1951 Iowa State

4–⁠4–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Big Seven), coached by Abe Stuber.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1951, game by game: won vs. Wayne State 53–21; lost at Kansas 33–53; tied at Marquette 6–6; won vs. Kansas State 32–6; won vs. Missouri 21–14; won at Drake 13–0; lost at Colorado 20–47; lost vs. Nebraska 27–34; lost at No. 12 Oklahoma 6–35+32−29Won 53–21 vs. Wayne State+32Wayne StateLost 33–53 at Kansas-20KansasTied 6–6 at Marquette0MarquetteWon 32–6 vs. Kansas State+26Kansas StateWon 21–14 vs. Missouri+7MissouriWon 13–0 at Drake+13DrakeLost 20–47 at Colorado-27ColoradoLost 27–34 vs. Nebraska-7NebraskaLost 6–35 at No. 12 Oklahoma-29No. 12 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 35–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 4th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
211–⁠216
Coach
Abe Stuber
Elo
1440 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.9 No. 74 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Stan Campbell

All-Big Seven

2 first team

First team

  • Mal SchmidtEAP-1; UP-1
  • Stan CampbellOGAP-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠08–⁠210
Colorado5–⁠17–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠28–⁠2
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Nebraska1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠52–⁠8

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