1964 Iowa State

1–⁠8–⁠1 (0–⁠7 Big Eight), coached by Clay Stapleton.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1964, game by game: won vs. Drake 25–0; lost at Oklahoma State 14–29; lost vs. Nebraska 7–14; lost vs. Kansas 6–42; lost vs. Colorado 7–14; lost at Missouri 0–10; lost at Army 7–9; lost at Oklahoma 0–30; lost at Kansas State 6–7; tied at Arizona 0–0+25−36Won 25–0 vs. Drake+25DrakeLost 14–29 at Oklahoma State-15Oklahoma StateLost 7–14 vs. Nebraska-7NebraskaLost 6–42 vs. Kansas-36KansasLost 7–14 vs. Colorado-7ColoradoLost 0–10 at Missouri-10MissouriLost 7–9 at Army-2ArmyLost 0–30 at Oklahoma-30OklahomaLost 6–7 at Kansas State-1Kansas StateTied 0–0 at Arizona0Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsDrakeW 25–⁠065%
Sep 26atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠2955%
Oct 3vsNebraskaL 7–⁠1434%
Oct 10vsKansasL 6–⁠4249%
Oct 17vsColoradoL 7–⁠1466%
Oct 24atMissouriL 0–⁠1019%
Oct 31atArmyL 7–⁠930%
Nov 7atOklahomaL 0–⁠3018%
Nov 14atKansas StateL 6–⁠748%
Nov 21atArizonaT 0–⁠021%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Arizona 0–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 110th-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 1964.

Record
1–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
72–⁠155
Coach
Clay Stapleton
Elo
1371 −113 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.9 No. 84 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Mike Cox

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 5Tommy Vaughn BDetroit Lions

All-Big Eight

3 first team

First team

  • John Van SicklenDTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Mike CoxLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tom VaughnDBAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Oklahoma5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas5–⁠26–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State3–⁠43–⁠7
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Iowa State0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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