loyola (LA)Lost 7–14 at Rice-7Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4atIllinoisL 0–⁠718%
Oct 18vsNebraskaL 12–⁠1432%
Oct 25atKansasL 6–⁠2023%
Nov 1vsOklahomaL 13–⁠1933%
Nov 8atMissouriL 0–⁠1433%
Nov 15vsKansas StateL 0–⁠1348%
Nov 22atDrakeL 19–⁠2019%
Nov 29atLoyola (LA)L 7–⁠1351%
Dec 6atRiceL 7–⁠1426%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 14–⁠7; 6th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 131st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
0–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Big Six
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
64–⁠134
Coach
C. Noel Workman
Elo
1292 −111 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.9 No. 65 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Maynard Spear

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

  • Paul TraugerQBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1930 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠16–⁠2
Oklahoma3–⁠1–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Kansas State3–⁠25–⁠3
Nebraska2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Missouri1–⁠2–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Iowa State0–⁠50–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.