2018 @ Texas: Worst Loss in History?

[Tre4ISU]

I watched us lose to Kansas. We've lost to NDSU and UNI. We've gotten our **** pumped at home by UT, Utah, **** basically everyone.

Was it disappointing? Sure. I'm not even sure it's in the top 3 worst loses to UT. 2007 and 2011 were for sure worse. We had a chance to maybe win the conference and we didn't get it done. This wasn't a team who was favored, it wasn't a team that had those preseason expectations, and it was a team with plenty of holes.

 

[CyBobby]

not even close. I saw ISU lose to Drake.

I was at the Drake loss too my friend ...just another embarrassing loss for Jimmie Don Criner........JTS had to be maybe a quarter full when the game ended.......

 

[CYdways432]

Flew down and sat in the DFW cyclone section (25).

While the outcome was disappointing everyone around me stayed and cheered till the end of the game.

Overall was still a fun trip but the game results left some to be desired...

 

[CYEATHAWK]

Those are the two games I immediately thought of too. And both were at home. Missou game came down to a 19 yard field goal, which the most accurate kicker in Iowa State history missed...

Those games, and the Drake loss. You youngsters should be thankful you never saw that and don't have to live your lives with that memory...

My other one is a 77-14 beatdown from kNebraska. It was 14-0 within the first 20 seconds or so, and 63-7 at half. Danny Mac was all happy about how good we played in second half. Yeah, against their walkon farm boys from the panhandle.

My worst memory of ISU football was when the Switzer led Sooners came to play....and it was so bad by halftime.....that Bosworth, Holloway and the rest of the starters came out of the tunnel with sweats on.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

I was at the Drake loss too my friend ...just another embarrassing loss for Jimmie Don Criner........JTS had to be maybe a quarter full when the game ended.......

A quarter? You mean there may have been 25 people left? Because I have been to games where there couldn't have been 1,000 by the time the horn went off. There had to have been more people in uni's and pads than in the stands.

 

[VeloClone]

As someone who was in Memorial Stadium on 15 NOV 1997 for me it would have to be a resounding "No!".

 

[NetflixAndClone]

In a young buck so the worst loss for me is the PR’s last KSU game. All we had to do was knee the ball and we win. I wanted blood after that game.

 

[Cyclone5050]

I feel much worse about losing to TCU and the hoks than this one.

Thought I was going to have to amend this list by adding K-State............NOPE!!!!!!!

 

[awd4cy]

In a young buck so the worst loss for me is the PR’s last KSU game. All we had to do was knee the ball and we win. I wanted blood after that game.

That was one of the best losses in our history. Hate to say it like that, but I’m not convinced our time with Campbell happens if we win that. Rhoads might have still been on the sidelines in 2016.

 

[madguy30]

"Worst loss in history?"

No, unless you're like 10 years old and don't know the history of ISU football or can't remember beyond 2 years.

Let's see here...loss margins

1997 vs. Nebraska: 63 points
2013 vs. Baylor: 63 points
1995 vs. Nebraska: 59 points
1985 vs. Iowa: 54 points
2007 vs. Texas: 53 points
2010 vs. Oklahoma: 52 points
2014 vs. TCU: 52 points
1975 vs. Nebraska: 52 points
1967 vs. Texas Tech: 52 points
1956 vs. Colorado: 52 points
1955 vs. Oklahoma: 52 points
2002 vs. K-State: 51 points
1970 vs. Colorado: 51 points
1985 vs. Nebraska: 49 points
1953 vs. Oklahoma: 47 points
2002 vs. Oklahoma: 46 points
2003 vs. Oklahoma: 46 points
2000 vs. K-State: 46 points
1997 vs. Wyoming: 46 points
2002 vs. K-State: 45 points
1998 vs. K-State: 45 points
1985 vs. Oklahoma: 45 points
1984 vs. Nebraska: 44 points
1965 vs. Nebraska: 44 points
1956 vs. Oklahoma: 44 points
1997 vs. Iowa: 43 points
1983 vs. Nebraska: 43 points
1952 vs. Kansas: 43 points
1995 vs. K-State: 42 points
1991 vs. Kansas: 41 points
1983 vs. Iowa: 41 points
1962 vs. Oklahoma: 41 points
1952 vs. Oklahoma: 41 points
1955 vs. Illinois: 40 points
1955 vs. Colorado: 40 points
1954 vs. Oklahoma: 40 points

But yes, let's talk about how a 14 point loss and giving up 24 points is magically the "worst loss in history" for ISU football..

That list.

 

[madguy30]

That was one of the best losses in our history. Hate to say it like that, but I’m not convinced our time with Campbell happens if we win that. Rhoads might have still been on the sidelines in 2016.

Yep. There were a couple of glimmers of hope with beating Texas and hanging with Okie State but being up 35-14 at half and then the 2 minute meltdown to end the game...an AD has no choice at that point.

 

[scottwv]

It wasn’t even the worse loss of the year - TCU this year was worse.