1958 Iowa State
4–6 (0–6 Big Eight), coached by Clay Stapleton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat South Dakota 53–0Nov 1
By 53 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vs Drake | W 33–0 | 61% |
| Sep 27 | at Arizona | W 14–0 | 53% |
| Oct 4 | at Nebraska | L 6–7 | 52% |
| Oct 11 | vs Kansas | L 0–7 | 67% |
| Oct 18 | vs Colorado | L 0–20 | 30% |
| Oct 25 | at Missouri | L 6–14 | 34% |
| Nov 1 | vs South Dakota | W 53–0 | 89% |
| Nov 8 | vs 6Oklahoma | L 0–20 | 16% |
| Nov 15 | at Kansas State | L 6–14 | 47% |
| Nov 21 | at San José State | W 9–6 | 39% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat San José State 9–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.
In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1958.
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 0–6 7th in Big Eight
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 127–88
- Coach
- Clay Stapleton
- Elo
- 1403 −21 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.6 No. 75 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Gale Gibson
All-Big Seven
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Dwight NicholsB- John PeppercornOTAP-2; UPI-1
Second team
- Gale GibsonEUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1958 Big Eight standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 10–1 | 5 |
| Missouri | 4–1–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Colorado | 4–2 | 6–4 | |
| Kansas | 3–2–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Kansas State | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Nebraska | 1–5 | 3–7 | |
| Iowa State | 0–6 | 4–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.