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1997 Iowa State

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Big 12), coached by Dan McCarney.

Schedule and results

Iowa State in 1997, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 14–21; lost at Wyoming 10–56; lost at Minnesota 29–53; lost vs. No. 13 Iowa 20–63; lost at Missouri 21–45; lost at No. 15 Texas A&M 17–56; won vs. Baylor 24–17; lost at Kansas 24–34; lost vs. Colorado 38–43; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 14–77; lost vs. No. 9 Kansas State 3–28+7−63Lost 14–21 vs. Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma StateLost 10–56 at Wyoming-46WyomingLost 29–53 at Minnesota-24MinnesotaLost 20–63 vs. No. 13 Iowa-43No. 13 IowaLost 21–45 at Missouri-24MissouriLost 17–56 at No. 15 Texas A&M-39No. 15 Texas A&MWon 24–17 vs. Baylor+7BaylorLost 24–34 at Kansas-10KansasLost 38–43 vs. Colorado-5ColoradoLost 14–77 at No. 3 Nebraska-63No. 3 NebraskaLost 3–28 vs. No. 9 Kansas State-25No. 9 Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsOklahoma StateL 14–⁠2153%
Sep 6atWyomingL 10–⁠5622%
Sep 13atMinnesotaL 29–⁠5339%
Sep 20vs13IowaL 20–⁠6322%
Oct 4atMissouriL 21–⁠4522%
Oct 11at15Texas A&ML 17–⁠5611%
Oct 25vsBaylorW 24–⁠1746%
Nov 1atKansasL 24–⁠3425%
Nov 8vsColoradoL 38–⁠4319%
Nov 15at3NebraskaL 14–⁠774%
Nov 22vs9Kansas StateL 3–⁠2811%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 28–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 11th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 129th-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 1997.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 11th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
214–⁠493
Coach
Dan McCarney
Elo
1308 −100 this season
SP+ rating
-15.6 No. 96 of 112; offense No. 53, defense No. 106
SRS
−15.2 No. 95 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Loney
Defensive coordinator
John Skladany
Offense
Pro set
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 5Oliver Ross OTDallas Cowboys

All-Big 12

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Tyrone WatleyWRCoaches-1; Media-1

Second team

  • Darren DavisRBMedia-2
  • Ed WilliamsWRCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska8–⁠013–⁠02
Kansas State7–⁠111–⁠18
Texas A&M6–⁠29–⁠420
Oklahoma State5–⁠38–⁠424
Missouri5–⁠37–⁠523
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas2–⁠64–⁠7
Oklahoma2–⁠64–⁠8
Baylor1–⁠72–⁠9
Iowa State1–⁠71–⁠10

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