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1974 Iowa State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Earle Bruce.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1974, game by game: lost at Texas Tech 3–24; lost at Washington 28–31; won vs. BYU 34–7; won vs. New Mexico 27–3; lost at Colorado 7–34; won vs. Kansas State 23–18; won at Kansas 22–6; lost vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 10–28; lost vs. No. 9 Nebraska 13–23; lost at Missouri 7–10; lost at Oklahoma State 12–14+27−27Lost 3–24 at Texas Tech-21Texas TechLost 28–31 at Washington-3WashingtonWon 34–7 vs. BYU+27BYUWon 27–3 vs. New Mexico+24New MexicoLost 7–34 at Colorado-27ColoradoWon 23–18 vs. Kansas State+5Kansas StateWon 22–6 at Kansas+16KansasLost 10–28 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma-18No. 2 OklahomaLost 13–23 vs. No. 9 Nebraska-10No. 9 NebraskaLost 7–10 at Missouri-3MissouriLost 12–14 at Oklahoma State-2Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atTexas TechL 3–⁠2428%
Sep 21atWashingtonL 28–⁠3153%
Sep 28vsBYUW 34–⁠761%
Oct 5vsNew MexicoW 27–⁠368%
Oct 12atColoradoL 7–⁠3444%
Oct 19vsKansas StateW 23–⁠1858%
Oct 26atKansasW 22–⁠637%
Nov 2vs2OklahomaL 10–⁠2825%
Nov 9vs9NebraskaL 13–⁠2333%
Nov 16atMissouriL 7–⁠1035%
Nov 23atOklahoma StateL 12–⁠1437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 14–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
186–⁠198
Coach
Earle Bruce
Elo
1518 −9 this season
SP+ rating
10.8 No. 37 of 124; offense No. 58, defense No. 22
SRS
9.0 No. 35 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Seaman
Defensive coordinator
Tom Harper
Captains
Phil Danowsky, Rick Howe and Mike Strachan

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 5Barry Hill DBMiami Dolphins

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike StrachanBAP-2
  • Brad StormLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠39
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠4
Oklahoma State4–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠64–⁠7

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