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1969 Iowa State

3–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1969, game by game: lost at Syracuse 13–14; won vs. BYU 10–0; won at Illinois 48–20; lost vs. Colorado 0–14; lost at Kansas State 7–34; won vs. Kansas 44–20; lost at Oklahoma 14–37; lost at No. 20 Nebraska 3–17; lost vs. No. 8 Missouri 13–40; lost vs. Oklahoma State 0–35+28−35Lost 13–14 at Syracuse-1SyracuseWon 10–0 vs. BYU+10BYUWon 48–20 at Illinois+28IllinoisLost 0–14 vs. Colorado-14ColoradoLost 7–34 at Kansas State-27Kansas StateWon 44–20 vs. Kansas+24KansasLost 14–37 at Oklahoma-23OklahomaLost 3–17 at No. 20 Nebraska-14No. 20 NebraskaLost 13–40 vs. No. 8 Missouri-27No. 8 MissouriLost 0–35 vs. Oklahoma State-35Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atSyracuseL 13–⁠1423%
Sep 27vsBYUW 10–⁠054%
Oct 4atIllinoisW 48–⁠2051%
Oct 11vsColoradoL 0–⁠1449%
Oct 18atKansas StateL 7–⁠3430%
Oct 25vsKansasW 44–⁠2044%
Nov 1atOklahomaL 14–⁠3724%
Nov 8at20NebraskaL 3–⁠1722%
Nov 15vs8MissouriL 13–⁠4024%
Nov 22vsOklahoma StateL 0–⁠3546%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 35–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 104th-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 1969.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠231
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1385 −28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.8 No. 51 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jerry Fiat and Fred Jones

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Tony WashingtonDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Otto StoweSplit endsAP-2; UPI-2
  • Mike BlissOGAP-2; UPI-2
  • Wayne BeskeCUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri6–⁠19–⁠26
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠211
Colorado5–⁠28–⁠316
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠4
Kansas State3–⁠45–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠45–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠7
Kansas0–⁠71–⁠9

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