1985 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1985 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1985 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.

1985 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1985 record	5–6 (3–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jim Criner (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

1985 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	Utah State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 10–3
September 21	Vanderbilt*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 20–17
September 28	No. 3 Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	Raycom	L 3–57	53,202
October 5	Drake*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 17–20
October 12	Kansas	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 22–21
October 19	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 6–40	41,215
October 26	at No. 10 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 14–59	70,124
November 2	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		L 27–28
November 9	at No. 3 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 0–49	75,920
November 16	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 21–14	17,500
November 23	No. 7 Oklahoma State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 15–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Iowa

#3 Iowa at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 7 34 16 0 57 Cyclones 0 0 0 3 3 Date: September 28 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game start: 2:30 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 53,202 Game weather: 54° F, Wind NE 15 mph Referee: Vance Carlson TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup, and Al Trautwig

Scoring summary 1 4:11 IOWA Fred Bush 4-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 7-0 2 14:05 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 47-yard field goal IOWA 10-0 2 8:55 IOWA R. Harmon 2-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 17-0 2 6:59 IOWA R. Harmon 23-yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 24-0 2 2:48 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 41-yard field goal IOWA 27-0 2 1:47 IOWA Mike Flagg 3-yard pass from Chuck Long (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 34-0 2 0:47 IOWA Smith 9-yard pass from Chuck Long (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 41-0 3 13:19 IOWA Scott Helverson 46-yard pass from Chuck Long (kick failed) IOWA 47-0 3 9:37 IOWA Rob Houghtlin 27-yard field goal IOWA 50-0 3 2:33 IOWA Scott Helverson 26-yard pass from Vlassic (Cook kick) IOWA 57-0 4 5:21 ISU Frank 52-yard field goal IOWA 57-3

See also: 1985 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–20	1984	L 21–59

at Oklahoma

Iowa State at #10 Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 7 0 0 7 14 • Sooners 10 21 21 7 59 Date: October 26 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 70,124

See also: 1985 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–51–2	1984	L 10–12

at Nebraska

Iowa State at #3 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 0 0 0 0 • Cornhuskers 7 14 21 7 49 Date: November 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,920

See also: 1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–64–2	1984	L 0–44

References

1. "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2016.