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American college football season
The 1979 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Donnie Duncan, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the Big Eight. The team played its home games at Cylcone Stadium in Ames, Iowa.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 15 | 1:30 pm | Bowling Green* | | | W 38–10 | 47,300 | [1] |
September 22 | 7:00 pm | at No. 4 Texas* | | | L 9–17 | 73,652 | [2] |
September 29 | 1:05 pm | at Iowa* | | KWWL (delay) | L 14–30 | 60,100 | [3] |
October 6 | 1:30 pm | Pacific (CA)* | | | L 7–24 | 47,600 | [4] |
October 13 | 1:30 pm | at Kansas State | | | W 7–3 | 23,400 | [5] |
October 20 | 1:30 pm | Kansas | | | L 7–24 | 47,064–48,100 | [6] |
October 27 | 1:30 pm | at No. 7 Oklahoma | | | L 9–38 | 71,187 | [7] |
November 3 | 1:30 pm | Colorado | | | W 24–10 | 47,100 | [8] |
November 10 | 11:50 am | Missouri | | ABC | L 9–18 | 46,800 | [9] |
November 17 | 1:30 pm | at No. 3 Nebraska | | | L 3–34 | 76,049 | [10] |
November 24 | 1:30 pm | Oklahoma State | | | L 10–13 | 36,000 | [11] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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1979 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- ^ "Soph leads Cyclones". The Manhattan Mercury. September 16, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas squeezes past stubborn ISU, 17–9". The Sioux City Journal. September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Iowa swamps Iowa State". Lincoln Journal Star. September 30, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Splash! Cyclone ship disappears in Pacific, 24–7". The Gazette. October 7, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cyclones find second victim, K-State". The Grand Island Independent. October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kansas beats Iowa State: first Big 8 win since '77". The Lincoln Star. October 21, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sims crushes Cyclones". The Grand Island Independent. October 28, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cyclones corral Buffs 24–10". The Daily Nonpareil. November 4, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Verrilli kicks Mizzou to life, 18–9". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 11, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nebraska bombards Iowa State". Victoria Advocate. November 18, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late kick wipes out ISU, 13–10". The Des Moines Register. November 25, 1979. Retrieved October 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1979 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
- ^ "1979 Iowa State Cyclones Roster". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
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