1986 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1986 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1986 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.

1986 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1986 record	6–5 (3–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Jim Criner (4th season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)

1986 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Colorado	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
No. 5 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Kansas	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	TBS	L 7–43	67,700
September 20	Indiana State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 64–9
September 27	Wichita State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 36–14
October 4	Wyoming*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 21–10
October 11	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 13–10
October 18	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		L 3–31	41,215
October 25	No. 5 Oklahoma	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 0–38	43,190
November 1	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 37–14
November 8	No. 7 Nebraska	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	Raycom	L 14–35	48,007
November 15	Kansas State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 48–19	32,305
November 22	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		L 14–21
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

at Iowa

Iowa State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 0 0 0 7 7 • Hawkeyes 13 13 10 7 43 Date: September 13 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 67,700 Television network: TBS

Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Houghtlin 32 yard field goal IOWA 3–0 Q1 IOWA Houghtlin 46 yard field goal IOWA 6–0 Q1 IOWA Mauro 43 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 13–0 Q2 IOWA Hudson 1 yard run (pass failed) IOWA 19–0 Q2 IOWA Mauro 17 yard pass from Smith (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 26–0 Q3 IOWA Houghtlin 37 yard field goal IOWA 29–0 Q3 IOWA Mauro 47 yard pass from Vlasic (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 36–0 Q4 IOWA Bayless 32 yard run (Houghtlin kick) IOWA 43–0 Q4 ISU Brown 21 yard pass from Sadek (Frank kick) IOWA 43–7

See also: 1986 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–21	1985	L 3–57

Oklahoma

#5 Oklahoma at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Sooners 7 10 7 14 38 Cyclones 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 25 Location: Cyclone Stadium

See also: 1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–52–2	1985	L 14–59

Nebraska

#7 Nebraska at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Cornhuskers 7 0 14 14 35 Cyclones 0 14 0 0 14 Date: November 8 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 48,007 Television network: Raycom

See also: 1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–65–2	1985	L 0–49

References

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