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1983 Iowa State

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Jim Criner.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1983, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 Iowa 10–51; lost at Vanderbilt 26–29; won vs. Colorado State 21–17; lost vs. New Mexico State 17–24; won vs. Kansas 38–35; won vs. Colorado 22–10; lost at No. 16 Oklahoma 11–49; lost vs. Missouri 18–41; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 29–72; won at Kansas State 49–27; lost vs. Oklahoma State 7–30+22−43Lost 10–51 vs. No. 16 Iowa-41No. 16 IowaLost 26–29 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltWon 21–17 vs. Colorado State+4Colorado StateLost 17–24 vs. New Mexico State-7New Mexico StateWon 38–35 vs. Kansas+3KansasWon 22–10 vs. Colorado+12ColoradoLost 11–49 at No. 16 Oklahoma-38No. 16 OklahomaLost 18–41 vs. Missouri-23MissouriLost 29–72 at No. 1 Nebraska-43No. 1 NebraskaWon 49–27 at Kansas State+22Kansas StateLost 7–30 vs. Oklahoma State-23Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vs16IowaL 10–⁠5146%
Sep 17atVanderbiltL 26–⁠2932%
Sep 24vsColorado StateW 21–⁠1769%
Oct 1vsNew Mexico StateL 17–⁠2472%
Oct 8vsKansasW 38–⁠3545%
Oct 15vsColoradoW 22–⁠1063%
Oct 22at16OklahomaL 11–⁠4919%
Oct 29vsMissouriL 18–⁠4138%
Nov 5at1NebraskaL 29–⁠726%
Nov 12atKansas StateW 49–⁠2741%
Nov 19vsOklahoma StateL 7–⁠3036%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 30–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
248–⁠385
Coach
Jim Criner
Elo
1410 −54 this season
SP+ rating
-7.0 No. 78 of 108; offense No. 29, defense No. 105
SRS
−7.6 No. 83 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Mike Knoll

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 6Chris Washington LBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jason JacobsRBUPI-1
  • Tracy HendersonWRAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bruce ReimersDown linemenAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠12
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠4
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠48–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Colorado2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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