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Iowa Football Team History

Iowa Hawkeyes

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Founded: 1847
Stadium: Kinnick Stadium
Capacity: 70,585
Colors: Gold, Black & White
Coach: Forest Evashevski
Conference: Big 10-

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1889 <-- 1956 <- 1957 -> 1958 --> 2024

1957 Season Highlights

Forest Evashevski enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Iowa.

1957 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 28	vs. Utah State	70	14	W
Sat., Oct. 5	vs. Washington State	20	13	W
Sat., Oct. 12	@ Indiana	47	7	W
Sat., Oct. 19	vs. Wisconsin	21	7	W
Sat., Oct. 26	@ Northwestern	6	0	W
Sat., Nov. 2	@ Michigan	21	21	T
Sat., Nov. 9	vs. Minnesota	44	20	W
Sat., Nov. 16	@ Ohio State	13	17	L
Sat., Nov. 23	@ Notre Dame	21	13	W

1957 Season Totals
Record	7-1 -1
Points Scored	263
Scoring Average	29.2
Points Allowed	112
Defense Average	12.4
Opponents Record	40-43
Conference Record	4-1
Home Record	4-0
Away Record	3-1 -1

1957 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
6	7-1-1	AP
5	7-1-1	Coaches
5	7-1-1	INS
5	7-1-1	UP

1957 Big 10- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Illinois	4-5	167	133		3-4	121	117	Ray Eliot
Minnesota	4-5	201	188		3-5	155	181	Murray Warmath
Indiana	1-8	47	307		0-6	33	253	Bob Hicks
Ohio State	9-1	267	92	Won 10-7	7-0	208	60	Wayne Woody Hayes
Michigan State	8-1	264	75		5-1	184	60	Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Iowa	7-1-1	263	112		4-1-1	152	72	Forest Evashevski
Wisconsin	6-3	234	122		4-3	129	103	Milton Milt Bruhn
Purdue	5-4	178	114		4-3	141	96	Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Michigan	5-3-1	187	147		3-3-1	145	141	Bennie G. Oosterbaan
Northwestern	0-9	57	271		0-7	38	223	Ara R. Parseghian

1957 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1957 All Big 10 Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

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