1984 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1984 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1984 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.

1984 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1984 record	2–7–2 (0–5–2 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jim Criner (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

1984 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
No. 7 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Kansas	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Colorado	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Iowa State	0	–	5	–	2			2	–	7	–	2
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	at No. 10 Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	IPTV	L 21–59	66,150
September 15	Drake*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 21–17
September 22	at Texas A&M*	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 17–38
September 29	West Texas State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 14–0
October 6	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 14–33
October 13	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		L 21–23	36,762
October 20	No. 2 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN	L 10–12	48,509
October 27	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		T 14–14
November 3	No. 3 Nebraska	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 0–44	52,919
November 10	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		T 7–7	45,000
November 17	No. 4 Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		L 10–16	32,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

at Iowa

Iowa State at #10 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 7 0 14 21 • Hawkeyes 14 28 10 7 59 Date: September 8 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 12:05 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 66,150 Game weather: 78° F, Showers possible, Wind SW 10-20 mph Referee: Tom Quinn Television network: IPTV

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Strobel 38-yard interception return (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 IOWA Happel 15-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–0 Q2 IOWA Smith 63-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–0 Q2 IOWA Hayes 3-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 28–0 Q2 IOWA O. Gill 3-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 35–0 Q2 ISU Davis 1-yard pass from Espinoza (Bochrodt kick) IOWA 35–7 Q2 IOWA R. Harmon 86-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 42–7 Q3 IOWA R. Harmon 68-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 49–7 Q3 IOWA T. Nichol 37-yard field goal IOWA 52–7 Q4 ISU Henderson 45-yard pass from Espinoza (Bochrodt kick) IOWA 52–14 Q4 6:55 IOWA Cotton 18-yard pass from K. Hatinon (Nichol kick) IOWA 59–14 Q4 ISU Hanson 12-yard pass from Espinoza (Bochrodt kick) IOWA 59–21

See also: 1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–19	1983	L 10–51

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Oklahoma

#2 Oklahoma at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma 3 0 0 9 12 Iowa St 0 7 0 3 10 Date: October 20 Location: Cyclone Stadium Game attendance: 48,509 Television network: ESPN

See also: 1984 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–50–2	1983	L 11–49

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Nebraska

#3 Nebraska at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 3 7 6 28 44 Iowa State 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 3 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 52,919

See also: 1984 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–63–2	1983	L 29–72

References

1. "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
2. "Long bombards Iowa State". The Pantagraph. September 9, 1984. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
3. "No. 2 Sooners survive ISU scare, 12-10". Des Moines Register via newspapers.com. October 21, 1984. Retrieved October 26, 2019.