2019 The 2019 Season

Iowa State's 2019 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +2.4 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Nort Iow 29-26 L vs Iowa 17-18 W vs UL Mon 72-20 L @ Baylor 21-23 W vs TCU 49-24 W @ West Vir 38-14 W @ Texa Tec 34-24 L vs Okla St 27-34 L @ Okla 41-42 W vs Texas 23-21 W vs Kansas 41-31 L @ Kans Sta 17-27 L vs ND 9-33 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: Iowa State 72, UL Monroe 20. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Iowa State 9, Notre Dame 33. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Iowa State fell to Notre Dame 9-33 in the postseason.

"Go Clones"
— Iowa State fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What It Meant

2019 is a middle chapter for Iowa State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.