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1966 Iowa State

2–⁠6–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Clay Stapleton.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1966, game by game: lost at Wisconsin 10–20; lost vs. Oklahoma 11–33; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 6–12; won vs. Kansas 24–7; lost vs. Colorado 21–41; tied at Missouri 10–10; tied at Oklahoma State 14–14; won at Kansas State 30–13; lost at Arizona 24–27; lost at Colorado State 10–34+17−24Lost 10–20 at Wisconsin-10WisconsinLost 11–33 vs. Oklahoma-22OklahomaLost 6–12 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-6No. 6 NebraskaWon 24–7 vs. Kansas+17KansasLost 21–41 vs. Colorado-20ColoradoTied 10–10 at Missouri0MissouriTied 14–14 at Oklahoma State0Oklahoma StateWon 30–13 at Kansas State+17Kansas StateLost 24–27 at Arizona-3ArizonaLost 10–34 at Colorado State-24Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atWisconsinL 10–⁠2049%
Sep 24vsOklahomaL 11–⁠3349%
Oct 1vs6NebraskaL 6–⁠1225%
Oct 8vsKansasW 24–⁠750%
Oct 15vsColoradoL 21–⁠4147%
Oct 22atMissouriT 10–⁠1015%
Oct 29atOklahoma StateT 14–⁠1441%
Nov 12atKansas StateW 30–⁠1365%
Nov 19atArizonaL 24–⁠2748%
Nov 26atColorado StateL 10–⁠3433%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 34–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 93rd-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 1966.

Record
2–⁠6–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
160–⁠211
Coach
Clay Stapleton
Elo
1405 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.4 No. 79 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Evans and Dick Schafroth

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 3Larry Carwell DBHouston Oilers
Rd 3Eppie Barney WRCleveland Browns
Rd 7Ted Tuinstra OTDetroit Lions

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Colorado5–⁠27–⁠3
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠6–⁠2
Kansas0–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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