1983 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 1983 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Criner, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Big 8. Iowa State played home games on campus at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

Hired in late January, Criner was previously the head coach at Boise State for seven seasons, and won the Division I-AA title in 1980.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	2:20 pm	No. 16 Iowa*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–51	54,066
September 17	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 26–29	41,165	[2]
September 24	1:30 pm	Colorado State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 21–17	49,817
October 1	1:30 pm	New Mexico State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 17–24	47,703
October 8	1:30 pm	Kansas	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 38–35	48,125
October 15	1:30 pm	Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 22–10	49,311
October 22	1:30 pm	at No. 16 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		L 11–49	75,008
October 29	1:30 pm	Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		L 18–41	49,404
November 5	1:30 pm	at No. 1 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		L 29–72	76,326
November 12	1:30 pm	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 49–27	24,300
November 19	1:00 pm	Oklahoma State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–30	46,517
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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• QB David Archer

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