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1993 Iowa State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1993, game by game: won vs. Northern Illinois 54–10; lost vs. Iowa 28–31; lost at No. 24 Wisconsin 7–28; lost at Rice 21–49; lost vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 7–24; lost at Kansas 20–35; won vs. Oklahoma State 20–17; lost at Missouri 34–37; won vs. No. 18 Kansas State 27–23; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 17–49; lost vs. No. 18 Colorado 16–21+44−32Won 54–10 vs. Northern Illinois+44Northern Illino…Lost 28–31 vs. Iowa-3IowaLost 7–28 at No. 24 Wisconsin-21No. 24 WisconsinLost 21–49 at Rice-28RiceLost 7–24 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma-17No. 10 OklahomaLost 20–35 at Kansas-15KansasWon 20–17 vs. Oklahoma State+3Oklahoma StateLost 34–37 at Missouri-3MissouriWon 27–23 vs. No. 18 Kansas State+4No. 18 Kansas StateLost 17–49 at No. 4 Nebraska-32No. 4 NebraskaLost 16–21 vs. No. 18 Colorado-5No. 18 Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsNorthern IllinoisW 54–⁠1060%
Sep 11vsIowaL 28–⁠3151%
Sep 18at24WisconsinL 7–⁠2836%
Sep 25atRiceL 21–⁠4935%
Oct 2vs10OklahomaL 7–⁠2429%
Oct 16atKansasL 20–⁠3530%
Oct 23vsOklahoma StateW 20–⁠1752%
Oct 30atMissouriL 34–⁠3735%
Nov 6vs18Kansas StateW 27–⁠2333%
Nov 13at4NebraskaL 17–⁠4910%
Nov 20vs18ColoradoL 16–⁠2121%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 21–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
251–⁠324
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1395 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-4.4 No. 67 of 105; offense No. 53, defense No. 74
SRS
−0.8 No. 55 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Robin Ross
Captain
Kevin Lazard

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Doug SkartvedtOLAP-1
  • Ty StewartPlace-kickerAP-1; Coaches-1
  • James McMillionRSCoaches-1

Second team

  • Troy PetersenDLAP-2
  • Kevin FultonDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
Kansas State4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Oklahoma4–⁠39–⁠317
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State0–⁠73–⁠8

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