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1946 Iowa State

2–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠4 Big Six), coached by Mike Michalske.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1946, game by game: lost at Colorado 7–13; lost at Northwestern 9–41; won vs. Northern Iowa 20–18; lost vs. Kansas 8–24; lost at Missouri 13–33; lost vs. No. 14 Oklahoma 0–63; won at Kansas State 13–7; tied vs. Drake 7–7; lost at Nebraska 0–33+7−63Lost 7–13 at Colorado-6ColoradoLost 9–41 at Northwestern-32NorthwesternWon 20–18 vs. Northern Iowa+2Northern IowaLost 8–24 vs. Kansas-16KansasLost 13–33 at Missouri-20MissouriLost 0–63 vs. No. 14 Oklahoma-63No. 14 OklahomaWon 13–7 at Kansas State+6Kansas StateTied 7–7 vs. Drake0DrakeLost 0–33 at Nebraska-33Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atColoradoL 7–⁠1338%
Sep 28atNorthwesternL 9–⁠4139%
Oct 5vsNorthern IowaW 20–⁠1891%
Oct 12vsKansasL 8–⁠2459%
Oct 19atMissouriL 13–⁠3328%
Oct 26vs14OklahomaL 0–⁠6344%
Nov 2atKansas StateW 13–⁠759%
Nov 9vsDrakeT 7–⁠759%
Nov 16atNebraskaL 0–⁠3341%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 33–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
2–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4 5th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
77–⁠239
Coach
Mike Michalske
Elo
1354 −139 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.3 No. 102 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

  • Dean LaunEUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Oklahoma4–⁠18–⁠314
Missouri3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Nebraska3–⁠23–⁠6
Iowa State1–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠50–⁠9

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