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1980 Iowa State

6–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Donnie Duncan.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1980, game by game: won vs. UL Monroe 42–7; won vs. San José State 27–6; won at Iowa 10–7; won vs. Colorado State 69–0; won vs. Kansas State 31–7; lost at Kansas 17–28; lost vs. No. 17 Oklahoma 7–42; lost at Colorado 9–17; lost at Missouri 10–14; lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 0–35; won at Oklahoma State 23–21+69−35Won 42–7 vs. UL Monroe+35UL MonroeWon 27–6 vs. San José State+21San José StateWon 10–7 at Iowa+3IowaWon 69–0 vs. Colorado State+69Colorado StateWon 31–7 vs. Kansas State+24Kansas StateLost 17–28 at Kansas-11KansasLost 7–42 vs. No. 17 Oklahoma-35No. 17 OklahomaLost 9–17 at Colorado-8ColoradoLost 10–14 at Missouri-4MissouriLost 0–35 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-35No. 4 NebraskaWon 23–21 at Oklahoma State+2Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsUL MonroeW 42–⁠768%
Sep 20vsSan José StateW 27–⁠649%
Sep 27atIowaW 10–⁠742%
Oct 4vsColorado StateW 69–⁠072%
Oct 11vsKansas StateW 31–⁠771%
Oct 18atKansasL 17–⁠2863%
Oct 25vs17OklahomaL 7–⁠4237%
Nov 1atColoradoL 9–⁠1764%
Nov 8atMissouriL 10–⁠1421%
Nov 15vs4NebraskaL 0–⁠3520%
Nov 22atOklahoma StateW 23–⁠2134%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 23–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 19
Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
245–⁠184
Coach
Donnie Duncan
Elo
1457 +17 this season
SP+ rating
8.9 No. 41 of 133; offense No. 55, defense No. 36
SRS
8.3 No. 34 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mack Brown

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 7Kenny Neil DENew York Jets

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Dwayne CrutchfieldRBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Larry CrawfordDBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Alex GiffordsPlace-kickerAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠23
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠27
Missouri5–⁠28–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8
Colorado1–⁠61–⁠10

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