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1989 Iowa State

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

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Ohio 28–3; lost vs. Minnesota 20–30; lost vs. Iowa 21–31; won at Tulane 25–24; won at Kansas 24–20; lost vs. No. 3 Colorado 17–52; lost vs. No. 25 Oklahoma 40–43; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 17–49; won vs. Kansas State 36–11; won at Missouri 35–21; won at Oklahoma State 31–21+25−35Won 28–3 vs. Ohio+25OhioLost 20–30 vs. Minnesota-10MinnesotaLost 21–31 vs. Iowa-10IowaWon 25–24 at Tulane+1TulaneWon 24–20 at Kansas+4KansasLost 17–52 vs. No. 3 Colorado-35No. 3 ColoradoLost 40–43 vs. No. 25 Oklahoma-3No. 25 OklahomaLost 17–49 at No. 4 Nebraska-32No. 4 NebraskaWon 36–11 vs. Kansas State+25Kansas StateWon 35–21 at Missouri+14MissouriWon 31–21 at Oklahoma State+10Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsOhioW 28–⁠367%
Sep 16vsMinnesotaL 20–⁠3064%
Sep 23vsIowaL 21–⁠3147%
Sep 30atTulaneW 25–⁠2439%
Oct 7atKansasW 24–⁠2057%
Oct 14vs3ColoradoL 17–⁠5229%
Oct 21vs25OklahomaL 40–⁠4326%
Oct 28at4NebraskaL 17–⁠499%
Nov 4vsKansas StateW 36–⁠1180%
Nov 11atMissouriW 35–⁠2146%
Nov 18atOklahoma StateW 31–⁠2131%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 31–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1989.

Consensus All-AmericanMike Busch, TE

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
294–⁠305
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1485 +34 this season
SP+ rating
-5.1 No. 70 of 103; offense No. 42, defense No. 83
SRS
−4.3 No. 68 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Robin Ross

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 2Keith Sims OGMiami Dolphins

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠14
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠211
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4
Iowa State4–⁠36–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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