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1975 Iowa State

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Earle Bruce.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1975, game by game: lost at No. 16 UCLA 21–37; won vs. Air Force 17–12; won at Florida State 10–6; won at Utah 31–3; won at Kansas State 17–7; lost vs. Kansas 10–21; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 7–39; lost vs. No. 16 Colorado 27–28; lost vs. No. 19 Missouri 14–44; lost at No. 2 Nebraska 0–52; lost vs. Oklahoma State 7–14+28−52Lost 21–37 at No. 16 UCLA-16No. 16 UCLAWon 17–12 vs. Air Force+5Air ForceWon 10–6 at Florida State+4Florida StateWon 31–3 at Utah+28UtahWon 17–7 at Kansas State+10Kansas StateLost 10–21 vs. Kansas-11KansasLost 7–39 at No. 2 Oklahoma-32No. 2 OklahomaLost 27–28 vs. No. 16 Colorado-1No. 16 ColoradoLost 14–44 vs. No. 19 Missouri-30No. 19 MissouriLost 0–52 at No. 2 Nebraska-52No. 2 NebraskaLost 7–14 vs. Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13at16UCLAL 21–⁠3734%
Sep 20vsAir ForceW 17–⁠1267%
Sep 27atFlorida StateW 10–⁠658%
Oct 4atUtahW 31–⁠369%
Oct 11atKansas StateW 17–⁠750%
Oct 18vsKansasL 10–⁠2161%
Oct 25at2OklahomaL 7–⁠3914%
Nov 1vs16ColoradoL 27–⁠2849%
Nov 8vs19MissouriL 14–⁠4444%
Nov 15at2NebraskaL 0–⁠5212%
Nov 22vsOklahoma StateL 7–⁠1443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
161–⁠263
Coach
Earle Bruce
Elo
1459 −53 this season
SP+ rating
-2.0 No. 78 of 132; offense No. 77, defense No. 72
SRS
2.8 No. 57 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Tom Harper
Captains
Sy Bassett, Bob Bos, Jeff Jones and Ray King

All-Big Eight

2 second team

Second team

  • Forry SmithEAP-2
  • Bob BosOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠11
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas4–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠47–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠73–⁠8

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