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1992 Iowa State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1992, game by game: won vs. Ohio 35–9; lost at Iowa 7–21; won vs. Tulane 38–14; lost vs. Northern Iowa 10–27; lost at No. 19 Oklahoma 3–17; lost vs. No. 25 Kansas 47–50; lost at Oklahoma State 21–27; won vs. Missouri 28–14; lost at Kansas State 13–22; won vs. No. 7 Nebraska 19–10; lost at No. 11 Colorado 10–31+26−21Won 35–9 vs. Ohio+26OhioLost 7–21 at Iowa-14IowaWon 38–14 vs. Tulane+24TulaneLost 10–27 vs. Northern Iowa-17Northern IowaLost 3–17 at No. 19 Oklahoma-14No. 19 OklahomaLost 47–50 vs. No. 25 Kansas-3No. 25 KansasLost 21–27 at Oklahoma State-6Oklahoma StateWon 28–14 vs. Missouri+14MissouriLost 13–22 at Kansas State-9Kansas StateWon 19–10 vs. No. 7 Nebraska+9No. 7 NebraskaLost 10–31 at No. 11 Colorado-21No. 11 Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsOhioW 35–⁠966%
Sep 12atIowaL 7–⁠2124%
Sep 19vsTulaneW 38–⁠1466%
Sep 26vsNorthern IowaL 10–⁠2776%
Oct 3at19OklahomaL 3–⁠1716%
Oct 17vs25KansasL 47–⁠5029%
Oct 24atOklahoma StateL 21–⁠2739%
Oct 31vsMissouriW 28–⁠1454%
Nov 5atKansas StateL 13–⁠2231%
Nov 14vs7NebraskaW 19–⁠1015%
Nov 21at11ColoradoL 10–⁠3112%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 31–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠242
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1410 +2 this season
SP+ rating
0.5 No. 55 of 105; offense No. 61, defense No. 56
SRS
1.7 No. 49 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Robin Ross

All-Big Eight

4 second team

Second team

  • Doug SkartvedtOLAP-2
  • Troy PetersonDLAP-2
  • Malcolm GoodwinLBAP-2
  • Mark DouBravaDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠113
Kansas4–⁠38–⁠422
Oklahoma3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8

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