1978 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1978 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big Eight Conference (Big 8). The team was led by head coach Earle Bruce, in his sixth year, and they played their home games at Cylcone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 4–3 Big 8) and with a loss to Texas A&M in the All-American Bowl. Iowa State's secondary coach was Pete Carroll.

1978 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Record8–4 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorPete Rodriguez (3rd season)
Home stadiumCylcone Stadium
(capacity: 48,000)
1978 Big Eight Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Oklahoma + 6 1 011 1 0
No. 8 Nebraska + 6 1 09 3 0
No. 15 Missouri 4 3 08 4 0
Iowa State 4 3 08 4 0
Kansas State 3 4 04 7 0
Oklahoma State 3 4 03 8 0
Colorado 2 5 06 5 0
Kansas 0 7 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 97:30 pmat Rice*No. 20W 23–1917,500
September 161:30 pmSan Diego State*No. 19W 14–1346,450
September 231:05 pmat Iowa*No. 20WHO (delay)W 31–060,075
September 301:30 pmDrake*No. 17
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
W 35–748,750
October 71:30 pmNo. 10 NebraskaNo. 15
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
L 0–2351,450
October 141:30 pmat No. 19 MissouriNo. 20L 13–2663,106
October 211:30 pmNo. 1 Oklahoma
  • Cyclone Stadium
  • Ames, IA
WOI (delay)L 6–3449,400
October 281:30 pmat KansasW 13–732,768
November 41:30 pmKansas Statedagger
W 24–047,450
November 111:30 pmat Oklahoma StateW 28–1540,300
November 1811:50 amat ColoradoABCW 20–1646,321
December 207:00 pmvs. Texas A&M*No. 19MTNL 12–2841,158
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1978 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 24 Dexter Green Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 63 Mike Stensrud Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Jim Williams Offensive line
  • Pete Carroll Secondary coordinator

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Iowa

Nebraska

Hall of Fame Classic

Team players in the 1979 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Mike StensrudDefensive line231Houston Oilers

[1]

References

  1. "1979 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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