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1982 Iowa State

4–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Donnie Duncan.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1982, game by game: lost at Tennessee 21–23; won at Iowa 19–7; won vs. Drake 35–10; lost vs. Oklahoma 3–13; won vs. Kent State 44–7; tied at Missouri 17–17; won at Colorado 31–14; lost vs. Kansas State 3–9; lost at Kansas 17–24; lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 10–48; lost at Oklahoma State 13–49+37−38Lost 21–23 at Tennessee-2TennesseeWon 19–7 at Iowa+12IowaWon 35–10 vs. Drake+25DrakeLost 3–13 vs. Oklahoma-10OklahomaWon 44–7 vs. Kent State+37Kent StateTied 17–17 at Missouri0MissouriWon 31–14 at Colorado+17ColoradoLost 3–9 vs. Kansas State-6Kansas StateLost 17–24 at Kansas-7KansasLost 10–48 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-38No. 4 NebraskaLost 13–49 at Oklahoma State-36Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atTennesseeL 21–⁠2334%
Sep 18atIowaW 19–⁠733%
Sep 25vsDrakeW 35–⁠1062%
Oct 2vsOklahomaL 3–⁠1349%
Oct 9vsKent StateW 44–⁠778%
Oct 16atMissouriT 17–⁠1733%
Oct 23atColoradoW 31–⁠1463%
Oct 30vsKansas StateL 3–⁠966%
Nov 6atKansasL 17–⁠2454%
Nov 13vs4NebraskaL 10–⁠4822%
Nov 20atOklahoma StateL 13–⁠4937%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 49–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
213–⁠221
Coach
Donnie Duncan
Elo
1447 −21 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 56 of 109; offense No. 67, defense No. 45
SRS
−0.9 No. 58 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 3Karl Nelson OTNew York Giants

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Karl NelsonOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Shamus McDonoughDTAP-1
  • Ronnie OsborneDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠13
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠416
Oklahoma State3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Kansas State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Missouri2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Iowa State1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Colorado1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

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