1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1982 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record4–6–1 (1–5–1 Big Eight)
Head coach
Home stadiumCyclone Stadium
(Capacity: 48,000)
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Nebraska $ 7 – 0 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Oklahoma 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma State 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Kansas State 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
Missouri 2 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Iowa State 1 – 5 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Kansas 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 2
Colorado 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team was coached by head coach Donnie Duncan.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 116:30 pmat Tennessee*
CTN (delay)L 21–2390,901[1]
September 181:05 pmat Iowa*
WOIW 19–759,605
September 251:30 pmDrake*
CTN (delay)W 35–1051,866
October 21:30 pmOklahoma
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
CTN (delay)L 3–1352,770
October 91:30 pmKent State*
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
CTN (delay)W 44–749,930
October 161:30 pmat Missouri
CTN (delay)T 17–1766,133
October 232:30 pmat Colorado
CTN (delay)W 31–1440,581
October 301:30 pmKansas Statedagger
CTN (delay)L 3–952,078
November 61:30 pmat Kansas
CTN (delay)L 17–2426,796
November 131:30 pmNo. 7 Nebraska
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
CTN (delay)L 10–4852,887
November 201:30 pmat Oklahoma State
CTN (delay)L 13–4940,200
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 69 Karl Nelson Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Jay Niemann Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 6 Alex Giffords Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Tennessee

See also: 1982 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Iowa State

Iowa State at Iowa
1 234Total
• Cyclones 0 3313 19
Hawkeyes 7 000 7
  • Date: September 18
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
  • Game start: 1:10 p.m. CDT
  • Elapsed time: 2:27
  • Game attendance: 59,605
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Clear and sunny, Wind NW 12 mph (19 km/h)
  • Referee: Jerry Hendrickson
Scoring summary
Q17:18IOWAWancket 26-yard interception return (Nichol kick)IOWA 7–0
Q212:31ISUGiffords 26-yard field goalIOWA 7–3
Q35:06ISUGiffords 32-yard field goalIOWA 7–6
Q412:49ISUGiffords 25-yard field goalISU 9–7
Q411:06ISUGiffords 24-yard field goalIOWA 31–7
Q47:33ISULeaks 46-yard pass from Archer (Giffords kick)ISU 19–7
See also: 1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Cy-Hawk Trophy

Team players in the 1983 NFL Draft

Main article: 1983 NFL draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Karl Nelson Offensive tackle 3 70 New York Giants

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References

  1. ^ "52-yard FG defeats ISU". The Waterloo Courier. September 12, 1982. Retrieved August 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "1983 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2019.