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1988 Iowa State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1988, game by game: won vs. Tulane 30–13; lost vs. Baylor 0–35; lost at Iowa 3–10; lost at No. 10 Oklahoma 7–35; won vs. Northern Iowa 20–17; won at Missouri 21–3; won vs. Kansas 42–14; lost at Colorado 12–24; lost vs. No. 7 Nebraska 16–51; won at Kansas State 16–7; lost vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State 28–49+28−35Won 30–13 vs. Tulane+17TulaneLost 0–35 vs. Baylor-35BaylorLost 3–10 at Iowa-7IowaLost 7–35 at No. 10 Oklahoma-28No. 10 OklahomaWon 20–17 vs. Northern Iowa+3Northern IowaWon 21–3 at Missouri+18MissouriWon 42–14 vs. Kansas+28KansasLost 12–24 at Colorado-12ColoradoLost 16–51 vs. No. 7 Nebraska-35No. 7 NebraskaWon 16–7 at Kansas State+9Kansas StateLost 28–49 vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State-21No. 13 Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsTulaneW 30–⁠1345%
Sep 17vsBaylorL 0–⁠3542%
Sep 24atIowaL 3–⁠1021%
Oct 1at10OklahomaL 7–⁠3511%
Oct 8vsNorthern IowaW 20–⁠1769%
Oct 15atMissouriW 21–⁠334%
Oct 22vsKansasW 42–⁠1480%
Oct 29atColoradoL 12–⁠2426%
Nov 5vs7NebraskaL 16–⁠5119%
Nov 12atKansas StateW 16–⁠772%
Nov 19vs13Oklahoma StateL 28–⁠4928%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 49–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
195–⁠258
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1426 +21 this season
SP+ rating
-5.7 No. 73 of 102; offense No. 83, defense No. 53
SRS
−5.0 No. 70 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Robin Ross

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Mike ShaneLBAP-1

Second team

  • Joe HendersonRBAP-2
  • Mike BuschTEAP-2
  • Ray CarreathersDBAP-2
  • Jeff DoleDBAP-2
  • Jeff ShudakPlace-kickerAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠210
Oklahoma6–⁠19–⁠314
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠38–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠61–⁠10
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠11

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