1949 Iowa State
5–3–1 (3–3 Big Seven), coached by Abe Stuber. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Dubuque 64–0Sep 17
By 64 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vsDubuque | W 64–0 | 82% |
| Sep 24 | at Illinois | T 20–20 | 33% |
| Oct 1 | at Kansas | W 19–6 | 32% |
| Oct 8 | at Colorado | W 13–6 | 48% |
| Oct 15 | vs Kansas State | W 25–21 | 78% |
| Oct 22 | vs 18Missouri | L 0–32 | 41% |
| Oct 29 | at 3Oklahoma | L 7–34 | 13% |
| Nov 5 | at Drake | W 21–8 | 43% |
| Nov 12 | vs Nebraska | L 0–7 | 75% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 7–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
- Record
- 5–3–1
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 3rd in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 169–134
- Coach
- Abe Stuber
- Elo
- 1459 +44 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.4 No. 61 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Dean Laun
All-Big Seven
2 first teamFirst team
Bill WeeksBAP-1
Jim DoranEAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5–0 | 11–0 | 2 |
| Missouri | 5–1 | 7–4 | 20 |
| Iowa State | 3–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Nebraska | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Kansas | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 1–4 | 3–7 | |
| Kansas State | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.