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1971 Iowa State

8–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1971, game by game: won vs. Idaho 24–7; won at New Mexico 44–20; won at Kent State 17–14; lost vs. No. 5 Colorado 14–24; won at Kansas State 24–0; won vs. Kansas 40–24; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 12–43; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 0–37; won vs. Missouri 45–17; won vs. Oklahoma State 54–0; won at San Diego State 48–31; lost vs. No. 11 LSU 15–33+54−37Won 24–7 vs. Idaho+17IdahoWon 44–20 at New Mexico+24New MexicoWon 17–14 at Kent State+3Kent StateLost 14–24 vs. No. 5 Colorado-10No. 5 ColoradoWon 24–0 at Kansas State+24Kansas StateWon 40–24 vs. Kansas+16KansasLost 12–43 at No. 2 Oklahoma-31No. 2 OklahomaLost 0–37 at No. 1 Nebraska-37No. 1 NebraskaWon 45–17 vs. Missouri+28MissouriWon 54–0 vs. Oklahoma State+54Oklahoma StateWon 48–31 at San Diego State+17San Diego StateLost 15–33 vs. No. 11 LSU-18No. 11 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsIdahoW 24–⁠781%
Sep 25atNew MexicoW 44–⁠2037%
Oct 2atKent StateW 17–⁠1462%
Oct 9vs5ColoradoL 14–⁠2441%
Oct 16atKansas StateW 24–⁠046%
Oct 23vsKansasW 40–⁠2469%
Oct 30at2OklahomaL 12–⁠4324%
Nov 6at1NebraskaL 0–⁠3716%
Nov 13vsMissouriW 45–⁠1778%
Nov 20vsOklahoma StateW 54–⁠068%
Nov 27atSan Diego StateW 48–⁠3156%
Dec 18Bowls & playoffvs11LSUSun BowlL 15–⁠3338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 33–⁠15 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 10th-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 1971.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
337–⁠250
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1596 +110 this season
SP+ rating
20.2 No. 14 of 120; offense No. 9, defense No. 42
SRS
16.0 No. 20 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Haffner
Defensive coordinator
Jackie Sherrill
Captains
Dean Carlson, Ray Harm and Keith Schroeder

Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 7Dean Carlson QBKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Keith SchroederLBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠013–⁠01
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠12
Colorado5–⁠210–⁠23
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠4
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri0–⁠71–⁠10

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