The 1975 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Earle Bruce, the Cyclones compiled a 4–7 record (1–6 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 263 to 161.^[1][2] They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium (now known as Jack Trice Stadium) in Ames, Iowa.

Sy Bassett, Bob Bos, Jeff Jones, and Ray King were the team captains.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	10:05 p.m.	at No. 16 UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 21–37	30,949
September 20	1:30 pm	Air Force*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	W 17–12	40,383
September 27	6:30 pm	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 10–6	30,703
October 4	8:30 pm	at Utah*	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 31–3	16,789
October 11	1:30 pm	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)	W 17–7	25,698
October 18	2:30 pm	Kansas	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	L 10–21	41,853
October 25	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 7–39	70,879
November 1	1:30 pm	No. 16 Colorado	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	L 27–28	42,613
November 8	1:30 pm	No. 19 Missouri	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	L 14–44	41,861
November 15	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 0–52	74,498
November 22	1:30 pm	Oklahoma State	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	L 7–14	32,159
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

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