1983 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1983 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1983 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 Jim Criner.

1983 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1983 record	4–7 (3–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jim Criner (1st season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

1983 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
Missouri	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 16 Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	L 10–51	54,066
September 17	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 26–29
September 24	Colorado State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 21–17
October 1	New Mexico State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 17–24
October 8	Kansas	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 38–35
October 15	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 22–10	49,311
October 22	at No. 16 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 11–49	75,008
October 29	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		L 18–41
November 5	at No. 1 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 29–72	76,326
November 12	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 49–27	24,300
November 19	Oklahoma State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–30
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

• QB David Archer

Game summaries

Iowa

#16 Iowa at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 17 14 6 14 51 Cyclones 0 3 0 7 10 Date: September 10 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 54,066 TV announcers (ABC): Curt Gowdy and Lee Grosscup

Scoring summary 1 IOWA Granger 24-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) Iowa 7–0 1 IOWA Nichol 42-yard field goal Iowa 10–0 1 IOWA Gill 31-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 17–0 2 IOWA Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 24–0 2 ISU Bachrodt 36-yard field goal Iowa 24–3 2 IOWA Gill 1-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 31–3 3 IOWA Long 2-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 37–3 4 IOWA Gill 3-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 44–3 4 IOWA Jackson 6-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 51–3 4 0:58 ISU Posey 65-yard pass from Hood (Bachrodt kick) Iowa 51–10

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at Oklahoma

Iowa State at #16 Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 3 0 0 8 11 • Sooners 14 21 7 7 49 Date: Saturday, October 22 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,008

Scoring summary 1 Iowa St Bachrodt 34-yard field goal Iowa St 3-0 1 Oklahoma Tillman 2-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 7-3 1 Oklahoma Bradley 19-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 14-3 2 Oklahoma Ledbetter 13-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 21-3 2 Oklahoma Johnson 2-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 28-3 2 Oklahoma Tillman 16-yard pass from Clopton (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 35-3 3 Oklahoma Case 67-yard interception return (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 42-3 4 Iowa St Wodka 2-yard pass from Archer (Jacobs pass from Archer) Oklahoma 42-11 4 Oklahoma Clopton 1-yard run (Lashar kick) Oklahoma 49-11

at Nebraska

Iowa State at #1 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 14 7 8 29 • Cornhuskers 14 21 10 27 72 Date: November 5 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,326

References

1. "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
2. "Iowa unveils its state-of-the-art offense". Chicago Tribune. September 11, 1983. Retrieved October 26, 2019.