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1961 Iowa State

5–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Clay Stapleton.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1961, game by game: won at Drake 21–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 14–7; won at Oklahoma 21–15; lost at Kansas 7–21; lost vs. Missouri 7–13; won vs. Kansas State 31–7; lost at Boston College 10–14; lost vs. Nebraska 13–16; won at Tulsa 27–6; lost at Colorado 0–34+24−34Won 21–0 at Drake+21DrakeWon 14–7 vs. Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateWon 21–15 at Oklahoma+6OklahomaLost 7–21 at Kansas-14KansasLost 7–13 vs. Missouri-6MissouriWon 31–7 vs. Kansas State+24Kansas StateLost 10–14 at Boston College-4Boston CollegeLost 13–16 vs. Nebraska-3NebraskaWon 27–6 at Tulsa+21TulsaLost 0–34 at Colorado-34Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atDrakeW 21–⁠068%
Sep 23vsOklahoma StateW 14–⁠770%
Oct 7atOklahomaW 21–⁠1553%
Oct 14atKansasL 7–⁠2141%
Oct 21vsMissouriL 7–⁠1343%
Oct 28vsKansas StateW 31–⁠783%
Nov 4atBoston CollegeL 10–⁠1454%
Nov 11vsNebraskaL 13–⁠1674%
Nov 18atTulsaW 27–⁠660%
Nov 25atColoradoL 0–⁠3437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 34–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 37th-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 1961.

Led the nationDave Hoppman: total offense (1,638 yds), total offense per game (163.8)

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠133
Coach
Clay Stapleton
Elo
1519 −21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.5 No. 48 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
John Cooper

All-Big Eight

2 first team

First team

  • Dave HoppmanBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Dan CeloniOGAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1961 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠09–⁠27
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠2–⁠111
Kansas5–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma4–⁠35–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠5
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠6
Nebraska2–⁠53–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠72–⁠8

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