1930 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1930 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1930 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach C. Noel Workman, the Cyclones compiled a 0–9 record (0–5 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 134 to 64.[1][2] They played their home games at State Field in Ames, Iowa.

1930 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record0–9 (0–5 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainMaynard Spear
Home stadiumState Field
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas $ 4 1 0 6 2 0
Oklahoma 3 1 1 4 3 1
Kansas State 3 2 0 5 3 0
Nebraska 2 2 1 4 3 2
Missouri 1 2 2 2 5 2
Iowa State 0 5 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Maynard Spear was the team captain.[2] No Iowa State player was selected as a first-team all-conference player.[3]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 42:30 pmat Illinois*L 0–732,718[4]
October 182:00 pmNebraskaL 12–145,611[5]
October 252:00 pmat KansasL 6–206,214[6]
November 12:00 pmOklahoma 
  • State Field
  • Ames, IA
L 13–194,645[7]
November 82:00 pmat MissouriL 0–144,488[8]
November 152:00 pmKansas State
L 0–133,320[9]
November 222:00 pmat Drake*L 19–208,079[10]
November 292:30 pmat Loyola (LA)*L 7–148,000[11]
December 63:00 pmat Rice*L 7–142,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • All times are in Central time

References edit

  1. ^ "1930 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 133.
  3. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
  4. ^ "Untired Illinois eleven defeats Iowa State, 7–0". The Chicago Tribune. October 5, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Iowa State loses to Huskers, 14–12". The Gazette. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kansas stalls, defeats Iowa State 20 to 6". Quad-City Times. October 26, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Iowa State is beaten". Sioux City Journal. November 2, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Missouri Tigers hand Iowa State defeat, score 14–0". St. Joseph Gazette. November 9, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kansas Aggie passes beat Iowa State 13–0". The Nebraska State Journal. November 16, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Frank Brody (November 23, 1930). "Drake Beats Cyclones, 20-19". The Des Moines Register. pp. 1S, 8S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Loyola blocks punt to defeat Iowa State, 14–7". The Des Moines Register. November 30, 1930. Retrieved April 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Iowa State handed sixteenth reverse". The Nebraska State Journal. December 7, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.