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1972 Iowa State

5–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Johnny Majors.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1972, game by game: won at Colorado State 41–0; won vs. Utah 44–22; won vs. New Mexico 31–0; lost at No. 13 Colorado 22–34; won vs. Kansas State 55–22; won at Kansas 34–8; lost vs. No. 7 Oklahoma 6–20; tied vs. No. 3 Nebraska 23–23; lost at No. 19 Missouri 5–6; lost at Oklahoma State 14–45; lost at San Diego State 14–27; lost vs. Georgia Tech 30–31+41−31Won 41–0 at Colorado State+41Colorado StateWon 44–22 vs. Utah+22UtahWon 31–0 vs. New Mexico+31New MexicoLost 22–34 at No. 13 Colorado-12No. 13 ColoradoWon 55–22 vs. Kansas State+33Kansas StateWon 34–8 at Kansas+26KansasLost 6–20 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma-14No. 7 OklahomaTied 23–23 vs. No. 3 Nebraska0No. 3 NebraskaLost 5–6 at No. 19 Missouri-1No. 19 MissouriLost 14–45 at Oklahoma State-31Oklahoma StateLost 14–27 at San Diego State-13San Diego StateLost 30–31 vs. Georgia Tech-1Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atColorado StateW 41–⁠063%
Sep 23vsUtahW 44–⁠2279%
Sep 30vsNew MexicoW 31–⁠072%
Oct 14at13ColoradoL 22–⁠3436%
Oct 21vsKansas StateW 55–⁠2272%
Oct 28atKansasW 34–⁠866%
Nov 4vs7OklahomaL 6–⁠2043%
Nov 11vs3NebraskaT 23–⁠2331%
Nov 18at19MissouriL 5–⁠663%
Nov 25atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠4554%
Dec 2atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠2736%
Dec 18Bowls & playoffvsGeorgia TechLiberty BowlL 30–⁠3149%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 31–⁠30 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 20
  2. Wk 6: 18
  3. Wk 7: 20
  4. Wk 8: 15
  5. Wk 9: 14
  6. Wk 10: 17
  7. Wk 11: 12
  8. Wk 12: 17

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 1972.

Record
5–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
319–⁠238
Coach
Johnny Majors
Elo
1553 −11 this season
SP+ rating
12.8 No. 27 of 121; offense No. 18, defense No. 52
SRS
13.5 No. 24 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Haffner
Defensive coordinator
Jackie Sherrill
Captains
George Amundson and Matt Blair
Offense
Pro set
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 1George Amundson RBHouston Oilers
Rd 5Dave McCurry DBMiami Dolphins
Rd 7George Campbell DBAtlanta Falcons

All-Big Eight

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠12
Nebraska5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠14
Colorado4–⁠38–⁠416
Oklahoma State4–⁠36–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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