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1965 Iowa State

5–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Clay Stapleton.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1965, game by game: won vs. Drake 21–0; won vs. Pacific 38–13; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 0–44; won at Kansas 21–7; tied at Colorado 10–10; lost vs. Missouri 7–23; won vs. Oklahoma State 14–10; lost at Oklahoma 20–24; won vs. Kansas State 38–6; lost at New Mexico 9–10+32−44Won 21–0 vs. Drake+21DrakeWon 38–13 vs. Pacific+25PacificLost 0–44 at No. 3 Nebraska-44No. 3 NebraskaWon 21–7 at Kansas+14KansasTied 10–10 at Colorado0ColoradoLost 7–23 vs. Missouri-16MissouriWon 14–10 vs. Oklahoma State+4Oklahoma StateLost 20–24 at Oklahoma-4OklahomaWon 38–6 vs. Kansas State+32Kansas StateLost 9–10 at New Mexico-1New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsDrakeW 21–⁠053%
Sep 25vsPacificW 38–⁠1384%
Oct 2at3NebraskaL 0–⁠4419%
Oct 9atKansasW 21–⁠740%
Oct 16atColoradoT 10–⁠1040%
Oct 23vsMissouriL 7–⁠2340%
Oct 30vsOklahoma StateW 14–⁠1066%
Nov 6atOklahomaL 20–⁠2436%
Nov 13vsKansas StateW 38–⁠680%
Nov 20atNew MexicoL 9–⁠1047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 10–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 65th-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 1965.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
178–⁠147
Coach
Clay Stapleton
Elo
1459 +45 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.8 No. 65 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dick Kasperek and Jimmy Wipert

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 6Tim Van Galder QBSt. Louis Cardinals

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill BrooksOGUPI-2
  • Tim Van GalderBAP-2
  • Ernie KennedyDEAP-2
  • Ron HaldaLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri6–⁠18–⁠2–⁠16
Colorado4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠43–⁠7
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

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