1979 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1979 Big Eight Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Iowa State Cyclones football
1979 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1979 record	3–8 (2–5 Big Eight)
Head coach	Donnie Duncan (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Dal Shealy (1st season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium; (Capacity: 48,000)
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1979 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
September 15	1:30 pm	Bowling Green*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 38–10	47,300
September 22	7:00 pm	at No. 4 Texas*	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		L 9–17	73,652
September 29	1:05 pm	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	KWWL (delay)	L 14–30	60,100
October 6	1:30 pm	Pacific*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–24	47,600
October 13	1:30 pm	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 7–3	23,400
October 20	1:30 pm	Kansas	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–24	48,100
October 27	1:30 pm	at No. 7 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 9–38	71,187
November 3	1:30 pm	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 24–10	47,100
November 10	11:50 am	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	ABC	L 9–18	46,800
November 17	1:30 pm	at No. 3 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 3–34	76,049
November 24	1:30 pm	Oklahoma State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 10–13	36,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1979 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`18`	John Quinn	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`62`	Kenny Neil	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v t Iowa State Cyclones football
Venues	Clyde Williams Field (1915–1974) Jack Trice Stadium (1975–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Cy-Hawk Trophy) Kansas State (Farmageddon) Missouri (Telephone Trophy)
Culture & lore	History Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State University Cyclone Marching Band 2011 Oklahoma State game
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1979 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Missouri	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Colorado	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll