1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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.

1982 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1982 record	4–6–1 (1–5–1 Big Eight)
Head coach	Donnie Duncan (4th season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 21–23	90,901
September 18	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)		W 19–7	59,605
September 25	Drake*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 35–10	51,866
October 2	Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 3–13	52,770
October 9	Kent State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 44–7	49,930
October 16	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		T 17–17	66,133
October 23	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	W 31–14	40,581
October 30	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		L 3–9	52,078
November 6	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 17–24	26,796
November 13	No. 7 Nebraska	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 10–48	52,887
November 20	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		L 13–49	40,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 6 Alex Giffords Sr	Head coach Donnie Duncan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Tennessee

Iowa State

Iowa State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Cyclones 0 3 3 13 19 Hawkeyes 7 0 0 0 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 Q1 7:18 IOWA Wancket 26-yard interception return (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–0 Q2 12:31 ISU Giffords 26-yard field goal IOWA 7–3 Q3 5:06 ISU Giffords 32-yard field goal IOWA 7–6 Q4 12:49 ISU Giffords 25-yard field goal ISU 9–7 Q4 11:06 ISU Giffords 24-yard field goal IOWA 31–7 Q4 7:33 ISU Leaks 46-yard pass from Archer (Giffords kick) ISU 19–7

Team players in the 1983 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Karl Nelson	Offensive tackle	3	70	New York Giants

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References

1. "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-06. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
2. "1983 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2019.