1937 Iowa State

3–⁠6 (1–⁠4 Big Six), coached by Jim Yeager.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1937, game by game: won vs. Northern Iowa 14–12; lost at Northwestern 0–33; lost vs. Nebraska 7–20; lost at Kansas 6–14; lost at Drake 0–30; lost vs. Missouri 0–12; lost at Oklahoma 7–33; won at Marquette 3–0; won vs. Kansas State 13–7+7−33Won 14–12 vs. Northern Iowa+2Northern IowaLost 0–33 at Northwestern-33NorthwesternLost 7–20 vs. Nebraska-13NebraskaLost 6–14 at Kansas-8KansasLost 0–30 at Drake-30DrakeLost 0–12 vs. Missouri-12MissouriLost 7–33 at Oklahoma-26OklahomaWon 3–0 at Marquette+3MarquetteWon 13–7 vs. Kansas State+6Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas State 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
50–⁠161
Coach
Jim Yeager
Elo
1401 −64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−12.9 No. 107 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Clarence Dee

All-Big Six

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Everett KischerBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska3–⁠0–⁠26–⁠1–⁠211
Oklahoma3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠1–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Missouri2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠44–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠43–⁠6

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