1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1982 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	6:30 pm	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CTN (delay)	L 21–23	90,901
September 18	1:05 pm	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	WOI	W 19–7	59,605
September 25	1:30 pm	Drake*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	CTN (delay)	W 35–10	51,866
October 2	1:30 pm	Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	CTN (delay)	L 3–13	52,770
October 9	1:30 pm	Kent State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	CTN (delay)	W 44–7	49,930
October 16	1:30 pm	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	CTN (delay)	T 17–17	66,133
October 23	2:30 pm	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	CTN (delay)	W 31–14	40,581
October 30	1:30 pm	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	CTN (delay)	L 3–9	52,078
November 6	1:30 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	CTN (delay)	L 17–24	26,796
November 13	1:30 pm	No. 7 Nebraska	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	CTN (delay)	L 10–48	52,887
November 20	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	CTN (delay)	L 13–49	40,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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 Donnie Duncan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Tennessee

See also: 1982 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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

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