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1943 Iowa State

4–⁠4 (3–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Mike Michalske.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1943, game by game: lost vs. Iowa Pre-Flight 13–33; won at Kansas 13–6; won vs. Nebraska 27–6; lost at Ottumwa Pre-Flight 12–13; lost at Oklahoma 7–21; lost vs. Missouri 7–25; won vs. Drake 20–0; won vs. Kansas State 48–0+48−20Lost 13–33 vs. Iowa Pre-Flight-20Iowa Pre-FlightWon 13–6 at Kansas+7KansasWon 27–6 vs. Nebraska+21NebraskaLost 12–13 at Ottumwa Pre-Flight-1Ottumwa Pre-Fli…Lost 7–21 at Oklahoma-14OklahomaLost 7–25 vs. Missouri-18MissouriWon 20–0 vs. Drake+20DrakeWon 48–0 vs. Kansas State+48Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsIowa Pre-FlightL 13–⁠3331%
Oct 9atKansasW 13–⁠646%
Oct 16vsNebraskaW 27–⁠664%
Oct 23atOttumwa Pre-FlightL 12–⁠1375%
Oct 30atOklahomaL 7–⁠2129%
Nov 6vsMissouriL 7–⁠2540%
Nov 13vsDrakeW 20–⁠065%
Nov 20vsKansas StateW 48–⁠078%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas State 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Six.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
147–⁠104
Coach
Mike Michalske
Elo
1435 +13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.8 No. 49 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Howard TippeeBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • George GastBUP-2
  • Charles WrightOTAP-2; UP-2
  • Mel ShandaOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠07–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠24–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠23–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠32–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠51–⁠7

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