1982 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1982 Big Eight Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1982 Iowa State Cyclones football
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)
	Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

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
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

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

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

^ "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.
^ "1983 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

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

1982 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	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