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1970 Iowa State

5–⁠6 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1970, game by game: won at New Mexico 32–3; won vs. Colorado State 37–6; won at Utah 16–13; lost at No. 17 Colorado 10–61; lost vs. Kansas State 0–17; lost at Kansas 10–24; lost vs. Oklahoma 28–29; lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 29–54; won at Missouri 31–19; lost at Oklahoma State 27–36; won at San Diego State 28–22+31−51Won 32–3 at New Mexico+29New MexicoWon 37–6 vs. Colorado State+31Colorado StateWon 16–13 at Utah+3UtahLost 10–61 at No. 17 Colorado-51No. 17 ColoradoLost 0–17 vs. Kansas State-17Kansas StateLost 10–24 at Kansas-14KansasLost 28–29 vs. Oklahoma-1OklahomaLost 29–54 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-25No. 4 NebraskaWon 31–19 at Missouri+12MissouriLost 27–36 at Oklahoma State-9Oklahoma StateWon 28–22 at San Diego State+6San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atNew MexicoW 32–⁠346%
Sep 26vsColorado StateW 37–⁠657%
Oct 3atUtahW 16–⁠1334%
Oct 10at17ColoradoL 10–⁠6127%
Oct 17vsKansas StateL 0–⁠1759%
Oct 24atKansasL 10–⁠2436%
Oct 31vsOklahomaL 28–⁠2942%
Nov 7vs4NebraskaL 29–⁠5418%
Nov 14atMissouriW 31–⁠1923%
Nov 21atOklahoma StateL 27–⁠3640%
Nov 28atSan Diego StateW 28–⁠2222%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Diego State 28–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 57th-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 1970.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
248–⁠284
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1479 +56 this season
SP+ rating
11.0 No. 32 of 117; offense No. 20, defense No. 59
SRS
10.9 No. 33 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gordon Smith
Defensive coordinator
Jackie Sherrill
Captains
Tony Washington and Mark Withrow

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 2Otto Stowe WRMiami Dolphins

All-Big Eight

2 first team

First team

  • Otto StoweEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tony WashingtonDBAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠11
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4–⁠120
Kansas State5–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠65–⁠6

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